目前，由联合国教科文组织水教育学院、国际水管理研究所（International Water Management Institute）以及粮农组织开发的Water Accounting Plus软件系统使用开放获取遥感数据评估土地使用、降雨和温度。
Already, the Water Accounting Plus software system – developed by UNESCO-IHE, the International Water Management Institute, and the Food and Agriculture Organization – uses open-access remote-sensing data to assess land use, rainfall, and temperature.