Drought and Degradation: Remote Sensing in Africa’s South Rift

EarthzineDEVELOP Fall 2013 VPS, Original

Team Location: Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Authors: Emily Voelker, Project Lead (University of Maryland) Colin Doyle (Georgetown University) Jane Karakashian (Montgomery College) Mentors/Advisers: Jeffrey Masek, Ph.D. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) Frederick Policelli (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) Quinten Geddes (Science Systems and Applications, Inc.) Past/Other Contributors: DEVELOP 2013 Summer Amboseli Eco Forecasting Team, Goddard Space Flight Center … Read More

The Bare Necessities: Forecasting Myanmar’s Mangrove Extent and Biomass

EarthzineDEVELOP Fall 2013 VPS, Original

Team Location: Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, Maryland Authors: Sam Weber, Project Lead (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) Louis Keddell (University of Maryland) Mohammed Kemal (University of Maryland) Mentors/Advisers: Fritz Policelli (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) Temilola Fatoyinbo, Ph.D. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) Past/Other Contributors: DEVELOP Myanmar Ecological Forecasting team, LaRC Summer 2013 Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute … Read More

America’s Parched Plains: Monitoring Drought in the Great Plains Region

Great Plains Agriculture TeamDEVELOP Fall 2013 VPS, Original

Team Location: Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia Authors: Tiffani Orne (Liberty University), Project Lead Eric Dombrowsky (Christopher Newport University) Emily Gotschalk (Christopher Newport University) Mentors/Advisers: Dr. Kenton Ross (NASA, DEVELOP National Science Adviser) Past/Other Contributors: DEVELOP 2013 Great Plains Agriculture Team Langley Research Center (Lance Watkins, Jerrod Lessel and Alexandra Perillo) Abstract: Drought in the Great Plains region of the … Read More

Applying NASA Earth Observations to Mitigate the Impacts of Chilean Drought

EarthzineDEVELOP Fall 2013 VPS, DEVELOP Virtual Poster Session, Original

Team Location: Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia Authors: Joshua Kelly, Project Lead (University of Rhode Island) Bethany Burress (Christopher Newport University) Jeffry Ely (Old Dominion University) Ajoke Williams (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Amberle Keith (Idaho State University) Mentors/Advisers: Kenton Ross, Ph.D. (NASA, DEVELOP National Science Adviser) James Favors (Wise County, DEVELOP National Program) Angelica Gutierrez (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) … Read More

Disaster Damage Validation: Bridging Remote Sensing and GIS

EarthzineDEVELOP Fall 2013 VPS, DEVELOP Virtual Poster Session, Original

Team Location: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California Authors: Judy Cheng (University of California at Los Angeles), Project Lead Sara Lafia (California State Polytechnic University at Pomona) Rodell Allan Zorilla (University of California at Los Angeles) Mentors/Advisers: Sang-Ho Yun, Ph.D. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology) Abstract: Year after year, natural disasters such as earthquakes, fires, floods and hurricanes claim the … Read More

Toward Early Warning and Early Action in Sudan: Public Health and the Environment

EarthzineDEVELOP Fall 2013 VPS, DEVELOP Virtual Poster Session, Original

Team Location: International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Palisades, New York Authors: Alex Sweeney (Columbia University), Project Lead Andrew Kruczkiewicz (Columbia University) Mentors/Advisers: Pietro Ceccato, Ph.D. (International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia University) Madeleine Thomson, Ph.D. (International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia University) Past/Other Contributors: Dia Elnaiem, Ph.D. (University of Maryland ‰ÛÒ Eastern Shore) Omran … Read More

Taking a Swat at the Dengue Mosquito

EarthzineDEVELOP Fall 2013 VPS, DEVELOP Virtual Poster Session, Original

Team Location: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California Authors: Diane A. Garcia-Gonzales (University of California at Berkeley), Project Lead Lorena Lopez (California State University at Northridge) Scott Barron (University of California at Los Angeles) Mentors/Advisers: Erika Podest (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Darren Drewry (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Abstract: The aim of this project was to provide an understanding of the interplay of environmental … Read More

Raised from the Ashes: Detecting Ozone Anomalies Related to Wildfires

EarthzineDEVELOP Fall 2013 VPS, DEVELOP Virtual Poster Session, Original

Team Location: John C. Stennis Space Center, Stennis, Mississippi Authors: Jamie Thompson (University of Southern Mississippi), Project Lead Heather Nicholson (University of Southern Mississippi) Brittany Howell (University of Southern Mississippi) Jordyn Spizale (University of New Orleans) Mentors/Advisers: Joseph Spruce (Computer Sciences Corp.) Past/Other Contributors: DEVELOP 2013 Spring Appalachian Mountains Health & Air Quality Team, Stennis Space Center (Aaron Brooks, Shelby … Read More

Ecological Niche Modeling for the Chagas Disease Vector

EarthzineDEVELOP Fall 2013 VPS, DEVELOP Virtual Poster Session, Original

Team Location: Mobile County Health Department, Mobile, Alabama Authors: Walt Clark, Project Lead (University of South Alabama) Sid King (University of South Alabama) Shikher Mishra (University of South Alabama) James Pickett (University of South Alabama) Mentors/Advisers: Dr. Bernard Eichold (Mobile County Health Department) Joe Spruce (Computer Sciences Corp.) Kenton Ross, Ph.D. (NASA, DEVELOP National Science Adviser) Abstract: Chagas Disease is … Read More