Many whale populations have been slow to increase in numbers following cessation of commercial whaling, and one of the reasons for this is human-induced mortality. There were 21 blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) strandings along the California coast during 1988 to 2007, of which 8 were...

We propose to design and implement an Observation System Simulation Experiment (OSSE) testbed for obtaining space-borne high resolution soil moisture data in support of the NRC?s 2007 Decadal Survey Missions. The OSSE testbed focuses on land surface studies which are related to 8 of the...

The Autonomous Modular System - Wildfire (AMS-Wildfire) is a NASA remote sensing system that combines the strengths of airborne infrared imagers and multispectral satellite instruments. AMS-Wildfire has been used operationally, to deliver imagery of active wildfires during the large outbreaks in California in 2007 and...

This partnership between the City University of New York (CUNY) Remote Sensing of the Earth Science and Technology (CREST) Institute and the New York City (NYC) Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the water supply operating agency, will use remote sensing to assess and calibrate the...

This proposal requests membership for Dr. R. Bradley Pierce (NOAA/NESDIS) on the Aura Science Team as an Applied Science representative to engage International, Federal, State and Local Air Quality Agencies in the use of NASA satellite trace gas and aerosol measurements in air quality assessment...

Skin cancer, the most common type of cancer in the U.S., represents a significant and growing public health burden. Annually, skincancer costs an estimated $1.7 billion to treat and results in $3.8 billion in lost productivity. The most severe type of skin cancer,melanoma, causes over...

Fire managers will soon have ready access to weather and fire models to predict the behavior of fires whose locations are known. The models result from many years of research and development, but they require substantial computing support, which has become feasible for fire applications...

The dramatic 24-foot rise in elevation of Devils Lake in northeastern North Dakota since 1993 has flooded both residential and agricultural areas surrounding the lake. Another 10-foot rise would result in the lake's overspill. The North Dakota State Water Commission (NDSWC) has the primary responsibility...

Description Aniuk Consulting, LLC proposes to investigate the feasibility of creating a series of future (decade-to-century) snow related products derived from climate scenarios obtained from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Primary products will include: gridded maps of various snow products for multiple time...

This feasibility study proposal is submitted in response to the NASA Research Announcement NNH08ZDA001N. It specifically responds to Disaster Management applications of the Earth Sciences Division of the Applied Sciences Program. We propose to assess the value of MASTER data, when integrated with LiDAR data...