Volcanic eruptions are among the most significant hazards to human society, capable of triggering natural disasters on regional and global scales. Recent eruptions also indicated their potential to disrupt air traffic and cause significant damage to the global economy. In the last decade, remote sensing...

The Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS) project was established, in part, to help assess the effectiveness of national fire policies; provide essential spatial fire disturbance data for update of regional/national land cover characterization databases; and provide a comprehensive and consistent dataset for regional planning...

Recent GAO reports have identified a need for land managers to develop measures to evaluate the efficacy of fuels treatments for mitigating fire hazard on federal lands. The proposed Automated Fuels Treatment Effectiveness Evaluation Using Remote-Sensing Information (AFTEERS) tool will address this stated need by...

The Northwest International Air Quality, Environmental Science & Technology (NW-AIRQUEST) consortium was formed with the goal to develop sound scientific tools for air quality management. Beginning in 2001, with NW-AIRQUEST support, Washington State University (WSU) developed a state-of-science numerical air quality forecast system called the...

Satellite active fire data have been produced routinely for over two decades. Fire detection products are currently derived from both polar and geostationary systems with spatial resolutions normally ranging from 1-4km, and temporal resolution ranging from 15min to 12h. Due to the spectral characteristics of...

During the Stage I Feasibility period, we propose to develop a multi-scale drought monitoring tool for North America based on remotely sensed estimates of evapotranspiration. The Evaporative Stress Index (ESI) represents anomalies in the ratio of actual-to-potential ET (fPET), generated with the thermal remote sensing...

Among all the VIIRS EDRs, most relevant to the air quality and public health applications are the Aerosol Optical Thickness (AOT) and Atmospheric Suspended Matter (ASM) EDRs. The accuracy in deriving surface Particulate Matter (PM) concentration and particle size parameter is intrinsically amenable to the...

With a billion people suffering from hunger, an ever-growing global population and increasing market volatility, the question of food security is getting increased attention. Following the ¿Global Food Crisis¿ in 2008, the Summit on Food Security called for improved international cooperation, improved access to knowledge...