Each year, Texas experiences severe droughts, making large areas of the state vulnerable to wildfires that damage agriculture, infrastructure, and habitats across Texas. Texas Fire Services stated in its most recent report that just under 18,500 wildland fires occurred in 2014 causing almost $2 million in damages.
Blazing Biomass: Forecasting Fires and Phenology in Texas Grasslands
This is a part of the 2015 Fall VPS. For more VPS articles, click here Category: Assessing Human Risk Project Team: Texas Disasters II Team Location: NASA John C. Stennis Space Center ÛÒ Hancock County, Mississippi Authors: James Michael Brooke (Project Lead) Meredith Williams Teresa Fenn Mentors/Advisors: Joseph Spruce (NASA John C. Stennis Space Center) Dr. Kenton Ross (NASA Langley … Read More
Automating the Not-So-Extraterrestrial ET
This is a part of the 2015 Fall VPS. For more VPS articles, click here Category:åÊMonitoring Change for Resource Management Project Team: New Mexico Water Resources II Team Location: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory ÛÒ Pasadena, California Authors: Trevor McDonald Gregory Halverson Mentors/Advisors: Joshua Fisher (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Greg Moore (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Munish Sikka (California Institute of Technology) … Read More