Our Project Portfolio
Earth Action supports a variety of projects that utilize Earth observations to help address challenges facing communities around the globe. Our portfolio demonstrates the benefits of using NASA Earth observations to inform decision and policy-making to improve life on Earth for all.
Description: This project provides a range of surface water products related to lakes, reservoirs, and wetlands in a near real time framework. It also offers a longer-term set of observations via… Read More
Supported by the NASA Applied Sciences Program, this project seeks to advance the capability of snowmelt flood prediction in the Red River of the North basin (RRB) to the development, testing, and operational stages via a partnership between the University of New Hampshire (UNH),… Read More
Team:
• Jim Lee (Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi), co-I
• Yuxia Huang (Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi), co-I
• Lapone Techapinyawat (Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi), graduate student
• Wen Zhong (… Read More
Objectives of this project are to achieve operational sustainability (> Application Readiness Level 7) for government water management agencies in South Asia (Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh) for the following:
1) Satellite (GPM/TRMM) Precipitation and Model-based… Read More
Team: Khaim Syed-Raza (Project Lead), Sofia Vahutinsky, Lisa Siewart, Nora Whitelaw-McDonald
Summary: The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) has a shoreline south of Lake… Read More
Team: Sandy Ward (Mālama Puʻuloa) Donn Viviani (Leeward Community College) Mia Comeros-Raynal (Water Resources Research Center at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa) Dingyi Liu (Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)… Read More
End Users / Partners: E&J Gallo Winery, National Grape & Wine Initiative, Almond Board of California.
Project Description: The proposed project will refine and apply a multi-scale remote sensing toolkit for mapping crop water… Read More
Team: Mike Hitchner (Project Lead), Lily Oliver, Sofia Fall, Lyndsay Zemanek
Summary: Bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) is a critical component of nearshore ecosystems… Read More
Team: Olivia Etherton (Project Lead), Caroline Bahun, Alexander Krest, Justin Wilder
Summary:
Lake Anna is a man-made reservoir and popular recreation destination that… Read More
Team: Brianne Kendall (Project Lead), Laramie Plott, Ian Turner, Aaron Carr
Summary: Lake Champlain provides clean drinking water for 35% of the surrounding watershed and… Read More
Team: Liam Megraw (Project Lead), Stefanie Dimayuga Mendoza, Jesse Carlson, Samantha Kelly
Summary: Since their first sightings in the U.S. in 2002, emerald ash borer beetles… Read More