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NASA Soil Moisture Perspec1ves and Advances John Bolten NASA Applied Sciences Program Water Resources john.bolten@nasa.gov MOISST, Lincoln, NE June 5, 2018 NASA Applied Sciences Program Explain the basic underlying science and interactions


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John Bolten NASA Applied Sciences Program Water Resources john.bolten@nasa.gov

MOISST, Lincoln, NE June 5, 2018

NASA Soil Moisture Perspec1ves and Advances

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NASA Applied Sciences Program

The Program funds projects that enable innova1ve uses of NASA Earth science data in organiza1ons' policy, business, and management decisions.

  • Explain the basic underlying science and interactions
  • Discuss outstanding issues and challenges
  • Illustrate the state of art in earth observing technologies and strategies

for environmental monitoring, assessment, and prediction

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S1ck man with club in his hands – basic needs, followed food, lived near water

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(Pre)Formulation Implementation Primary Ops Extended Ops

ISS Instruments

LIS (2020), SAGE III (2020) TSIS-1 (2018), OCO-3 (2018), ECOSTRESS (2018), GEDI (2018) CLARREO-PF (2020)

InVEST/CubeSats

RAVAN (2016) IceCube (2017) MiRaTA (2017) HARP (2018) TEMPEST-D (2018) RainCube (2018) CubeRRT (2018) CIRiS (2018*) CSIM (2018)

* Target date, not yet manifested

NASA Earth Science

Missions: Present through 2023

Landsat 9 (2020) PACE (2022) NI-SAR (2021) SWOT (2021) TEMPO (2018) GRACE-FO (2) (2018) ICESat-2 (2018) CYGNSS (8) (2019) NISTAR, EPIC (DSCOVR / NOAA) (2019) QuikSCAT (2017) Landsat 7 (USGS) (~2022) Terra (>2021) Aqua (>2022) CloudSat (~2018) CALIPSO (>2022) Aura (>2022) SMAP (>2022) Suomi NPP (NOAA) (>2022) Landsat 8 (USGS) (>2022) GPM (>2022) OCO-2 (>2022) Sentinel-6A/B (2020, 2025) MAIA (~2021) GeoCARB (~2021) TROPICS (12) (~2021) SORCE, TCTE (NOAA) (2017) OSTM/Jason-2 (NOAA) (>2022)

JPSS-2 Instruments

OMPS-Limb (2019)

01.29.18

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Explain the Basic Underlying Science and Interactions

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Water Cycle Frac,on naturally yields a non-parametric es1mate of soil moisture memory.

  • Not based on fiTng of autocovariance
  • Not based on fiTng of seasonal mean

(required for autocovariance)

Soil moisture memory is co-factor in establishing land-atmosphere feedbacks Strong regional differences

Memory and Land-Atmosphere Interac+ons

  • D. Entekhabi (MIT)
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Surface Soil Moisture is the ‘Gate’ Through Which All Exchanges of Water Between the Atmosphere and Subsurface Must Pass

McColl et al. (Nature-Geoscience, 2016)

SMAP Water Cycle Fraction

Exchanges Between Land and Atmosphere

Even Though Soil Moisture is 10 ppm of the Global Water Budget, it Captures About 20% of the Water Cycle

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NLDAS soil moisture evalua1ons

NLDAS Phase 2: Four land-surface models (Noah-2.8, Mosaic, SAC, VIC-4.0.3) 1979-present, running in opera1ons at NOAA, with a 3.5-day latency NLDAS-2.5: NLDAS-2 LSMs with 0-day latency, becoming opera1onal at NOAA late 2018 NLDAS-3.0: New/upgraded LSMs using LIS with data assimila1on. See white paper on LDAS websites for details. Test data available informally; targe1ng 2019 for opera1ons. Future: Improving forcing, expanding domain, targe1ng 3-4km spa1al resolu1on

(LEFT) NLDAS-2 soil moisture against North American Soil Moisture Database (NASMD) Figure from: Xia et al., JHM, 2015 (LEFT) NLDAS-2 and NLDAS-3 candidate LSMs against SCAN for 5-cm surface soil moisture Figure from: Mocko et al., NLDAS Science Testbed

  • D. Mocko (NASA GSFC)
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Discuss outstanding issues and challenges

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Data Assimila1on vs. Model Calibra1on With model calibra1on: 1) the land model itself is changed – values of model parameter(s) are

  • p1mized.

2) SMAP data contribute to the parameter calibra1on but not to the upda1ng of the prognos1c states during a simula1on.

The present study focuses on the calibra1on of a certain recharge parameter. The value used in the default model gives soil moisture recessions that are too slow. Calibra1ng the parameter allows more realis1c recessions. Koster (NASA GSFC)

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SMAP soil moisture drying more rapid than observed in situ following rainfall events

Peter J. Shellito1, Eric E. Small1, Andreas Colliander2, Rajat Bindlish3, Michael H. Cosh3, Aaron A. Berg4, David D. Bosch5, Todd G. Caldwell6, David C. Goodrich7, Heather McNairn8, John H. Prueger9, Patrick J. Starks10, Rogier van der Velde11, and Jeffrey P. Walker12

1Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA, 2NASA Jet Propulsion

Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA, 3USDA-ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, USA, 4Department of Geography, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada,

5USDA-ARS Southeast Watershed Research Laboratory, Tifton, Georgia, USA, 6Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School
  • f Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA, 7USDA-ARS Southwest Watershed Research Center,

Tucson, Arizona, USA, 8Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 9USDA-ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment, Ames, Iowa, USA, 10USDA-ARS Grazinglands Research Laboratory, El Reno, Oklahoma, USA, 11Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands,

12Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

PUBLICATIONS

Geophysical Research Letters

RESEARCH LETTER

10.1002/2016GL069946

Key Points:

  • SMAP and networks of in situ probes
  • bserve soil drying after rainfall
  • SMAP observes soil drying to occur
  • ver a 44% shorter timescale than in

situ

  • SMAP observes soil drying to occur at

twice the rate as in situ Supporting Information:

  • Supporting Information S1
  • Table S1

Correspondence to:

  • P. J. Shellito,

peter.shellito@colorado.edu

Peter Shellito (NASA GSFC)

SMAP vs Modeled Soil Moisture Dynamics

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NLDAS Noah_MP (4 layers, WRF default) WLDAS Noah_MP (20 layers, WRF default)

  • WLDAS: soil moisture

and groundwater es1mates at 1km resolu1on for the western US (PI: Mae Rodell)

  • Configura1on with 20

layers provides beeer correla1on. Bailing Li (GSFC)

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We can characterize the agreement in these /me series with the square of the correla/on coefficient, r2.

SMAP Retrievals Used for Precipita+on Es+ma+on

Randy Koster (NASA GSFC)

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Streamflow Es1ma1on

Precipita1on es1mates (from before) Streamflow es1mates capture some of the

  • bserved behavior.

Randy Koster (NASA GSFC)

Streamflow Es+ma+on

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Technologies and Strategies for Environmental Monitoring, Assessment, and Prediction

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SM-yield rank correlation analysis for corn over central and eastern U.S.

Can we Improve our Es+ma+on of End Of Season Yield Using Satellite Observa+ons?

Mladenova, I. E., J. D. Bolten, et al. 2017. IEEE JSTARS, 10 (4): 1328-1343

Soil moisture and ET

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City of Cape Town: Water Dashboard

30 April 2018

Western Cape Water Supply System (WCWSS) Weekly Dam Drawdown Tracker Water Usage From Large Dams Comprising The Western Cape Water Supply System (WCWSS)

Disclaimer: The data depicted above is indicative and has been based on the City's own assessment of water use from the WCWSS. It is subject to official verification by the National Department of Water and Sanitation. DAM STORAGE (%) WEEKLY DAM LEVEL CHANGE (%)

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AVG DAILY PRODUCTION WCWSS LARGE DAMS ONLY (Ml/d) 479 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 325 Cumulative CCT Usage (million m!) End of Week Cumulative Weekly CCT Usage (Excl. Own Sources) from WCWSS vs. Planned Usage Prior Unrestricted 5 yr Average Planned CCT Usage Actual CCT Usage Target Usage by 31 October 2018 Usage Target:174.7 million m3

!"#$%&'()*+,-./0( CAPACITY % % % % % % Ml 30 April 2018 Previous week 2017 2016 2015 2014 BERG RIVER 130 010 38.3 37.1 33.3 26.5 55.1 88.9 STEENBRAS LOWER 33 517 38.8 40.6 30.3 40.9 51.9 46.3 STEENBRAS UPPER 31 767 61.1 85.1 54.9 54.8 58.8 82.5 THEEWATERSKLOOF 480 188 11.3 10.3 17.1 32.5 53.8 73.8 VOËLVLEI 164 095 14.4 13.8 18.7 20.4 46.2 59.7 WEMMERSHOEK 58 644 47.6 44.5 36.0 49.9 52.8 60.8 TOTAL STORED 898 221 187 939 179 711 204 695 284 391 472 978 645 479 % STORAGE 20.9 20.0 22.8 31.7 52.7 71.9 NOTES:

3) The last 10% of a dam's water is difficult to use, the useable water in the dam is approximately 10% less than the dam level. CAPACITY % % % % % % Ml 30 April 2018 Previous week 2017 2016 2015 2014 ALEXANDRA (Table Mountain) 126 68.0 60.8 30.7 33.0 0.0 45.7 DE VILLIERS (Table Mountain) 243 56.0 57.3 44.5 74.4 47.1 97.3 HELY-HUTCHINSON (Table Mountain) 925 77.2 70.1 98.8 72.6 0.0 30.4 KLEINPLAATS (Simon's Town) 1 368 38.8 38.8 41.2 31.2 26.3 54.2 LAND-EN-ZEEZICHT (Helderberg) 451 89.9 88.2 76.0 13.6 0.0 0.0 LEWIS GAY (Simon's Town) 182 68.5 58.4 12.9 1.5 65.5 33.6 VICTORIA (Table Mountain) 128 37.9 39.9 71.1 20.6 0.0 98.1 WOODHEAD (Table Mountain) 954 58.0 57.9 72.4 79.3 48.4 51.2 1) Capacity of the major dams of the Western Cape Water Supply System is 99.6% and that of the minor dams 0.4% of the combined capacity of the major and minor dams. Kindly note that all the Major Dams show gross capacity. 2) All figures are for 30 April for each year except for those in the second column, which gives the figures for the previous week of this year.

Water Stored in Minor Dams Within Cape Town

MINOR DAMS STORAGE

Ten Year Graph Indicating Volume of Water Stored in Major Dams Comprising Western Cape Water Supply System (WCWSS) Water Stored in Major Dams Comprising Western Cape Water Supply System (WCWSS)

MAJOR DAMS STORAGE 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 30 April 2018 Previous week 2017 2016 2015 2014

Dam Levels for 30 April 2014-2018

BERG RIVER STEENBRAS LOWER STEENBRAS UPPER THEEWATERSKLOOF VOËLVLEI WEMMERSHOEK 100000 200000 300000 400000 500000 600000 700000 800000 900000 1000000 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53 VOLUME STORED IN MEGALITRES WEEK NO 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Notes: Jan-18 99.38 98 This table shows CCT drinking water quality compliance according to the South African National Standard 241:2015. Compliance, measured against all prescribed chemical and microbiological components, consistently exceeds the very high CCT target of 98%. (Overall compliance percentages of continuous sampling and analysis are released on a monthly basis. The latest available is for January).

Rainfall

Nov-17 99.44 98 Dec-17 99.43 98 Sep-17 99.57 98 Oct-17 99.49 98 Jul-17 99.62 98 Aug-17 99.59 98 May-17 99.71 98 Jun-17 99.65 98 Mar-17 99.67 98 Apr-17 99.67 98 Jan-17 99.63 98 Feb-17 99.64 98

Percentage Water Stored in Major Dams (WCWSS) CCT Daily Average Water Production (7 Day Avg) CCT Water Quality Sample Pass Rate

Month Water Quality Compliance (%) Target (%) 200 400 600 800 1 000 1 200 1 400 25-Jul-13 23-Sep-13 22-Nov-13 21-Jan-14 22-Mar-14 21-May-14 20-Jul-14 18-Sep-14 17-Nov-14 16-Jan-15 17-Mar-15 16-May-15 15-Jul-15 13-Sep-15 12-Nov-15 11-Jan-16 11-Mar-16 10-May-16 09-Jul-16 07-Sep-16 06-Nov-16 05-Jan-17 06-Mar-17 05-May-17 04-Jul-17 02-Sep-17 01-Nov-17 31-Dec-17 01-Mar-18 30-Apr-18 29-Jun-18 28-Aug-18 Production (Ml/day) Date Average Production (Ml/day)
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40.00 60.00 80.00 100.00 120.00 08-Oct-13 08-Dec-13 08-Feb-14 08-Apr-14 08-Jun-14 08-Aug-14 08-Oct-14 08-Dec-14 08-Feb-15 08-Apr-15 08-Jun-15 08-Aug-15 08-Oct-15 08-Dec-15 08-Feb-16 08-Apr-16 08-Jun-16 08-Aug-16 08-Oct-16 08-Dec-16 08-Feb-17 08-Apr-17 08-Jun-17 08-Aug-17 08-Oct-17 08-Dec-17 08-Feb-18 % Storage Date TOTAL STORED - BIG 6 Total* LT Average Blackheath Upper 8.2 0.0 23.0 1.0 32.0 0.0 0.0 76.3 47.6 Brooklands 20.0 0.0 28.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 71.0 64.9 Newlands 32.5 0.0 23.5 70.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 167.0 123.6 Steenbras 6.8 0.1 23.8 0.0 5.5 0.0 0.0 53.1 79.4 Table Mountain (Woodhead) 27.0 0.0 23.0 2.5 10.5 0.0 109.7 127.3 Theewaterskloof 2.5 0.0 13.0 0.3 2.0 0.0 0.0 19.1 56.4 Tygerberg 9.0 2.5 39.7 1.2 2.7 0.0 0.0 67.9 40.8 Voëlvlei 10.0 0.0 3.0 11.0 10.0 0.0 0.0 45.0 45.1 Wemmershoek 40.2 0.0 38.0 15.9 0.0 0.0 1.5 139.3 62.5 Wynberg 27.0 0.0 25.5 5.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 86.1 83.3 RAINFALL (mm) Apr Notes: *Total/cumulative rainfall for month indicated above LT: Long Term 23-Apr 24-Apr 25-Apr 26-Apr 27-Apr 28-Apr 29-Apr
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John Bolten NASA Applied Sciences Program Water Resources john.bolten@nasa.gov

MOISST, Lincoln, NE June 5, 2018

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