Managed turfgrass is a common component of urban landscapes that is expanding under
current land use trends. Previous studies have reported high rates of soil carbon …

Lawns have long been a primary feature of residential landscapes in the United States.
However, as population growth in urban areas continues to rise, water conservation is …

Municipal water providers increasingly respond to drought by implementing outdoor water
use restrictions to reduce urban water withdrawals and maintain water availability. However …

Soil organic matter (SOM) accumulation and carbon (C) sequestration are ecosystem
services (ESs) provided by urban landscapes that are dominated by continuous grass cover …

Nonresidential irrigation is a unique and important yet understudied urban water sector.
Knowing how urban irrigators use water is critical for projecting future demands, planning …

Recent research has highlighted the positive role of green areas in urban environments,
providing numerous social, environmental and economic services, such as mitigation of the …

Landscape water budgets provide a benchmark of efficiency in residential outdoor water
consumption, as well as a means of assessing overirrigation and possible water savings …

This paper presents a novel approach to assess spatial and temporal irrigation performance
in urban parks and can assist park manager/operator decisions in irrigation management …

University of California (UC) researchers have been involved in research and extension
pertaining to measuring evapotranspiration (ET) rates and determining the minimum …

To address the issue of estimating soil moisture at a hyper-resolution scale, a methodology
referred to as Precision Irrigation Soil Moisture Mapper (PrISMM), that includes three key …