A grand-prize winner and honorable mentions have been selected for the fall 2013 Virtual Poster Session (VPS) contributed by NASA’s DEVELOP National Program. The contest included 21 projects conducted by 96 participants from around the globe.
Drought and Degradation: Remote Sensing in Africa’s South Rift
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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