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Principal Investigator
Ronald Eguchi
This proposal addresses the Applied Sciences Program goal of integrating Earth science data and information for disaster forecasting, mitigation and response; specifically by delivering EO-derived built environment data and information for use in catastrophe (CAT) models and loss estimation tools. CAT models and loss estimation...
Principal Investigator
Yang Liu
Environmental epidemiological studies have linked exposure to ambient PM2.5 (airborne particles less than 2.5 micrometers in size) with adverse health effects such as reduced lung function, increased asthma incidence and heart attacks. Characterizing population exposures to PM2.5, therefore, has emerged as a major environmental health...
Principal Investigator
Y. Tony Song
Early tsunami warning critically hinges on rapid analysis of the triggering earthquake, but unfortunately, even precise knowledge of the earthquakes location and magnitude is not enough to predict a tsunamis power (scale) that is needed for effective early warnings. Recently, we have demonstrated the use...
Principal Investigator
Y. Tony Song
Early tsunami warning critically hinges on rapid analysis of the triggering earthquake, but unfortunately, even precise knowledge of the earthquake¿s location and magnitude is not enough to predict a tsunami¿s power (scale) that is needed for effective early warnings. Recently, we have proposed directly using...
Principal Investigator
Sean Healey
The U.S. Forest Service National Forest System (NFS) manages approximately one fifth of the country’s forestlands. NFS has been directed to more closely monitor the influence of forest management on forest carbon sequestration so that greenhouse gas mitigation may be incorporated into the forest planning...
Principal Investigator
Annmarie Eldering
Surface-level ozone causes serious health impacts in humans and damages crops and terrestrial ecosystems. High concentrations of ozone are due to a combination of photochemistry, dynamics, and background or long range transport of pollutants. As discussed in the NESCAUM report (NESCAUM, 2006), ""Scientific studies have...
Principal Investigator
Yang Liu
Traditional surface-based particle pollution measurements are the basis for compliance assessment, but they have limited spatial coverage. Satellites can provide much broader coverage, but they currently do not offer extensive particle vertical distribution information, and cannot distinguish among spherical aerosol compositions without calibration by ground...
Principal Investigator
Sam Goward
This proposal seeks to continue an effort that exploits the combination of two key data sets, the Landsat historical record and plot records from the US Forest Service (USFS) Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program, for the purpose of developing a quantitative understanding of forest...
Principal Investigator
Russell Dickerson
Proposal Summary. We will apply OMI remote sensing information to air quality issues in the eastern US, where NO2 and SO2 are key precursors to O3 and particulate matter (PM) - USEPA designated health and environmental problems. The goal of this research is a deeper...
Principal Investigator
Jeff Dozier
Our objective is to estimate seasonal snow volumes, relative to historical trends and extremes, in snow-dominated mountains that have austere infrastructure, sparse gauging, challenges of accessibility, and emerging or enduring insecurity related to water resources. To judge feasibility, the proposed effort looks at two regions...