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  1. The-14 Media @[email protected] ·

    How cities can use rain gardens to help prevent flooding
    #Canada #Environment #Flooding #RainGardens #ClimateChange #Environment #UrbanFlooding #Stormwater #GreenInfrastructure #ClimateResilience #Sustainability #WaterManagement
    the-14.com/how-cities-can-use-

    #canada #environment #flooding #raingardens #climatechange #urbanflooding
  2. The-14 Media @[email protected] ·

    How cities can use rain gardens to help prevent flooding
    #Canada #Environment #Flooding #RainGardens #ClimateChange #Environment #UrbanFlooding #Stormwater #GreenInfrastructure #ClimateResilience #Sustainability #WaterManagement
    the-14.com/how-cities-can-use-

    #canada #environment #flooding #raingardens #climatechange #urbanflooding
  3. The-14 Media @[email protected] ·

    How cities can use rain gardens to help prevent flooding
    #Canada #Environment #Flooding #RainGardens #ClimateChange #Environment #UrbanFlooding #Stormwater #GreenInfrastructure #ClimateResilience #Sustainability #WaterManagement
    the-14.com/how-cities-can-use-

    #watermanagement #sustainability #climateresilience #greeninfrastructure #stormwater #urbanflooding
  4. The-14 Media @[email protected] ·

    How cities can use rain gardens to help prevent flooding
    #Canada #Environment #Flooding #RainGardens #ClimateChange #Environment #UrbanFlooding #Stormwater #GreenInfrastructure #ClimateResilience #Sustainability #WaterManagement
    the-14.com/how-cities-can-use-

    #canada #environment #flooding #raingardens #climatechange #urbanflooding
  5. The-14 Media @[email protected] ·

    How cities can use rain gardens to help prevent flooding
    #Canada #Environment #Flooding #RainGardens #ClimateChange #Environment #UrbanFlooding #Stormwater #GreenInfrastructure #ClimateResilience #Sustainability #WaterManagement
    the-14.com/how-cities-can-use-

    #canada #environment #flooding #raingardens #climatechange #urbanflooding
  6. pavingtalk @[email protected] ·

    💧 Before permeable pavers, rainwater often turned yards into mini lakes.

    Now, these innovative solutions promote proper drainage while supporting our ecosystems.

    ukpavingtalkgroup.com/go/kd8e

    #PermeablePavers #WaterManagement #SustainableLandscaping #EcoFriendly #DrainageSolutions #LandscapeDesign #GreenSpaces

    #permeablepavers #watermanagement #sustainablelandscaping #ecofriendly #drainagesolutions #landscapedesign
  7. pavingtalk @[email protected] ·

    💧 Before permeable pavers, rainwater often turned yards into mini lakes.

    Now, these innovative solutions promote proper drainage while supporting our ecosystems.

    ukpavingtalkgroup.com/go/kd8e

    #PermeablePavers #WaterManagement #SustainableLandscaping #EcoFriendly #DrainageSolutions #LandscapeDesign #GreenSpaces

    #permeablepavers #watermanagement #sustainablelandscaping #ecofriendly #drainagesolutions #landscapedesign
  8. pavingtalk @[email protected] ·

    💧 Before permeable pavers, rainwater often turned yards into mini lakes.

    Now, these innovative solutions promote proper drainage while supporting our ecosystems.

    ukpavingtalkgroup.com/go/kd8e

    #PermeablePavers #WaterManagement #SustainableLandscaping #EcoFriendly #DrainageSolutions #LandscapeDesign #GreenSpaces

    #greenspaces #landscapedesign #drainagesolutions #ecofriendly #sustainablelandscaping #watermanagement
  9. pavingtalk @[email protected] ·

    💧 Before permeable pavers, rainwater often turned yards into mini lakes.

    Now, these innovative solutions promote proper drainage while supporting our ecosystems.

    ukpavingtalkgroup.com/go/kd8e

    #PermeablePavers #WaterManagement #SustainableLandscaping #EcoFriendly #DrainageSolutions #LandscapeDesign #GreenSpaces

    #permeablepavers #watermanagement #sustainablelandscaping #ecofriendly #drainagesolutions #landscapedesign
  10. pavingtalk @[email protected] ·

    💧 Before permeable pavers, rainwater often turned yards into mini lakes.

    Now, these innovative solutions promote proper drainage while supporting our ecosystems.

    ukpavingtalkgroup.com/go/kd8e

    #PermeablePavers #WaterManagement #SustainableLandscaping #EcoFriendly #DrainageSolutions #LandscapeDesign #GreenSpaces

    #permeablepavers #watermanagement #sustainablelandscaping #ecofriendly #drainagesolutions #landscapedesign
  11. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    On-Demand Global Landsat Evapotranspiration Product - Development, Evaluation, And Dissemination
    --
    doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2026.115 <-- shared paper
    --
    espa.cr.usgs.gov <-- shared (open data) USGS EROS Science Processing Architecture (ESPA) platform
    --
    etdata.org/ <-- OpenET SSEBop platform implementation (water management)
    --
    usgs.gov/landsat-missions/land <-- shared USGS Landsat Collection 2 Provisional Actual Evapotranspiration Science Product
    --
    H/T @mac Friedrichs | Remote Sensing Scientist, KBR | USGS EROS
    “This paper summarizes new achievements in developing and distributing the Global Landsat Level-3 Evapotranspiration (ET) product. It is freely available through the USGS EROS Science Processing Architecture (ESPA) platform (2nd link above). 🛰️ …
    Since the product launch in June 2020, there have been over 1.2 million Landsat-based ET orders around the world. This indicates increasing awareness and application of the ET data to help understand and manage the relationships among food, energy, and water resources. 🌽💧 …
    It features the ESPA workflow and evaluation of the upgraded SSEBop model using a variety of observational datasets and hydrologic regions, and examination against OpenET SSEBop platform implementation (3rd link above.)…”
    --
    “HIGHLIGHTS
    • ESPA platform allows access to on-demand, global, Landsat-based, ET products.
    • SSEBop model has been used to create ET data since 1982 through ESPA.
    • A quick estimation of field-scale crop consumptive water use can be achieved.
    • Numerous orders reflect worldwide extensive interest and utilization of the data.
    • Method, workflow, and performance of the actual ET data are presented in the study..."
    #EROSScienceProcessingArchitecture #climate #global #Evapotranspiration #ET #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #water #hydrology #opendata #Landsat #OpenET #SSEBop #WaterManagement #Agriculture #USGS #EROS #datadelivery #food #foodsecurity #energy #water #watersecurity #model #modeling #ESPA #farming #cropland #wateruse #waterresources #workflow
    @USGS @EROS

    #erosscienceprocessingarchitecture #climate #global #evapotranspiration #et #gis
  12. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    On-Demand Global Landsat Evapotranspiration Product - Development, Evaluation, And Dissemination
    --
    doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2026.115 <-- shared paper
    --
    espa.cr.usgs.gov <-- shared (open data) USGS EROS Science Processing Architecture (ESPA) platform
    --
    etdata.org/ <-- OpenET SSEBop platform implementation (water management)
    --
    usgs.gov/landsat-missions/land <-- shared USGS Landsat Collection 2 Provisional Actual Evapotranspiration Science Product
    --
    H/T @mac Friedrichs | Remote Sensing Scientist, KBR | USGS EROS
    “This paper summarizes new achievements in developing and distributing the Global Landsat Level-3 Evapotranspiration (ET) product. It is freely available through the USGS EROS Science Processing Architecture (ESPA) platform (2nd link above). 🛰️ …
    Since the product launch in June 2020, there have been over 1.2 million Landsat-based ET orders around the world. This indicates increasing awareness and application of the ET data to help understand and manage the relationships among food, energy, and water resources. 🌽💧 …
    It features the ESPA workflow and evaluation of the upgraded SSEBop model using a variety of observational datasets and hydrologic regions, and examination against OpenET SSEBop platform implementation (3rd link above.)…”
    --
    “HIGHLIGHTS
    • ESPA platform allows access to on-demand, global, Landsat-based, ET products.
    • SSEBop model has been used to create ET data since 1982 through ESPA.
    • A quick estimation of field-scale crop consumptive water use can be achieved.
    • Numerous orders reflect worldwide extensive interest and utilization of the data.
    • Method, workflow, and performance of the actual ET data are presented in the study..."
    #EROSScienceProcessingArchitecture #climate #global #Evapotranspiration #ET #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #water #hydrology #opendata #Landsat #OpenET #SSEBop #WaterManagement #Agriculture #USGS #EROS #datadelivery #food #foodsecurity #energy #water #watersecurity #model #modeling #ESPA #farming #cropland #wateruse #waterresources #workflow
    @USGS @EROS

    #erosscienceprocessingarchitecture #climate #global #evapotranspiration #et #gis
  13. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    On-Demand Global Landsat Evapotranspiration Product - Development, Evaluation, And Dissemination
    --
    doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2026.115 <-- shared paper
    --
    espa.cr.usgs.gov <-- shared (open data) USGS EROS Science Processing Architecture (ESPA) platform
    --
    etdata.org/ <-- OpenET SSEBop platform implementation (water management)
    --
    usgs.gov/landsat-missions/land <-- shared USGS Landsat Collection 2 Provisional Actual Evapotranspiration Science Product
    --
    H/T @mac Friedrichs | Remote Sensing Scientist, KBR | USGS EROS
    “This paper summarizes new achievements in developing and distributing the Global Landsat Level-3 Evapotranspiration (ET) product. It is freely available through the USGS EROS Science Processing Architecture (ESPA) platform (2nd link above). 🛰️ …
    Since the product launch in June 2020, there have been over 1.2 million Landsat-based ET orders around the world. This indicates increasing awareness and application of the ET data to help understand and manage the relationships among food, energy, and water resources. 🌽💧 …
    It features the ESPA workflow and evaluation of the upgraded SSEBop model using a variety of observational datasets and hydrologic regions, and examination against OpenET SSEBop platform implementation (3rd link above.)…”
    --
    “HIGHLIGHTS
    • ESPA platform allows access to on-demand, global, Landsat-based, ET products.
    • SSEBop model has been used to create ET data since 1982 through ESPA.
    • A quick estimation of field-scale crop consumptive water use can be achieved.
    • Numerous orders reflect worldwide extensive interest and utilization of the data.
    • Method, workflow, and performance of the actual ET data are presented in the study..."
    #EROSScienceProcessingArchitecture #climate #global #Evapotranspiration #ET #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #water #hydrology #opendata #Landsat #OpenET #SSEBop #WaterManagement #Agriculture #USGS #EROS #datadelivery #food #foodsecurity #energy #water #watersecurity #model #modeling #ESPA #farming #cropland #wateruse #waterresources #workflow
    @USGS @EROS

    #workflow #waterresources #wateruse #cropland #farming #espa
  14. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    On-Demand Global Landsat Evapotranspiration Product - Development, Evaluation, And Dissemination
    --
    doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2026.115 <-- shared paper
    --
    espa.cr.usgs.gov <-- shared (open data) USGS EROS Science Processing Architecture (ESPA) platform
    --
    etdata.org/ <-- OpenET SSEBop platform implementation (water management)
    --
    usgs.gov/landsat-missions/land <-- shared USGS Landsat Collection 2 Provisional Actual Evapotranspiration Science Product
    --
    H/T @mac Friedrichs | Remote Sensing Scientist, KBR | USGS EROS
    “This paper summarizes new achievements in developing and distributing the Global Landsat Level-3 Evapotranspiration (ET) product. It is freely available through the USGS EROS Science Processing Architecture (ESPA) platform (2nd link above). 🛰️ …
    Since the product launch in June 2020, there have been over 1.2 million Landsat-based ET orders around the world. This indicates increasing awareness and application of the ET data to help understand and manage the relationships among food, energy, and water resources. 🌽💧 …
    It features the ESPA workflow and evaluation of the upgraded SSEBop model using a variety of observational datasets and hydrologic regions, and examination against OpenET SSEBop platform implementation (3rd link above.)…”
    --
    “HIGHLIGHTS
    • ESPA platform allows access to on-demand, global, Landsat-based, ET products.
    • SSEBop model has been used to create ET data since 1982 through ESPA.
    • A quick estimation of field-scale crop consumptive water use can be achieved.
    • Numerous orders reflect worldwide extensive interest and utilization of the data.
    • Method, workflow, and performance of the actual ET data are presented in the study..."

    @USGS @EROS

    #erosscienceprocessingarchitecture #climate #global #evapotranspiration #et #gis
  15. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    On-Demand Global Landsat Evapotranspiration Product - Development, Evaluation, And Dissemination
    --
    doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2026.115 <-- shared paper
    --
    espa.cr.usgs.gov <-- shared (open data) USGS EROS Science Processing Architecture (ESPA) platform
    --
    etdata.org/ <-- OpenET SSEBop platform implementation (water management)
    --
    usgs.gov/landsat-missions/land <-- shared USGS Landsat Collection 2 Provisional Actual Evapotranspiration Science Product
    --
    H/T @mac Friedrichs | Remote Sensing Scientist, KBR | USGS EROS
    “This paper summarizes new achievements in developing and distributing the Global Landsat Level-3 Evapotranspiration (ET) product. It is freely available through the USGS EROS Science Processing Architecture (ESPA) platform (2nd link above). 🛰️ …
    Since the product launch in June 2020, there have been over 1.2 million Landsat-based ET orders around the world. This indicates increasing awareness and application of the ET data to help understand and manage the relationships among food, energy, and water resources. 🌽💧 …
    It features the ESPA workflow and evaluation of the upgraded SSEBop model using a variety of observational datasets and hydrologic regions, and examination against OpenET SSEBop platform implementation (3rd link above.)…”
    --
    “HIGHLIGHTS
    • ESPA platform allows access to on-demand, global, Landsat-based, ET products.
    • SSEBop model has been used to create ET data since 1982 through ESPA.
    • A quick estimation of field-scale crop consumptive water use can be achieved.
    • Numerous orders reflect worldwide extensive interest and utilization of the data.
    • Method, workflow, and performance of the actual ET data are presented in the study..."
    #EROSScienceProcessingArchitecture #climate #global #Evapotranspiration #ET #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #water #hydrology #opendata #Landsat #OpenET #SSEBop #WaterManagement #Agriculture #USGS #EROS #datadelivery #food #foodsecurity #energy #water #watersecurity #model #modeling #ESPA #farming #cropland #wateruse #waterresources #workflow
    @USGS @EROS

    #erosscienceprocessingarchitecture #climate #global #evapotranspiration #et #gis
  16. Eric Maugendre about carbon @[email protected] ·

    "Professor Dr Suchatvee Suwansawat, leader of the Thai Kao Mai Party, has warned in a video published on his online channels that #Bangkok has a “one million per cent” chance of being submerged below sea level if water management continues in the same way."
    nationthailand.com/sustainabil

    #sinking #submersion #naturalDisasters #water #waterManagement #waterLevel #sustainableDevelopment

    #sustainabledevelopment #waterlevel #watermanagement #water #naturaldisasters #submersion
  17. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Hydro-Climatic Extremes And Water Conflicts In The Kamala River Basin Of Nepal
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    doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2026.100 <-- shared paper
    --
    jvs.org.np/news/%22kamala-rive <-- shared 2024 technical article on planning and policy (from JVS, a Nepalese non-profit driving water resilience)
    --
    [My sincere thoughts to those on those the Nepal/Tibet border so very effected by the recent GLOF-style flooding; the loss of your family and friends – and ‘things’ – must be so very hard!
    May the missing individuals return safely. 🙏]
    H/T @ Prakriti Niraula | Researcher at Kathmandu University School of Arts | Urban FutureScape Pilot Project | Urban Governance | Climate and Disaster Resilience | Development Researcher
    “What happens when communities face 'too much water' during the monsoon and 'too little water' during the dry season? [Their] research in Dudhauli and Siraha municipalities [Nepal] shows that floods and droughts are not merely environmental challenges; rather, they interact with existing inequalities and vulnerabilities, intensifying conflicts over water and land resources.
    From upstream-downstream tensions following flood damage and changing water flows to competition over wells and handpumps during periods of scarcity, the findings show that hydro-climatic extremes often act as amplifiers of existing social, economic, and political vulnerabilities.
    The study underscores the importance of moving beyond managing climatic hazards alone towards conflict-sensitive and equitable water governance that addresses structural inequalities, strengthens local adaptive capacities, and supports fair water allocation and conflict resolution…”
    #climatechange #flood #flooding #drought #monsoon #precipitation #rainfall #snowmelt #dryseason #socialconflict #KamalaRiver #basin #Dudhauli #Siraha #Nepal #hydroclimate #waterresources #risk #hazard #watersecurity #hydrosocial #exteremeweather #environment #inequality #vulnerable #socioeconomic #conflict #groundwater #water #hydrology #hydrography #hydroclimate #extremes #social #economic #political #watergovernance #watermanagement #localcommunities #conflictresolution

    #climatechange #flood #flooding #drought #monsoon #precipitation
  18. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Modeling Climate Change Impacts On Blue And Green Water In The Ethiopian Upper Blue Nile Basin
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    doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2026.10 <-- shared paper
    --
    H/T @Dessalegn worku Ayalew
    “The present study assesses the impacts of climate change on blue and green water in the Kessie Watershed of the Ethiopian Upper Blue Nile Basin using the SWAT+ model.
    [The authors] set up [a] SWAT+ model using quality-controlled and homogenized observational climate time series… and calibrated it using a multisite calibration approach. [They] selected CMIP6 climate models for future simulations and bias-correction methods through a comprehensive performance assessment... Building on these previous studies, the present research further evaluates the reliability of combining robust climate-model selection with optimal bias-correction methods to improve the reliability of hydrological simulations. [They] then used the best-performing climate models, bias-corrected using the optimal methods, to project future changes in blue and green water in the study area…
    KEY FINDINGS:
    • SWAT+ effectively represented hydrological processes across multiple gauging stations in the Ethiopian Upper Blue Nile Basin.
    • Ensembles of CMIP6 climate models improved the reliability of hydrological simulations compared with individual climate models.
    • Optimized climate-model selection reduced biases in hydrological simulations more than bias correction alone.
    • Arbitrary selection of climate models can degrade hydrological simulations, even when their outputs are bias-corrected using robust methods.
    • Both blue and green water are projected to increase under future climate change in the Ethiopian Upper Blue Nile Basin.
    • Blue water exhibits greater seasonality and climate sensitivity than green water flow and green water storage.
    The study also provides sustainable water management options for adapting to the impacts of climate change, with implications for water resource planning and management in the Upper Blue Nile Basin…”
    #Bluewater #Greenwater #CMIP6 #GCMs #Modelensemble #SSPscenarios #SWAT #Ethopia #UpperNile #Nile #NileBasin #gaging #gauging #Africa #climatechange #impacts #water #hydrology #KessieWatershed #EthiopianUpperBlueNileBasin #model #modeling #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #CMIP6 #waterresources #watermanagement #ecosystem #habitat #environment

    #bluewater #greenwater #cmip6 #gcms #modelensemble #sspscenarios
  19. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Where The Water Once Flowed - Rivers And Lakes Dry Up As Droughts Take Toll
    (Surreal images of scorched landscapes where water once flowed, as severe droughts lead to dwindling water supplies around the world.)
    --
    reuters.com/pictures/where-wat <-- shared media article
    --
    [damn!]
    #water #hydrology #hydrography #waterresources #rivers #lakes #photojournalism #drought #climatechange #extremeweather #heatwave #temperature #watershortage #global #risk #hazard #infrastructure #watermanagement #global #impacts #watersecurity #humanimpacts #publichealth

    #water #hydrology #hydrography #waterresources #rivers #lakes
  20. Hans van der Kwast @[email protected] ·

    📢 #crowdfunding to bring essential #hydrology tools directly into #QGIS.

    If you use QGIS for #groundwater or surface #watermanagement, this will make your workflows faster and more reliable.

    👉 More info: www.qwast-gis.com/l/crowdfundi...

    #OSGeo #FOSS4G

    Crowdfunding: Native QGIS Tool...

    #crowdfunding #hydrology #qgis #groundwater #watermanagement #osgeo
  21. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Identifying Agricultural Consumptive-Use Patterns To Support Adaptive Water Management In California’s Santa Clara Valley Via Remote Sensing And Machine Learning
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    doi.org/10.1371/journal.pwat.0 <-- shared paper
    --
    H/T @Guillaume Wright | Executive Editor, PLOS
    “💧 With drought [and high temperatures] gripping many areas of the world right now... [the H/T] wanted to highlight a new paper in PLOS Water this week with a very timely focus on hydroclimatic stresses and what can be done to mitigate this through water management practices when it comes to agriculture.
    [The authors] investigate[d] adaptive water management practices in California’s Santa Clara Valley via remote sensing and machine learning techniques. They [found] good evidence for use of customized agricultural water-management plans for irrigation monitoring, conservation planning, and adaptive water management in groundwater-dependent regions such as is found in California…”
    #GIS #spatial #mapping #California #SantaClara #SantaClaraValley #custom #watermanagement #practices #waterresources #agriculture #remotesensing #spatialanalysis #machinelearning #earthobservation #AI #planning #wateruse #efficiency #water #hydrology #irrigation #conservation #adaptivewatermanagement #model #modeling #drought #extremeweather #hydroclimate #stress #crop #cropland #evapotranspiration #ET #NDVI #PRISM #precipitation #rainfall #watermanagementplan #groundwater

    #gis #spatial #mapping #california #santaclara #santaclaravalley
  22. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Impact Of Reservoir Storage On Propagation From Meteorological To Hydrological Drought
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    doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2026 <-- shared paper
    --
    H/T @DrAjayGupta | Post Doctoral Fellow, IIT Bombay | Ph.D. in Hydrology, IIT Roorkee | Commonwealth Split-site Fellow, University of Birmingham I M.Tech in Water Resources Engineering, NIT Silchar | B.E. in Civil Engineering, PCE Nagpur.
    “🌍 Why is this important?
    While reservoirs are widely recognized for mitigating drought impacts, their role in controlling how drought propagates through the hydrological cycle has remained largely unexplored. In this study, [the authors] investigate how reservoir storage influences the transition of drought from meteorological to agricultural to reservoir to streamflow drought across the semi-arid Krishna River Basin, India.
    🔍 THIS STUDY ADDRESSES TWO KEY RESEARCH QUESTIONS:
    ✅ How do drought propagation time (initiation, peak, and termination) change from meteorological to agricultural, reservoir, and streamflow droughts across different timescales and threshold values?
    ✅ How does reservoir storage influence drought propagation between upstream and downstream reservoirs using the Downstreamness concept?
    📌 KEY FINDINGS
    🔹 Drought propagation differs substantially across drought types because each component of the hydrological system responds at different rates.
    🔹 Reservoirs significantly delay the propagation of drought by buffering water deficits, particularly between agricultural and streamflow drought.
    🔹 Mild and moderate upstream reservoir droughts rarely propagate downstream, whereas severe upstream droughts consistently transmit downstream, leading to longer duration, greater severity, and delayed onset.
    🔹 The downstreamness analysis reveals dynamic shifts in water storage between upstream and downstream reservoirs throughout drought development and recovery, providing valuable insights for reservoir operation and basin-scale drought management…”
    --
    “HIGHLIGHTS
    • Reservoir storage impact on drought propagation from meteorological-to-hydrological drought.
    • Drought propagation timeframe: initiation, peak and termination are checked.
    • Impact assessment using hydrological connection: upstream to downstream reservoirs.
    • Severe upstream droughts propagate downstream with increased duration and severity.
    • During drought periods water-storage concentration shifts from downstream to upstream..."
    #Drought #DroughtPropagation #Reservoirs #WaterResources #WaterManagement #RiverBasinManagement #KrishnaRiverBasin #Downstreamness #India #climatechange #reservoir #storage #hydrology #water #hydrologiccycle #watersecurity #planning #policy #KrishnaRiver #weather #climate #metrology #agriculture #farming #streamflow #model #modeling #spatiotemporal #spatialanalysis

    #drought #droughtpropagation #reservoirs #waterresources #watermanagement #riverbasinmanagement
  23. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Global Performance of #RemoteSensing Based and Reanalysis-Driven Models to Estimate Open Water Evaporation
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    doi.org/10.1029/2025WR042363
    --
    “ABSTRACT: Evaporation plays an essential role in the water cycle, influencing local and regional climates while directly impacting water availability in lakes. However, directly measuring evaporation over water bodies remains challenging due to the high costs of installing and maintaining the required in situ instrumentation. Although several remote sensing algorithms have been providing evaporation estimates, the lack of a global validation hinders our understanding of their relative uncertainties and performances across different regions. Here, [they] analyze[d] the performance of a suite of models that leverage satellite data and meteorological reanalysis to estimate evaporation over lakes worldwide. [They] compare[d] three remote sensing-based models, one reanalysis-driven model and one ensemble approach, using in situ observations from 27 lakes representing a diverse range of geographic and climatic regions. [Their] results demonstrate that, overall, the ensemble outperformed any individual model in terms of accuracy, with a RMSE and a bias of 1.3 and 0.3 mm/day, respectively. These findings highlight the benefits of using an ensemble approach to estimate open water evaporation with satellite-based models at the global scale, leveraging the unique strengths of each model. For the individual models, differences in the representation of heat storage changes and advection effects led to lower values of RMSE and bias, depending on the location and depth of the lakes. This study sets the path for future improvement of open water evaporation algorithms globally, while remote sensing techniques are proven satisfactory to monitoring of water loss in lakes globally, an essential step toward effective large-scale water resources management.
    PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY: Water loss through evaporation in lakes and reservoirs directly affects water availability, which highlights the need to monitor these losses. However, measuring evaporation in situ is challenging and expensive. An alternative is to estimate evaporation using remote-sensing models and compare these estimates with in-situ data to verify their accuracy. Here, [they] evaluated four models and their ensemble (the models' mean value) using measurements from 27 lakes and reservoirs worldwide. [They] found that the ensemble presented higher accuracy and consistency than any individual model because it benefits from the strengths of each model. This approach can guide future improvements in estimating open-water evaporation, which is essential for large-scale water-resource management…”
    #global #mapping #earthobservation #GIS #spatial #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #model #modeling #water #hydrology #surfacewater #waterbody #lake #reservoir #evaporation #evapotranspiration #watercycle #weather #meteorology #usecase #waterresources #watermanagement #waterloss #regional #estimate #policy #planning #instrumentation #comparasion

    #remotesensing #global #mapping #earthobservation #gis #spatial
  24. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Watching A #NOAA #Webinar on Flash Droughts
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    noaaresearch.webex.com/wbxmjs/ <-- shared NOAA Summer Science Series individual webinar
    --
    drought.gov/what-is-drought/fl <-- shared NOAA overview technical article
    --
    star.nesdis.noaa.gov/star/NOAA <-- subscribe to the NOAA Summer Science Series
    --
    doi.org/10.1038/s41612-024-006 <-- shared paper
    --
    communities.springernature.com <-- shared technical article (derived from paper above)
    H/T @Jeffrey Basara PhD, MBA | Chair and Professor - Department of Environmental, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell | Co-Founder - American Prime Sustainable Solutions
    [Flash floods? not TOO hard to conceptualise.
    Flash drought? harder to 'get my head around', but H/T / presenter does an excellent job!]
    "Not all droughts are the same. In some cases, drought rapidly intensifies at subseasonal to seasonal scales with significant impacts to agriculture and water resources along with the increased propensity for heatwaves and wildfires. Like all droughts, flash drought begins with a precipitation deficit. However, both evaporative demand and soil moisture are critical flash drought variables, and identifying and monitoring the desiccation of the terrestrial surface is key for determining flash drought development and associated impacts. While recent advances in knowledge and monitoring of flash drought have occurred, fundamental questions remain in the state of the science. What are the overall mechanistic relationships between atmospheric demand, evaporative stress, terrestrial desiccation, and precipitation that drive the progression of flash drought? Do regional characteristics of the environment impact the evolution of flash drought? What are the scales of predictability for flash drought? Finally, how will flash drought frequency and intensity evolve in a changing climate system"
    --
    "Flash drought intensifies rapidly due to changes in precipitation, temperature, wind, and radiation. These changes in the weather increase evapotranspiration and lower soil moisture. Flash droughts can cause extensive damage to agriculture, economies, and ecosystems if they are not predicted and discovered early..."
    #water #hydrology #fedscience #publicgood #hydrologicdrought #waterdeficit #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #watersecurity #risk #hazard #humanimpacts #streamflow #riverflow #groundwater #surfacewater #climate #weather #climatechange #extremeweather #atmosphere #metrology #regional #global #farming #agriculture #fluvial #pluvial #rainfall #precipitation #cloudcover #energy #heat #temperature #ET #evapotranspiration #farming #agriculture #foodsecurity #waterresources #dynamicsystems #watermanagement #flashdrought #drought #susceptibility #monitoring #prediction #model #modeling
    @noaa

    #noaa #webinar #water #hydrology #fedscience #publicgood
  25. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Statistical Characterization Of High Flow Volumes Across The Conterminous United States Supporting Managed Aquifer Recharge
    --
    doi.org/10.1029/2025WR041955 <-- shared paper
    --
    latimes.com/environment/story/ <-- shared media article
    --
    #water #hydrology #groundwater #watersecurity #waterresources #watersupply #watermanagement #USA #CONUS #aquifer #ManagedAquiferRecharge #MAR #FloodMAR #depletion #overpumping #flood #flooding #recharge #planning #policy #streamflow #extremes #hydrography #highflowvolumes #HFV #model #modeling #uncertainly #siting #screening #usecase #spatialanalysis #geostatics #spatiotemporal #mapping #hydrogeomorphology

    #water #hydrology #groundwater #watersecurity #waterresources #watersupply
  26. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    What Can Humans Learn From Beavers When It Comes To Drought-Proofing The Landscape?
    (A collaborative working in Rocky Mountain National Parks [Colorado] shares the ways its work in the Kawuneeche Valley could help in bad droughts like this year.)
    --
    summitdaily.com/news/rocky-mou <-- shared technical media article
    --
    skyhinews.com/news/field-of-dr <-- shared technical article
    --
    #water #hydrology #ecosystem #habitat #restoration #sustainability #drought #extremeweather #beaver #keystonespecies #balance #willow #wetland #marsh #beaverdam #RMNP #RockyMountainNationalPark #Colorado #Kawuneeche #diversity #watermanagement #waterresources #reservoir #vegetation #droughtresilience #waterquality #humanimpacts #grassland #KawuneecheValleyRestorationCollaborative #river #naturalprocesses #riparian #watermanagement #ecosystemresilience #watertable #groundwater #zombiewillows #beaverdammimicry #engineering #fencing #herbivores #wildfire #firebreak
    National Park Service | Northern Water | Colorado State University | TOWN OF GRAND LAKE | USDA Forest Service | The Nature Conservancy | @American Rivers

    #water #hydrology #ecosystem #habitat #restoration #sustainability
  27. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    [G]lobal Decline In Endorheic Basin Water Storages
    --
    doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-026 <-- shared paper
    --
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endorhei <-- shared Wikipedia page
    --
    “Endorheic (hydrologically landlocked) basins spatially concur with arid/semi-arid climates. Given limited precipitation but high potential evaporation, their water storage is vulnerable to subtle flux perturbations, which are exacerbated by global warming and human activities. Increasing regional evidence suggests a probably recent net decline in endorheic water storage, but this remains unquantified at a global scale. By integrating satellite observations and hydrological modelling, [they] reveal[ed] that during 2002–2016 the global endorheic system experienced a widespread water loss of about 106.3 Gt/yr, attributed to comparable losses in surface water, soil moisture and groundwater. This decadal decline, disparate from water storage fluctuations in exorheic basins, appears less sensitive to El Niño–Southern Oscillation-driven climate variability, which implies a possible response to longer-term climate conditions and human water management. In the mass-conserved hydrosphere, such an endorheic water loss not only exacerbates local water stress, but also imposes excess water on exorheic basins, leading to a potential sea level rise that matches the contribution of nearly half of the land glacier retreat (excluding Greenland and Antarctica). Given these dual ramifications, [they] suggest the necessity for long-term monitoring of water storage variation in the global endorheic system and the inclusion of its net contribution to future sea level budgeting…”
    #water #hydrology #hydrography #global #waterresources #waterstorage #Endorheic #Basin #watersecurity #arid #semiarid #rainfall #precipitation #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #globalwarming #climatechange #humanimpacts #anthropogenic #regional #remotesensing #GIS #spatial #mapping #earthobservation #surfacewater #groundwater #soilmoisture #exorheic #watermanagement #hydrosphere #waterstress #SLR #sealevelrise #monitoring #waterbudgets

    #water #hydrology #hydrography #global #waterresources #waterstorage
  28. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    [G]lobal Decline In Endorheic Basin Water Storages
    --
    doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-026 <-- shared paper
    --
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endorhei <-- shared Wikipedia page
    --
    “Endorheic (hydrologically landlocked) basins spatially concur with arid/semi-arid climates. Given limited precipitation but high potential evaporation, their water storage is vulnerable to subtle flux perturbations, which are exacerbated by global warming and human activities. Increasing regional evidence suggests a probably recent net decline in endorheic water storage, but this remains unquantified at a global scale. By integrating satellite observations and hydrological modelling, [they] reveal[ed] that during 2002–2016 the global endorheic system experienced a widespread water loss of about 106.3 Gt/yr, attributed to comparable losses in surface water, soil moisture and groundwater. This decadal decline, disparate from water storage fluctuations in exorheic basins, appears less sensitive to El Niño–Southern Oscillation-driven climate variability, which implies a possible response to longer-term climate conditions and human water management. In the mass-conserved hydrosphere, such an endorheic water loss not only exacerbates local water stress, but also imposes excess water on exorheic basins, leading to a potential sea level rise that matches the contribution of nearly half of the land glacier retreat (excluding Greenland and Antarctica). Given these dual ramifications, [they] suggest the necessity for long-term monitoring of water storage variation in the global endorheic system and the inclusion of its net contribution to future sea level budgeting…”
    #water #hydrology #hydrography #global #waterresources #waterstorage #Endorheic #Basin #watersecurity #arid #semiarid #rainfall #precipitation #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #globalwarming #climatechange #humanimpacts #anthropogenic #regional #remotesensing #GIS #spatial #mapping #earthobservation #surfacewater #groundwater #soilmoisture #exorheic #watermanagement #hydrosphere #waterstress #SLR #sealevelrise #monitoring #waterbudgets

    #water #hydrology #hydrography #global #waterresources #waterstorage
  29. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    [G]lobal Decline In Endorheic Basin Water Storages
    --
    doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-026 <-- shared paper
    --
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endorhei <-- shared Wikipedia page
    --
    “Endorheic (hydrologically landlocked) basins spatially concur with arid/semi-arid climates. Given limited precipitation but high potential evaporation, their water storage is vulnerable to subtle flux perturbations, which are exacerbated by global warming and human activities. Increasing regional evidence suggests a probably recent net decline in endorheic water storage, but this remains unquantified at a global scale. By integrating satellite observations and hydrological modelling, [they] reveal[ed] that during 2002–2016 the global endorheic system experienced a widespread water loss of about 106.3 Gt/yr, attributed to comparable losses in surface water, soil moisture and groundwater. This decadal decline, disparate from water storage fluctuations in exorheic basins, appears less sensitive to El Niño–Southern Oscillation-driven climate variability, which implies a possible response to longer-term climate conditions and human water management. In the mass-conserved hydrosphere, such an endorheic water loss not only exacerbates local water stress, but also imposes excess water on exorheic basins, leading to a potential sea level rise that matches the contribution of nearly half of the land glacier retreat (excluding Greenland and Antarctica). Given these dual ramifications, [they] suggest the necessity for long-term monitoring of water storage variation in the global endorheic system and the inclusion of its net contribution to future sea level budgeting…”
    #water #hydrology #hydrography #global #waterresources #waterstorage #Endorheic #Basin #watersecurity #arid #semiarid #rainfall #precipitation #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #globalwarming #climatechange #humanimpacts #anthropogenic #regional #remotesensing #GIS #spatial #mapping #earthobservation #surfacewater #groundwater #soilmoisture #exorheic #watermanagement #hydrosphere #waterstress #SLR #sealevelrise #monitoring #waterbudgets

    #water #hydrology #hydrography #global #waterresources #waterstorage
  30. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    [G]lobal Decline In Endorheic Basin Water Storages
    --
    doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-026 <-- shared paper
    --
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endorhei <-- shared Wikipedia page
    --
    “Endorheic (hydrologically landlocked) basins spatially concur with arid/semi-arid climates. Given limited precipitation but high potential evaporation, their water storage is vulnerable to subtle flux perturbations, which are exacerbated by global warming and human activities. Increasing regional evidence suggests a probably recent net decline in endorheic water storage, but this remains unquantified at a global scale. By integrating satellite observations and hydrological modelling, [they] reveal[ed] that during 2002–2016 the global endorheic system experienced a widespread water loss of about 106.3 Gt/yr, attributed to comparable losses in surface water, soil moisture and groundwater. This decadal decline, disparate from water storage fluctuations in exorheic basins, appears less sensitive to El Niño–Southern Oscillation-driven climate variability, which implies a possible response to longer-term climate conditions and human water management. In the mass-conserved hydrosphere, such an endorheic water loss not only exacerbates local water stress, but also imposes excess water on exorheic basins, leading to a potential sea level rise that matches the contribution of nearly half of the land glacier retreat (excluding Greenland and Antarctica). Given these dual ramifications, [they] suggest the necessity for long-term monitoring of water storage variation in the global endorheic system and the inclusion of its net contribution to future sea level budgeting…”
    #water #hydrology #hydrography #global #waterresources #waterstorage #Endorheic #Basin #watersecurity #arid #semiarid #rainfall #precipitation #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #globalwarming #climatechange #humanimpacts #anthropogenic #regional #remotesensing #GIS #spatial #mapping #earthobservation #surfacewater #groundwater #soilmoisture #exorheic #watermanagement #hydrosphere #waterstress #SLR #sealevelrise #monitoring #waterbudgets

    #waterbudgets #monitoring #sealevelrise #slr #waterstress #hydrosphere
  31. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @GregCocks ·

    [G]lobal Decline In Endorheic Basin Water Storages
    --
    doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-026 <-- shared paper
    --
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endorhei <-- shared Wikipedia page
    --
    “Endorheic (hydrologically landlocked) basins spatially concur with arid/semi-arid climates. Given limited precipitation but high potential evaporation, their water storage is vulnerable to subtle flux perturbations, which are exacerbated by global warming and human activities. Increasing regional evidence suggests a probably recent net decline in endorheic water storage, but this remains unquantified at a global scale. By integrating satellite observations and hydrological modelling, [they] reveal[ed] that during 2002–2016 the global endorheic system experienced a widespread water loss of about 106.3 Gt/yr, attributed to comparable losses in surface water, soil moisture and groundwater. This decadal decline, disparate from water storage fluctuations in exorheic basins, appears less sensitive to El Niño–Southern Oscillation-driven climate variability, which implies a possible response to longer-term climate conditions and human water management. In the mass-conserved hydrosphere, such an endorheic water loss not only exacerbates local water stress, but also imposes excess water on exorheic basins, leading to a potential sea level rise that matches the contribution of nearly half of the land glacier retreat (excluding Greenland and Antarctica). Given these dual ramifications, [they] suggest the necessity for long-term monitoring of water storage variation in the global endorheic system and the inclusion of its net contribution to future sea level budgeting…”

    #water #hydrology #hydrography #global #waterresources #waterstorage
  32. Kathy Bryson @[email protected] ·

    rethinking outdated #infrastructure 4 healthier #rivers, #fisheries, recreation & managing $

    1st time in decades, once-blocked #river runs free as #Europe removes record 602 #dams #weirs #culverts #sluices thecooldown.com/outdoors/recor

    #conservation #riparian #watermanagement

    #infrastructure #rivers #fisheries #river #europe #dams
  33. The-14 Media @[email protected] ·

    River wildlife moves freely once dams are removed – but so too can invasive species
    #Environment #Rivers #Freshwater #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Ecology #RiverRestoration #Nature #DamRemoval #Salmon #Waterways #Ecosystems #Freshwater #WaterManagement #Dams
    the-14.com/river-wildlife-move

    #environment #rivers #freshwater #biodiversity #wildlife #ecology
  34. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Human Disturbances Dominated The Unprecedentedly High Frequency Of Yellow River Flood Over The Last Millennium
    --
    doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adf8576 <-- shared paper
    --
    smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ <-- shared technical article
    --
    #humanimpacts #anthropogenic #water #hydrography #hydrology #flood #flooding #river #catchment #engineering #riverine #YellowRiver #China #climatechange #extremeweather #floodhazard #risk #hazard #history #historic #sediment #reconstruction #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #levee #breaches #Holocene #geologic #fluvial #sustainability #planning #management #watermanagement #stress #change #dating #radiocarbon #OSL #sampling #paleoflood #overtopping #slackwater #sedimentation #model #modeling #embankment #riverstage #dams

    #humanimpacts #anthropogenic #water #hydrography #hydrology #flood
  35. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Tame The Water Or Let It Flow? - New Zealand Grapples With How To Protect Its Braided Rivers
    --
    theguardian.com/world/ng-inter <-- shared technical media article
    --
    #water #hydrology #river #braidedrivers #NewZealand #watermanagement #waterresources #waterquality #planning #policy #Maori #tribal #CanterburyPlains #hydrogeomorphology #Waimakariri #Rakaia #management #regulations #naturalresources #freshwater #waterways #watersecurity #foodsecurity #engineering #control #levees #freeflowing #flood #flooding
    @TheGuardian | #EnvironmentCanterbury | #TeRūnangaoNgāiTahu

    #water #hydrology #river #braidedrivers #newzealand #watermanagement
  36. The Risks of Artificial Intelligence and Ways to Protect Ourselves @[email protected] ·

    EFU: When We Stop Merely Measuring Reality and Start Learning Its Language

    There are moments when a new unit of measurement seems, at first glance, like a technical detail. Later, it turns out to be something much more important: a change in how we think. I believe EFU may be exactly that kind of shift. It is not just another number. It is a new language for describing the flows that sustain human civilization — material, energetic, ecological, and social.

    The real importance of EFU is not only what it measures, but what it reveals. It invites us to stop seeing the world as a collection of isolated data points and start seeing it as a connected system of flows. Water, energy, materials, waste, agriculture, transport, and environmental pressure are not separate stories. They are chapters of the same larger story. EFU helps make that story visible.

    A New Unit, Not Just a New Label

    The most interesting thing about EFU is not the number itself, but the way of thinking it encourages. When we begin to look at a problem through EFU, we no longer see only statistics. We see relationships. We see dependencies. We see thresholds, bottlenecks, imbalances, and patterns of stress that are otherwise easy to miss.

    That is why EFU matters. It does not merely describe the present. It helps us ask whether a system is stable, whether it is being overburdened, and whether it can remain viable over time. In that sense, EFU is not only a measuring tool. It is a tool for understanding resilience.

    Why This Could Matter More Than It First Appears

    Every major historical era has had its own dominant way of measuring reality. The industrial age centered on mass, energy, and power. The digital age elevated information, data, and connectivity. The next era may well revolve around flows, pressures, limits, and ecological coherence.

    EFU fits naturally into that future. It suggests that the question is not merely “how much is there?” but also:

    • How does it move?
    • What system is it part of?
    • What does it cost?
    • How long can it continue?

    That is a much deeper way of thinking. It is not just accounting. It is civilizational self-awareness.

    The Future Vision: When Measurement Becomes Thoughtful

    What makes EFU especially exciting is that it points beyond itself. If some of the most advanced ideas in modern physics suggest that spacetime, locality, and even causality may not be fundamental, but rather emergent from a deeper layer of reality, then we are already living in a world where our old intuitions may not be enough.

    EFU belongs to that broader intellectual horizon. It does not need to claim that it is “new physics.” But it can certainly be understood as a step toward a new kind of structured thinking: a way of measuring reality that is more aligned with systems, thresholds, and hidden dependencies.

    In that future, artificial intelligence could become a particularly powerful partner. Not because it merely computes faster, but because it may detect patterns that are too complex for human intuition alone. If EFU is paired with AI-driven symbolic reasoning, we may not just analyze data more efficiently — we may discover new kinds of relationships:

    • hidden ratios,
    • tipping points,
    • structural imbalances,
    • and system-level laws that are difficult to express in ordinary terms.

    The Intuitive Advantage

    One of the strongest qualities of EFU may be its intuitive power. A good unit of measurement does not oversimplify reality. It organizes it. It makes complexity legible without distorting it.

    That is especially valuable in areas like:

    • water management,
    • agriculture,
    • energy systems,
    • waste treatment,
    • urban planning,
    • and environmental policy.

    In these fields, raw numbers often fail to communicate what is really happening. EFU can help bridge that gap. It can create a shared framework in which experts, decision-makers, and ordinary citizens can discuss the same problem in the same conceptual language.

    That is a rare and valuable thing. A unit that improves understanding is more than a unit. It becomes a bridge.

    A Small Concept With a Large Horizon

    EFU may still be an emerging idea. It may need refinement, testing, and better formalization. That is not a weakness. In fact, it is often the mark of a genuinely important idea. The most transformative concepts rarely arrive in finished form. They begin as a direction, a hunch, an intuition that something essential is missing.

    And perhaps that is what EFU is really pointing to: a civilization that no longer measures only what it extracts, consumes, or produces, but also what it sustains, balances, and preserves.

    If that is true, then EFU is not a side project. It is a possible step toward a new intellectual culture — one that understands that the future will not be shaped only by growth, but by balance.

    #aNewLanguageForMeasuringReality #abstractReality #AIAndScience #beyondNumbersUnderstandingSystemsThroughEFU #circularEconomy #conceptualShift #dimensionalAnalysis #ecologicalFlows #EFU #EFUAsAFrameworkForSustainability #emergentReality #emergentSpacetime #energyFlows #environmentalPressure #fromDataToMeaningInEnvironmentalSystems #futureOfScience #futureVision #hiddenStructures #howAICanHelpDiscoverSystemLevelLaws #HumanFluxUnit #humanCenteredMeasurement #interdisciplinaryFramework #materialFlows #measuringHumanCivilizationThroughFlows #newEpistemology #newUnitOfMeasurement #pregeometricReality #quantumGravity #resilience #resourceManagement #scientificParadigmShift #sustainability #symbolicReasoning #systemDynamics #SystemsThinking #theFutureOfMeasurementAndReality #waterManagement #whyEFUMattersForTheFuture
    #anewlanguageformeasuringreality #abstractreality #aiandscience #beyondnumbersunderstandingsystemsthroughefu #circulareconomy #conceptualshift
  37. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Detecting Land Use And Land Cover Changes And Quantifying Soil Erosion And Sediment Export Using GIS And Remote Sensing In The GERD Catchment, Ethiopia
    --
    doi.org/10.1016/j.iswcr.2026.1 <-- shared paper
    --
    infonile.org/en/2023/05/battli <-- shared technical media article
    --
    doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-6524 <-- shared technical book chapter
    --
    doi.org/10.3390/rs8121020 <-- shared 2016 paper
    --
    #landuse #landcover #RUSLE #model #soil #erosion #sedimentation #GERD #catchment #NorthAfrica #Ethiopia #AbbayBasin #sustainability #landmanagement #agriculture #farmland #foodsecurity #water #hydrogology #reservior #watermanagement #watersecurity #waterresources #catchment #GrandEthiopianRenaissanceDam #BlueNile #hydrography #impoundment #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #thematic #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #landsat #elevation #DEM #CHIRPS #rainfall #precipitation #LULC #AI #forest #grazing #grassland #field #crops #cropland #waterbodies #urban #biophysical #risk #hazard #mitigation #soilquality

    #landuse #landcover #rusle #model #soil #erosion
  38. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Scientists Finally Know Where The Colorado River’s Missing [sic] Water Is Going
    --
    sciencedaily.com/releases/2026 <-- shared technical article
    --
    doi.org/10.1029/2024GL109826 <-- shared paper
    --
    #water #hydrology #waterresources #watermanagement #streamflow #weather #springweather #ColoradoRiver #meteorology #snowpack #snow #rainfall #precipitation #ET #evaporation #cloud #snowmelt #extremeweather #plants #vegetation #uptake #evapotranspiration #PET #MillenniumDrought #drought #climatechange #headwaters #cloudcover #soil #wateravailability #prediction #forecasting #estimates
    @University Of Washington

    #water #hydrology #waterresources #watermanagement #streamflow #weather
  39. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    A Review Of Current Best Practices And Future Directions In Assimilating GRACE/-FO Terrestrial Water Storage Data Into Numerical Models
    --
    doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-985-20 <-- shared technical article/review 📖 🔗
    --
    grace.jpl.nasa.gov/ <-- @nasa @JPL home page, Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE)
    --
    #GRACE #GRACEFO #DataAssimilation #EarthObservation #Hydrology #WaterResources #ClimateScience #RemoteSensing #CRC1502 #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #satellite #earthobservation #water #hydrology #model #modeling #landsurface #hydrogeomorphology #geomorphology #geomorphometry #waterresources #waterstorage #monitoring #groundwater #trends #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #droughts #floods #extremeweather #literature #review #summary #watercycle #geostatistics #humanimpacts #irrigation #watermanagement #anthropogenic #pumping #extraction #AI #ML #machinelearning

    #grace #gracefo #dataassimilation #earthobservation #hydrology #waterresources
  40. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Changes In Dominant Streamflow Drivers As Network-Scale Flow Regime Shifts From Intermittent To Ephemeral Across A Multi-Year Drought
    --
    doi.org/10.1002/hyp.70413 <-- shared paper
    --
    #GIS #spatial #mapping #water #hydrology #fluvial #pluvial #precipitation #extremeweather #California #USA #semiarid #watershed #headwaters #weather #metrology #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #model #modeling #geostatistics #monitoring #sensors #instrumentation #insitu #drought #streamflow #ephemeral #intermittent #catchments #waterresources #watermanagement #watersecurity #planning
    #coast #coastal #hydrogeomorphic #geology #climate

    #gis #spatial #mapping #water #hydrology #fluvial
  41. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    From Space To Field - Putting satellite insights into growers’ hands [OpenET]
    --
    irrigationtoday.org/features/f <-- shared technical media article
    --
    etdata.org/ <-- shared OpenET home page
    --
    nasa.gov/image-article/openet- <-- shared NASA technical article
    --
    youtu.be/Rbobf6aurLs?si=Q0kN9e <-- shared OpenET overview video
    --
    #OpenET #openscience #opendata #publicgood #publicservice #nonprofit #fedscience #fedservice #evapotranspiration #ET #Landsat #OLI #OperationalLandImager #groundwater #water #hydrology #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #agriculture #USA #farming #waterresources #watermanagement #planning #watersecurity #satellite #remotesensing #earthobservation #model #modeling #irrigation #metrology #raster #cost #economics #efficiency #foodproduction #mobileapp #FARMS #view #download #usecase #reporting
    #OpenET #USGS #USDA @NASA #USGS_EROS

    #openet #openscience #opendata #publicgood #publicservice #nonprofit
  42. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Past And Future Change In Global River Flows
    --
    doi.org/10.1038/s43017-025-007 <-- shared paper
    --
    #review #water #hydrology #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #waterresources #model #modeling #flow #global #watercycle #humanimpacts #climate #extremeweather #seasonal #dynamics #changes #riverflow #regional #fluvial #pluvial #cryosphere #climatemodel #climatechange #anthropogenic #landuse #watermanagement #model #modeling #terrestrial #ecosystems

    #review #water #hydrology #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #waterresources
  43. Robert Luetkemeier @[email protected] ·

    Today at @ufz: Together with Anne Jäger, we shared insights from our REGULATE research group @isoewikom on social-ecological groundwater regulation, long-distance water transfers, and groundwater ecosystems. Thanks to Karsten Rinke, Susanne I. Schmidt, and the UFZ team for the inspiring exchange!
    #Groundwater #WaterManagement #SocialEcologicalSystems #UFZ #ResearchCollaboration

    #groundwater #watermanagement #socialecologicalsystems #ufz #researchcollaboration
  44. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Ensemble Deep Learning Towards High-Resolution Soil-Moisture Mapping For Enhanced Water Management In California's Central Valley
    --
    doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2025 <-- shared paper
    --
    #agriculture #crops #groundwater #pumping #monitoring #agronomic #irrigation #planning #scheduling #wateruse #sustainability #wateruse #watersecurity #deeplearning #framework #soilmoisture #downscaling #watermanagement #california #centralvalley #ensemblemodeling #model #modeling #SMAP #satellite #rootzone #remotesensing #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #AI #sensitivityanalysis #fieldobservation #instrumentation #fieldchecking #seasonal #crop #crops #production #foodsecurity #NVDI #NDWI #ET #evapotranspiration #MODIS #pluvial

    #agriculture #crops #groundwater #pumping #monitoring #agronomic
  45. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Definition and Benefits of Conjunctive Water Management
    --
    unece.org/sites/default/files/ <-- shared 2023 UNESCO presentation
    --
    unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/ <-- shared UNESCO document
    --
    doi.org/10.62592/XGBG1126 <-- shared publication, The Groundwater Project
    --
    “Different forms of water are often managed in isolation. Conjunctive Water Management considers surface water, groundwater and other components of the water cycle as one single resource, maximizing benefits and streamlining their use..."
    #water #hydrology #integration #watermanagement #waterresources #ConjunctiveWaterManagement #surfacewater #groundwater #watercycle #fluvial #pluvial #precipitation #goodpractice #waterconvention #usecase #conservation
    @unesco

    #water #hydrology #integration #watermanagement #waterresources #conjunctivewatermanagement
  46. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Drought-Induced Changes In Groundwater-Surface Water Exchange At Lake Mead Area [Remote Sensing]
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    doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2025.10 <-- shared paper
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    [disclaimer: the model details / math are way over my head technically - but a good read, regardless]
    #water #hydrology #LakeMead #Drought #Impacts #humanimpacts #anthropogenic #Groundwater #SurfaceWater #InSAR #ElasticLoad #Model #WaterStorage #HydraulicConnectivity #modeling #waterresources #earthobservation #remotesensing #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #pumping #reservoir #climate #watermanagement #rebound #arid #connectivity #geology #lake #aquifer #subsurface #stressors

    #water #hydrology #lakemead #drought #impacts #humanimpacts
  47. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Groundwater Level Forecasting In Response To Climate Change Scenarios In Southwestern Saskatchewan Using Wavelet Decomposition And Artificial Neural Networks
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    doi.org/10.1016/j.gsd.2025.101 <-- shared paper
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    #climatechange #machinelearning #artificialneuralnetworks #sustainablegroundwatermanagement #waveletdecomposition #water #hydrology #groundwater #extremeweather #drought #rainfall #precipitation #AI #forecast #waterresources #pumping #extraction #network #historicaldata #model #modeling #ANN #groundwaterlevel #forecasting #recharge #saskatchewan #canada #watermanagement #strategy #aquifer #GWLs #wells #modelresults #results #sustainability #climate

    #climatechange #machinelearning #artificialneuralnetworks #sustainablegroundwatermanagement #waveletdecomposition #water
  48. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Analysis Of Colorado River Basin Storage Suggests Need For Immediate Action
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    colorado.edu/center/gwc/2025/0 <-- shared UC Boulder School Of Law paper
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    usbr.gov/ColoradoRiverBasin/ <-- shared BuRec Colorado River Basin overview page
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    usbr.gov/ColoradoRiverBasin/po <-- shared BuRec Colorado River Basin Lake Powell & Lake Mead Operations Post-2026 Update 12/05/24 presentation
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    doi.org/10.1029/2022WR033454 <-- shared 2023 paper – “Aridification of Colorado River Basin's Snowpack Regions Has Driven Water Losses Despite Ameliorating Effects of Vegetation”
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    #water #hydrology #watermanagement #management #watersecurity #agriculture #ColoradoRiver #ColoradoRiverBasin #storage #waterresources #wateruse #agreement #naturalsupply #usecase #reserve #model #modeling #hydrospatial #future #forecasts #climate #recharge #snowpack #massbalance #conservative #dams #BuRec #reservoir #operations #infrastructure #consumption #magicwater
    @CU Boulder Getches-Wilkinson Center Law Center

    #water #hydrology #watermanagement #management #watersecurity #agriculture
  49. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Building Damage Risk In Sinking Indian Megacities
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    doi.org/10.1038/s41893-025-016 <-- shared paper
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    doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X <-- shared paper
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    downtoearth.org.in/urbanisatio <-- shared media article
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    #GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #India #subsidence #risk #hazard #groundwater #depletion #exploitation #pumping #sinking #overpumping #aquifer #watermanagement #structural #damage #infrastructure #cost #residential #publicsafety #economics #engineering #construction #buildingcodes #remotesensing #model #modeling #satellite #earthobservation #elevation #megacities #city #cities #urban #differential #settlement #planning #policy #mitigation #maintainence #inSAR #verticallandmovement #VLM #engineeringgeology #geostatistics #flood #flooding #sediment

    #gis #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #india #subsidence
  50. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    FARMing With Data - OpenET Launches New Tool For Farmers and Ranchers
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    nasa.gov/centers-and-facilitie <-- shared NASA article
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    etdata.org/ <-- shared OpenET home page
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    #GIS #spatial #mapping #OpenET #FARMing #spatialdata #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #farmers #agriculture #water #hydrology #NASA #USGS #waterresources #ET #evaporation #transpiration #efficiency #weather #climate #evapotranspiration #model #modeling #planning #conservation #sustainability #remotesensing #earthobservation #management #satellite #watermanagement
    @USGS @nasa

    #gis #spatial #mapping #openet #farming #spatialdata