https://www.producer.com/news/soil-moisture-precarious-in-parts-of-saskatchewan/
https://agriculture.canada.ca/en/agricultural-production/weather/satellite-soil-moisture
The following maps and data show levels of moisture in the top five centimeters of soil in Canada on a weekly, bi-weekly and monthly basis. The data is produced from passive microwave satellite data collected by the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite and converted to soil moisture using the latest version of the SMOS soil moisture processor. The data are produced by the European Space Agency.
Since 2002 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has been the lead agency responsible for providing monthly assessments of drought for Canada that feed directly into the North American Drought Monitor, a cooperative effort between drought experts in Canada, Mexico and the United States. The North American Drought Monitor (NADM) is based on the methodology of the highly successful United States Drought Monitor, and as such, has been developed to provide an ongoing comprehensive and integrated assessment of drought throughout all three countries in North America.
https://agriculture.canada.ca/en/agricultural-production/weather/canadian-drought-monitor
nice explainer
I was trying to find a connection between the cuts and Saskachewan, but the
The Earth Science Research and Earth Systematic Missions are slated to receive 56% the FY2024 value.
SMAP is actually slated to receive slightly more funding FY2026.
GISS will lose its physical presence and 130 employees in NYC, converting into a virtual-only institute called the IESM (which does not appear to exist as an entity at all at this time).
Sentinel is the replacement for SMAP. NASA Focused on Sentinel as Replacement for SMAP Radar