Kansas Mesonet Evapotranspiration & Soil Moisture
Kansas State University mesonet providing daily grass and alfalfa reference evapotranspiration (ASCE Penman-Monteith) and four-depth soil moisture data for irrigation and crop water management.
mesonet.k-state.edu
At a glance
- Region
- United States (North America)
- Coverage
- Regional
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Academic
- Last updated
- 2026
What's inside
- Evapotranspiration
- Soil moisture
- Reference ET
- Weather station
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
Crop stress
Spot water stress early in the season.
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
Irrigated area maps
Classify irrigated and rainfed fields from imagery.
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