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        <origin>Gabriel B. Senay</origin>
        <origin>Matthew Schauer</origin>
        <origin>MacKenzie Friedrichs</origin>
        <origin>Naga Manohar Velpuri</origin>
        <origin>Ramesh K. Singh</origin>
        <pubdate>20170120</pubdate>
        <title>Satellite-based Water Use Dynamics Using Historical Landsat Data (1984-2014) in the Southwestern United States</title>
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        <onlink>https://doi.org/10.5066/F7DF6PDR</onlink>
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      <abstract>Historical (1984-2014) Landsat-based ET maps were generated for Palo Verde Irrigation District (PVID) and eight other sub-basins in parts of Middle and Lower Central Valley, California. A total of 3,396 Landsat images were processed using the Operational Simplified Surface Energy balance (SSEBop) model that integrates weather and remotely sensed images to estimate monthly and annual ET within the study areas over the 31 years. Model output evaluation and validation using gridded-flux data and water balance ET approaches indicated relatively strong association between SSEBop ET and validation datasets. Historical trend analysis of seven agro-hydrologic variables were done using the Seasonal Mann-Kendall test.</abstract>
      <purpose>This study has many applications in planning water resource allocation, managing water rights, sustaining agricultural production, and quantifying impacts of climate and land use/land cover changes on water resources.</purpose>
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        <themekey>Evapotranspiration</themekey>
        <themekey>farming</themekey>
        <themekey>climatology</themekey>
        <themekey>meteorology</themekey>
        <themekey>environment</themekey>
        <themekey>geoscientificInformation</themekey>
        <themekey>historical ET</themekey>
        <themekey>ET modeling</themekey>
        <themekey>thermal remote sensing</themekey>
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          <cntorg>US Geological Survey Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center</cntorg>
          <cntper>Gabriel Senay</cntper>
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          <cntorg>U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase</cntorg>
          <cntper>U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase</cntper>
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          <address>Denver Federal Center, Building 810, Mail Stop 302</address>
          <city>Denver</city>
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    <distliab>This database, identified as historical ET, has been approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Although this database has been subjected to rigorous review and is substantially complete, the USGS reserves the right to revise the data pursuant to further analysis and review. Furthermore, the database is released on condition that neither the USGS nor the U.S. Government shall be held liable for any damages resulting from its authorized or unauthorized use."</distliab>
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          <cntorg>US Geological Survey Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center</cntorg>
          <cntper>Gabriel Senay</cntper>
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