Principal Investigator

Christine Lee

Water quality is a critical element of freshwater supply, particularly in times and areas of drought, in part due to less dilution of point contaminant sources. Limited water resources can be further strained if water quality is not managed properly.While there are measures in place...

Principal Investigator

Faisal Hossain

Objectives of this project are to achieve operational sustainability (> Application Readiness Level 7) for government water management agencies in South Asia (Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh) for the following:

1) Satellite (GPM/TRMM) Precipitation and Model-based seasonal forecasting of water availability (for all nations of...

Principal Investigator

Gregory Okin

This is a four-year Applications Project in response to the ROSES 2016 Ecological Monitoring RFP. Specifically, this proposal addresses topic: Remote Sensing as a Catalyst for Large-scale Conservation. The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) have partnered with...
Principal Investigator

Kimberly Hall

Maintaining the ability of biota to move to suitable climates in response to climate change is now essential for biodiversity conservation. Identifying natural areas with diverse climatic options and enhancing connectivity among them has thus become a key climate adaptation strategy for The Nature Conservancy...
Principal Investigator

Inbal Becker-Reshef

A lack of timely and accurate information on crop conditions and prospects is a critical issue in the majority of south and east African countries. Such information are necessary for informed and prompt decision making in the face of emergencies, food insecurity and planning requirements...
Principal Investigator

Gretchen Daily

Managing and monitoring biodiversity is a major challenge and opportunity for business, especially in rangelands, as one of the most heavily managed and often degraded natural systems that provides significant resources and raw materials for production. One of the largest and most threatened grasslands in...
Principal Investigator

Noah Molotch

The overarching goal of the project is to characterize anomalies in water supply and demand using a combination of NASA satellite observations and NASA physically based land surface models. The annual water supply-demand imbalance is ingested into existing California Department of Water Resources (CA...

Principal Investigator

Jim Nelson

Advances in cloud computing offer a unique opportunity to facilitate better use of water resource models as decision-making tools. Modeling software can be hosted on a cloud-based server and operated by multiple remote users via a web interface. This eliminates the need for users to...
Principal Investigator

Patrick Gatlin

We propose an application that combines unique satellite data and innovative regional numerical weather prediction to facilitate assessments of high impact weather caused by the frequent intense thunderstorms that affect the Hindu-Kush Himalayan region. We will use the NASA Unified Weather Research and Forecasting model...
Principal Investigator

Karl Rittger

This project developed a suite of satellite-based Essential Water Variables (EWVs) for improved near-real-time streamflow predictions using the ParBal surface energy balance model in the Indus River basin. The snowmelt predictions are fed into USACE's HEC-HMS model system to provide reservoir inflow hydrographs for HEC-ResSim...