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Taking a Long Look at California Forest Fire Damage and Regrowth

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SAR Flood Map for 2017 Uruguay Flooding

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2021 Earth Science Applications Week

August 9, 2021
August 12, 2021
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Radar Data Reveals How Earthquakes Move Land

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Megan Gannon, Applied Sciences Program Writer
ARIA Damage Proxy Map (DPM) showing potentially damaged structures from Cyclone Harold
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NASA Aids World Food Programme in Identifying Damaged Buildings in Vanuatu from Cyclone Harold

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Jacob Reed

Hurricane Iota 2020

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Hurricanes & Cyclones
Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI) to visualize drainage networks around the Unalakleet River in Alaska, calculated from an August 2021 Landsat 8 OLI image. Yellow represents standing or flowing water and potential flood zones, while the dark blue represents drier, upland regions. Unalakleet's climate resilience planning prioritizes relocation to upland regions while avoiding areas that have experienced significant permafrost degradation.

Analyzing Permafrost Degradation and Drainage Networks in Unalakleet, Alaska

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Climate
Unalakleet Climate (Summer 2023) Team: Ian Lee (Project Lead), Clara Maxwell, Daniel J. Marsden, M. Jaweed Nazary Summary: The coastal community of Unalakleet is currently...

Assessing Flooding Vulnerability to Assist High Water Intervention and Urban Planning Programs in the Charles River Watershed

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DEVELOP
The Charles River watershed intersects 35 municipalities within the Boston Metropolitan Area and has a population of 1.2 million, making it one of the most...

REPAIR (Rapid Earthquake Products from Analysis & Imaging for Response)

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Disasters
When an earthquake occurs, seismic data provides an initial estimate of magnitude and location. However, for large earthquakes, we can improve our situational awareness once...
This map produced from JAXA ALOS-2 satellite data shows surface displacement caused by the 7.4 magnitude earthquake in Mexico. Credit: NASA, JAXA Sang-Wan Kim, Batu Osmanoglu, and Min-Jeong Jo

Mexico Earthquake June 2020

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Earthquakes

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