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An ecosystem in freefall, a shrinking water supply for cities and agriculture, an antiquated network of failure-prone levees-this is the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, the major hub of California's water system. Written by a team of independent water experts, this analysis of the latest data evaluates proposed solutions to the Delta's myriad problems. Through in-depth economic and ecological analysis, the authors find that the current policy of channeling water exports through the Delta is not sustainable for any interest. Employing a peripheral canal-conveying water around the Delta instead of through it-as part of a larger habitat and water management plan appears to be the best strategy to maintain both a high-quality water supply and at the same time improve conditions for native fish and wildlife. This important assessment includes integrated analysis of long term ecosystem and water management options and demonstrates how issues such as climate change and sustainability will shape the future.Published in cooperation with the Public Policy Institute of California

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Accurate solar radiation knowledge and its characterization on the Earth’s surface are of high interest in many aspects of environmental and engineering sciences. Modeling of solar irradiance from satellite imagery has become the most widely used method for retrieving solar irradiance information under total sky conditions, particularly in the solar energy community. Solar radiation modeling, forecasting, and characterization continue to be broad areas of study, research, and development in the scientific community. This Special Issue contains a small sample of the current activities in this field. Both the environmental and climatology community, as the solar energy world, share a great interest in improving modeling tools and capabilities for obtaining more reliable and accurate knowledge of solar irradiance components worldwide. The work presented in this Special Issue also remarks on the significant role that remote sensing technologies play in retrieving and forecasting solar radiation information.

PAR --- motion vector field --- radiative transfer --- global horizontal irradiance --- evapotranspiration --- HRV --- Kato bands --- understory light condition --- California Delta --- validation --- aerosol impact --- remote sensing --- solar radiation --- nowcasting --- India --- cloud categories --- Clouds and the Earth Radiant Energy System (CERES) --- brightness temperature --- Himawari-8/Advanced Meteorological Imager (Himawari-8/AHI) --- water vapor --- clear sky index --- water resource management --- broadband albedo at the top of the atmosphere (TOA albedo) --- data fusion --- solar energy --- shortwave radiation --- AMESIS --- satellite-derived dataset --- insolation --- solar variability --- subcanopy light regime --- clustering analysis --- solar energy systems --- forest canopy --- radiance --- MSG --- GOES satellites --- radiation model --- solar radiation trends --- clear sky --- downward shortwave radiation --- reflected shortwave radiation at the top of the atmosphere (RSR) --- SEVIRI --- photosynthetically active radiation --- surface solar radiation --- solar irradiance --- earth observation --- high turbidity --- Geostationary Korea Multi-Purse Satellite/Advanced Meteorological Imager (GK-2A/AMI) --- Solis scheme --- solar radiation forecasting --- surface energy balance --- light attenuation