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Crop Condition and Soil Moisture Analytics Tool (Crop-CASMA)

Crop-CASMA  is a web-based geospatial application that provides access to high-resolution data from NASA SMAP and MODIS missions to map soil moisture and crop vegetation conditions across the United States. 

Data Coverage
Contiguous U.S.
Period of Record
2015 - present (soil moisture); 2000 - present (vegetation)
File Format
images
pdf
csv
json
shapefile
other
Data Type
Satellite

Crop Moisture Index (CMI)

The CMI is an index of the relative dryness or wetness affecting water sensitive economies. It provides the short-term or current status of purely agricultural drought or moisture surplus.

Data Coverage
Contiguous U.S.
Period of Record
1973 - Present
File Format
images
text (ascii)

CW3E Data Products

UC San Diego Scripps Institute of Oceanography Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E) provides observation and forecast datasets, including integrated water transport, integrated water vapor, precipitation, snow, temperature, winds and height, isotherm, meteograms, and virtual RASS.

Data Coverage
United States
Period of Record
Current Conditions, Forecasts
File Format
images

CW3E West Coast Freezing Level Forecasts

The Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E) uses Global Ensemble Forecast System forecasts to show the evolution of the freezing level above, within, or below a watershed's terrain (that is, forecast near-surface temperatures being above or below freezing, and precipitation falling as rain or snow).

Data Coverage
Regional
United States
Period of Record
Current Conditions
File Format
other
Data Type
Model