Table 1 Description of each study site, including the location, crop type, total rainfall, irrigation and fertilizer applications. These data are based on management logs taken during the course of the growing season.

From: CubeSats deliver new insights into agricultural water use at daily and 3 m resolutions

Ameriflux ID

US-Ne1

US-Ne2

US-Ne3

Latitude, Longitude

41.1653, − 96.4766

41.164, − 96.4701

41.179, − 96.439

Crop type

Continuous maize

Rotation maize-soybean

Rotation maize-soybean

Sowing dates

April 19, 2019

April 23, 2019

April 24, 2019

Harvesting dates

November 5, 2019

November 7, 2019

November 7, 2019

Fertilizer (kg of N as urea/ha)

175 on April 16, 2019

157 on April 15, 2019

157 on April 15, 2019

Fertigation (kg of N as urea/ha)

45 on July 1, 2019

45 on July 2, 2019

N/A

Irrigation Type

Automatic with 90% efficiency

Rainfed

Irrigation Events (mm)

6.35 on June 13, 2019

6.35 on July 1, 2019

30.48 on July 8, 2019

30.48 on July 15, 2019

0.4 on July 24, 2019

31.75 on July 29, 2019

31.75 on August 9, 2019

30.48 on July 2, 2019

30.48 on July 8, 2019

30.48 on July 15, 2019

30.48 on July 29, 2019

N/A

Total Rainfall (mm) (within growing season)

910.97 (764.92)

896.87 (752.86)

803.60 (655.90)