Principal Investigator: John D Bolten
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
Principal Investigator: Collin Pampalone
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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
Principal Investigator: Jack Eggleston
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
Principal Investigator: Benjamin F. Zaitchik
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
Principal Investigator: Sergii Skakun
Team: PI Dr. Sergii Skakun, University of Maryland; Dante Chinni, Michigan State University; Kristal Jones, JG Research & Evaluation & University of Maryland; Gasmine Myers, University of Maryland; Kylie Auble, University of Maryland; Gerald Burkett, University of Maryland… Read More
Principal Investigator: Brooke Bartlett
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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
Principal Investigator: Dr. Hannah Kerner
EO-Enabled Food Security Dashboard to Close Critical Data Gaps in Highly Food Insecure Maui County
Team: Hannah Kerner (Arizona State University), Catherine Nakalembe (University of Maryland), Ivan Zvonkov (Arizona State University), Gabriel Tseng (… Read More
Principal Investigator: Genee Smith
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
Principal Investigator: Sydney Boogaard
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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
Principal Investigator: Ian Lauer
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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
Principal Investigator: Carli Merrick
Peru & Bolivia Climate (2023 Spring)
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
Principal Investigator: Kaitlynn Hietpas
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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
Principal Investigator: Caroline Williams
New York Ecological Conservation (Summer 2023)
Team: Sam Schulteis (Project Lead), Sam Haas, Stephanie Willsey, Oliver Wilson
Summary: Farmland provides ecosystems and communities with services ranging from habitat… Read More
Principal Investigator: Dean Berkowitz
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Wildfires in the western United States have caused immense infrastructure damage and loss of human life in recent years. Wildfire smoke, which travels far from its original source, is also harmful to human health. Mixing… Read More
Principal Investigator: Christine Evans
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Alaska’s wildfire season has progressively increased in duration and intensity over the last decade, leaving forested areas subject to devastating destruction. These increases in wildfire occurrence are due to gradual rises… Read More
Principal Investigator: Justine Spore
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The Tonlé Sap Lake and river basin in central Cambodia provide critical ecosystem services to the region, including fisheries, agricultural irrigation, hydropower, and biodiverse habitats. Deforestation, increased pumping for… Read More
Principal Investigator: Nicole Ramberg-Pihl
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Extreme tidal inundation events resulted in wide-ranging damage to the densely populated coastline of Central Java, Indonesia. Central Java Province is vulnerable to extreme tidal inundation and severe fluxes in marine… Read More
Principal Investigator: Marshall Worsham
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The gopher frog (Lithobates capito) is an endangered species facing extinction within the next century due to loss and alteration of its habitat. With limited active gopher frog habitats in Alabama, it is crucial to maintain… Read More
Principal Investigator: Marco Vallejos
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Tonlé Sap Lake, the largest lake in Southeast Asia, is a critical source of fish and freshwater resources for the region. The health of this freshwater system is under pressure from accelerating dam construction, intensifying… Read More
Principal Investigator: Brianne Kendall
Guatemala & Panama Urban Development (Fall 2022)
Team: Jennifer Ruiz (Project Lead), Coral Del Mar Valle Rodríguez; Viviana Lademan; Aaron Whittemore
Summary: Central America is experiencing rapid and unregulated… Read More
