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 ÛÏDocÛ Smoot (NASA Stennis Space Center) Dr. Kenton … Read More
My Rice Will Grow On
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
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
The Primary Advantage in Utilizing Remote Sensing Assets for Extreme Heat Vulnerability Studies
Remotely sensed imagery provides an alternate view of spatial characteristics that in situ measurements typically lack. This is an advantage to utilizing such datasets for the analysis of environmental health vulnerabilities.