Riparian corridors are inhabited by unique and biodiverse plant communities that control erosion, manage sediment loads, and filter pollutants.
Estimating Wildfire Risk from Space
Scientists collaborated with fire managers in the Great Plains to produce an interactive wildfire risk map derived from NOAA and NASA data.
Incorporating Python scripting to conduct geospatial analysis of flooding in the Mississippi River Basin
This project developed an automated script that maps flooding in the Mississippi River Basin generating a preliminary analysis of populations, infrastructure, and agricultural fields impacted.
Assessing Southern Pine Beetle Epidemics in Alabama Using NASA Earth Observations
Southern pine beetles are known to have caused several hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages in Alabama due to their widespread destruction of pine trees. This project aimed to model areas in Alabama that are susceptible to outbreaks using NASA Earth observations.
Woolly Bully: Monitoring the Impending Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Infestation
A NASA DEVELOP team uses Earth observations to provide conservationists with tools to combat invasive hemlock wooly adelgid in the pristine ecosystems of upstate New York.
Finding the Trees through the Cloud
As the water regime changes within Everglades National Park in response to mitigation efforts, identifying mangrove presence and tracking long-term changes is imperative to park management.
Catchment in the Rye: Conservation in the Chesapeake Bay
NASA DEVELOP team uses NASA Earth observations to map winter cover crop conservation performance in the Chesapeake Bay watershed to improve agricultural management strategies.
Using NASA Earth Observations to Assess Vegetative Stress of Row Crops in Irrigated and Non-Irrigated Fields in Alabama
The effect of drought conditions on irrigated vs. non-irrigated row crops in Alabama were investigated using NASA Earth Observations.
Elkhorn Slough: Detecting Eutrophication through Geospatial Modeling
Category: Land Cover Change and Disturbances Project Team: Elkhorn Slough: Detecting Eutrophication through Geospatial Modeling Team Location: Elkhorn Slough Ecological Forecasting Authors: Irma Caraballo Álvarez Abigail Childs Kirsten Jurich Mentors/Advisors: Dr. Juan L. Torres-Pérez (Bay Area Environmental Research Institute) Dr. Sherry L. Palacios (Bay Area Environmental Research Institute) Past/Other Contributors: Chippie Kislik (Center Lead) Martha Sayre Abstract: Elkhorn Slough in Monterey, … Read More
Retreating Ice: The Beginnings of Discovery
Category: Detecting Land Cover Change & Disturbances Project Team: Northern Great Plains Water Resources Team Location: Wise County Clerk of Court’s Office – Wise, Virginia Authors: Anne Gale Michael Brooke Xin Hong Cody Vineyard Mentors/Advisors: Dr. Kenton Ross (NASA Langley Research Center) Dr. DeWayne Cecil (NOAA NCEI, Global Science and Technology) Bob VanGundy (The University of Virginia’s College at Wise) … Read More