Is Texas Burning? Estimating Wildfire Fuels Using NASA EOS

EarthzineDEVELOP 2015 Summer VPS, DEVELOP Virtual Poster Session, Investigating Impacts of Fire and Landslide Disasters

This is an article from the Summer 2015 VPS. For more VPS articles, click here Category:åÊInvestigating Impacts of Fire and Landslide Disasters Project Team: Texas Disasters Team Location: NASA Stennis Space Center – Stennis Space Center, Mississippi Authors: Benjamin Beasley Alex Holland Kristen Kelehan Mentors/Advisors: Joseph Spruce (NASA Stennis Space Center) James ‰ÛÏDoc‰Û Smoot (NASA Stennis Space Center) Dr. Kenton … Read More

My Rice Will Grow On

EarthzineDEVELOP 2015 Summer VPS, DEVELOP Virtual Poster Session, Monitoring Forested and Agricultural Landscapes

This is an article from the Summer 2015 VPS. For more VPS articles, click here Category:åÊMonitoring Forested and Agricultural Landscapes Project Team: Thailand Agriculture Team Location: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center – Huntsville, Alabama, and Wise County Clerk of Court’s Office – Wise, Virginia Authors: Tim Klug Komsan Rattanakijsuntorn Arom Boekfah Chayanit Choomwattana Watanyoo Suksa-ngiam Atipat Wattanuntachai Mentors/Advisors: Dr. Jeffrey … Read More

STEP M: Space to Effectively Prepare for Migration

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Countries can follow STEP M in parallel, which will provide advice on how to obtain, integrate and operate space data within their adaptation plan for climate change and possible migration. Introduction Climate change will increasingly impact the Earth’s natural environment in many ways, such as more frequent natural disasters, heat waves, melting polar ice, and rising sea levels. Many of … Read More

Gulf Stream in infrared

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Originally Published by EarthSky -The Gulf Stream is like a warm river in the ocean, but, as the image above shows, it’s not uniformly warm. Instead, water temperatures in the Gulf Stream range from 64° to 70.25° Fahrenheit (18° to 21.25° Celsius).