Category: Monitoring Drought Project Team: Middle East Water Resources Team Location: NASA Langley Research Center – Hampton, Virginia Authors: Hannah Rosenblum Vishal Arya Michael Sclater Raghda El-Behaedi Brad Schroeder Labreshia Mims Mentors/Advisors: Dr. Kenton Ross (NASA Langley Research Center) Past/Other Contributors: Emily Gotschalk (Center Lead) Tyler Rhodes (Center Lead) Abstract: Water resources are declining in the Middle East as a result … Read More
A Ray of Hope: Near Real-Time Forecasting Tools for the USAPI
Category: Monitoring Drought Project Team: Pacific Water Resources II Team Location: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information – Asheville, North Carolina Authors: Nicholas Luchetti Zachary Vozzelli Kyle Jones Mentors/Advisors: Michael Kruk (Earth Resources Technology (ERT)) John Marra (NOAA Region Climate Services, Director, Pacific Region) Past/Other Contributors: Alec Courtright (Center Lead) Jessica Sutton Ethan Wright Abstract: The U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI) are … Read More
Oh Me! Oh My! These Rice Paddies are Dry!
Category: Monitoring Drought Project Team: Mekong River Basin Agriculture Team Location: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center – Huntsville, Alabama Authors: Daryl Ann Winstead Waritchana Rakumthong Pumichat Raksaphaeng Allison Daniel Mentors/Advisors: Dr. Jeffrey Luvall (NASA at National Space Science Technology Center) Dr. Robert Griffin (University of Alabama in Huntsville) Eric Anderson (University of Alabama in Huntsville) Past/Other Contributors: Leigh Sinclair (Center Lead) Daryl … Read More
Pivotal Moments: Drought Response in the West
Category: Monitoring Drought Project Team: Western U.S. Water Resources Team Location: NASA Langley Research Center – Hampton, Virginia Authors: Kelly Meehan Molly Spater Teresa Fenn Thomas Smith Kaylie Taliaferro Grant Jaccoud Mentors/Advisors: Dr. Kenton Ross (NASA Langley Research Center) Past/Other Contributors: Emily Gotschalk (Center Lead) Tyler Rhodes (Center Lead) Abstract: A changing climate has been an issue of growing concern … Read More
A Deeper Look into California’s Water Resources
Category: Monitoring Drought Project Team: California Water Resources Team Location: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory – Pasadena, California Authors: Justin Lawrence Lauryn Gutowski Nick Rousseau Brittany Zajic Mentors/Advisors: Dr. John T. Reager (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Past/Other Contributors: Nick Rousseau (Center Lead) Abstract: 2015 marked the arrival of the strongest El Niño ever recorded, surpassing the 1997-1998 event that brought significant rainfall … Read More
What’s Climate Got to Do with It? Protecting Peruvian Potatoes
Category: Identifying Invasive Species Extent & Critical Species Habitat Project Team: Peru Climate III Team Location: University of Georgia – Athens, Georgia Authors: Caren Remillard Shirin Esmaeili Dorris Scott Parul Singh Mentors/Advisors: Dr. Kenton Ross (NASA Langley Research Center) Dr. Marguerite Madden (University of Georgia, Center for Geospatial Research) Dr. Sergio Bernardes (University of Georgia, Center for Geospatial Research) Past/Other … Read More
Bad Bromes in the Badlands: Monitoring Invasives in the Great Plains
Category: Identifying Invasive Species Extent & Critical Species Habitat Project Team: Northern Great Plains Ecological Forecasting Team Location:åÊNASA Goddard Space Flight Center ÛÒ Greenbelt, Maryland Authors: Amanda Clayton Jessica Fayne Carl Green Jared Tomlin Mentors/Advisors: Dr. Kenton Ross (NASA Langley Research Center) Past/Other Contributors: Sean McCartney (Center Lead) Abstract: Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) and Japanese brome (Bromus japonicus) are widespread invasive … 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
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
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