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Yellowstone Ecological Forecasting (Summer 2022) Team: Kyle Steen (Project Lead), Vanessa Bailey, Gabriella Boodhoo, Barry McLaughlin Summary: The removal and reintroduction of the gray wolf...

Applying NASA Earth Observations to Monitor Marsh Migration in Maryland’s Coastal Croplands

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Agriculture

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...

Vegetation productivity decline calculated from the yearly maximum NDVI for 1986–2021, derived from Landsat 5/7/8 data, and overlaid on a 2021 Landcover Change Monitoring System composite, constructed from Landsat 8 OLI. Blue, purple, and pink represent grasses & forbs, shrubs, and trees respectively. Red over pink likely indicates beetle and drought disturbance. Data can be used to inform management and prepare public land for ecological change in the Grand Valley region of Colorado.

Forecasting Trends in Pinyon-Juniper and Sagebrush Habitat Relative to Wildfire, Drought, Beetle Disturbance, and Treatment Impact for Management Planning

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Grand Valley Ecological Forecasting II (Summer 2022) Team: Bill Curtiss (Project Lead), Aliza White, Sam Majumder, Rhea Martinez Summary: Disturbances and landcover change in pinyon-juniper...

NDWI-processed composite image from Landsat 8 OLI data of the Lower Illinois River Valley and surrounding landscapes from summer 2021. Shades of pale yellow indicate dry vegetation and dark teal represents open water, while brighter turquois values depict wet vegetation. Areas of high NDWI values are demonstrative of high presence of wet vegetation and are of interest to the Great Rivers Land Trust in identifying areas of interest for wetland conservation.

Inundation Mapping of the Lower Illinois River Valley Using Synthetic Aperture Radar and Optical Satellite Imagery for Wetland Conservation and Restoration Prioritization Efforts

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Lower Illinois River Valley Ecological Forecasting (Summer 2022) Team: Vanessa Machuca (Project Lead), Dana Myers, Hannah Rigdon, Christiana Saldana Summary: The Lower Illinois River Valley...

Median June composite of daily evapotranspiration from ECOSTRESS before the start of the Bootleg Fire on July 6th, 2021. Evapotranspiration is shown in millimeters per day across Klamath and Lake counties in Oregon, with dark blue indicating areas with higher evapotranspiration and light tan indicating lower evapotranspiration. Evapotranspiration is an indicator of vegetation moisture and can aid wildfire modeling by locating areas undergoing water-stress and susceptible to fire.

Integrating ECOSTRESS to Map and Analyze Vegetation Moisture for Wildfire Modeling

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Wildfires

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...

The image displays NDVI calculated over the Guadalupe Mountain Range in Western Texas captured May 2020 by Landsat 8 OLI. Areas shaded green indicate tree canopy while yellow and red areas indicate arid landscapes. NDVI was used to visualize vegetation health and inform the National Park Service’s future management initiatives.

Identifying Vegetation Trends and Atmospheric Stressors in the Guadalupe Mountains and Carlsbad Caverns National Parks

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Delaware Basin Ecological Forecasting (Summer 2022) Team: Jack Mezger (Project Lead), Mark Bossinger, Gillian McNamara, Quinn Heiser Summary: The Guadalupe Mountains and Carlsbad Caverns National...

Enhanced Wetland Classification of the Slave River Delta, NWT, Canada using Landsat 8 OLI imagery from June through August 2021. Most of the colors represent different categories of wetland. Many of the darker green areas represent areas where wetlands have transitioned to dryer forests or shrubs in recent decades.

Mapping Long-Term Changes in the Hydroecology of the Slave River Delta Using NASA Earth Observations

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Water Resources

Great Slave Lake Water Resources (Summer 2022) Team: Yuhe Chang (Project Lead), Virgil Alfred, Ethan McIntosh, Catherine Shea Summary: Indigenous communities around the Great Slave...

Top layer: NDTI processed imagery of Lake Champlain derived from Landsat 8 TOA data (5/1/21 - 9/30/21). Bright orange and red represent areas of greater turbidity, which often corresponds to algal presence, whilst dark areas indicate low turbidity. Bottom layer: Slope imagery from SRTM (last updated 11/2018) of the Lake Champlain Watershed. Yellow shows areas with higher slopes, which have a greater risk of phosphorus runoff, while blue shows areas with a lesser slope.

Using NASA Earth Observations to Identify Spatial and Seasonal Trends of Harmful Algal Events in Lake Champlain

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Water Resources

Lake Champlain Water Resources (Summer 2022) Team: Brianne Kendall (Project Lead), Laramie Plott, Ian Turner, Aaron Carr Summary: Lake Champlain provides clean drinking water for...

This image of the Chesapeake Bay is derived from NASA Landsat 7 ETM+ and Landsat 8 OLI imagery. It represents median Normalized Difference Turbidity Index (NDTI) turbidity levels from January 2020 through June 2022. Yellow and orange areas indicate higher turbidity levels. This imagery can be used to determine areas of the bay in which turbidity poses a threat to water quality.

Characterization of Sediment Dynamics for Enhanced Water Quality Monitoring in the Chesapeake Bay

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