University of Montana NTSG - MODIS Global Evapotranspiration (MOD16)
Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group home of the MODIS MOD16 global evapotranspiration / latent heat flux product (8-day, 500 m), a core satellite water-flux dataset for hydrology and drought studies.
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At a glance
- Region
- United States (Global)
- Coverage
- Global
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Academic
- Last updated
- 2024
What's inside
- evapotranspiration
- latent heat flux
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
Design flows
Estimate 1-in-50 and 1-in-100 year floods for bridges, culverts and spillways.
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
Flow forecasting
Train LSTM-style models on past records to forecast river levels and flow days ahead.
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