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Estimated crop irrigation water use withdrawals in Willcox Groundwater Basin, Arizona for 2020

April 22, 2022

Observations of irrigated agricultural land within the Willcox Groundwater Basin in Arizona. Crops were verified in situ twice in 2020, first on May 20th and again on August 12th; based on digitized field boundaries. Field boundaries were digitized from U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Imagery Program images dated 2019 and supplemented with Landsat and Sentinel2 imagery collections accessed via the U.S. Geological Survey LandLook Viewer (https://landlook.usgs.gov/) and Sentinel Hub, Sentinel Playground (https://apps.sentinel-hub.com/sentinel-playground). Satellite images were also used to identify the length of the growing season and crop condition. Water withdrawals were calculated using the modified Blaney-Criddle [...]

Publication Year 2022
Title Estimated crop irrigation water use withdrawals in Willcox Groundwater Basin, Arizona for 2020
DOI 10.5066/P9Q22ID2
Authors Amy L Read, Saeid Tadayon, Ammon F. Cadogan
Product Type Data Release
Record Source USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS)
USGS Organization Arizona Water Science Center, Tucson Office
Rights This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal
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