Displaying 471 - 480 of 568
![NDTI-processed imagery from Landsat 8 OLI data. This image from October 2021 depicts the turbidity of Keweenaw Bay, western Michigan coastline of Lake Superior. Light blue-colored water indicates greater turbidity while darker blue water is less turbid. Turbid waters indicate coastal erosion and re-distribution of legacy copper mining waste colloquially referred to as "stamp sands". Stamp sands contaminate wetlands and threaten traditional food sources for Indigenous communities along the bay.](/sites/default/files/styles/lis/public/2023-02/2022Fall_LaRC_KeweenawBayWater_WebsiteImage.jpg.webp?itok=J-ICa-DH)
Keweenaw Bay Water Resources (Fall 2022) Team: Khaim Syed-Raza (Project Lead), Sofia Vahutinsky, Lisa Siewart, Nora Whitelaw-McDonald Summary: The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) has...
![NDBI-processed imagery from a June 2022 Landsat 9 OLI-2 image. This composite image shows the cities of Warren (top left) and Youngstown (bottom right). The areas in white and brown represent the built environment. While areas in green represent land that is not as built-up, such as forest. Built-up areas can indicate where surface run off could occur, resulting in pluvial flooding.](/sites/default/files/styles/lis/public/2023-02/2022Fall_LaRC_YoungstownWarrenDisasters_WebsiteImage.jpg.webp?itok=EkdUM8uk)
Youngstown & Warren Disasters (Fall 2022) Team: Lauren Mahoney (Project Lead), David Henriques, Nada Haddad, Thomas Ferrell Summary: Both pluvial and fluvial flooding events pose...
![Aph(433)-processed imagery from merged Aqua MODIS and Sentinel-3 data. This image of the Gulf of Maine was taken on September 12, 2016 during one of the most severe harmful algal bloom events. Using in-situ data, it was determined that Pseudo-nitzschia was a dominant genus of algae present at the time of the bloom. Shades of bright green indicate peak absorption by phytoplankton and aph(433) is corrected for false positive absorption indications.](/sites/default/files/styles/lis/public/2023-02/2022Fall_MA_GulfofMaineWater_WebsiteImage.jpg.webp?itok=CezSF3AF)
Gulf of Maine Water Resources (Fall 2022) Team: Suhani Dalal (Project Lead), Lily Gray, Yixuan Li, Jane Zugarek Summary: The Gulf of Maine has a...
![Stormwater retention across Wyandotte County, Kansas. NASA GPM IMERG data for September 2020 – August 2021 and NLCD 2019 Land Cover data were used as model inputs for the InVEST Stormwater Retention Model. One model output included a stormwater retention ratio layer where darker purple values indicate poor stormwater retention and increased flood risk. Areas of poor stormwater retention can then be identified as priority regions for Green Infrastructure initiatives in Wyandotte County.](/sites/default/files/styles/lis/public/2023-02/2022Fall_MA_KansasCityDisastersII_WebsiteImage.png.webp?itok=sqRBpysQ)
Kansas City Disasters II (Fall 2022) Team: Nora Carmody (Project Lead), Dain Kim, Kameron Lloyd, Ruby Nagelberg Summary: In pluvial flood events, stormwater runoff can...
![Normalized burn ratio calculated from Landsat 8 imagery both preceding and following the Bootleg Wildfire in the Beatty, Oregon area. The fire burned from July 6th to August 15th during the Summer of 2021 and its footprint shows varying levels of burn severity. Dark purple areas indicate highest severity, shades of red and orange indicate moderate severity, and yellow areas indicate low burn severity. Black areas depict unburned areas.](/sites/default/files/styles/lis/public/2023-02/2022Fall_NC_Gatlinburg%26BeattyWildfires_WebsiteImage.jpeg.webp?itok=_JPQMuhI)
Gatlinburg & Beatty Wildfires (Fall 2022) Team: Kelli Roberts (Project Lead), William Hadley, Daniel Littleton Summary: Wildfire potential monitoring, which is increasingly vital under climate...
![Landsat 8 OLI data processed into the median NDVI for 2016-2021 with an overlay showing deforestation that occurred during this time period in the Talladega National Forest. The deforestation layer is derived from Global Forest Watch's forest cover data, which uses the Landsat series, and was calculated as the difference between forested areas in 2016 and forested areas in 2021. Shades of green indicate the density of forest, while red areas indicate areas deforested in 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/lis/public/2023-02/2022Fall_PUP_SoutheastUSClimate_WebsiteImage.jpeg.webp?itok=9thA-LxI)
Topic
Southeast US Climate (Fall 2022) Team: Heidi Rogers (Project Lead), Mistaya Smith, Maggie Mason, Anish Holla Summary: Deforestation, a significant contributor to carbon emissions, is...
![This image of Land Surface Temperature (LST) illustrates the urban heat island (UHI) effect that Milwaukee County experiences. Light orange areas represent hotter temperatures, which are concentrated in the high impervious areas of the city. Darker pinks represent cooler rural areas and underscore the temperature contrast across the landscape. The hotter areas of the city are historically redlined communities of color that disproportionately feel the effects of the UHI, including higher energy bills heat re](/sites/default/files/styles/lis/public/2023-02/2022Fall_VEJ_MilwaukeeUrbanII_WebsiteImage.png.webp?itok=fmSKISME)
Milwaukee Urban Development II (Fall 2022) Team: Nash Keyes (Project Lead), caleigh McLaren, Nati Phan, Dalia Vazques Summary: Milwaukee’s neighborhoods experience increased social, health, and...
![Daytime land surface temperature for Wichita, Kansas summer 2017-2022, retrieved through Landsat 8 TIRS and Landsat 9 TIRS-2 surface temperature. Located in the northwest corner of the city, this image depicts higher temperatures through dark orange hues in developed areas, and lighter orange hues to blue colors where the temperature is lower. The land surface temperature was utilized to construct a heat vulnerability index for the city, looking into disproportionate impacts on underserved communities.](/sites/default/files/styles/lis/public/2023-02/2022Fall_VEJ_WichitaClimateII_WebsiteImage.png.webp?itok=oO4F6bs4)
Topic
Wichita Climate II (Fall 2022) Team: Ritisha Ghosh (Project Lead), Richard Kirschner, Ria Mukherjee, Raina Monaghan Summary: Wichita, Kansas is experiencing a host of climate...