Water Resources Research Act Program

Details for Project ID 2008AL70B

Estimating Regional and Local Scale Surface Moisture as an Indicator of Drought and Crop Yield Using Thermal IR Remote Sensing

Institute: Alabama
Year Established: 2008 Start Date: 2008-03-01 End Date: 2009-02-28
Total Federal Funds: $15,000 Total Non-Federal Funds: $31,183

Principal Investigators: Luke Marzen, Diane Hite

Project Summary: This project will continue to evaluate and validate methods to use remotely sensed data to estimate surface moisture conditions as an indication of drought and associated economic impacts on crop yield.