UAH SECURES NEARLY $1 MILLION TO IMPROVE DROUGHT AND WATER MONITORING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Sept. 15 -- The University of Alabama in Huntsville issued the following news release:

Alabama State Climatologist and UAH Associate Professor, Dr. Lee Ellenburg, installs soil-moisture monitoring equipment in the field. Data collected from these sensors will support research into effective precipitation and help evaluate the OpenET product for improved drought assessment and water-resource monitoring across the Southeast.

As brutal temperatures and drought put growing pressure on water supplies and agriculture across the Southeast, researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), have received two federal research awards totaling nearly $1 million to study drought, water availability and agricultural water ...