Project description: Summary: Improve reservoir inflow forecasts by Texas river authorities and the Army Corps of Engineers by integrating NASA satellite precipitation estimates and soil moisture products. The goal is to improve precipitation estimates in areas NEXRAD coverage is poor and develop more reliable, real-time loss factors for operational HEC-HMS.
End Users/partners: Texas river authorities and the Army Corps of Engineers
Data sources, models, technology: SMAP soil moisture observations, SMOS soil moisture observations (since October 2011), Global Precipitation Mission (GPM) precipitation observations, and MODIS NDVI, GOES lightning data