Identifying drought-prone areas and developing an early warning system for crop damage. Protecting biologically diverse areas of the National Park System with a trail monitoring tool. Confirming flooded areas to better inform decision-makers during a disaster.

Each program area supports a variety of projects that utilize Earth observations to identify challenges around the world and create innovative solutions. Our portfolio demonstrates the benefits of using NASA Earth observations to enhance decision-making and improve life on Earth.

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Development of a Harmonized Multi-Sensor Global Active Fire Data Set

Principal Investigator

Louis Giglio

This proposal aims to advance a suite of active fire detection and characterization products derived from a network of geostationary satellite sensors, representing the first of its kind to undergo a comprehensive data validation and harmonization process. Geostationary satellite active fire detection was first proposed...
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The Global Reservoir and Lake Monitor (G-REALM): Sustained water level monitoring for Agriculture, Regional Security, and Inland Fisheries

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 integration of historical data sets. Products include water level, water extent, hypsometry and bathymetry...

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From space to front porch: connecting Earth Observations to health outcomes with an environmental exposure modeling system

Principal Investigator

Julia Gohlke

The premise of the proposed project is that health hazard mitigation planning and public health disaster response can be improved by including environmental exposure characterization, through the application of Earth Observations (EO) and synthetic population modeling. Current health hazard mitigation planning at the federal and...

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The African Cholera Risk Early Warning System (ACREWS)

Principal Investigator

Benjamin F Zaitchik

Cholera, a waterborne disease transmitted by the bacteria Vibrio cholerae, infects millions around the world every year, with the greatest burden in Africa. In 2014, Africa accounted for 55% of global suspected cholera cases reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Health Observatory. In...
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Use of Remote Sensing Data to Improve Air Quality Decision Support Systems Used to Protect Public Health

Principal Investigator

Arastoo Pour Biazar

The proposed activity here addresses the Health and Air Quality Application Area. The project anticipates improving the accuracy of the Decision Support Tools (DSTs) used by health and air quality managers to meet the health effect standards set by the Clean Air Act (CAA). The...

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GeoHealth: A Geospatial Surveillance and Response System Resource for Vector Borne Disease in the Americas

Principal Investigator

John Malone

Implementation of a geospatial surveillance and response system resource for vector borne disease in the Americas (GeoHealth) will be tested using NASA satellite data, geographic information systems and ecological niche modeling to characterize the environmental suitability and potential for spread of selected endemic and epizootic...
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Coupling Earth observation data and ecohydrological modeling to predict disturbance-induced runoff and sedimentation for municipal water quantity and quality planning

Principal Investigator

Julie Padowski

Project Description: Fire disturbances in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) are projected to increase under a changing climate and are a major cause of increased erosion, runoff, suspended sediment, nutrient release, and debris flows in forested watersheds. Fire-related threats to water quality and quantity are of...

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High-Resolution Soil Moisture Monitoring for Improved Vineyard Water Resource Management

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 Central Valley of California. The primary water resource decision for these systems to when to...

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Population and Infrastructure on Our Human Planet: Supporting Sustainable Development through Improved Spatial Data and Models for Human Settlements, Infrastructure and Population Distribution Base

Principal Investigator

Robert Chen

This project will bring together the leading experts and organizations from around the world involved in developing spatially explicit data and models of human settlements, infrastructure, and population distribution to improve data quality and accuracy, increase data accessibility, and test, apply, and improve data for...
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Decision and Information System for the Coastal waters of Oman (DISCO)- An Integrative Tool for Managing Coastal Resources under Changing Climate

Principal Investigator

Joaquim Goes

Over the past 15 years the Arabian Sea ecosystem has witnessed a radical shift in the composition of winter phytoplankton blooms due to the warming of the Eurasian continent and the spread of hypoxia. Recurrent and trophically important, winter diatom blooms until 1990s, have since...
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