Principal Investigator: Krishna Sharma (Project Co-Lead)
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The Sahtu Dene people of Délįnę have a strong traditional tie to Great Bear Lake (GBL), which they refer to as “The Water Heart.” The indigenous community is concerned with how changes in the lake may affect their livelihoods… Read More
Principal Investigator: Pedro Jimenez Munoz
This project blended a satellite-based nowcasting system (Multi-sensor Advection Diffusion NowCAST (MADCast, Descombes et al. 2016; Xu et al. 2016) with a numerical weather prediction nowcasting approach (Weather Research Forecast model-Solar (WRF-Solar®,Jimenez et al. 2016) to… Read More
Principal Investigator: Cedric David
The water resources of South Asia, which contribute to the livelihood of over a fifth of the world’s population, are the outcome of complex interactions involving glaciers, mountain snow packs, and monsoons. The complexity is further exacerbated by the rapidly changing waterscape:… Read More Principal Investigator: Andrew Elmore
There is wide recognition that sustainable forest management of eastern temperate forests requires a thoughtful and deliberate approach that seeks to balance various uses, resources, and values such as wildlife and aesthetic beauty, timber products, water purification, gas extraction… Read More Principal Investigator: Lauren Lad
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Fisher’s Peak is a 77.5 km2 property southeast of Trinidad, Colorado that is planned to become Colorado’s newest state park. The area has experienced limited anthropogenic disturbance and is home to an abundance of unique… Read More
Principal Investigator: Thomas Buchholz
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Co-I: Max Moritz, Spatial Informatics Group
Co-I: Graham Wesolowski, Spatial Informatics Group Natural Assets Laboratory
Wildfire… Read More
Principal Investigator: Olivia Landry
Youngstown & Warren Disasters (Fall 2022)
Team: Lauren Mahoney (Project Lead), David Henriques, Nada Haddad, Thomas Ferrell
Summary: Both pluvial and fluvial flooding events pose direct challenges to urban… Read More
Principal Investigator: Chloe Schneider
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The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) owns and manages more than 55,000 acres of land in the Southern Appalachian Mountains of western North Carolina. Most of these lands reside within the Oconaluftee River watershed.… Read More
Principal Investigator: Truman Anarella
Principal Investigator: Scott Harrison
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The effect of urban hotspots is a growing public health concern. In the face of climate change and urbanization, city dwellers are at increasing risk for heat-related illness and mortality. New York City (NYC) is especially… Read More
Principal Investigator: Chiara Phillips
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Ethiopia is home to unique wildlife, biodiversity, and ecosystem services and, like much of the world, is undergoing population growth, development, and land use change. As a result, some biodiverse regions may be at risk of… Read More
Principal Investigator: Sarah Aldama
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Rainfall-triggered landslides associated with tropical storms cause devastating damage to the communities in the Dominican Republic and surrounding Caribbean islands. With the predicted increase in the frequency and intensity… Read More
Principal Investigator: Tyler Pantle
Great Slave Lake Water Resources (Summer 2022)
Team: Yuhe Chang (Project Lead), Virgil Alfred, Ethan McIntosh, Catherine Shea
Summary: Indigenous communities around the Great Slave Lake (GSL) in Canada’s Northwest… Read More
Principal Investigator: Kathleen Lange
Gulf of Mexico Health & Air Quality II (Fall 2022)
Team: Ben Dahan (Project Lead), Melodi Hess, Rene Castillo, Vanessa Machuca
Summary: Offshore oil and gas production in the United States is a significant source of… Read More
Principal Investigator: Jamon Van Den Hoek
The Mapping the Missing Millions project undertook a diverse collection of Earth observation (EO)-based assessments at refugee camps that collectively provide path-breaking insights into settlement dynamics, land cover change, and climate change effects at the world’s refugee… Read More
Principal Investigator: Pete Robichaud
PI: Pete Robichaud, U.S. Forest Service
Co-I: Mariana Dobre. University of Idaho
Co-I: Ian Floyd. U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
Co-I: Mary Miller. Michigan Technological University
Co-I: Guy Schumann, ImageCat, Inc.
We are collecting specific… Read More
Principal Investigator: Sarah Hettema
Black Hills Wildfires (Summer 2022)
Team: Casey Menick (Project Lead), Haley Stuckmeyer, Heidi Rogers, Yeshey Seldon
Summary: The 2000 Jasper Fire in the Black Hills of South Dakota was the largest wildfire to date in… Read More
Principal Investigator: Miguel Villarreal
Principal Investigator: Miguel Villarreal, USGS Western Geographic Science Center (mvillarreal@usgs.gov)
Co-Investigator: Brian Ebel, USGS Water Mission Area-Earth System Processes Division (bebel@usgs.gov)
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Principal Investigator: Tyler Pantle
Oregon Coast Range Ecological Conservation (Summer 2023)
Team: Emily French (Project Lead), Uma Edulbehram, Sarah Hughes, Madison Arndt
Summary: Logging operations are widespread across the Oregon Coast Range and… Read More
Principal Investigator: Catherine Buczek
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Since its introduction in the late 1800s, Russian olive (Elaeagnus augustifolia) has become a widespread invasive shrub that poses a threat to native riparian species in the United States that directly competes with native… Read More
