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Principal Investigator
India Young
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The project team partnered with the Regional Climate Services Director (RCSD) for the Pacific Region under NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) to analyze near-real time (i.e., weekly) spatial and temporal patterns and trends in sea-surface height (SSH) around the US Affiliated Pacific Islands...
Principal Investigator
Ryan Theurer
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Colombia contains a variety of endemic species, making it one of the most biodiverse regions in the world. Due to a recent peace treaty between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Colombian government, Colombia's rainforest has become more vulnerable to illegal deforestation...
Principal Investigator
Jessica Li
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As a largely snowmelt-fed watershed, Utah's Fremont River Basin provides year-round irrigation for approximately 16,000 acres of agricultural areas, including historic orchards and pastures maintained by Capitol Reef National Park (CARE). However, forecasts for seasonal water availability within the basin based on in situ snowpack...
Principal Investigator
Margaret Mulhern
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The Fremont River in Utah provides water for wildlife, riparian habitats, and irrigation for approximately 16,000 acres of agricultural lands, which includes the historic orchards and pastures maintained by Capitol Reef National Park. Annual snowmelt is recognized as the primary water source within the Fremont...
Principal Investigator
Katie Lange
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Midwest Water Resource (Fall 2021)
Team: Emma Myrick (Project Lead), Erica Barth-Naftilan, Erin Shives, and Alec Solberg
Summary: Evapotranspiration (ET) is a climatic variable critical to the hydrologic cycle and is used to evaluate spatiotemporal trends in drought conditions. Although in-situ observations provide accurate ET information, these records...
Principal Investigator
Paxton LaJoie
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
St. Joseph Peninsula Disasters (Fall 2021)
Team: Erica Kriner (Project Lead), Paige Aldenberg, James Byrne, Brianne Kendall, and Nicholas Roberge
Summary: T.H. Stone Memorial St. Joseph Peninsula State Park experienced significant damages from Hurricane Michael in 2018, the first Category 5 hurricane to hit the contiguous United States since 1992...
Principal Investigator
Paxton LaJoie
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Central America Disasters (Fall 2021)
Team: Caroline Williams (Project Lead), Lauren Carey, Maria De Los Santos, Deanna Fanelli, and Payton Ireland
Summary: In November 2020, Hurricanes Eta and Iota hit Central America within weeks of each other, causing severe flooding, landslides, and widespread damage. NASA DEVELOP partnered with Comité Regional...
Principal Investigator
Paxton LaJoie
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Bhutan Agriculture (Fall 2021)
Team: Yeshey Seldon (Project Lead), Kusal Khandal, Sherab Dolma, and Wangdrak Dorji
Summary: Rice cultivation in Bhutan has been increasingly threatened by deteriorating soil health and outbreaks of diseases and pests associated with the global change in climate patterns. Field surveys, which the...
Principal Investigator
Tyler Pantle
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Fire Island Water Resources (Fall 2021)
Team: Kelly Young (Project Lead), Tyler Albrethsen, Yuhe Chang, Brenna Hatch, and Lisa Tanh
Summary: Fire Island National Seashore has experienced damaging effects as a result of coastal erosion. Erosion has become an increasingly damaging problem that has led to the destruction of...
Principal Investigator
Adriana Le Compte
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Southeast Michigan Health & Air Quality (Fall 2021)
Team: Mariam Moeen (Project Lead), Helen Turvene, Yuan Lin, and Albert Kodua
Summary: Pollutants resulting from industrial activity can react with sunlight to create ground-level ozone, a harmful pollutant that can exacerbate respiratory health issues such as asthma. Due to a...