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Principal Investigator
Liping Di
Timely and accurate information on weekly crop progress and development is essential to a dynamic agricultural industry in the U. S. and the world. By law, the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) of the U. S. Department of Agriculture?s (USDA) is responsible for monitoring and...
Principal Investigator
Liping Di
Flooding can destroy crop and cropland on a large scale. The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Services (NASS) has the mandate to report crop loss after all flood events in the U.S. and the USDA Risk Management Agency (RMA) manages crop insurance policy and the after-flood...
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Rosenzweig
Agricultural productivity is strongly dependent on the availability of water. As the world's food supply continues to be taxed by population growth, increasing demand, and rapidly developing economies, a greater percentage of arable land will need to be utilized and land currently producing food must...
Principal Investigator
Craig S. T. Daughtry
The current escalation of energy costs has emphasized the need to seek alternative sources of renewal energy. Development of biofuel from corn, soybeans and other non-grain annuals is one of the priorities for the agricultural industry. Due to increase in commodity prices, there is a...
Principal Investigator
Molly K Macauley
This project will incorporate data products from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) to enable SPARROW to produce assessments every season and annually, instead of every five years.
Geographic Focus
New England and the Chesapeake Bay Watersheds, and six regions - Northeast Atlantic, Southeast and...
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Rosenzweig
This proposal addresses the theme of improving agricultural forecasts through a blend of downscaled climate models and observations in support of the Agriculture and Water Resources application areas/priority topics. The central objectives are to: 1) expand the usage of climate model and mission products for...
Principal Investigator
Douglas L. Westphal
The Navy Aerosol Analysis and Prediction System (NAAPS) will be used to assimilate NASA and other Earth Science data to produce analyses and forecasts that will have significant value to Air Quality (AQ) decision-makers by providing information on the impact of international aerosol particles on...
Principal Investigator
Margaret T Glasscoe
We will develop a new capability for decision-making utilizing NASA remote sensing data and modeling software to provide decision support for earthquake disaster management and response. Integrating our geophysical modeling and earthquake forecasting tools with newly available NASA InSAR capabilities (UAVSAR) will be immediately useful...
Principal Investigator
Soroosh Sorooshian
This proposal addresses NASA's priority application areas in water resources and climate. We intend to improve California?s major water management and planning system, CalSim-II, to support statewide assessments of climate change?s impact on water resources. To prepare for and adapt to climate change?s potential effects...
Principal Investigator
John D Bolten
The Lower Mekong River basin (Figure 1), shared by China, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam, is considered the lifeblood of southeast Asia. It is home to approximately 60 million people, many of whom are dependent on the Mekong river for their well being. It...