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Rapid Prototyping of New NASA Sensor Data into the SERVIR System

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Goals of the SERVIR Experiment

To develop and test transition paths for SERVIR applications, products, and Decision Support Systems to

use new NASA sensor data

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Experiment Team Leaders

• SERVIR at MSFC – Dan Irwin• CATHALAC in Panama – Emil

Cherrington• MRC – RPC team – Greg Easson

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Current Organization

• Headquarters at Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean (CATHALAC)

• Test facility at NASA MSFC• Other partners:

– City of Knowledge– Central American Commission on Environmental

and Development (CCAD)– World Bank– others

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Current System

• SERVIR provides:– Imagery and geospatial data– Interactive mapping– Thematic DST’s– 3-D visualization of Meso-America

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Thematic DST’s

• Fire Detection – daily MODIS imagery• Red-tide detection – daily MODIS and

SeaWiFS• Climate change – MODIS imagery and

MM5 models• Land use/land cover change – multiple

imagery types, including MODIS, Landsat, and SRTM

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Thematic DST’s

• Weather forecasts – WRF in cooperation with NASA SPoRT

• Floods – GOES, MODIS and AMSR-E• Food security – TRMM precipitation,

MODIS NDVI, others• Hurricanes – GOES • Earthquakes – supported by USGS

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Proposed Methods

• Work with SERVIR staff to evaluate each DST and product

• Determine order of experiments• Evaluate potential of new NASA

sensors• Develop or acquire experimental data

for new sensors• Conduct experiments for DST’s

selected by SERVIR project staff

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Concept of Operations

• After DST has been selected;– Team will be assembled based on the

thematic area– Project plan will be written in consultation

with SERVIR staff, – Conduct the experiment– Evaluate the results– Publish the results

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Rapid Prototyping of New NASA Sensor Data into the

SERVIR System

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