Our Project Portfolio
Wildfire is a known agent of change significantly altering vegetation and soils of burned watersheds.… Read More
Project Description: We are using the methodology outlined in Christian et al. (2019) to develop a global flash drought climatology using evaporative stress anomalies from the NASA MERRA-2 and ERA-Interim reanalysis datasets. We are… Read More
Increasing wildfire frequency has emphasized the importance of post-wildfire recovery efforts in southern Idaho's sagebrush-steppe ecosystem. The changing fire regime favors annual invasive grass species while hindering native… Read More
As flooding events in the United States grow in frequency and intensity, the use of technological advancements and applied science are increasingly necessary for effective flood monitoring and warning systems. The NASA… Read More
Team: Max Stewart, Christina Dennis, Ritisha Ghosh, Richard Kirschner, Steven Nystrom
Summary: The City of Albuquerque, New Mexico, is experiencing increasing urban heat island… Read More
The proposed project aims at enhancing the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) global crop assessment decision support system via the integration of NASA soil moisture data products and adoption of NASA land surface modeling and data… Read More
Challenge: Improve USDA Foreign Agricultural Service commodity crop forecasts by integrating NASA soil moisture remote sensing products and land surface modeling/assimilation tools into the operational USDA FAS global water balance modeling system. Soil moisture provides an early… Read More
The Cloud-Aerosol LiDAR and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) satellite's CALIOP sensor generates vertical LiDAR profiles of the atmosphere at a global scale. Currently, the standard visualization tool for… Read More
Project description: This primary goal of this project is to develop the workflow for operational space-based streamflow (discharge) measurement. The Alaska DOT and National Weather Service Alaska-Pacific River Forecast Center are long-term partners of the USGS… Read More
This project connects Earth observation experts with epidemiologists and physicians associated with the Malnutrition and Enteric Disease Study (MAL-ED) study of childhood enteric infectious diseases. This objective is to develop a database of relevant climate… Read More
syrup production has historically been at the heart of Vermont’s cultural and economic identity. In 2018, the state was the leading producer in the US, generating 46.6 percent of the country’s maple syrup. However,… Read More
Team: Hannah Kerner (Arizona State University), Catherine Nakalembe (University of Maryland), Ivan Zvonkov (Arizona State University), Gabriel Tseng (… Read More
Team Members: Jaime Madrigano PhD, Co-investigator (Johns Hopkins University), Darryn Waugh PhD, Co-investigator (Johns Hopkins University), Benjamin Zaitchik PhD, Co-investigator (Johns Hopkins University), Bianca Corpuz, Graduate Research Assistant (Johns… Read More
Located in the northern Sonoran Desert, Tempe, Arizona, features a semi-arid climate with summer daily maximum temperatures regularly exceeding 37.8° C (100.0° F). The area has experienced an increase in surface and air… Read More
Soil moisture is a critical component of ecosystem health, particularly in semi-arid landscapes where seasonal and infrequent precipitation is one of the primary controls on vegetative health. Current land management practices… Read More
Team: Aarti Arora (Project Lead), Aaron Carr, Arina Fuqua, Haydee Portillo
Summary: Irrecoverable carbon (IC) reserves contain large stores of the element, are at risk of being… Read More
Between 2000 and 2020, Fairfax County, Virginia experienced extreme weather events that caused severe flooding and degradation of roads, businesses, and other public property. A single flood event on July 8th, 2019 resulted… Read More
Team: Sam Schulteis (Project Lead), Sam Haas, Stephanie Willsey, Oliver Wilson
Summary: Farmland provides ecosystems and communities with services ranging from habitat… Read More