Category: Assessing Air Quality & Water Resources Project Team: CALIPSO Cross-Cutting Team Location: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia Authors: Kathleen Moore Ahmad Aburizaiza Andrea Martinez Adama Ba Joseph Driscoll Mentors/Advisors: Grant Mercer (University of Nevada, Las Vegas) Dr. Kenton Ross (NASA Langley Research Center) Past/Other Contributors: Emily Gotschalk (Center Lead) Tyler Rhodes (Center Lead) Grant Mercer Nathan Qian Ashna … Read More
The Dirt That Hurts: Monitoring Harmful Particulate Matter
Category: Assessing Air Quality & Water Resources Project Team: Maricopa County Health & Air Quality Team Location: Maricopa County Department of Public Health and Arizona State University – Tempe, Arizona Authors: Jason Hodgson Leslie Araujo Tamara Dunbarr Mentors/Advisors: Dr. David Hondula (Arizona State University) Past/Other Contributors: Lance Watkins (Center Lead) Abstract: One of the most prevalent issues with air quality … Read More
Sargassum Returns! Seeing Inundation Events with Earth Observations
Category: Assessing Air Quality and Water Resources Project Team: Caribbean Oceans II Team Location: NASA Ames Research Center – Moffett Field, California Authors: Jordan Ped Emma Accorsi Maria Lopez-Pe̱a Mentors/Advisors: Dr. Juan Torres-Perez (Bay Area Environmental Research Institute) Sherry Palacios (Bay Area Environmental Research Institute) Past/Other Contributors: Erica Scaduto Chippie Kislik (Center Lead) Abstract: In 2015, Caribbean nations were overwhelmed … Read More
Mites from Space: Tracking a Microscopic Pest in Puerto Rico
Category: Identifying Invasive Species Extent & Critical Species Habitat Project Team: Puerto Rico Agriculture Team Location: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center – Greenbelt, Maryland Authors: Dr. Sara Lubkin Julia Marrs Sean McCartney Alison Thieme Mentors/Advisors: Dr. Michael Cosh (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service) Dr. Ronald Ochoa (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service) Dr. John Bolten (NASA Goddard … Read More
Hydrilla Hype: Mapping an Invasive Weed in Two Georgia Reservoirs
Category: Identifying Invasive Species Extent & Critical Species Habitat Project Team: Southeast U.S. Ecological Forecasting III Team Location: University of Georgia – Athens, Georgia Authors: Shuvankar Ghosh Austin Haney Frank Braun Zachary Conner Christopher Cooper Abhishek Kumar Mentors/Advisors: Dr. Deepak Mishra (University of Georgia, Department of Geography) Dr. Susan Wilde (University of Georgia, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources) … Read More
Home on the Laramie Range
Category: Identifying Invasive Species Extent & Critical Species Habitat Project Team: Laramie Mountains Ecological Forecasting II Team Location: U.S. Geological Survey at Colorado State University – Fort Collins, Colorado Authors: Sarah Carroll Katie Butler Aubrey Hilte Megan Vahsen Mentors/Advisors: Dr. Paul Evangelista (Colorado State University, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory) Dr. Amanda West (Colorado State University, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory) Past/Other … Read More
Wildfire Destruction: A Changing Fire Regime Threatens Local Fauna
Category: Identifying Invasive Species Extent & Critical Species Habitat Project Team: Eastern Idaho Disasters Team Location:åÊBLM at Idaho State University Geographic Information Systems Training and Research Center ÛÒ Pocatello, Idaho Authors: Courtney Ohr Jenna Williams Priscilla Addison Mentors/Advisors: Keith Weber (GIS Training and Research Center at Idaho State University) Dr. John Schnase (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) Mark Carroll (NASA … Read More
Weeding the West: Monitoring Invasives using NASA Earth Observations
Category: Identifying Invasive Species Extent & Critical Species Habitat Project Team: Southwest U.S. Ecological Forecasting Team Location: NASA Langley Research Center ÛÒ Hampton, Virginia Authors: Ryan Avery Katherine Landesman Jordan Vaa Timmera Whaley Dakoyta Greenman Mentors/Advisors: Dr. Kenton Ross (NASA Langley Research Center) Past/Other Contributors: Emily Gotschalk (Center Lead) Tyler Rhodes (Center Lead) Abstract: The southwestern United States spans six … Read More