NASA Applied Sciences

This proposal outlines a partnership between NOAA and NASA to promote the use of NASA Earth science research results within NOAA decision support systems in order to improve the Nation¿s environmental forecasts that protect public health, life and property. This NOAA-NASA collaborative project will enable...

NOAA develops decision support systems to aid homeland security decision makers in the event that harmful toxic materials are released to the atmosphere. Specifically, NWS Forecast Offices and the NWS-NCEP Hydro-meteorological Prediction Center provide dispersion model forecasts driven by NCEP Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models...

Floods and associated rainfall-driven landslides account for the largest number of natural disasters and affect more people than any other types of natural disasters around the world. U.S. and international agencies and non-governmental organizations require accurate quantitative information about the occurrence (and near-term risk) of...

The project goal is to provide improved real-time ocean surface current and wind observations as well as ocean circulation model forecasts with error estimates in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. The proposed work will enhance the input into coastal management Decision Support Tools (DSTs) used by...

Mapping the onset and severity of drought is of critical national importance. The Western Governor's Association, in proposing a National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), has recognized the U.S. and North American Drought Monitors (USDM; NADM) as important tools for minimizing drought impacts, yet both...

This proposed work is intended to facilitate important collaborative interaction among Universities Space Research Association (USRA), NASA, the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the University of Veracruz in Mexico. The latter three agencies were recently...

Emerging infectious diseases are increasingly a global and regional security issue with the capacity to have serious human health and economic impacts, and to harm U.S. interests abroad by destabilizing key institutions. Through the integration of NASA Earth Science results into the DoD-Global Emerging Infectious...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responsible for protecting public health through development and enforcement of environmental standards. EPA's strategic plan defines 'Clean Air and Global Climate Change' as one of their five primary goals. It is pursuing this goal with the help of...

This project bridges individual health and community health by forecasting atmospheric ozone, dust and other aerosols that trigger asthmatic responses or myocardial infarction; and, by enhancing the New Mexico Environmental Public Health Tracking System¿s ability to prepare for, and to provide early warning to, populations...

Summary: Area estimation of croplands is a challenge, made difficult by the variety of cropping systems, including crop types, management practices, and field sizes. The goal of this project is to work towards a standard method for estimating cultivated crop area at the global scale...