Drs. Ripendra Awal and Ram Ray, Research Scientists, presented in the 2016 AWRA Summer Specialty Conference: GIS and Water Resources IX, in Sacramento, CA, July 11-13, 2016. Awal presented on climate change and its potential impact on irrigation water requirements for four major crops (corn, cotton, winter wheat and sorghum) in the Texas High Plains. Ray presented research on the evaluation of and inter‐comparison of remotely sensed soil moisture from three different satellites (SMAP, AMSR-E, and SMOS) in Texas. Their participation was supported by the University’s 2016 Summer Mini-grant Program.
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