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Principal Investigator
Truman Anarella
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Intermountain west wildland fires (2024 Spring)
Team: Teo Rautu, Mark Cervantes, Britt Hays, Alec Wallen
Summary: Within the intermountain west, monitoring vegetation fuel loads is a major component of wildland fire management efforts. To address this concern, we partnered with the U.S. Forest Service to...
Principal Investigator
Isabel Lubitz
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
central california disasters (2024 Spring)
Team: Abhinav Banthiya (Project Lead), Chanice Brown, Jan Hery, Shagun Sengupta
Summary: Atmospheric rivers are a major contributor to extreme precipitation events and flooding in California. This study assessed the feasibility of using Earth observation data to monitor precipitation, soil...
Principal Investigator
Olivia Landry
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Cape hatteras ecological conservation (2024 Spring)
Team: Ella Haugen (Project Lead), Alyson Bergamini, Julian Alcantara
Summary: The National Park Service at Cape Hatteras National Seashore works to protect North Carolina’s Outer Banks where frequent storms bring heavy winds and flooding, leading to overwash events on...
Principal Investigator
Michael Pazmino
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Southern California water resources (2024 Spring)
Team: Katya Beener (Project Lead), Gwen Greco, Nelly Perez, Caroline Baumann
Summary: Eelgrass (Zostera marina) is a species of submerged aquatic vegetation found in shallow bays and estuaries with soft seafloors. Eelgrass is recognized for providing ecosystem...
Principal Investigator
Lauren Webster
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
San Joaquin Valley Health & Air Quality II (2024 Spring)
Team: Shea Rousseau (Project Lead), Gabriela Colombo, Carlo M. Gomez, Tyler C. Padua
Summary: The city of Stockton, California, located within the San Joaquin Valley (SJV), is a major hub for agricultural production and has...
Principal Investigator
Megan Rich
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Sarasota Climate (2024 Spring)
Team: William Hadley (Project Lead), Casmir Brown, Catherine Gallagher, Theresia Phoa
Summary: The coastal county of Sarasota, Florida, is located within the humid subtropical climate region and experiences an average of 250 days of sunshine every year. The county has large...
Principal Investigator
Michael Pazmino
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Hawai'i climate (2024 Spring)
Team: Raz Wachtel (Project Lead), Danielle Sonobe, Mina Nada, Tyler Morgan
Summary: Hawaiian fishponds (loko i’a), ancient aquaculture systems created over 1500 years ago, historically served to harvest prized native fish species. Colonization-induced changes in land management have reduced active loko...
Principal Investigator
Cristina Villalobos-Heredia
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Big bend ecological conservation (2024 Spring)
Team: Kait Lemon (Project Lead), Margaret Birks, Beck De Fazio, Chloe A Marini
Summary: Located in Brewster County Texas, U.S., along the Texas-Mexico border, Big Bend National Park is 3,243 square kilometers of desert, mountains, and rivers. NASA’s MSFC...
Principal Investigator
Olivia Landry
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Coastal Virginia ecological conservation (2024 Spring)
Team: Katherine Kivimaki (Project Lead), Brooklyn Appling, Sean Asbrand, Mitchell Johnson
Summary: Wetlands provide many ecosystem services to coastal regions, such as water quality improvement, carbon sequestration, and flood control. However, sea-level rise poses a threat to wetlands and...
Principal Investigator
Katie Caruso
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Kentucky Disasters (2024 Spring)
Team: Daniel Feinberg (Project Lead), Claire Beezley, Jason Reynolds, Jaydi Swanson
Summary: Flooding is the most common and costly natural disaster in Kentucky, with major flood events in 2022 and 2023 highlighting the need for flood risk assessment. In partnership with...