Playas in endorheic basins are of environmental value and highly scientific because of their natural habitats of a wide variety of species and indicators for climatic changes and tectonic activities within continents. Remote sensing, due to its capability of acquiring repetitive data with synoptic coverage, provides a unique tool to monitor and collect spatial information about playas. Most stu...

This report describes the results of a comprehensive surficial geologic mapping effort undertaken to support the development of a series of relative flood hazard maps of the Ivanpah Valley area, Clark County, Nevada. The study area spans approximately 1030 km2 (398 mi2) and is defined by all of three and part of one internally drained basins between Las Vegas and Primm, Nevada. The proximity of...

The radiometric calibration network (RadCalNet) comprises four pseudo-invariant sites (PICS): Gobabeb, Baotou, Railroad Valley Playa, and La Crau. Due to its site stability characteristics, it is widely used for sensor performance monitoring calibration, which require high spatiotemporal stability. However, some studies have found that PICS are not invariable. Previous top-of-atmosphere (TOA) d...

In the Great Plains, playas are critical wetland habitats for migratory birds and a source of recharge agriculturally-important High Plains aquifer. The temporary wetlands exhibit complex hydrology, filling rapidly via local rain storms then drying through evaporation groundwater infiltration. Using long short-term memory (LSTM) neural network to account these processes, we modeled playa inunda...