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* photo of Hume Dam in Australia courtesy of Goulburn-Murray Water
15 February 2008:
NASA's 2008 Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences: ROSES are now available on-line.
Overview
Our home planet has been described by NASA as a "blue marble" , characterized by its strong cycling and replenishing of water. However, with increasing population pressure and water usage, coupled with climate variability and change, water management is one of the most critical environmental problems facing us in the 21st century.
The NASA Applied Sciences Program (ASP) has the primary responsibility to apply data from NASA satellite products and models to help solve problems important to society and the economy. The NASA Water Management Program Element in the ASP addresses concerns and decision processes that are related to water availability, water forecast, and water quality. The goal of the Water Management Program Element is to apply NASA satellite data to improve the Decision Support Tools (DSTs) of user groups that manage water resources. The Water Management Program Element partners with Federal agencies, academia, private firms, and international organizations.
The goal of this website is to provide a summary of the Water Management activities. The program has organized its project activities on the following functional themes:
In addition, there are several projects which are organized according to their funding status:- Linked Projects which receive a significant part of their funding from other programs
- Rapid Prototyping Capability are one year projects testing NASA products
- Decision Support through Earth science research results
- Completed Projects from previous water management funding cycles
Water Quality Projects
- Application of NASA Satellite Products and Land Surface Models to Improve the Hydrologic Performance of the EPA's BASINS DST
Investigators: D. Toll (NASA/GSFC), E.T. Engman (SAIC/NASA/GSFC), Ed Partington (EPA/OW), James Carleton (EPA/OW), G. Shenk (EPA/CBP), Angelica Magness (USGS/CBP), J. Nigro (SSAI/NASA/GSFC), W. Ni-Meister (Hunter College), Shih Yan Lee (Hunter College), and Phil Townsend (Univ. Wisc.)
Water Delivery and Irrigation Projects
- NASA Products for Improving Reclamation RiverWare and AWARDS ET Tool Box DSTs for Water Availability and Forecasting
- What is the Value of Integrating Best Estimates of Regional Evapotranspiration into Hydrologic Decision Support Systems?
- Enhancing Water Management Decision Support Systems with High Spatio-temporal Resolution Mapping of Actual Evapotranspiration
Investigators: Kristi Arsenault (UMBC/GEST/NASA/GSFC), David Toll (NASA/GSFC), Edwin. T. Engman (NASA/GSFC/SAIC), Bowser (BoR), R. Stodt (BoR/TSC), S. Hunter (BoR), A. Brower, and A. Pinheiro (ORAU/NASA/GSFC)
Investigators: PI, Jan Hendrickx (New Mexico Tech University).
Investigators: PI Graeme Aggett, (Riverside Technology, Inc.)
Drought Projects
- National Drought Monitoring System for Drought Early Warning Using Hydrologic and Ecologic Observations from NASA Satellite Data
Investigators: S. V. Nghiem (PIU, JPL), J. P. Verdin (Lead Co-I, USGS), D. A. Wilhite (National Drought Mitigation Center or NDMC), R. Dole (NOAA Physical Science Division), D. LeComte (NOAA Climate Prediction Center), G. R. Brakenridge (Dartmouth College), E. G. Njoku (JPL)
Flow and Flood Forecasting Projects
- Improving NOAA/NWS River Forecast Center Decision Support with NASA Satellite and Land Information System Products
- Improving Water Resources Management in the Western U.S. through use of Remote Sensing Data and Seasonal Climate Forecasts
- Improving Flash Flood Prediction through a Synthesis of NASA Products, NWP Models, and Flash Flood Decision Support Systems
Investigators: P. Restrepo (PI, NOAA/NWS/OHD), A. Limaye (PI, MSFC GHCC) Christa Peters-Lidard (PI, NASA GSFC), C. Laymon (MSFC/USRA/GHCC), W. Crosson (MSFC/USRA/GHCC), M. Estes (MSFC/USRA/GHCC), Z. Al-Hamden (MSFC/USRA/GHCC), D.L. Rickman (NASA/MSFC), F. Cosgrove (SAIC/NASA/GSFC), M. Garcia (UMC/GEST/NASA/GSFC), V. Koren (NOAA/NWS/OHD), D.J. Seo (UCAR/NOAA/NWS/OHD), M. Smith (NOAA/NWS/OHD), D. Toll (NASA/GSFC), and P. Houser (GMU/IGES/CREW)
Investigators: Dennis Lettenmaier (PI, U. Washington), S. Soorooshian (U. Cal. Irvine), A. Wood (U. Washington), A. Steinmann (U. Washington), B. Imam (U. Cal. Irvine)
Investigators: PI Brian Cosgrove (NASA/GSFC/SAIC).
Linked Projects
- Linked NASA-AFWA Global Soil Moisture and Temperature Project
- Linked NASA-NOAA Application of NARR-Based NLDAS Ensemble Simulations to Continental-Scale Drought Monitoring
- Solutions Network Projects under the ASP Cross-Cutting Program that are Related to Water Management
- 10.1 The NASA Water Cycle Solutions Network
- 10.2 North Olympic Peninsula Resource Conservation and Development Evolving a Solutions Network of Resource Conservatin and Development Councils, Watershed Management Teams, and NASA Research Institutions Across the Nation
Investigators: PIs John Eylander (AFWA) and Christa Peters-Lidard (NASA-GSFC)
Investigators: Brian A. Cosgrove (PI, NASA/GSFC/SAIC) and Charles Alonge (NASA/GSFC/SAIC)
Investigators: PI Paul Houser (GMU/IGES/CREW, WaterNet Inc.)
Investigators: PIs Mike Doherty, George Sehlke, and Tony Ingersoll - North Olympic Peninsula Resource Conservation and Development
Rapid Prototyping Capability (RPC)
RPC projects are managed under the NASA Applied Sciences Program, cross-cutting program. They are funded for one year to test the use of NASA products through the stage of "Verification & Validation". If successful, the project could then become a Benchmark or an Integrated Systems Solution project.
- High Resolution Soil Moisture Estimation via Assimilation of AMSR-E and SCAN Data
- Geospatial Technologies in Agricultural Applications
- Evaluating Enhancements to BASINS Using NASA Data Products, Simulated Future Data, and Model (LIS) Data Products
Investigators: Valentine Anantharaj (Mississippi State University), Georgy Mostovoy (MSU), Christa Peters-Lidard (NASA/GSFC), and Paul Houser (George Mason University).
Investigators: Charles G. O'Hara, Preeti Mali, Bijay Shrestha (Mississippi State University), Luis Gustavo de Goncalves (Univ. Maryland/ESSIC), and Tom Sinclair (Univ. Florida)
Investigators: Charles G. O'Hara, Vladimir Alarcon, and Roland Viger (Mississippi State University), Edwin Engman (SAIC), Joe Nigro (SSAI) and David Toll (NASA/GSFC)
Decision Support
Decision Support projects are funded under the NASA Applied Sciences Program. NASA partners with national organizations and Federal agencies to extend NASA Earth Science research results into decision support tools to benefit U.S. and global citizens. NASA received 120 proposals in response to the 2007 solicitation and selected 33 for awards, totaling approximately $23 million over the three-year life of the projects. Abstracts of the 2007 Decision Support Winners can be downloaded (26 page pdf).
The following is a list of projects which will be supported through the Water Management Program:
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Robert Adler /NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Global Flood and Landslide Monitoring/Forecasting -
Charon Birkett /University of Maryland
The Global Reservoir and Lake Monitoring System: Enhancing the USDA/FAS DSS with NASA, NRL and ESA Satellite Radar Altimeter Data -
Ximing Cai /University of Illinois
Developing Seasonal Predictive Capability for Drought Mitigation Decision Support System -
Paul Houser /Institute of Global Environment and Society, Inc.
Benchmarking NASA Snow Research Results in NWS Hydrological Decision Support -
Randal Koster / NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Development of a Robust Drought Index for Agricultural Applications -
Mutlu Ozdogan /University of Wisconsin
Introducing Remotely Sensed Irrigation Information into the USDA FAS Decision Support System -
Matthew Rodell /NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Integrating Enhanced GRACE Water Storage Data into the U.S. and North American Drought Monitors
Completed Projects
- Initialization of the NCEP Eta/NAM Model DST with Uncoupled NLDASE Land Surface States
Investigators: Brian A. Cosgrove (PI, NASA/GSFC/SAIC), Charles Alonge (PI, NASA/GSFC/SAIC), Paul Houser (CREW), Ken Mitchell (NOAA/NCEP/EMC), Michael Ek (NOAA/NCEP/EMC), Keith Brill (NOAA/NCEP/EMC), Eric Rogers (NOAA/NCEP/EMC), Matt Pyle (NOAA/NCEP/EMC).
