OpenET monthly evapotranspiration (CONUS)
Per-field water use, satellite-derived. Considered for Season I; deferred.
What this is
OpenET delivers per-field, monthly evapotranspiration estimates derived from a six-model satellite ensemble. Custom Terms of Use — noncommercial free tier; commercial use requires a separate agreement with the consortium. Strong fit for irrigation-heavy users.
Why we surface it
Strong fit for irrigation-heavy users. Currently parked because water-use isn't a Day-1 user moment for the corn-soy / Pioneer-test audience.
What you can do with it
Shown for commercial use. Personal, research, and nonprofit use is often more permissive — switch the verdict lens on the catalog.
- Internal / individual use
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- Redistribute the data
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- Republish a derivative
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- Build into a private product
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Parked
Punted Season I — water-use isn't currently a Day-1 user moment for the corn-soy / Pioneer-test audience. Revisit if irrigation-heavy users surface.
Related — same domain
- LANID — Landsat-based Irrigation Dataset for the United StatesCC-BY 4.0 for the 1997–2017 core (credit Xie & Lark, UW—Madison); the 2018–2020 extension is a US Geological Survey release in the public domain
- Center-pivot polygons from GMIE (UFFDA calls this set GCPIS)CC0 1.0 — no restriction on reuse
- OpenET monthly evapotranspiration (CONUS)OpenET Terms of Use — noncommercial/personal use only; commercial use prohibited without prior written permission
- FAO WaPOR v3 (FAO)CC-BY-SA 4.0 (v3; attribution + share-alike on redistribution; commercial use permitted)