Idaho Department of Water Resources - Mapping Evapotranspiration (METRIC)
IDWR Landsat-based METRIC evapotranspiration maps for Idaho agricultural fields across many years, used for water-rights administration and irrigation water accounting, available via the IDWR GIS/Spatial portal.
idwr.idaho.gov
At a glance
- Region
- United States (North America)
- Coverage
- Regional
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Government
- Last updated
- 2026
What's inside
- Evapotranspiration
- Remote sensing
- Irrigation
- Water rights
Terms explained
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Irrigation scheduling
Decide when and how much to irrigate.
Because it has: Evapotranspiration
- 02
Water accounting
Track how much water crops actually consume across a command area.
- 03
No-gauge areas
Monitor places with no ground stations.
Because it has: Remote sensing
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Field-scale ET
Estimate crop water use per field by combining satellite and weather with ML.
- 02
Demand forecasts
Predict irrigation demand weeks ahead for canal and pump planning.
- 03
Segmentation
Map water, crops and land use pixel by pixel with deep learning.
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