NASA Applied Sciences

Meningococcal Meningitis is one of the most feared diseases in Africa because of its rapid onset, high fatality rates and long-term disabilities. Epidemic outbreaks pose a serious threat to populations and place severe burden on the public health system and socio-economic development. The highest disease...

The overall goal of this project is to demonstrate the feasibility of utilizing NASA Terra and Aqua MODIS data in detection and forecasting of oyster norovirus outbreaks in coastal Louisiana. The proposed strategy is to develop a Detection and Forecasting System (DAFS) for oyster norovirus...

Within the NASA funded project -Cooperative Agreement Notice NN-H-04-Z-YO-010-C Enhancing Malaria Early Warning System with Earth Observation and Modeling Results, PI (S. Connor, IRI), minimum air temperature products derived from MODIS night Land Surface Temperature, rainfall estimates derived from NASA TRMM products and Vectorial Capacity...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1 subtypes) continues to persist in many countries in Asia (Indonesia, India, Bangladesh, China) and Africa (Egypt). The interplay between local persistence of HPAI in poultry and episodic long-distance dispersal by migratory wild birds may lead to an epidemic of continental...

Over the last two decades heat waves were responsible for more deaths in the U.S. than any other natural hazard and future climate changes are expected to increase the frequency, duration, and magnitude of heat events. The U.S. Global Change Research Program identified mapping and...

Over the past decade, much of the western U.S. has experienced unusual climate patterns ranging from multi-year droughts to cool-wet springs. Substantial year-to-year variability complicates planning for agricultural producers, and makes it difficult to apply standard rule-of-thumb approaches to irrigation management. While this variability can...

This study will support environmental public health tracking programs by utilizing aerosol optical depth (AOD) data from NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites to create fine particulate matter (PM2.5) datasets that reflect the spatial and temporal variations in ambient PM2.5 concentrations that occur on local scales...

The objective of the project is to test the feasibility of using NASA Earth Science research results to improve decision-making activities by U.S. and foreign governments and international agencies through scientifically rigorous national- and global-level environmental indicators. The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) relies on environmental...

In line with the NRC?s Decadal Survey, NASA is planning the HyspIRI mission, where a hyperspectral imager will be launched in approximately 2013. The purpose of HyspIRI is to characterize land surface composition and vegetation types for ecosystem health. In order to better prepare end-users...

Cladophora is a filamentous, green alga that grows attached to solid substrate in all of the Laurentian Great Lakes. Nuisance growth of Cladophora occurs lakewide in comparatively phosphorus-rich shallow waters (0-15m depth) possessing solid substrate, and has recently become a prominent Great Lakes ecological and...