Water Resources Research Act Program

Details for Project ID NE_2024_Shrestha

Monitoring monthly groundwater level variation in the NSH using remote sensing

Institute: Nebraska
Year Established: 2024 Start Date: 2024-09-01 End Date: 2025-08-31
Total Federal Funds: $14,716 Total Non-Federal Funds: $14,716

Principal Investigators: Nawaraj Shrestha

Project Summary: Nebraska Sandhills (NSH) has fewer monitoring wells to measure groundwater level variation. To fill the data gap, the study uses satellite Lidar observation to estimate groundwater level in the NSH using lake surface elevation. The study will test the feasibility of using lakes surface elevation to represent the groundwater level in the NSH using ICESat-2 and GEDI observations.