**Appendix C**

**[NASA Earth Science Enterprise]{.smallcaps}**

**[Applications Division]{.smallcaps}**

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*Crosscutting Solutions: REASoN*

***John C. Stennis Space Center Project Plan: 2004***

*(v. 1)*

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*Earth Science for Society*

> *Accelerating the realization of economic*
>
> *and societal benefits from Earth science,*
>
> *information, and technology ...*

**REASoN Projects -- FY04 Descriptions & Funding**

+-----------+----------------------+--------+------------+------------+
| **App     | **Title**            | **     | **PI Name, | **Im       |
| lications |                      | FISCAL | HQ PM, SSC | plementing |
| Area**    |                      | YEAR   | Studies    | Orga       |
|           |                      | 2004   | Manager**  | nization** |
|           |                      | Fun    |            |            |
|           |                      | ding** |            |            |
+-----------+----------------------+--------+------------+------------+
| Public    | Measurements &       | \$6    | S. Morain, | University |
| Health    | Products with the    | 00,000 | R.         | of New     |
|           | RSVP DSS to Validate |        | Venezia,   | Mexico     |
|           | and Benchmark Public |        | T. Vann    |            |
|           | Health Medical       |        |            |            |
|           | Alerts and Early     |        |            |            |
|           | Warning              |        |            |            |
+-----------+----------------------+--------+------------+------------+
| Coastal   |  Sensor to User --   | \$5    | R. Arnone, | Applied    |
|           | Applying NASA/EOS    | 00,000 | L. Friedl, | Coherent   |
|           | Data to Coastal Zone |        | C. Hall    | Technology |
|           | Management           |        |            | C          |
|           | Applications         |        |            | orporation |
|           | Developed from       |        |            | s          |
|           | Integrated Analyses  |        |            | ubcontract |
|           |                      |        |            | to Naval   |
|           |                      |        |            | Research   |
|           |                      |        |            | Laboratory |
+-----------+----------------------+--------+------------+------------+
| Community | Taking GIS and       | \$7    | S.         | Kentucky   |
|           | Remote Sensing to    | 63,878 | Lambert,   | GOT        |
| Gro       | the People of        |        | R.         |            |
| wth/Water | Kentucky: Developing |        | Venezia,   |            |
|           | an Open GIS Data     |        | W. Graham  |            |
| Quality   | Viewing and          |        |            |            |
|           | Distribution System  |        |            |            |
+-----------+----------------------+--------+------------+------------+
| Disaster  | Development of       | \$4    | J. Jenson, | University |
| M         | Remote               | 90,695 | S.         | of South   |
| anagement | Sensing-assisted     |        | Ambrose,   | Carolina,  |
|           | Natural and          |        | W. Graham  | NASA/Jet   |
|           | Technological        |        |            | Propulsion |
|           | Hazards Decision     |        |            | L          |
|           | Support Systems      |        |            | aboratory, |
|           |                      |        |            | NA         |
|           |                      |        |            | SA/Stennis |
|           |                      |        |            | Space      |
|           |                      |        |            | Center     |
+-----------+----------------------+--------+------------+------------+
| Homeland  | A Border Security    | \$3    | D Stowe,   | San Diego  |
| Security  | Decision Support     | 99,739 | S.         | State      |
|           | System Driven by     |        | Ambrose,   | U          |
|           | Remotely Sensed Data |        | D. Davis   | niversity, |
|           | Inputs               |        |            | US Border  |
|           |                      |        |            | Patrol,    |
|           |                      |        |            | City of    |
|           |                      |        |            | San Diego  |
+-----------+----------------------+--------+------------+------------+
| Invasive  | Systems Integration  | \$4    | F. Watson, | California |
| Species,  | and Visualization of | 13,926 | E.         | State      |
| Disaster  | Yellowstone          |        | Sheffner,  | University |
| Mgmt,     |                      |        | R.         |            |
| Water     |                      |        | McKellip   |            |
| Quality   |                      |        |            |            |
+-----------+----------------------+--------+------------+------------+
|           | TOTAL \$3,168,238    |        |            |            |
+-----------+----------------------+--------+------------+------------+

WHO:  [University of New Mexico]{.mark} (Dr. Stanley Morain)

WHAT:  Converging NASA Mission Measurements and Products with the Rapid
Syndrome Validation Project (RSVP) Decision Support System to Validate
and Benchmark Public Health Medical Alerts and Early Warning Forecasts

HOW MUCH:  \$3,200,000

DELIVERABLES:  This project will:

1.  benchmark and validate how raster and vector data from NASA
    measurements contribute to migrating RSVP (v.2) into RSVP (v.3);

2.  Extend uses of NASA products to support RSVP requirements, which
    demonstrate the role of NASA inputs into public health systems;

3.  Partner with the ESIP Federation and SEEDS Working Groups to help
    solve the data infusion, interoperability, and metrics initiatives;

4.  Engage federal, state, and local partners who want to adopt the RSVP
    DSS; and,

5.  Link the ESE Application Division's strategy with the SEEDS process.

WHO: [Applied Coherent Technology Corporation]{.mark} (ACT) \-- Erick
Malaret (Principal Investigator); subcontract to Naval Research
Laboratory -- Robert Arnone (Lead)

 

WHAT: *Sensor to User -- Applying NASA/EOS Data to Coastal Zone
Management Applications Developed from Integrated Analyses*

HOW MUCH:  \$2,020,000

 (NOTE: REASoN funding will be supplemented by NASA-HQ Coastal
Management Program -- **total for REASoN funding = \$2,020,000** and
total for NASA-HQ Coastal Management Program supplement = \$2,030,000)

DELIVERABLES: 

1.  Generate new products and improve existing products from Earth
    science satellites and models to support coastal-ocean resource
    managers

2.  Integrate model and satellite output to address coastal management
    issues identified from NOAA and other partners

3.  Enable real-time ocean properties to be easily assembled and
    distributed into coastal products through web technology

4.  Cooperate with NOAA National Ocean Service and NOAA National
    Environmental Satellite Data Information Service to ensure useful
    product creation and integration with current NOAA decision support
    tools and priority needs of the coastal resource management
    community

5.  Partner with the ESIP Federation and SEEDS Working Groups to support
    and address issues facing the Standards and Interface Working Group
    and the Technology Infusion Working Group; and

6.  Link the ESE Application Division's strategy with the SEEDS process

 

[REFERENCES]{.underline}: 1) *Coastal Management Element Plan:  2004 --
2008*. NASA Earth Science Enterprise, National Applications Program,
Earth Science for Coastal Management.  2) Technical Evaluation of the
Proposed Budget for the Applied Coherent Technology Corporation proposal
titled *Sensor to User -- Applying NASA/EOS Data to Coastal Zone
Management Applications Developed from Integrated Analyses* received
January 30, 2004.

WHO:  [Kentucky Office of Geographic Information]{.mark} (Ms. Susan
Carson Lambert)

WHAT:  Taking GIS and Remote Sensing to the People of Kentucky:
Developing an Open GIS Data Viewing and Distribution System for Kentucky

HOW MUCH:   \$ 1,931,401

DELIVERABLES:  This project will:

> 1.      Kentucky Landscape Snapshot (KLS) will foster the
> institutionalization of remote sensing and geographic information
> systems for decision support, specifically change detection analysis
>
> 2.      Develop a detailed and stratified forest characterization and
> inventory of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, including urban land-use
> characterization for selected Counties
>
> 3.      Develop the classroom and web-based materials necessary to
> build knowledge in the Commonwealth about remote sensing benefits in
> governance and decision making.
>
> 4.      Engage federal, state, and local partners who want to adopt
> the KLS
>
> 5.      Link the ESE Application Division's strategy with the SEEDS
> process.

 

 

WHO:  [University of South Carolina]{.mark}, NASA/Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, NASA/Stennis Space Center

WHAT**: ** Development of Remote Sensing-assisted Natural and
Technological Hazards Decision Support Systems

HOW MUCH:  \$ 1,857,319

DELIVERABLES:  This project will:

1.  Develop a new approach to modeling of *human risk and vulnerability
    to hazards* using a new SDSS that fulfills the requirements of major
    state and federal mandates.

2.  Develop a *remote sensing hazard guidance system* that identifies
    remote sensing assets (orbital and sub-orbital) available just prior
    to and/or during a natural or technological disaster. FEMA, NASA,
    and state emergency operations staff will participate in the system
    design and content.

3.  Improve management of technological hazards using a *remote
    sensing-assisted hazardous waste site monitoring SDSS*. The
    methodology will be evaluated by Department of Energy and
    Environmental Protection Agency personnel. The hazardous waste site
    SDSS will also be of value should any of the thousands of hazardous
    waste sites be compromised by terrorist activities.

4.  Provide *education and technology transfer of products and
    services.* The algorithms, SDSS, and datasets developed in this
    research will be transferred to the user-community through an
    outreach program involving the Internet, USC workshops,
    presentations, and publications.

  

Reference:  SSC FY04 Project Plan, Disaster Management & Cooperative
Agreement NCC13-03008 University of South Carolina

WHO:  [San Diego State University]{.mark}, US Border Patrol, City of San
Diego

WHAT: A Border Security Decision Support System Driven by Remotely
Sensed Data Inputs

HOW MUCH:  \$1,837,771

DELIVERABLES:  This project will:

1.  develop a spatial decision support system (SDSS) for allocating and
    deploying resources to secure the U.S. borders against terrorists,
    smugglers, and other undocumented immigrants

2.  enable monitoring of features such as trail formation, tunneling,
    holding structures, and staging areas in the border deterrent zone;

3.  enable border security agents to record locations and provide
    geographic context for interdictions of undocumented immigrants;

4.  support mapping of potential landing zones from smuggler aircraft
    and trafficability assessments in the tactical response zone; and,

5.  enable agencies to assess environmental degradation and fire risk,
    and to prepare to mobilize for natural and bio-terrorist hazards.

 

Reference:  SSC FY04 Project Plan, Homeland Security & Cooperative
Agreement NCC13-03007

WHO:  [California State University]{.mark} - Monterey Bay (Dr. Fred
Watson) - NCC13-03009

WHAT:  Systems Integration and Visualization of Yellowstone

HOW MUCH: \$1,505,312

PROGRAM ELEMENT: Invasive Species, Disaster Management, Water Management

DELIVERABLES:  This project will:

1.  Facilitate the resolution of key issues of national importance, by
    prototyping decision support tools for Yellowstone National Park,
    such as influence of climate change on ecological processes, disease
    in agricultural systems, impacts of snowmobile tourism on wildlife,
    ecological consequences of wildfire management practices, and wolf
    re-introduction;

2.  Develop remote sensing products, simulation models, a data bundle,
    and an approach to integration of multidisciplinary data;

3.  Continue development of the Tarsier software framework for dynamic
    interactive systems integration and visualization of the data;

4.  Develop interactive computer visualization systems for decision
    support; and,

5.  Facilitate the use of the visualization system as a unique teaching
    tool.