Articles | Volume 28, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-2651-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-2651-2024
Research article
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21 Jun 2024
Research article |  | 21 Jun 2024

The development of an operational system for estimating irrigation water use reveals socio-political dynamics in Ukraine

Jacopo Dari, Paolo Filippucci, and Luca Brocca

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ERA5-Land hourly data from 1950 to present J. Munoz Sabater https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.e2161bac

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We have developed the first operational system (10 d latency) for estimating irrigation water use from accessible satellite and reanalysis data. As a proof of concept, the method has been implemented over an irrigated area fed by the Kakhovka Reservoir, in Ukraine, which collapsed on June 6, 2023. Estimates for the period 2015–2023 reveal that, as expected, the irrigation season of 2023 was characterized by the lowest amounts of irrigation.