Principal Investigator: Alexei Lyapustin
This proposal addresses the ROSES-2008 A.19 call for the Earth Science Applications Feasibility Study. We propose an 18-month investigation for 1.3.1 Agriculture and 1.3.2 Air Quality applications. This proposal capitalizes on our progress on the MODIS data processing algorithms… Read More
Principal Investigator: Olivia Landry
Aconcagua Basin Agriculture (Summer 2023)
Team: Javiera Canales (Project Lead), Daniela Quintero, Carmen Petras
Summary: The Aconcagua basin has experienced a prolonged drought since 2010, posing a significant concern to… Read More
Principal Investigator: Dr. Nicole Ramberg-Pihl
Chesapeake Bay Agriculture (Summer 2022)
Team: Alexia Hernandez (Project Lead), Clay Hays, Arina Morozova, Matthew Borden
Summary: The Chesapeake Bay boasts some of the nation’s oldest farms which have continually served… Read More
Principal Investigator: Paxton LaJoie
Bhutan Agriculture II (Summer 2022)
Team: Wangdrak Dorji (Project Co-Lead), Tenzin Wangmo (Project Co-Lead), Karma Dorjee, Sonam S Tshering
Summary: Agriculture is an essential sector in Bhutan, accounting for 19.2% of… Read More
Principal Investigator: Caroline Williams
Maipo River Valley Agriculture (Summer 2022)
Team: Benjamin Goffin (Project Lead), Duncan Srsic, Rishudh, Sarah Carlos
Summary: Agriculture is the primary use of water in the Maipo River basin of Central Chile,… Read More
Principal Investigator: Kathleen Lange
Mato Grosso Agriculture (Summer 2022)
Team: Max Rock (Project Lead), Elijah Dalton, Aidan Harvey, Kate Reynolds
Summary: Ranked as the fourth largest food producer in the world, Brazil is an agricultural powerhouse.… Read More
Principal Investigator: Wade T Crow
The proposed project aims at enhancing the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) global crop assessment decision support system via the integration of NASA soil moisture data products and adoption of NASA land surface modeling and data… Read More
Principal Investigator: Dr. Hannah Kerner
EO-Enabled Food Security Dashboard to Close Critical Data Gaps in Highly Food Insecure Maui County
Team: Hannah Kerner (Arizona State University), Catherine Nakalembe (University of Maryland), Ivan Zvonkov (Arizona State University), Gabriel Tseng (… Read More
Principal Investigator: Brianne Kendall
Southeast US Agriculture (2023 Spring)
Team: Kindrea Gibbons (Project Lead), Michaela Gooch, Quinton Deppert, Casey Mills
Summary: A flash drought refers to the rapid onset or intensification of drought-like conditions… Read More
Principal Investigator: Sarah Payne
Haiti Agriculture II (Summer 2022)
Team: Kelli Roberts (Project Lead), Justin Meyer, Rajneesh Sharma, Monique Howlett
Summary: The Caribbean country of Haiti has an extensive history of deforestation and environmental… Read More
Principal Investigator: Sam Goward
This proposal seeks to continue an effort that exploits the combination of two key data sets, the Landsat historical record and plot records from the US Forest Service (USFS) Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program, for the purpose of developing a quantitative understanding of… Read More
Principal Investigator: Chris Justice
The GEO acknowledges sustainable agriculture as one of the critical societal benefit areas (SBA) for international cooperation and collaboration. The agriculture SBA calls for an operational system for monitoring global agriculture that includes the following three main functional… Read More
Principal Investigator: Chris Justice
The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) is currently operates the only agricultural monitoring system that is global, providing critical information on global crop production in the context of global markets and food security. Since the 1970’s, NASA and the USDA have been… Read More
Principal Investigator: Sarah Hettema
Southern Rockies Western Slope Agriculture (2023 Spring)
Team: Adelaide Gonzalez (Project Lead), Rachel Buchler, Max VanArnam, Stephanie Willsey
Summary: Over the last decade, the southern Rocky Mountains of the United… Read More
Principal Investigator: Craig S. T. Daughtry
The current escalation of energy costs has emphasized the need to seek alternative sources of renewal energy. Development of biofuel from corn, soybeans and other non-grain annuals is one of the priorities for the agricultural industry. Due to increase in commodity prices, there… Read More
Principal Investigator: Philip Townsend
Mathematical models are critical to predicting the effects of human activities and natural processes on water quality. Water quality decision support systems (DSS) such as BASINS (and the HSPF model embedded in BASINS) are used extensively to simulate watershed processes, allowing… Read More
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: 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: 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
