This is an article from the Summer 2015 VPS. For more VPS articles, click here Category: Assessing Drought and Water Availability Project Team: Coastal Texas Water Resources Team Location: Mobile County Health Department – Mobile, Alabama Authors: Elaina Gonsoroski Tyler Lynn Georgina Crepps Rodrigo Pereira da Silva Ryan Schick Mentors/Advisors: Joe Spruce (NASA Stennis Space Center) Bernard Eichold, M.D., DrPH (Mobile … Read More
There’s Not a Lot of Ocelots: The Search for an Endangered Feline
This is an article from the Summer 2015 VPS. For more VPS articles, click here Category: Detecting Habitat Conservation and Species Distribution Project Team: Texas and Arizona Ecological Forecasting Team Location: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center – Huntsville, Alabama Authors: Daryl Ann Winstead Kaushik Narasimhan Christina Fischer Amberle Keith Mentors/Advisors: Dr. Jeffrey Luvall (NASA MSFC at the National Space Science Technology … Read More
Troubles Among Turtles: Monitoring Maryland’s Sea Turtles Using Earth Observations
This is an article from the Summer 2015 VPS. For more VPS articles, click here Category: Detecting Habitat Conservation and Species Distribution Project Team: Maryland Ecological Forecasting Team Location: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center – Greenbelt, Maryland Authors: Christopher Long Kiersten Newtoff Erica Scaduto Mentors/Advisors: Dr. John Bolten (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) Abstract: Maryland experiences dozens of sea turtle strandings … Read More
A Burnin’ Range of Fire: Wildfire Susceptibility and Fuel in Idaho
This is an article from the Summer 2015 VPS. For more VPS articles, click here Category: Investigating Impacts of Fire and Landslide Disasters Project Team: Idaho Disasters III Team Location: Bureau of Land Management at Idaho State University GIS TReC – Pocatello, Idaho Authors: Jeff May Jenna Williams Zachary Simpson Mentors/Advisors: Keith Weber (Idaho State University) Mark Carroll (NASA Goddard Space … Read More
Remote Sensing to Enhance Modeling of Post-Burnout Runoff Risk
This is an article from the Summer 2015 VPS. For more VPS articles, click here Category:åÊResponding to Hydrologic Disasters Project Team: Southwest United States Disasters Team Location: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) – Asheville, North Carolina Authors: Jason Zylberman Jennifer Holder Lance Watkins Mentors/Advisors: Dr. DeWayne Cecil (Global Science & Technology, Inc. National Centers for Environmental Information [NCEI]) … Read More
Haunting the Gulf: Dead Zones Linger in Shallow Waters
This is an article from the Summer 2015 VPS. For more VPS articles, click here Category:åÊAnalyzing Human and Environmental Health Project Team: Mexico Water Resources Team Location: NASA Ames Research Center – Mountain View, California Authors: Rebecca Chapman Irma Caraballo Ìlvarez ÌÉse Mitchell Alannah Johansen Mackenzie Taggart Bridget Smith Mentors/Advisors: Dr. Juan L. Torres-PÌ©rez (Bay Area Environmental Research Institute) Dr. … Read More
Blazing Models: Creating a Predictive Tool for Wildfires
This is an article from the Summer 2015 VPS. For more VPS articles, click here. Category:åÊResponding to Hydrologic Disasters Project Team: U.S. Disasters II Team Location: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory – Pasadena, California Authors: Brittany Zajic Daniel Jensen Nick RousseauåÊ Mentors/Advisors: Dr. John T. Reager (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Abstract: Understanding the relationship between wildfire activity and soil moisture in … Read More
A River in Time
This is an article from the Summer 2015 VPS. For more VPS articles, click here Category:åÊAnalyzing Human and Environmental Health Project Team: Ocmulgee Ecological Forecasting II Team Location: University of Georgia – Athens, Georgia Authors: Christopher Cameron Andrew Herring Ayn Remillard Zhan Shi Mentors/Advisors: Dr. Thomas Jordan (Center for Geospatial Research, University of Georgia) Dr. Marguerite Madden (Center for Geospatial … Read More
Ponds, Pines, and Precipitation: A Dusky Gopher Frog Investigation
This is an article from the Summer 2015 VPS. For more VPS articles, click here. Category:åÊDetecting Habitat Conservation and Species Distribution Project Team: Mississippi Ecological Forecasting Team Location: NASA Stennis Space Center – Stennis Space Center, Mississippi Authors: Ross Reahard Rudy Bartels James Brooke Meredith Williams Mentors/Advisors: Joseph Spruce (NASA John C. Stennis Space Center) James ÛÏDocÛ Smoot (NASA John … Read More
A Song of Fire and Snow: Wildfire and Snowpack in the Sierra Nevada
This is an article from the Summer 2015 VPS. For more VPS articles, click here Categories:åÊMonitoring Forested and Agricultural Landscapes Project Team: Sierra Nevada Water Resources Team Location: NASA Ames Research Center ÛÒ Mountain View, California Authors: Sean Cunningham Justin Anzelc Vishal Arya Nolan Cate Clayton Sodergren Mentors/Advisors: Andrew Nguyen (NASA DEVELOP Ames Center Lead) Dr. Juan Torres Perez (Bay … Read More