Cropping Systems Research Laboratory

Projected changes in water demand and potential water savings for US grown rice under alternate wetting and drying practice

In the United States (US), rice production accounts for roughly 10% of global rice trade and contributes more than $34 billion annually to the national economy. Although rice is a critical staple crop for global food security, it has traditionally been cultivated under continuous...

Multi-scale evapotranspiration and evaporative stress as indicators of vegetation health and drought response – an application in central Missouri, USA

Satellite estimates of evapotranspiration (ET) based on thermal infrared retrievals of land-surface temperature enable monitoring of vegetation water use and health/stress at sub-field to global scales. The information content of these products varies with pixel size, reflecting...