Mission Statement
To utilize satellite and other remotely sensed data to explore and understand the linkages between water in all its forms, the land and life on Earth.
GSFC’s Hydrospheric and Biospheric research supports NASA and the nation with a world class workforce that conceive, develop and apply space-based technologies and observations to address issues of importance to society, including the effects of climate change on life on Earth. Particular research areas include studies of the Earth’s Land Ecosystems, Cryosphere, Land Surface Hydrology and Ocean Ecosystems.
Recent Highlights
The Earth Observing System, Science Program Support Office (Winnie Humberson and Steven Graham, 610/GST) helped organize and coordinate NASA’s Hyperwall presence at the 2016 Our Ocean Conference, Sept. 15-16, hosted by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the Department of State Headquarters in Washington DC. President Barack Obama delivered the keynote address, followed by a special message by guest speaker – Leonardo DiCaprio. Several of NASA’s senior-level managers used the Hyperwall to deliver presentations that highlighted NASA’s role in studying Earth’s Ocean from Space.
The talks were well attended, including appearances by John Kerry, his wife Teresa Heinz Kerry, and Norway's Foreign Minister, Mr. Børge Brende. A Safe Ocean Network Pilot Project, led by Miguel Román (GSFC 619), was highlighted during the conference. Román’s project, entitled: “Improved Detection of Illegal Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing from Space”, uses the Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership (Suomi-NPP) Satellite’s Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) to identify vessels that may be illegally fishing in marine protected areas at night through the use of low-light detection. This technology is being further developed using radiative transfer modeling combined with measurements acquired from ship-based and airborne platforms.
2016 HOBI Award Selections
Administrative/Business Support
Chrissy Baxley – 603/610HBS
Chasity Kisling – 603/619
Victor Freeman – 610HBS
Lisa Karmel – 615
Stacy Milligan – 615
Judy Strohmaier – 617
Jessica Bussard – 618
Lisa Henderson – 618
Best Science Highlight
Ed Kim – 617
Career Achievement
Dorothy Hall – 615
Outreach
Ludovic Brucker – 615
Miguel Roman – 619
Scientific Achievement
Alicia Joseph – 617
Dalia Kirschbaum – 617
Joseph Lyu/Craig Smith/Lisa McCormick – 617
Amy McNally – 617
Temilola Fatoyinbo – 618
Qingyuan Zhang – 618
Scientific/Technical Support
Nick DiGirolamo – 615
Jeff Guerber – 615
Jeremy Harbeck – 615
Kyle Krabill – 615
Larry Stock – 615
Gwyn Fireman – 616
Scott Freeman – 616
Liang Hong/Alicia Scott – 616
Chris Kenemer – 616
Hahn Jung – 617
Thomas Stanley – 617
Anika Halota – 618
Milton Hom – 618
Paul Montensano – 618
Hassan Oudrari – 618
Joel Schafer – 618
Aliaksandr Sinyuk – 618
Ilya Slutsker – 618
VIIRS Team – 619 (Eric Vermote/Virginia Kalb/Miguel Roman/Jim Ray/George Riggs/Sadashiva Devadiga/Sudipta Sarkar/Peter Ma/Demi Feng/Xaioping Zhang/Carol Davidson/Anhquan Nguyen/Cid Praderas/Gang Ye/Maki Jackson/Cynthia Hamilton/John Hord)
Publication Award
Bryan Franz/616 with co-authors Sean Bailey/616, Norman Kuring/616 and P. Jeremy Werdell/616
Ocean color measurements with the Operational Land Imager on Landsat-8: implementation and evaluation in SeaDAS. J. Appl. Remote Sens. 0001;9(1):096070. doi:10.1117/1.JRS.9.096070.
Project Highlights
NPOESS Preparatory Project
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Research areas:
- Cryospheric Sciences
- Ocean Ecology
- Hydrology
- Biospheric Sciences
- Geodesy and Geophysics
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