Irrigation in the Earth system

S McDermid, M Nocco, P Lawston-Parker… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Irrigation accounts for~ 70% of global freshwater withdrawals and~ 90% of consumptive
water use, driving myriad Earth system impacts. In this Review, we summarize how irrigation …

[HTML][HTML] Regional data sets of high-resolution (1 and 6 km) irrigation estimates from space

J Dari, L Brocca, S Modanesi, C Massari… - Earth System …, 2023 - essd.copernicus.org
Irrigation water use represents the primary source of freshwater consumption by humans.
The amount of water withdrawals for agricultural purposes is expected to further increase in …

A novel vegetation-water resistant soil moisture index for remotely assessing soil surface moisture content under the low-moderate wheat cover

J Yue, T Li, Y Liu, J Tian, Q Tian, S Li, H Feng… - … and Electronics in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Soil surface moisture content (SMC) is one of the most critical and fundamental indicators of
crop drought because water is vital for vegetation growth. In recent decades, satellite high …

[HTML][HTML] A Digital Twin of the terrestrial water cycle: a glimpse into the future through high-resolution Earth observations

L Brocca, S Barbetta, S Camici, L Ciabatta, J Dari… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Climate change is profoundly affecting the global water cycle, increasing the likelihood and
severity of extreme water-related events. Better decision-support systems are vital to …

Is It Possible to Quantify Irrigation Water‐Use by Assimilating a High‐Resolution Satellite Soil Moisture Product?

E Jalilvand, R Abolafia‐Rosenzweig… - Water Resources …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Irrigation is the largest human intervention in the water cycle that can modulate climate
extremes, yet irrigation water use (IWU) remains largely unknown in most regions …

Exploring the actual spatial resolution of 1 km satellite soil moisture products

L Brocca, J Gaona, D Bavera, G Fioravanti… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
High-resolution soil moisture data is crucial in the development of hydrological applications
as it provides detailed insights into the spatiotemporal variability of soil moisture. The …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing field soil moisture content monitoring using laboratory-based soil spectral measurements and radiative transfer models

J Yue, T Li, H Feng, Y Fu, Y Liu, J Tian, H Yang… - Agriculture …, 2024 - Elsevier
Accurate information on the soil moisture content in croplands is essential for monitoring
crop growth conditions. This study aimed to enhance soil moisture monitoring by employing …

Remote sensing of irrigation: Research trends and the direction to next-generation agriculture through data-driven scientometric analysis

VS Manivasagam - Water Security, 2024 - Elsevier
Monitoring agricultural water usage with remote sensing technology has shown to be an
effective strategy for dealing with water security in the digital era. Given the massive …

Irrigation timing retrieval at the plot scale using surface soil moisture derived from Sentinel time series in Europe

M Le Page, T Nguyen, M Zribi, A Boone, J Dari… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
The difficulty of calculating the daily water budget of irrigated fields is often due to the
uncertainty surrounding irrigation amounts and timing. The automated detection of irrigation …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating multi-scale irrigation amounts using multi-resolution soil moisture data: A data-driven approach using PrISM

G Paolini, MJ Escorihuela, O Merlin, P Laluet… - Agricultural Water …, 2023 - Elsevier
Irrigated agriculture is the primary driver of freshwater use and is continuously expanding.
Precise knowledge of irrigation amounts is critical for optimizing water management …