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Ask NASA ARSET: Remote Sensing Observations for Air Quality Applications

Training Type

Online Instructor-Led

Level

Introductory

Date

September 19, 2024

Example of InMAP application to stakeholder requested analysis in Wisconsin. Upper row: A) 2014 annual average PM2.5; B) Reduction in PM2.5 since 2014 due to closures of coalfired power plants; C) Reductions in PM2.5 expected due to planned closures of coalfired power plants. Lower Row: A) 2014 annual PM2.5 over Madison, Wisconsin; B) Reductions in PM2.5 expected from the planned retirement of the Columbia Generating Center.

An Observation-Driven Framework for Air Pollution Equity and Justice Intervention Modeling

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Team Members: Tracey Holloway (University of Wisconsin, Madison), Jessica Price (City of Madison), Brian Urbaszewski (Respiratory Health Association), Diana Van Vleet (American Lung Association), Langston...

A web application where users can generate scenarios (e.g. select parcels on a map and assign new land use patterns to those areas) and visualize scenarios’ impacts on ecosystem services and patterns of environmental inequity(e.g. the changes in temperature and carbon storage, and demographics of the impacted area)

Investing In Equity and Environmental Justice: An Urban Decision-Support Tool Integrating Earth Observations, Socioeconomic Data, And Ecosystem Service Models

Topic

Ecological Conservation

Team Members: Lingling Liu (University of Minnesota), Joseph F. Knight (University of Minnesota), Chris W Nootenboom (Natural Capital Insights), Gretchen C. Daily (Stanford University), David...

Where the Grass Grows Greener: The impacts of Urban Greening on Housing Prices and Neighborhood Stability.

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Team Members: Karen Chapple (University of California, Berkeley); Zoe Hamstead (University of California, Berkeley Executive Summary: The onset of climate change has increased awareness of...

Aerial imagery of New Haven, Connecticut with the average land surface temperature (LST) for 2022 overlaid on top of the image. Areas of higher average temperature are shown in dark red, and areas of comparatively lower average temperature are shown in light pink. In this project, LST analysis is combined with an analysis of vegetative cover and socioeconomic characteristics to identify the neighborhoods most at-risk from heat-related impacts to prioritize for tree planting initiatives.

Earth observations to reduce greenspace and health inequities: Applying multi-decadal and multi-scale satellite imagery to characterize tree canopy and heat exposure to improve policymaking and community well-being

Topic

Ecological Conservation

Team Members: Shijuan Chen (Yale School of the Environment), Michelle Bell (Yale School of the Environment), Xuhui Lee (Yale School of the Environment), Edith Pestana...

Illustration of refining the climate data to communities where it matters. This animation shows our climate downscaled data using machine learning algorithms at 250 m resolution. Our e-JUST framework will use such 3-D representation of urban communities.

e-JUST: Environmental Justice using Urban Scalable Toolkit

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Project Team: PI Ashish Sharma (Discovery Partners Institute, University of Illinois System); Co-I Matthew Turk (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign); Co-I Edith Makra (Metropolitan Mayors...

Environmental Justice (EJ) Index for PM2.5 in the Lower Rio Grande Valley Region

Integration of Satellite Data on Air Pollution with Socioeconomic Inicators to assess the impacts of agricultural burning on local communities in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas

Topic

Agriculture

Team Members: Pawan Gupta (Universities Space Research Association, Columbia & NASA Marshall Space Flight Center); Alqamah Sayeed (Universities Space Research Association, Columbia & NASA Marshall...

Mapping heat vulnerability in New York City and Jersey City. We use a series of variables to map vulnerability to heat under different scenarios and for different groups. Our project aims to offer a more nuanced approach in mapping vulnerability.

Developing an interactive data portal for connecting vulnerable communities to the science of urban heat mitigation

Topic

Ecological Conservation

Team Members: Travis Flohr; Penn State University (Co-I); Peter Marcotullio; Hunter College (Co-I); Andrew Reinmann; Hunter College (Co-I); Rosy George; Hunter College (Graduate Research Assistant)...

Conceptual Diagram. Western communities are increasingly impacted by direct and indirect risks stemming from wildfire. Recovery from wildfire can spur resilience in the social-ecological system when risk reduction information is communicated widely, accurately, and equitably, enhancing knowledge regarding wildfire risk and prevention. This knowledge can inform actions that improve environmental resilience to future wildfire, enhancing socialecological resilience of the system, and reducing direct and indire

Assessing accessibility, inequities, and barriers using NASA and other wildfire communication tools in Environmental Justice communities

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