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Using Satellite Imagery to Estimate Consumptive Water Use from Irrigated Lands in the Milk River Basin, United States and Canada

Fact Sheet 2021-3042
Prepared in cooperation with Alberta Environment and Parks, Blackfeet Nation, Environment and Climate Change Canada, and Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation
By: , , and 
https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20213042

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Abstract

The U.S. Geological Survey, with the support of the International Joint Commission, and in cooperation with Alberta Environment and Parks, Blackfeet Nation, Environment and Climate Change Canada, and Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, is leading a project that should improve information available to apportion water between Canada and the United States in the St. Mary and Milk River Basins. One component of the water budget, consumptive use of irrigation water (the amount of supplemental water used by crops), can be estimated at 100-meter resolution almost every week using imagery recorded by satellites from 1985 to present (2021) and weather data, when conditions permit. Better estimates of consumptive water use should improve understanding of water availability and use in the basin and should assist with water apportionment procedures.

Suggested Citation

Sando, R., Friedrichs, M., and Senay, G.B., 2021, Using satellite imagery to estimate consumptive water use from irrigated lands in the Milk River Basin, United States and Canada: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2021–3042, 2 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20213042.

ISSN: 2327-6932 (online)

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Table of Contents

  • Project Overview
  • Milk River Basin Project Timeline and Goals
  • Expected Outcomes
  • Materials Related to this Project
  • References Cited
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Using satellite imagery to estimate consumptive water use from irrigated lands in the Milk River Basin, United States and Canada
Series title Fact Sheet
Series number 2021-3042
DOI 10.3133/fs20213042
Year Published 2021
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, WY-MT Water Science Center
Description 2 p.
Country Canada, United States
State Alberta, Montana, Saskatchewan
Other Geospatial Milk River basin
Online Only (Y/N) Y
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