Principal Investigator: Charon Birkett
The Global Reservoir and Lake Monitor (G-REALM) is a NASA/USDA funded operational program that delivers water level products for the world’s largest lakes and reservoirs. It utilizes both NASA and European Space Agency satellite data sets to monitor the seasonal and inter-annual… Read More
Principal Investigator: Charon Birkett
Description: This project provides a range of surface water products related to lakes, reservoirs, and wetlands in a near real time framework. It also offers a longer-term set of observations via… Read More
Principal Investigator: Charlie Devine (Project Co-lead)
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The Belize Barrier Reef is a biodiverse marine ecosystem and the largest coral reef system in the western hemisphere. The reef also provides ecosystem services in the form of fisheries and tourism and is estimated to be… Read More
Principal Investigator: Michael Pazmino
WET Water Resources (2023 Spring)
Team: Lori Berberian (Project Lead), Kaely Harris, Mitch Porter, Emma Waugh
Summary: Wetland ecosystems are annually or seasonally wet transition zones between land and water. They… Read More
Principal Investigator: Vanessa Valenti
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The Great Lakes Basin is one of the world’s largest freshwater ecosystems. The Basin harbors over 200,000 acres of wetlands that provide a variety of environmental, ecological, and recreational functions to over 30 million… Read More
Principal Investigator: Ann Marie Wolf
Team Members: Theresa Foley (Sonora Environmental Research Institute), Palmira Henriquez (Sonora Environmental Research Institute), Flor Sandoval (Sonora Environmental Research Institute), Rachel Spitz (Sonora Environmental Research Institute), Ann Marie Wolf (… Read More
Principal Investigator: Leah Mayo
Team Members: Narcisa G. Pricope (University of North Carolina Wilmington and Mississippi State University), Leah Mayo (University of North Carolina Wilmington), Joanne Halls (University of North Carolina Wilmington), Crystal Dixon (Wake Forest University), Elijah… Read More
Principal Investigator: Katie Lange
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California’s Central Valley is one of the most productive agricultural regions in the United States, producing a fourth of the nation’s food supply. The water demand in this region is heavily dependent on groundwater… Read More
Principal Investigator: Kristopher Bedka
Principal Investigator: Karyn Tabor
Indigenous peoples and local communities are key stakeholders for achieving sustainable land management and addressing global challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss… Read More
Principal Investigator: Gregory Okin
This is a four-year Applications Project in response to the ROSES 2016 Ecological Monitoring RFP. Specifically, this proposal addresses topic: Remote Sensing as a Catalyst for Large-scale Conservation. The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and the United States Geological… Read More Principal Investigator: Wade T Crow
Description: This project seeks to provide high-resolution (i.e., daily, 30-m) soil moisture information to guide in-season irrigation decision support for vineyards equipped with variable-rate drip irrigation (VRDI) systems in the… Read More
Principal Investigator: Robert Cecil Byles
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The City of Lawrence and Douglas County, Kansas, are working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and achieve 100 percent renewable energy. The NASA DEVELOP team used Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) and LiDAR elevation… Read More
Principal Investigator: Kate Markham
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Seven percent of all scientifically known life forms lie within the 202,230 square miles of Central America, making this area ecologically unique and increasing the need for environmental management. The Mesoamerican… Read More
Principal Investigator: Sarah Hettema
Southern Rockies Western Slope Agriculture (2023 Spring)
Team: Adelaide Gonzalez (Project Lead), Rachel Buchler, Max VanArnam, Stephanie Willsey
Summary: Over the last decade, the southern Rocky Mountains of the United… Read More
Principal Investigator: Zac Peloquin
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Bromus tectorum, otherwise known as cheatgrass, is an invasive grass from Europe that has increased its presence all over the world by out-competing native grasses due to its adaptability and lifecycle. During the end of its… Read More
Principal Investigator: Li-Wei Lin
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Variable climate, anomalous weather conditions, and other environmental stressors impact sugar maples (Acer saccharum), the main source of maple syrup in the Northern Forest region. Maintaining sugar maple health and current… Read More
Principal Investigator: Ryan Slapikas
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The islands of Negros and Panay in the Philippines contain the last existing habitat for the critically endangered Visayan spotted deer (Rusa alfredi) and Visayan warty pig (Sus cebifrons). NASA DEVELOP partnered with the… Read More
Principal Investigator: Samantha Trust
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The rapid expansion of the solar industry across the state of Georgia has a detrimental effect on the habitats of keystone and threatened species, such as the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) and the American… Read More
Principal Investigator: Jacob Arndt
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Methane (CH4) is a potent greenhouse gas (GHG) with a lifetime of less than 10 years and a global warming potential that is 25 times greater than carbon dioxide (CO2) over a 100 year time period. Between the energy, industrial… Read More
