An economic value of remote sensing information: Application to agricultural production and maintaining ground water quality

• This application would not be possible without MRLI, and VOI cannot be estimated without an application. • An estimate of VOI for MRLI and the Landsat Data Continuity Mission is $38.1B ± $8.8B for northeastern Iowa. • VOI estimate could be lower with additional constraints, land use policies, and management practices. • VOI estimate could be higher with larger regions or different applications. • By soft-coupling complex geospatial, agricultural production, hydrogeologic and groundwater vulnerability models, our results give regional decision makers natural resource management tools to use in context of protecting public health.