Drought and Degradation: Remote Sensing in Africa’s South Rift

EarthzineDEVELOP Fall 2013 VPS, Original

Team Location: Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Authors: Emily Voelker, Project Lead (University of Maryland) Colin Doyle (Georgetown University) Jane Karakashian (Montgomery College) Mentors/Advisers: Jeffrey Masek, Ph.D. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) Frederick Policelli (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) Quinten Geddes (Science Systems and Applications, Inc.) Past/Other Contributors: DEVELOP 2013 Summer Amboseli Eco Forecasting Team, Goddard Space Flight Center … Read More

The Bare Necessities: Forecasting Myanmar’s Mangrove Extent and Biomass

EarthzineDEVELOP Fall 2013 VPS, Original

Team Location: Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, Maryland Authors: Sam Weber, Project Lead (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) Louis Keddell (University of Maryland) Mohammed Kemal (University of Maryland) Mentors/Advisers: Fritz Policelli (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) Temilola Fatoyinbo, Ph.D. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) Past/Other Contributors: DEVELOP Myanmar Ecological Forecasting team, LaRC Summer 2013 Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute … Read More

America’s Parched Plains: Monitoring Drought in the Great Plains Region

Great Plains Agriculture TeamDEVELOP Fall 2013 VPS, Original

Team Location: Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia Authors: Tiffani Orne (Liberty University), Project Lead Eric Dombrowsky (Christopher Newport University) Emily Gotschalk (Christopher Newport University) Mentors/Advisers: Dr. Kenton Ross (NASA, DEVELOP National Science Adviser) Past/Other Contributors: DEVELOP 2013 Great Plains Agriculture Team Langley Research Center (Lance Watkins, Jerrod Lessel and Alexandra Perillo) Abstract: Drought in the Great Plains region of the … Read More

Can You Spot the Seaweed? Using NASA EOS to Enhance Sargassum Detection

EarthzineDEVELOP Fall 2013 VPS, DEVELOP Virtual Poster Session, Original

Team Location: John C. Stennis Space Center, Stennis, Mississippi Authors: Shelby Barrett, Project Lead (William Carey University) Brittany Arceneaux (University of New Orleans) Mekdes Smith (University of Southern Mississippi) Mentors/Advisers: Joseph Spruce (Computer Sciences Corp.) Kenton Ross, Ph.D. (NASA, DEVELOP National Science Adviser) Thomas Linton, Ph.D. (Texas A&M, Galveston Campus) Chuanmin Hu, Ph.D. (University of South Florida) Abstract: Sargassum is … Read More

Igniting the Power Grid in Rwanda using NASA EOS

EarthzineDEVELOP Fall 2013 VPS, DEVELOP Virtual Poster Session, Original

Team Location: Wise County Clerk of Court’s Office, Wise, Virginia; and Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia Authors: Faith Mwiza, Project Lead (California Baptist University) Gaspard Twagirayezu (Oklahoma Christian University) Emmanuel Muzungu (Oklahoma Christian University) Dieudonne Dusenge (Oklahoma Christian University) Mentors/Advisers: Kenton Ross, Ph.D. (NASA DEVELOP National Science Adviser) DeWayne Cecil, Ph.D. (Global Science and Technology Inc., National Climatic Data Center) … Read More

Ecological Niche Modeling for the Chagas Disease Vector

EarthzineDEVELOP Fall 2013 VPS, DEVELOP Virtual Poster Session, Original

Team Location: Mobile County Health Department, Mobile, Alabama Authors: Walt Clark, Project Lead (University of South Alabama) Sid King (University of South Alabama) Shikher Mishra (University of South Alabama) James Pickett (University of South Alabama) Mentors/Advisers: Dr. Bernard Eichold (Mobile County Health Department) Joe Spruce (Computer Sciences Corp.) Kenton Ross, Ph.D. (NASA, DEVELOP National Science Adviser) Abstract: Chagas Disease is … Read More

Extracting Irrigated Crop Circle Area using an Array of NASA Earth Observations

EarthzineDEVELOP Fall 2013 VPS, DEVELOP Virtual Poster Session, Original

Team Location: Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama Authors: Casey Calamaio (University of Alabama in Huntsville), Project Lead Kyle Pennington (University of Alabama in Huntsville) Sam Ayers (University of Alabama in Huntsville) Mentors/Advisers: Jeff Luvall, Ph.D. (NASA, Global Hydrology and Climate Center) Richard McNider, Ph.D. (University of Alabama in Huntsville/Earth System Science Center) Cameron Handyside (University of Alabama in Huntsville/Earth … Read More

Raised from the Ashes: Detecting Ozone Anomalies Related to Wildfires

EarthzineDEVELOP Fall 2013 VPS, DEVELOP Virtual Poster Session, Original

Team Location: John C. Stennis Space Center, Stennis, Mississippi Authors: Jamie Thompson (University of Southern Mississippi), Project Lead Heather Nicholson (University of Southern Mississippi) Brittany Howell (University of Southern Mississippi) Jordyn Spizale (University of New Orleans) Mentors/Advisers: Joseph Spruce (Computer Sciences Corp.) Past/Other Contributors: DEVELOP 2013 Spring Appalachian Mountains Health & Air Quality Team, Stennis Space Center (Aaron Brooks, Shelby … Read More

Looking at a Decade of Dry Spells in Coahuila, Mexico

EarthzineDEVELOP Fall 2013 VPS, DEVELOP Virtual Poster Session, Original

Figure showing a a scatterplot of 6-month antecedent soil moisture (x-axis) and spring soil moisture (y-axis). Drought years are denoted by red boxes. Quadrants are defined by the bold lines: Top left (I), top right (II), bottom left (III), and bottom right (IV). The dashed red line represents the threshold for antecedent drought as defined in the study.

Team Location: Wise County Clerk of Court’s Office, Wise, Virginia; and TecnolÌ_gico de Monterrey Campus Saltillo, Saltillo, Mexico Authors: Rohini Swaminathan (Purdue University), Project Lead Rhiannon Coates (University of Virginia at Wise) Abednego Mayon (East Tennessee State University) Pedro Rodriguez Rivera (Mountain Empire Community College) Carlos Cardenas (TecnolÌ_gico de Monterrey) Laura Esqueda (TecnolÌ_gico de Monterrey) Mentors/Advisers: Kenton Ross, Ph.D. (NASA, … Read More