Earth Science

IMPACT Collaborates with European Space Agency (ESA) and US Geological Survey (USGS) on Sentinel-2 Data Archive Access

The Inter-Agency Implementation and Advanced Concepts (IMPACT) team members Brian Freitag, Rahul Ramachandran, and Matt Hicks (ST11) met with ESA and USGS to formulate a workable solution for accessing the historical Sentinel-2 data archive (7 PB) for production of the …

IMPACT Collaborates with European Space Agency (ESA) and US Geological Survey (USGS) on Sentinel-2 Data Archive Access Read More »

SERVIR Science Coordination Office (SCO) Expands Relations with the Nation of Bhutan Through Capacity Building

SERVIR, as part of the NASA Earth Sciences Capacity Building Program, met on 4/7/21 with the Ugyen Wangchuck Institute of Conservation and Environment Research (UWICER), the National Centre for Hydrology and Metrology (NCHM), and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forest …

SERVIR Science Coordination Office (SCO) Expands Relations with the Nation of Bhutan Through Capacity Building Read More »

SERVIR Subject Matter Expert Supports Charcoal Monitoring in Ghana, Concludes with Virtual Training

Unsustainable charcoal production degrades the Ghanaian environment through deforestation, degradation, soil fertility loss, erosion, and wildfires. To support the charcoal monitoring service being implemented by SERVIR-West Africa and the Centre for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Services (CERSGIS, based in …

SERVIR Subject Matter Expert Supports Charcoal Monitoring in Ghana, Concludes with Virtual Training Read More »

SERVIR Hindu Kush Himalaya Stakeholder Engagement Expanding the Use of Applied Sciences Team (AST) Data Collection Application

In March, Nepal’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MoALD) and SERVIR-Hindu Kush Himalaya convened over 20 agricultural officers and extension staff from Nepal’s agricultural regions to expand the use of GeoFairy in crop yield assessments. GeoFairy is a mobile …

SERVIR Hindu Kush Himalaya Stakeholder Engagement Expanding the Use of Applied Sciences Team (AST) Data Collection Application Read More »

Paper on Hurricane Dorian’s Lightning Evolution Published in Geophysical Research Letters

Patrick Duran and Christopher Schultz (ST11/SPoRT) are lead authors on a paper documenting the evolution of lightning in Hurricane Dorian (2019). The results reveal significant changes in lightning flash extent density, flash area, and flash energy observed by the Geostationary …

Paper on Hurricane Dorian’s Lightning Evolution Published in Geophysical Research Letters Read More »

Scroll to Top