NASA Applied Sciences

We propose to use NASA data, models and analysis techniques to enhance the decision capabilities concerning avian influenza (AI) and pandemic influenza risks at partner and end-user organizations. The DoD Global Emerging Infection Surveillance and Response System (GEIS) and the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit-2...

This proposal addresses the identified ROSES 2007 priority areas of air quality and public health. Specifically, in the air quality area the aspects of emissions inventories and forecasting are addressed in our proposal. These improved inventories will also support more accurate assessments of human and...

Addressing the Disaster Management National Priority Area, we will exploit the increasingly available global and regional real-time GPS data from NASA's operational Global Differential GPS (GDGPS) System to enable more accurate and timely assessment of the magnitude and mechanism of large earthquakes, as well as...

This Integrated Systems Solution project responds directly to the national priority application of agricultural efficiency. Specifically, the project employs innovative approaches to integrate Earth Science results to improve the timeliness and accuracy of the acreage estimation decision support system (DSS) run by USDA's National Agricultural...

The President¿s Biofuel Initiative of 2006 mandates a 15% replacement of current gasoline consumption with biofuels by 2017. Critical issues surrounding this Initiative include knowing the current and future amount of available biomass feedstocks, the sustainability of producing bioenergy crops, the impact of this production...

Globalization and advances in technology have brought the ease of international travel, increased trades and emigration. An unexpected side effect is that invasive species, disease vectors, and infectious diseases are also transported easily around the world. In particular are infectious respiratory diseases that can spread...

We propose a program of work that will enhance applications of EPA's Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) Model, which will be considered as the Decision Support Tool in this application of NASA Earth Science Research Results. We will enhance the application of CMAQ through linkages...

Agriculture is a critical sector of the US economy. Weather events such as hail, high winds, tornados, and flash floods can destroy an entire harvest in a short period of time. Weather conditions, such as long dry spells, long wet spells, and unseasonal temperature variation...

Anthropogenic changes in land use and land cover pose one of the foremost threats to resources in U.S. National Parks. To track in ecological condition, the US National Park Service has initiated a decision support system within the new NPS Inventory and Monitoring Program (NPS...