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Tasseled cap greenness transformation derived from Landsat 8 imagery over lodgepole pine forest in the Intermountain West study area
Completed Projects
Caroline Williams
Team: Sam Schulteis (Project Lead), Sam Haas, Stephanie Willsey, Oliver Wilson
Summary: Farmland provides ecosystems and communities with services ranging from habitat conservation to food security. As total U.S. farmland continues to decline, agricultural lands near urban areas are...
Katie Caruso
Team: Abby Sgan (Project Lead), Greta Bolinger, Tallis Monteiro, Cristina Villalobos-Heredia, Taylor West
Summary: Recent studies have documented a correlation between air quality and drought in the United States, which has been linked with increased aerosols including...
Laramie Plott
Team: James Karroum (Project Lead); Awroni Bhaduri, Kindrea Gibbons, Natalie O'Kraski
Summary: Huntsville, Alabama has seen a boom in growth over recent years. One consequence of this urban expansion is the exacerbation of the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect...
Laramie Plott
Team: Sonam Seldon Tshering (Project Lead), Garab Kuenphen Dorji, Ugyen Thinley Dorji, Sangay Choden, Tenzin Lhaden
Summary: The Bhutan Agriculture III team aimed to improve agricultural efficiency in Bhutan, a nation heavily reliant on agriculture, while also facing challenges such...
Tyler Pantle
Team: Emily French (Project Lead), Uma Edulbehram, Sarah Hughes, Madison Arndt
Summary: Logging operations are widespread across the Oregon Coast Range and conventional logging practices pose a risk of contamination to surface water quality. The NASA DEVELOP Boston...
Olivia Landry
Team: Olivia Etherton (Project Lead), Caroline Bahun, Alexander Krest, Justin Wilder
Summary:
Lake Anna is a man-made reservoir and popular recreation destination that spans over 13,000 acres—9,600 public and 3,400 private—in the Piedmont region of Virginia. Harmful algal...
Michael Pazmino
Team: Emma Cheriegate (Project Lead), Eleri Griffiths, Quintin Munoz, Vivienne von Welczeck
Summary: Shallow aquifers along the southeastern US are experiencing saltwater intrusion from rising sea levels, changes in tidal cycles, and groundwater pumping, which are leading to higher...
Ryan Healey
Team: Vanchy Li (Project Lead), Evgeny Mazko, Kyleigh Kowalski, Drew Comin
Summary: Capitol Reef National Park (CARE) reached out to NASA DEVELOP to investigate invasive exotic plant (IEP) species found within the park boundaries. Our partners have familiarity...
Carli Merrick
Team: Zach Kinloch, Divina Lade, Xavier García López, Haydee Portillo
Summary: The Potomac River Basin (PRB) is responsible for providing drinking water to over 5 million residents and plays a significant role in the health of the Chesapeake...
Carli Merrick
Team: Jules Kourelakos, Isabel Lubitz, Matt Romm, Grace Thorpe
Summary: This project aimed to develop tools to support the future use of Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) hyperspectral imagery in water resource monitoring and research by NASA DEVELOP teams...