Shifting hydrologic processes have become a significant problem in California, Oregon, and Washington. In recent years, average winter temperatures have risen, spring snowmelt has occurred earlier, and a greater portion of precipitation has fallen as rain rather than snow in the Sierra Nevada and Cascade mountain ranges.
Ground Truthing Remotely Sensed Observations of Wastewater Plumes
The Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant (HWRP) is one of the largest wastewater treatment plants in the western United States.
Here, There, and Everywhere: Assessing SPB Outbreaks in Alabama
The Southern Pine Beetle (SPB), Dendroctonus frontalis, is an opportunistic species that attacks stressed trees weakened by drought, storm damage, or fire.
Mission to Marsh: Using NASA Satellite Data to Monitor Coastal Marsh
Category: Monitoring Environmental Health and Disturbances Project Team: Mobile Bay Ecological Forecasting Team Location: Mobile County Health Department – Mobile, Alabama Authors: Saranee Dutta Vishal Arya Jeanett Bosarge Courtney Kirkham Tyler Lynn Mentors/Advisors: Dr. Kenton Ross (NASA Langley Research Center) Bernard Eichold, M.D., Dr. PH (Mobile County Health Department) Past/Other Contributors: Tyler Lynn (Center Lead) Abstract: Mobile and Baldwin counties … Read More
Beetle Spruce: Mapping Spruce Mortality in Colorado Forests
Over the last 15 years, Colorado forests have experienced epidemic bark beetle outbreaks with increasing severity.