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Overview of the NASA Applied Remote Sensing Training (ARSET) Program

Overview of the NASA Applied Remote Sensing Training (ARSET) Program. Outline NASA Capacity Building Program ARSET Activities How can ARSET help Applied Science Team members?. A project of NASA Applied Sciences. Amita V. Mehta and Ana I. Prados

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Overview of the NASA Applied Remote Sensing Training (ARSET) Program

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  1. Overview of the NASA Applied Remote Sensing Training (ARSET) Program • Outline • NASA Capacity Building Program • ARSET Activities • How can ARSET help Applied Science Team members? A project of NASA Applied Sciences Amita V. Mehta and Ana I. Prados NASA-University of Maryland Baltimore County Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology (JCET) NASA Biodiversity and Ecological Forecasting Meeting 24 April 2013 amita.v.mehta@nasa.gov, aprados@umbc.edu

  2. NASA’s Capacity Building Program • SERVIR Coordination Office (MSFC) • Building international capacity with hubs in • East Africa • Hindu Kush - Himalaya • Mesoamerica • Gulf of Mexico Initiative, GOMI (SSC) • Building Gulf region’s capacity for local environmental management • Applied Remote SEnsing Training, ARSET (GSFC) • On-line and hands on basic/advanced training tailored to end-uses organizations • DEVELOP (LaRC national office) • Dual student/local government capacity building using collaborative projects 1

  3. NASA Earth ScienceApplied Sciences Program Weather Climate Disaster Management Ecological Forecasting Water Resources Public Health Agricultural Efficiency Applications to Decision Making: Thematic Areas

  4. Applied Remote Sensing Training (ARSET) • Objectives • Provide end-users with professional technical workshops • Build long term partnerships with communities and institutions in the public and private sectors. • Online and hands-on courses: • Who: policy makers, environmental • managers, modelers and other professionals • in the public and private sectors. • Where: U.S. and internationally • When: throughout the year. • Do NOT require prior remote- sensing • background. • Presentations and guided computer • exercises and case studies on how to • access, interpret and use NASA satellite • images for decision-support. Hands on Training

  5. ARSET Trainings Include:Remote Sensing and Numerical Modeling Data Basic in person course • For individuals and • institutions new to • remote sensing Basic online courses • Provide background material in preparation for in person trainings Advanced in person and online courses • Focused on a specific application/problem: for example monitoring fire and smoke in the western US (summer 2012), sever flooding in Mozambique (January 2013). • Requires basic online or in person course. Satellite Data In Situ Data Numerical Models

  6. ARSET Training Activities • Advertise via list-serv and Webpage • Collaborate with NASA Applied Science PIs • Collaborate with NASA Data Centers • Identify end-users/host-institution • Discuss and plan training Conduct Training : Online Presentations Hands-on activities Case Studies Prepare Training Modules Project Evaluation: Surveys and Feedback

  7. Basic Training • What is Remote Sensing? • Instruments/sensors and types • Types of satellite orbit around the • earth • Spatial and Temporal Resolutions • and Coverage • Overview of parameters available from NASA • Geophysical quantities derived from • satellite measurements • quality and accuracy of the • derived quantities • availability, access, format • applications and usage

  8. Advanced Training • End-users requested and designed for their needs • Specific data parameters and applications • Learn: > details of data formats, download, analysis tools • > how to incorporate in Decision Support Tools • > Computer-based case studies Examples: Using AIRS CO to Track Forest Fire Plumes Flood Monitoring over Mozambique

  9. Basic Training Web-Tools Access to imagery, Data analysis and visualization without downloading Examples: Giovannihttp://giovanni.gsfc.nasa.gov/ GLOVIShttp://glovis.usgs.gov/ Examples: Global Land Cover Facility http://glcf.umd.edu/data/ TRMM near-real time http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Flood Monitoring publications_dir/potential_flood_hydro.html Advanced Training Web-Tools Data and Application Focus

  10. Heavy Rain in Early May caused Severe Flooding in Tennessee, Arkansas Daily Precipitation (mm/day) 01 May 2011 0.5 10 20 30 40 50 TRMM-TMPA 3B42 Over a large area rainfall greater than 50 mm day was observed on 1 May 2011 From Giovanni web-tool

  11. Lower Mississippi Flood Total Atmospheric Moisture Dramatically increased between April 30th and May 1, 2011 -- from MERRA From Giovanni web-tool

  12. Lower Mississippi Flood Cloudiness increases between April 30th and May 1, 2011 -- from AIRS April 30 MAY 1 Ascending orbit Cloud fraction (fraction of a grid covered by clouds) – from 0 (totally cloud-free) to 1 (total overcast) Descending orbit Orbital Gaps From Giovanni web-tool

  13. MODIS NDVI over US Southern Plains July 12-27 2010 July 12-27 2011 2010 Much sparser vegetation in 2012 From http://pekko.geog.umd.edu/usda/beta/

  14. ARSET Trainings by Societal Benefit Area 2009 – March 2013: +800 End-users Reached Since 2008 Since 2011

  15. Number of Trainings per State

  16. Number of Trainings + Participating Organizations ARSET Trainings: 2009 – March 2013 Include: County State Tribal Academic Private Sector Does NOT include Federal Agencies: NOAA, USGS, USAID, USACE, BLM, Bureau Rec US Forest Service, National Park Service, EPA

  17. ARSET Trainings International: 2009 – March 2013 ARSET Trainings International: 2009 – March 2013

  18. Recent Training Activities Water Resources/Disasters • Online course: February – • March (snow Products) • Hands-on course:World • Bank, Washington DC, • March 7 Air Quality • Online course: February – March • Hands-on course:Salt Lake City, Utah- April 22-25 Ecoforecasting-related training (New) Fall 2013- Summer 2014

  19. ARSET Air Quality http://airqualityr.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Publically available modules and case studies Training Schedule

  20. ARSET Water Resource Management http://water.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Publically available modules and case studies in English and Spanish Training Schedule

  21. ARSET Web Sites and Updates NASA Applied Remote Sensing Training Websites • http://water.gsfc.nasa.gov/ (Water/Disasters) • http://airquality.gsfc.nasa.gov/ (Air Quality) Water Resources/Disasters • https://lists.nasa.gov/mailman/listinfo/nasa-water-training Updates and notification of upcoming workshops Air Quality • https://lists.nasa.gov/mailman/listinfo/arset

  22. ARSET: Summary • NASA remote sensing and model-based data applications • Web-based tools available for data access, analysis, and downloading • Choices of quantities from various sources according to applications and end-user needs • ARSET Team works with end-users through ‘hands-on’ trainings to facilitate applications and decision support activities

  23. Where Do You Come in? • ARSET works directly with NASA-funded PIs • ARSET can help disseminate YOUR applied research and decision support tools • For more information and for scheduling trainings please Contact: Ana Prados Ana.I.Prados@nasa.gov

  24. Thank You!

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