Displaying 1 - 7 of 7
A remote sensing scene of wildfire extent in the Black Hills in South Dakota

Mapping Post-fire Conifer Regeneration using Snow-on Imagery 

Topic
DEVELOP
Wildfires
Capacity Building
Black Hills Wildfires (Summer 2022) Team: Casey Menick (Project Lead), Haley Stuckmeyer, Heidi Rogers, Yeshey Seldon Summary: The 2000 Jasper Fire in the Black Hills...
Median June composite of daily evapotranspiration from ECOSTRESS before the start of the Bootleg Fire on July 6th, 2021. Evapotranspiration is shown in millimeters per day across Klamath and Lake counties in Oregon, with dark blue indicating areas with higher evapotranspiration and light tan indicating lower evapotranspiration. Evapotranspiration is an indicator of vegetation moisture and can aid wildfire modeling by locating areas undergoing water-stress and susceptible to fire.

Integrating ECOSTRESS to Map and Analyze Vegetation Moisture for Wildfire Modeling 

Topic
DEVELOP
Wildfires
Capacity Building
Oregon Wildfires (Summer 2022) Team: Brenna Hatch (Project Lead), Kenya Creer, Jennifer Sobolewski, Nicole Roberts Summary: Wildfire season in the western USA is starting earlier...
NDMI over a wildland urban interface in central Chile generated from Landsat 8 OLI median-reduced data from March 1, 2018 through February 28, 2022. Orange areas represent vegetated shrublands and forests with low moisture content and green areas representing vegetated agricultural areas with high moisture content. The NDMI was used as a proxy for wildfire fuel moisture in a wildfire risk assessment.

Utilizing NASA and NOAA Earth Observations to Determine Lightning-induced Wildfire Risks in Central Chile

Topic
DEVELOP
Wildfires
Capacity Building
Chile Wildfires (Summer 2022) Team: Chris Matechik (Project Lead), Reuben Alter, Jennifer Ruiz, Stephen Sene Summary: In recent years, Central Chile has experienced wildfires of...
Median daily evapotranspiration (ET) from September 2021 to May 2022 calculated from ISS ECOSTRESS data. The image covers the agricultural fields adjacent to the Maipo River, Chile and depicts water stress. The color scale ranges from red (low ET) to blue (high ET), with higher ET observed over irrigated agricultural fields. ET is used for estimating crop irrigation requirements. This data will inform irrigation management practices and help alleviate water scarcity within the area. ​

Assessing Drought and Fire Conditions, Trends, and Susceptibility to Inform State Mitigation Efforts and Bolster Monitoring Protocol in North Central Idaho 

Topic
DEVELOP
Wildfires
Capacity Building
IDAHO WILDFIRES (Summer 2022) Team: Ford Freyberg (Project Lead), Carson Schuetze, Jessica Hiatt, Brenner Burkholder Summary: Escalating severity and frequency of drought and wildfire call...

Assessing the Relationship Between Drought Indicators and Wildfire Risk to Enhance Hazard Modeling and Inform Mitigation Planning

Topic
DEVELOP
Wildfires
Capacity Building
Idaho Wildfires II (Fall 2022) Team: Talissa Cota (Project Lead), Dana Drinkall, Ryan Healey, Tyler Morvant Summary: The western United States has experienced twenty years...
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.

Evaluating the Role of Soil Moisture in Determining Vegetation Health, Fuel Loads, and Wildfires in the Gatlinburg and Beatty Fires

Topic
DEVELOP
Wildfires
Capacity Building
Gatlinburg & Beatty Wildfires (Fall 2022) Team: Kelli Roberts (Project Lead), William Hadley, Daniel Littleton Summary: Wildfire potential monitoring, which is increasingly vital under climate...
Sophie Krautmann smiles, wearing her grey National Park Ranger buttoned shirt and brown hat. She stands in a high place with the red rock formations visible in the canyon behind her.
DEVELOP
Wildfires
Climate
Capacity Building
Ecological Conservation
Health & Air Quality
Water Resources

Getting Satellite Data into the Hands of Park Rangers

By

Connect with the Applied Sciences Program

With help from NASA’s Earth-observing satellites, our community is making a difference on our home planet. Find out how by staying up-to-date on their latest projects and discoveries.

Stay Connected