Principal Investigator: William Teng
A primary goal of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is to expand markets for U.S. agricultural products and support global economic development. The USDA World Agricultural Outlook Board (WAOB) supports this goal by developing monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand… Read More
Principal Investigator: Caroline Williams
InVEST Urban Development (2023 Spring)
Team: Son Do & Jessica Besnier
Summary:
Urban flooding poses as one of the biggest issues for cities today as its impacts are amplified by both climate change and… Read More
Principal Investigator: Jeremy Rapp
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Honey bees (Apis mellifera) are a vital component to global agriculture, however, over recent decades their populations have been declining. Honey bees provide pollination services to more than 90% of the leading 107… Read More
Principal Investigator: Andrew J Hansen
Human activities are increasingly fragmenting intact habitats and reducing connectivity among protected areas. Concern about loss of biodiversity led to an international agreement in 2010 to meet 20 specific biodiversity targets. Among these, Target 5 deals with fragmentation, Target… Read More Principal Investigator: Sean Healey
The U.S. Forest Service National Forest System (NFS) manages approximately one fifth of the country’s forestlands. NFS has been directed to more closely monitor the influence of forest management on forest carbon sequestration so that greenhouse gas mitigation may be incorporated… Read More
Principal Investigator: Victor Gutierrrez-Velez
Earth Observations data and products represent great potential for understanding, managing, and conserving biodiversity. The project developed a Decision Support System (DSS) for Biodiversity Conservation and… Read More
Principal Investigator: Kimberly Hall
Maintaining the ability of biota to move to suitable climates in response to climate change is now essential for biodiversity conservation. Identifying natural areas with diverse climatic options and enhancing connectivity among them has thus become a key climate adaptation strategy… Read More Principal Investigator: Erica Carcelen
Oregon Wildfires (Summer 2022)
Team: Brenna Hatch (Project Lead), Kenya Creer, Jennifer Sobolewski, Nicole Roberts
Summary: Wildfire season in the western USA is starting earlier and gaining in intensity. The Bootleg… Read More
Principal Investigator: Robert Brakenridge
The project is developing and running a global, automated, flood forecasting, detection, measurement, mapping, and flood risk updating integrated system. This is being accomplished by merging and sequentially linking relevant remote sensing and model information sources. The… Read More
Principal Investigator: Matthew Rodell
The goal of this project is expand our suite of weekly drought/wetness indicators to include 1-3 month forecasts for the continental U.S., which will then be utilized by our partners at the National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC), the NOAA North Central River Forecast Center (… Read More
Principal Investigator: Rosemary Knight
Project Description: The goal of this work is to improve the quality and usefulness of groundwater models by incorporating information derived from interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) data and airborne electromagnetic (AEM) data.… Read More
Principal Investigator: Ani Matevosian
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According to the Washington Department of Natural Resources, roughly 36% of large fires in the state since 2010 were caused by lightning. General trends also show a greater increase in the number of lightning-ignited fires… Read More
Principal Investigator: Garrett McGurk
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Chile is characterized by extreme climate variability ranging from the arid Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on earth, to the extremely wet Lake District that averages 2,535 mm of annual rainfall. In recent years… Read More
Principal Investigator: Lauren Lad
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The eastern Great Basin (EGB) covers approximately 411,000 km2 within the states of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming. Since the 1950s, wildfires have increased in both frequency and size within the EGB and… Read More
Principal Investigator: Christine Evans
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Intense thunderstorms throughout the Hindu-Kush Himalayan (HKH) region have resulted in an upsurge of lightning-related deaths due to an increase in population. Partnering with the NASA Global Hydrology Resource Center… Read More
Principal Investigator: Luis G Goncalves
We propose the use of NASA remote sensing and modeling products combined with surface observations at various scales to improve decisions support systems in agriculture, drought and water resources management for South America (SA). This proposal builds upon a partnership between… Read More
Principal Investigator: Cynthia Rosenzweig
This proposal addresses the theme of improving agricultural forecasts through a blend of downscaled climate models and observations in support of the Agriculture and Water Resources application areas/priority topics. The central objectives are to: 1) expand the usage of climate… Read More
Principal Investigator: Yu Zhang
Project description: Summary: Improve reservoir inflow forecasts by Texas river authorities and the Army Corps of Engineers by integrating NASA satellite precipitation estimates and soil moisture products. The goal is to improve precipitation estimates in areas… Read More
Principal Investigator: Matthew Reiter
Freshwater ecosystems contribute disproportionately to global biodiversity and ecosystem services but are highly threatened by climate change, drought, and unsustainable water use. In arid, semi-arid, and Mediterranean regions, landscape-scale conservation requires protection,… Read More Principal Investigator: Franz Meyer
