Using Satellites to Improve Water Management Kellianne Bogart, Holland Hatch, Ryan Joshi, Christabel Naddour, Sally Van Riper
May 9, 2023
Water management is crucial for New Mexico as it is one of the driest states. Inefficient allocation of water only worsens water scarcity. Satellite data can measure variables we need for our 3 domains. For ag, evapotranspiration (ET) is compared between pivot and non-pivot irrigation. Evaporative stress index (ESI) is used to measure severity of drought, and land surface temperature (LST) is used to measure the severity of wildfires.