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Earth Science for Disaster Management

Disaster Management Program Element Plan: 2004-2008

(v.7, 2-11-2004)

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Table of Contents

Page

[I. Purpose and Scope 3](#i.-purpose-and-scope)

[II. Disaster Management Program: Goals and Objectives
4](#ii.-disaster-management-program-goals-and-objectives)

Short-term Objectives
(04-05)...........................................................................
.4

[Long-term Objectives (FY06-FY08) 6](#long-term-objectives-fy06-fy08)

[III. Program Leadership and Partners
6](#iii.-program-leadership-and-partners)

[Program Management 6](#program-management)

[Networks 6](#networks)

[IV. Decision Support Tools and Disaster Management Issues
8](#iv.-decision-support-tools-and-disaster-management-issues)

[Priority Decision Support Systems for FY2004-2005:
8](#priority-decision-support-systems-for-fy2004-2005)

[Disaster Management Issues 10](#disaster-management-issues)

[Cross-Application Activities 10](#cross-application-activities)

[Disaster Management Program Management: Integrated System Solutions
Diagram
11](#disaster-management-program-management-integrated-system-solutions-diagram)

[V. Program Activities: Projects, Solicitations, and Program Support
12](#v.-program-activities-projects-solicitations-and-program-support)

[Application Projects 12](#application-projects)

[Competitive Sourcing and Solicitations
16](#competitive-sourcing-and-solicitations)

[Solid Earth and Natural Hazards NRA
16](#solid-earth-and-natural-hazards-nra)

[Research, Education, and Applications Solutions Network Projects
16](#research-education-and-applications-solutions-network-projects)

[Program Management Activities and Studies
17](#program-management-activities-and-studies)

[VI. Schedule and Milestones 22](#vi.-schedule-and-milestones)

[VII. Program Management and Performance Measures
22](#vii.-program-management-and-performance-measures)

[Program Management Measures (Internally Focused)
23](#program-management-measures-internally-focused)

[Performance Measures (Externally Focused)
23](#performance-measures-externally-focused)

[VIII: Disaster Management Roadmap
25](#viii-disaster-management-roadmap)

[IX: FY04/05/06/07/08 Budget and Resource Expectations
26](#ix-fy0405060708-budget-and-resource-expectations)

[SENH NRA2002 (FY2004-2005) Budget Breakdown
26](#senh-nra2002-fy2004-2005-budget-breakdown)

[Congressionally Mandated Projects
26](#congressionally-mandated-projects)

*Note: This plan is based on the President's proposed FY2004 budget.*

NASA Earth Science Enterprise - Earth Science Applications Program

Earth Science for Disaster Management

Disaster Management Element Plan: 2004-2008

# I. Purpose and Scope

The Disaster Management program element is one of 12 elements in the
Earth Science Enterprise (ESE) Earth Science Applications Program. NASA
and the Earth Science Applications Program collaborate with partner
organizations to enable and enhance the application of NASA's Earth
science research results to serve national priority policy and
management decision-support tools. The desired outcome is for partner
organizations to use project results, such as prototypes and benchmark
reports, to enable expanded use of Earth science products and to enhance
their decision-support tools, systems, and capabilities.

The ESE Disaster Management program element extends products derived
from Earth science research results information, models, technology, and
other capabilities into partners' decision support tools (DSTs) for
Disaster Management issues. The Disaster Management Program addresses
issues of concern and decision-making related to volcanoes, earthquakes,
drought, wildfire, hurricanes, climate, wind, tornadoes, and flooding
planning, compliance, and forecasting. The ESE Disaster Management
Program is designed to advance the use of products from NASA's 18
satellite missions and 80 sensors to improve our knowledge of Earth
system processes and instrument capabilities and to extend these
benefits to society.

![](media/image3.wmf)The Disaster Management Program focuses on decision
support tools serving the following classes of issues related to the
disaster cycle:

• Preparedness -- Planning how to respond to a disaster

• Mitigation -- Minimizing the effects of a disaster

• Response -- Minimizing the hazards created by an emergency

• Recovery -- Returning the community or environment to normal

NASA partners with Federal agencies and with regional-national
organizations that have Disaster Management responsibilities and
mandates to support Disaster Management managers. Primary partners are
the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA), and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The Disaster
Management Program may include international organizations and
activities provided a U.S. partner is involved. Some of the Disaster
Management Program's activities may also benefit the ESE Application
Division's Aviation, Homeland Security, Energy Management, Ecological
Forecasting, Public Health, Air Quality, and Water Management program
elements. Through the Disaster Management Program, NASA provides results
that support the White House Committee on Environment and Natural
Resources (CENR) and the interagency programs on Climate Change Science
and Technology (CCSP, CCTP). This Program also works through such
international agencies as the World Meteorological
Organization/International Global Observing System (WMO/IGOS), the
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO), the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS), and
other international countries and partners.

Priority Earth science missions for the Disaster Management Program
include Terra, Aqua, the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite
(ICESat), the Quick Scatterometer (QuikSCAT), CloudSAT, National
Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS),
NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP), Topography Experiment (TOPEX), Shuttle
Radar Topography Mission (SRTM), Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
(TRMM), Landsat, and Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE).
Sensors include the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
(MODIS), Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS), Advanced Microwave
Scanning Radiometer -- E (AMSR-E), Geo-science Laser Altimeter System
(GLAS), Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS), SeaWinds, Enhanced Thematic
Mapper (ETM), and other multispectral and visible sensors. Priority
Earth science models include the Pennsylvania State University/National
Center for Atmospheric Research Mesoscale Model (MM5), Global Climate
Model (GCM), ETA, Wind, Tree Blowdown, the National Weather Service
(NWS) FLDWAV, WAVEWATCH III, and other models. The project plans
associated with the Disaster Management Program designate specific
sensors and models, and they state specific partnership activities to
extend Earth science measurements, environmental data records, and
geophysical parameters.

This plan covers objectives, projects, and activities for Fiscal Years
2004-2008. In Fiscal Year 2004 (FY04), the Program's priority activities
focus on extending the ability of the Hazards U.S. Multi-Hazard
(HAZUS-MH) Decision Support System (DSS) and of wind modeling for
coastal flood inundation information, as well as improved earthquake
information from the Southern California Integrated Global Positioning
System (GPS) Network (SCIGN). In FY05-08, the Program's priorities focus
on extending the capability of HAZUS-MH to incorporate NASA satellite
technologies in the fire and combined flood and wind modules for
multi-hazard assessments. FY05-FY08 expands the types of satellite
measurements and model products that enhance other decision support
tools, such as NOAA's Hazard Mapping System and the NWS Advanced Weather
Information Processing System (AWIPS).

# II. Disaster Management Program: Goals and Objectives

The goal of the Disaster Management Program is as follows:

*Enable partners' beneficial use of Earth science research results,
observations, models, and technologies to enhance decision support
capabilities serving their Disaster Management and policy
responsibilities.*

Major tenets of the Disaster Management Program's goals include the
following:

• Develop and nurture partnerships with appropriate Disaster Management
organizations

• Identify and assess partners' Disaster Management responsibilities,
plans, and decision support tools, and evaluate the capacity of NASA
Earth science results to support these partners

• Validate and verify application of Earth science results with
partners, including development of products and prototypes to meet
partners' requirements

• With partners, document, verify, and validate the value of Earth
science results in decision support tools and support the tools'
adoption into operational use

• Communicate results and partners' achievements to appropriate Disaster
Management communities and stakeholders

## Objectives

The Disaster Management Program serves the NASA Strategic Plan
Objectives 1.2 and 3.1, and the NASA Integrated Budget and Performance
Document (IBPD) Performance Measures 5ESA2, 5ESA4, 5ESA6, 5ESA7, 5ESA8,
and 5ESA9 (*www.ifmp.nasa.gov/codeb/budget2004).*

Specifically, the Disaster Management Program pursues the following
short-term (2-year) and long-term (5-year) objectives:

### Short-term Objectives (FY04-05)

+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| February | Complete Evaluation Report on HAZUS. Develop work plan    |
| 2004     | with the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS)   |
|          | to enhance HAZUS-MH using NASA technologies and models    |
|          |                                                           |
|          | (WAVEWATCH Model, surface roughness, Landsat, Advanced    |
|          | Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer     |
|          | (ASTER), and SRTM digital elevation model (DEM))          |
+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| February | Deliver evaluation report on the HAZUS-MH Hurricane Model |
| 2004     | to stakeholders                                           |
|          |                                                           |
|          | (WAVEWATCH Model, surface roughness, Landsat, ASTER DEM,  |
|          | SRTM DEM)                                                 |
+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| March    | Progress Report review                                    |
| 2004     |                                                           |
|          | Finalize memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Federal   |
|          | Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)/DHS through the FEMA   |
|          | Disaster Response and Recovery Division                   |
+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| June     | Quarterly Review of HAZUS-MH WAVEWATCH research results.  |
| 2004     |                                                           |
+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| S        | Complete first year report on wind module work with NIBS; |
| eptember | coordinate results with FEMA                              |
| 2004     |                                                           |
+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| December | Publish article/paper on Earth science input to Disaster  |
| 2004     | Management decision tools                                 |
|          |                                                           |
|          | *WAVEWATCH, ASTER, QuikSCAT*                              |
+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| February | Complete a verification/validation report and schedule a  |
| 2005     | results conference/workshop on satellite product benefits |
|          | to wind models                                            |
|          |                                                           |
|          | Complete evaluation report on at least one additional     |
|          | Disaster Management decision support tool (Hazard Mapping |
|          | System (HMS)) - r*eport to specify Earth science          |
|          | measurements and models*                                  |
+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| March    | Validate Earth science inputs from at least three sensors |
| 2005     | and models into at least two separate Disaster Management |
|          | decision tools and policy/management activities --        |
|          | includes NOAA Hazard Mapping System and addition of fire  |
|          | assessment capability in HAZUS-MH                         |
|          |                                                           |
|          | Complete at least one benchmark report and conduct at     |
|          | least one results conference on Earth science inputs into |
|          | Disaster Management activities and decision tools,        |
|          | including a wildfire or an earthquake activity            |
|          |                                                           |
|          | *Terra, Aqua, GRACE, QuikSCAT*                            |
+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------+

## Long-term Objectives (FY06-FY08)

+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| November | Establish agreements with at least two federal partners   |
| 2005     | and at least one non-federal partner in disaster          |
|          | management                                                |
|          |                                                           |
|          | Establish final report summary on 10 projects funded      |
|          | through a Solid Earth and Natural Hazards (SENH) NASA     |
|          | Research Announcement (NRA) showing how projects met the  |
|          | integrated systems solutions diagrams                     |
|          |                                                           |
|          | Complete evaluation report on at least one additional     |
|          | Disaster Management decision support tool (AWIPS) ‑       |
|          | r*eport to specify Earth science measurements and models* |
+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| Sept.    | Complete benchmark reports and conduct a results          |
| 2006     | conference on Earth science support to at least three     |
|          | Disaster Management decision support tools                |
+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| Sept.    | Publish at least three articles on Disaster Management    |
| 2007     | applications of Earth science, including at least one in  |
|          | a peer-reviewed journal                                   |
+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| Sept.    | Complete benchmark reports and conduct results            |
| 2008     | conferences on at least four separate Disaster Management |
|          | issues and corresponding decision support tools           |
+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------+

# III. Program Leadership and Partners

## Program Management

Disaster Management Program Manager: *Stephen Ambrose,
NASA-Headquarters*

• Program development, strategy, plans, and budgets

• Program representation, advocacy, and issues to ESE management and
beyond

• Communication of ESE priorities and directives to Disaster Management
Program team/network

• Implementation of interagency agreements and partnerships

• Monitoring of Disaster Management Program metrics and performance
evaluation

Disaster Management Deputy Program Manager: *Dr. Bruce Davis,
NASA-Stennis Space Center*

• Leadership on project plans, development, performance, and partnership
relationships

• Communication of project metrics, performance, status, and issues to
Program Manager

• Leadership and communication to Disaster Management Program team and
network

• Coordination between NASA Centers on Disaster Management Program
activities

• Management for grants funded through Stennis Space Center (SSC) and
cooperative agreements

• Management of Disaster Management Program tasks at SSC

## Networks

Primary contacts within NASA Centers and Federal partner agencies that
are enabling NASA capabilities to the Disaster Management Program are
listed below. This list is not exhaustive; only the primary program
managers and focal points for specific and major projects or subject
areas are provided.

### NASA Center and HQ Contacts:

Mr. Ron Blom (Geology) ‑ Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

Dr. James Brass/Vince Ambrosia (Wildfire) ‑ Ames Research Center (ARC)

Dr. Steve Goodman (Weather, Severe Storms) -- Marshall Space Flight
Center (MSFC)

Dr. Shahid Habib (Hurricane, Landslide, Precipitation, Fire) -- Goddard
Space Flight Center (GSFC)

Dr. John Murray (Weather, U.S. Weather Research Program (USWRP) --
Langley Research Center (LaRC)

Dr. John LaBrecque -- Geodetic Imaging, Hazard Research (Code YS)

Ms. Myra Bambacus -- Geospatial Interoperability Office (GIO), GSFC

Ms. Tanye Coleman -- Business Division (Code YB)

Dr. James Dodge -- Research Division (Weather) (Code YS)

Dr. Gran Paules -- Technology Division (Code YF)

Ms. Kitty Kavens -- International and Interagency Activities (Code I)

Ms. Elizabeth Williams -- International Affairs (Code I)

Dr. Tod Companion -- Interagency Activities Code I

### Primary Federal Partners

DHS

Claire Drury -- FEMA, Mitigation Division

Ed Laatche -- FEMA, Program Policy and Assessment Branch

Margaret Lawless ‑ FEMA (Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction (SDR)
Representative)

Nancy L. Suski -- DHS, Emergency Preparedness and Response (EP&R)

Mr. Paul Rooney -- FEMA, Floodplain Mapping Division

Mr. John J. Perry -- FEMA, EP&R

Dr. Randolph Langenbach -- FEMA Earthquake Program

NOAA

Helen Wood -- NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data and
Information Service (NESDIS) (SDR Chair)

Bruce Ramsey -- NOAA/NESDIS, Office of Research and Applications (ORA)

Dave Helms -- NWS Headquarters

Donna McNamara -- NOAA/NESDIS

USGS

Ms. Roz Helz -- USGS, Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Mr. Tim Cohn -- USGS (SDR Representative, Grand Challenges
Representative)

Dr. Wayne Thatcher -- USGS, Menlo Park, GPS Networks

USDA

Mr. Tom Bobbe -- Forest Service, Remote Sensing Applications Center

Mr. Paul Greenfield -- Forest Service Headquarters

### International, National, and Regional Organizations

Mr. Michael Hales -- NOAA/NESDIS International Affairs ‑ CEOS -- World
Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD)

Dr. Pricilla Nelson -- NSF

Ms. Leslie Curtin ‑ State Department, Humanitarian Information Unit
(HIU)

Mr. James Weber -- International Symposium on Remote Sensing of the
Environment (ISRSE) Organization

Dr. Charles Hutchison -- University of Arizona

Domestic

Climate Change Technology Program -- The ESE Applications Division leads
a CCTP task group on measurements and monitoring supported by the
Disaster Management Program.

The Climate Change Science Program -- A joint federal program of the
President's Committee on Climate Change Science and Technology
Integration has issued its strategic plan to address some of the most
complex questions and problems dealing with long-term global climate
variability and change.

U.S. Weather Research Program -- Weather research initiative to improve
weather modeling through intensive field campaigns.

Solid Earth Science Working Group (SESWG) -- Blue-Ribbon panel produced
document on solid Earth science and research.

CENR Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction (and associated Working Groups)
-- Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) subcommittee and joint
effort from all Federal agencies; NASA is co-chair of the Remote Sensing
Applications Working Group (RSAWG)

Geospatial One Stop (GOS) -- GIO collaboration to bring interoperability
to the federal community.

Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) -- NASA participates in the
standards committee for Homeland Security and Geographic Information.

Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) ‑
Disaster Management played a role in the selection of the current
contractor (University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)) and
continues to participate in GLOBE-sponsored events and school
visitations.

Interagency Program Office (IPO) for NPOESS -- This interagency office
that has NASA representation is participating in assessing and
validating future NPOESS instruments and science.

International

International Global Observing System -- Through the Earth Observation
Summit and the World Meteorological Organization, ESE contributes by
providing NASA capabilities for research.

Global Climate Observing Strategy (GCOS) -- NASA participates in
international meetings related to GCOS and related data management
issues.

World Summit for Sustainable Development (and 4 Working Groups) -- the
Disaster Management Program leads *Module 3 -- Disaster Management and
Conflict* of the type-2 partnerships under the WSSD.

International Symposium on Remote Sensing of the Environment

The Disaster Management Program interacts with the Nation Applications,
Croscutting Elements and other ESE programs (e.g., Education, Outreach,
DEVELOP, and GIO) to support appropriate projects.

# IV. Decision Support Tools and Disaster Management Issues 

## Priority Decision Support Systems for FY2004-2005:

### HAZUS-MH

The HAZUS-MH Loss Estimation Tool is a geographic information system
(GIS) based DSS tool developed by the U.S. Federal Government for
estimation of loss caused by natural hazards. FEMA oversees HAZUS-MH
activities at large, whereas the National Institute for Building
Sciences (NIBS) manages this tool's development and implementation for
use by the Federal, State, and Municipal emergency management
communities. FEMA initially released HAZUS in 1999 as HAZUS-99 SR2,
primarily as a tool for earthquake disaster risk assessment.

The HAZUS-MH Hurricane Module, referred to as the "Preview" Hurricane
Model, has been recently released. A full-capability Hurricane model,
tentatively scheduled for release in 2006, includes the ability to
estimate risk of property damage and loss from hurricane wind, storm
surge, waves, and flooding damage. HAZUS-MH is also being expanded to
address other forms of wind hazards, including tornados, extra-tropical
storms, hail storms, and thunderstorms.

Each HAZUS-MH module (earthquake, wind, flood) allows the user to map,
assess, and display geospatial data pertaining to a specific natural
hazard to assess and mitigate hazard risk. HAZUS-MH also enables
estimation of physical damage to buildings, critical facilities, and
other infrastructure. In addition, each hazard-specific module gives
estimates of economic loss (e.g., lost jobs, business interruption,
repair costs, construction costs) and social impacts (e.g., identifying
requirements for shelters and medical aid).

NASA's role in HAZUS-MH is to benefit the HAZUS-MH application through
the infusion of NASA Earth science research results. For example, NASA
observation technologies and modeling expertise in wind, precipitation,
and digital elevation modeling, through QuikSCAT, TRMM, and ASTER
sensors, respectively, can improve the HAZUS-MH DSS through broader
observations and improvements to HAZUS‑MH models. The Disaster
Management Program measures the resulting improvements to the HAZUS-MH
system to determine the benefits of these global measurements to local
communities.

### HAZARD MAPPING SYSTEM

The Hazard Mapping System (HMS), developed by the NOAA, NESDIS,
Interactive Processing Branch, is a multiplatform remote sensing DST for
detecting fires and smoke over the United States and adjacent areas of
Canada and Mexico. This computer-based system is an integral part of the
NOAA Satellite Services Division's near-real-time hazard detection and
mitigation efforts. The HMS currently uses NOAA\'s Geostationary
Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) and Polar Operational
Environmental Satellites (POES), and the MODIS instrument on NASA\'s
Terra and Aqua spacecrafts. A meteorologist sitting at a computer
terminal outlines the areas of fire and smoke. Automated fire detection
algorithms are employed for each of the satellites while smoke is
annotated by a satellite image analyst. The resulting product is
provided to the National Weather Service, the U.S. Geological Survey,
the U.S. Forest Service, the Environmental Protection Agency, and
numerous state and local land and air quality managers. Major
improvements are needed to use the full capabilities of MODIS Rapid
Response (RR) and other satellite sensors for this DSS. The Disaster
Management Program is working closely with the University of Maryland
Department of Geography on the integration of MODIS fire and land
use/land cover products into the HMS.

### Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System

A high-speed, technologically advanced processing, display, and
telecommunication decision support system called the Advanced Weather
Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) is the centerpiece of National
Weather Service operations. AWIPS is an interactive computer system that
integrates all meteorological, hydrological, satellite, and radar data
into one computer workstation that forecasters use to create their daily
products. AWIPS allows forecasters the interactive capability to view,
analyze, combine, and manipulate large amounts of graphical and
alphanumeric weather data, such as weather, flood, air quality, and
marine weather forecasts.

AWIPS is installed in all 119 NWS Weather Forecast Offices (WFOs), 13
regional River Forecast Centers (RFCs), and in several national weather
centers. AWIPS utilizes a number of satellite products and applications
that can be enhanced by NASA research and applications; when partnered
with NOAA, NASA products can improve the information provided to NWS
field Offices.

The Disaster Management Program works with NWS to improve AWIPS' ability
to incorporate more of NASA's assets into the meteorologists'
decision-making processes. For example, TRMM satellite observations of
lightning can improve NWS forecasts of severe weather. The NASA
Short-term Prediction Research and Transition (SPoRT) Center is
improving lightning detection methods and is working with the NWS
Southern Regional Headquarters to put this information into the hands of
forecasters.

NASA also has a wealth of data management, data communications, and
complex modeling experience that may provide significant improvement to
AWIPS. By providing the NWS with NASA satellite expertise and data
communications experience, the NWS can enhance the AWIPS to provide more
satellite data and model outputs to the NWS field offices. Increases in
satellite utilization with future NPOESS and NPP data, as well as future
geostationary satellite data coming from the Geosynchronous Imaging
Fourier Transform Spectrometer (GIFTS), make improved communications and
data processing capabilities essential to maximizing AWIPS' usefulness.

## Disaster Management Issues

The application team continually consults with its partners to identify
important issues facing the Disaster Management community, to examine
associated decision support tools, and to determine priorities within
the Disaster Management portfolio. Topics are listed below with
application partners given in parentheses.

• Severe weather (SPoRT Center/lightning detection/NWS)

• Disaster management programs for Homeland Security (cross-cutting)

• International disaster management issues and coordination (CEOS-WSSD,
Earth Observation)

• Earthquake improvements as a result of Interferometric Synthetic
Aperture Radar (InSAR/Restless Planet Initiative) and other techniques
to predict earthquakes or the precursors to earthquakes

• Humanitarian Information and Geospatial Improvements to Global
Monitoring (State Department and Pacific Disaster Center/Center of
Excellence)

• Disaster Management Policy and Grand Challenges (Subcommittee on
Disaster Reduction and National Science Foundation)

• Disaster Issues of Relevance for the Nation -- The National Academies
Disaster Roundtable

## Cross-Application Activities

The Disaster Management Program crosscuts the other 11 Earth Science
Applications in the Applications Division. Specific Cross-application
activities related to Homeland Security and Public Health are currently
underway and others are anticipated.

The Disaster Management Program also has a strong connection to the
Solid Earth and Natural Hazards Program of the ESE Science Division
(Code YS). This Program directly links to Disaster Management activities
for applications of remote sensing in detecting and predicting
earthquakes, landslides, and volcanic activity; another Code YS link
relates to Land Use/Land Cover research activities concerning wildfires,
carbon cycle, and agriculture.

I[ntegrated Benchmarked Systems Program (IBS)]{.underline}

The Integrated Benchmarked Systems Program is that part of the Cross
Cutting Solutions Program whose objective is to provide the systems
engineering services and support to perform evaluation, verification,
validation, and benchmarking required by Earth Science Applications'
twelve Earth Science Applications programs. System engineering services
and support includes such activities as system design, synthesis,
integration, requirements analysis, testing, verification, validation,
and uncertainty analysis.

The goal of the Integrated Benchmarked Systems Program is to assure the
integrity, quality and reliability of innovative solutions delivered by
the Earth Science Applications Program to its customers, thereby
enhancing the decision-making capacities of partner agencies and their
customers.

The Disaster Management Program Element utilizes the IBS program to
evaluate, verify, validate, and benchmark the solutions used to improve
decision support tools, such as the HAZUS-MH system. More information on
schedule and deliverables can be found in the IBS program plan. This
includes the requested amounts from the IBS program to support the
Evaluation, Validation, and Benchmarking of the NASA's Earth science
research results into HAZUS-MH.

## Disaster Management Program Management: Integrated System Solutions Diagram

![](media/image4.wmf){width="6.304166666666666in"
height="4.731944444444444in"}The figure below illustrates how Earth
science measurements, model products, and data fusion techniques support
the Disaster Management Program's partners and their decision support
tools and shows the value and benefits of Earth science to society.

# V. Program Activities: Projects, Solicitations, and Program Support

## Application Projects

The Disaster Management Program authorizes directed projects to support
the Program's goals and objectives. The respective project managers are
responsible for developing project plans, proposals, or work plans and
for managing activities to support the Program, the ESE, and its
partners in the following projects.

Project Plans specify Earth science research, observations, models, and
other outputs for the potential use in decision support tools identified
in this Program Plan. Where multiple project managers are specified,
each has a specific role in the project managed at a NASA Center or
Research Laboratory. Project Plans are submitted to the Program Manager
for review and approval. These project plans, proposals, or work plans
may be solicited or unsolicited.

+--------------+---------+---------------+------------------+----+----+
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| > HAZUS-MH   |         |               |                  |    |    |
| >            |         |               |                  |    |    |
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| >            |         |               |                  |    |    |
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| sensing      |         |               |                  |    |    |
| measurements |         |               |                  |    |    |
| and models   |         |               |                  |    |    |
| into the     |         |               |                  |    |    |
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| Managers     |         |               |                  | 05 | 00 |
+--------------+---------+---------------+------------------+----+----+
| Ron Blom --  | JPL,    | FY04-FY08     | DHS              | FY | 2  |
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| Bruce Davis  | SSC,    | FY04-FY08     | DHS/FEM          | FY | 1  |
| -- SSC       | GSFC    |               | A/USGS/NOAA/USDA | 06 | 50 |
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| QuikSCAT,,   |         |               |                  |    |    |
| and MODIS    |         |               |                  |    |    |
| into         |         |               |                  |    |    |
| HAZUS-MH     |         |               |                  |    |    |
| a            |         |               |                  |    |    |
| pplications. |         |               |                  |    |    |
+--------------+---------+---------------+------------------+----+----+
|              |         |               |                  | FY | 0  |
|              |         |               |                  | 04 |    |
+--------------+---------+---------------+------------------+----+----+
| Project      | Centers | Timeframe     | Partners         | FY | 1  |
| Managers     |         |               |                  | 05 | 50 |
+--------------+---------+---------------+------------------+----+----+
| Bruce Davis  | SSC,    | FY04-FY08     | DHS/FEMA/U       | FY | 1  |
| -- SSC       | ARC     |               | SGS/NOAA/USDA/FS | 06 | 50 |
|              |         |               |                  |    |    |
| Vince        |         |               | NIBS. REASoN     |    |    |
| Ambrosia --  |         |               |                  |    |    |
| ARC          |         |               |                  |    |    |
+--------------+---------+---------------+------------------+----+----+
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|              |         |               |                  | 07 | 00 |
+--------------+---------+---------------+------------------+----+----+
|              |         |               |                  | FY | 1  |
|              |         |               |                  | 08 | 00 |
+--------------+---------+---------------+------------------+----+----+
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|              | etation |               |                  |    |    |
|              | Stress  |               |                  |    |    |
+--------------+---------+---------------+------------------+----+----+
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|              | esponse |               |                  |    |    |
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+--------------+---------+---------------+------------------+----+----+

+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------------+----+----+
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| ODIS-VIIRS |           |           |                      |    |    |
| > Land     |           |           |                      |    |    |
| >          |           |           |                      |    |    |
| Processing |           |           |                      |    |    |
| > System   |           |           |                      |    |    |
| > (Wi      |           |           |                      |    |    |
| ldfires)** |           |           |                      |    |    |
+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------------+----+----+
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| integrate  |           |           |                      | et |    |
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| University |           |           |                      |    |    |
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| (UMD) will |           |           |                      |    |    |
| provide a  |           |           |                      |    |    |
| proposal   |           |           |                      |    |    |
| to NOAA    |           |           |                      |    |    |
| and NASA.  |           |           |                      |    |    |
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| system     |           |           |                      |    |    |
| will move  |           |           |                      |    |    |
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| ex         |           |           |                      |    |    |
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| operations |           |           |                      |    |    |
| and        |           |           |                      |    |    |
| prepare    |           |           |                      |    |    |
| NOAA for   |           |           |                      |    |    |
| Visibl     |           |           |                      |    |    |
| e/Infrared |           |           |                      |    |    |
| Imager/    |           |           |                      |    |    |
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| will       |           |           |                      |    |    |
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| transition |           |           |                      |    |    |
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| to         |           |           |                      |    |    |
| o          |           |           |                      |    |    |
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| take on    |           |           |                      |    |    |
| the        |           |           |                      |    |    |
| operation. |           |           |                      |    |    |
|            |           |           |                      |    |    |
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| col        |           |           |                      |    |    |
| laboration |           |           |                      |    |    |
| with the   |           |           |                      |    |    |
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| of         |           |           |                      |    |    |
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| related to |           |           |                      |    |    |
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| m          |           |           |                      |    |    |
| anagement. |           |           |                      |    |    |
+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------------+----+----+
|            |           |           |                      | FY | 1  |
|            |           |           |                      | 04 | 46 |
+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------------+----+----+
| Project    | Centers   | Timeframe | Partners             | FY | 0  |
| Managers   |           |           |                      | 05 |    |
+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------------+----+----+
| Stephen    | HQ        | FY04-FY06 | NOAA (ORA/SSD), UMD, | FY | 0  |
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|            |           |           | Visualization and    |    |    |
|            |           |           | Monitoring System    |    |    |
|            |           |           | (SERVIR)             |    |    |
+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------------+----+----+
|            |           |           |                      | FY | 0  |
|            |           |           |                      | 07 |    |
+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------------+----+----+
|            |           |           |                      | FY | 0  |
|            |           |           |                      | 08 |    |
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| Products   | Response  |           |                      | er |    |
|            | Product   |           |                      | A  |    |
|            |           |           |                      | pp |    |
|            |           |           |                      | s. |    |
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| liverables | nstration |           |                      | ir |    |
|            | after     |           |                      | Qu |    |
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|            | product   |           |                      |    |    |
|            | and risk  |           |                      |    |    |
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|            | Project   |           |                      |    |    |
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|            | agreement |           |                      |    |    |
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|            | ommitment |           |                      |    |    |
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|            | signed.   |           |                      |    |    |
+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------------+----+----+

+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------------+----+----+
| >          |           |           |                      |    |    |
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| > and      |           |           |                      |    |    |
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| ornadoes** |           |           |                      |    |    |
+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------------+----+----+
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| To         |           |           |                      | dg |    |
| integrate  |           |           |                      | et |    |
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| and        |           |           |                      |    |    |
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| AWIPS      |           |           |                      |    |    |
| satellite  |           |           |                      |    |    |
| products.  |           |           |                      |    |    |
+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------------+----+----+
|            |           |           |                      | FY | 50 |
|            |           |           |                      | 04 |    |
+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------------+----+----+
| Project    | Centers   | Timeframe | Partners             | FY | 1  |
| Managers   |           |           |                      | 05 | 50 |
+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------------+----+----+
| Steve      | MSFC      | FY04-FY08 | NOAA/NWS, FAA, DOD   | FY | 1  |
| Goodman -- | (SPoRT),  |           |                      | 06 | 50 |
| MSFC       |           |           |                      |    |    |
+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------------+----+----+
|            |           |           |                      | FY | 3  |
|            |           |           |                      | 07 | 00 |
+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------------+----+----+
|            |           |           |                      | FY | 1  |
|            |           |           |                      | 08 | 00 |
+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------------+----+----+
| Earth      | LIS, Wind |           |                      | O  |    |
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|            | ipitation |           |                      | A  |    |
|            | Products  |           |                      | pp |    |
|            |           |           |                      | s. |    |
+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------------+----+----+
| De         | I         |           |                      | A  |    |
| liverables | ntegrated |           |                      | ir |    |
|            | NASA      |           |                      | Qu |    |
|            | t         |           |                      | al |    |
|            | echnology |           |                      | it |    |
|            | and data  |           |                      | y, |    |
|            | ass       |           |                      | A  |    |
|            | imilation |           |                      | vi |    |
|            | into NWS  |           |                      | at |    |
|            | AWIPS     |           |                      | io |    |
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|            | erations. |           |                      | W  |    |
|            | Transfer  |           |                      | at |    |
|            | of NASA   |           |                      | er |    |
|            | interop   |           |                      | Ma |    |
|            | erability |           |                      | na |    |
|            | knowledge |           |                      | ge |    |
|            | to NOAA   |           |                      | me |    |
|            | AWIPS     |           |                      | nt |    |
|            | de        |           |                      |    |    |
|            | velopers. |           |                      |    |    |
+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------------+----+----+

+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+---+
| > **IBS       |              |             |             |    |   |
| > Engineering |              |             |             |    |   |
| > Support     |              |             |             |    |   |
| > (Funds      |              |             |             |    |   |
| > requested   |              |             |             |    |   |
| > from        |              |             |             |    |   |
| >             |              |             |             |    |   |
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| > IBS         |              |             |             |    |   |
| > Program)**  |              |             |             |    |   |
+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+---+
| Purpose:      |              |             |             | *B |   |
|               |              |             |             | ud |   |
| 1\. Refine    |              |             |             | ge |   |
| technical     |              |             |             | t* |   |
| requirements  |              |             |             |    |   |
| related to    |              |             |             | *  |   |
| the           |              |             |             | (R |   |
| geospatial    |              |             |             | eq |   |
| components    |              |             |             | ue |   |
| associated    |              |             |             | st |   |
| with          |              |             |             | ed |   |
|               |              |             |             | fr |   |
| NASA Earth    |              |             |             | om |   |
| observing     |              |             |             | I  |   |
| data products |              |             |             | BS |   |
| for HAZUS-MH. |              |             |             | )* |   |
|               |              |             |             |    |   |
| 2\. Advise on |              |             |             |    |   |
| the selection |              |             |             |    |   |
| of NASA ESE   |              |             |             |    |   |
| data products |              |             |             |    |   |
| for           |              |             |             |    |   |
| incorporation |              |             |             |    |   |
| into          |              |             |             |    |   |
| HAZUS-MH.     |              |             |             |    |   |
|               |              |             |             |    |   |
| 3\. Perform   |              |             |             |    |   |
| V&V of NASA   |              |             |             |    |   |
| products      |              |             |             |    |   |
| through use   |              |             |             |    |   |
| of in situ    |              |             |             |    |   |
| measurements  |              |             |             |    |   |
| and ground    |              |             |             |    |   |
|               |              |             |             |    |   |
| networks and  |              |             |             |    |   |
| benchmark     |              |             |             |    |   |
| product       |              |             |             |    |   |
| performance   |              |             |             |    |   |
| through       |              |             |             |    |   |
| technical     |              |             |             |    |   |
| publicati     |              |             |             |    |   |
| on/memoranda. |              |             |             |    |   |
|               |              |             |             |    |   |
| 4\. Develop a |              |             |             |    |   |
| "checklist"   |              |             |             |    |   |
| of model      |              |             |             |    |   |
| attributes    |              |             |             |    |   |
| that should   |              |             |             |    |   |
| be examined   |              |             |             |    |   |
| when          |              |             |             |    |   |
| comparing and |              |             |             |    |   |
|               |              |             |             |    |   |
| evaluating    |              |             |             |    |   |
| models for    |              |             |             |    |   |
| incorporation |              |             |             |    |   |
| into          |              |             |             |    |   |
| HAZUS-MH.     |              |             |             |    |   |
|               |              |             |             |    |   |
| 5\. Perform   |              |             |             |    |   |
| risk          |              |             |             |    |   |
| assessments   |              |             |             |    |   |
| through JPL   |              |             |             |    |   |
| developed     |              |             |             |    |   |
| software and  |              |             |             |    |   |
| risk          |              |             |             |    |   |
| reduction     |              |             |             |    |   |
| studies       |              |             |             |    |   |
| through       |              |             |             |    |   |
| resources at  |              |             |             |    |   |
| MSFC.         |              |             |             |    |   |
|               |              |             |             |    |   |
| 6\.           |              |             |             |    |   |
| Collaborate   |              |             |             |    |   |
| this work     |              |             |             |    |   |
| through the   |              |             |             |    |   |
| efforts of    |              |             |             |    |   |
| Carbon        |              |             |             |    |   |
| Management.   |              |             |             |    |   |
+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+---+
|               |              |             |             | FY | 1 |
|               |              |             |             | 04 | 0 |
|               |              |             |             |    | 0 |
+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+---+
| *PS Managers* | *Centers*    | *Timeframe* | *Partners*  | FY | 1 |
|               |              |             |             | 05 | 0 |
|               |              |             |             |    | 0 |
+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+---+
| Bruce Davis   | SSC          | FY04-05     | MSFC, JPL   | FY | 0 |
|               |              |             |             | 06 |   |
+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+---+
|               |              |             |             | FY | 0 |
|               |              |             |             | 07 |   |
+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+---+
|               |              |             |             | FY | 0 |
|               |              |             |             | 08 |   |
+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+---+
| *Earth        | > Identified |             |             | *O |   |
| Science       | > through    |             |             | th |   |
| Products*     | > HAZUS-MH   |             |             | er |   |
|               | > and        |             |             | Ap |   |
|               | > evaluation |             |             | ps |   |
|               | > efforts    |             |             | .* |   |
|               | > with       |             |             |    |   |
|               | > DHS/FEMA,  |             |             | Cr |   |
|               | > SSC, JPL,  |             |             | os |   |
|               | > and MSFC   |             |             | sc |   |
|               |              |             |             | ut |   |
|               |              |             |             | ti |   |
|               |              |             |             | ng |   |
|               |              |             |             |    |   |
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|               |              |             |             | io |   |
|               |              |             |             | ns |   |
|               |              |             |             |    |   |
|               |              |             |             | Ca |   |
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|               |              |             |             | on |   |
|               |              |             |             | Ma |   |
|               |              |             |             | na |   |
|               |              |             |             | ge |   |
|               |              |             |             | me |   |
|               |              |             |             | nt |   |
+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+---+
| *             | > Reports,   |             |             |    |   |
| Deliverables* | > formal     |             |             |    |   |
|               | > rec        |             |             |    |   |
|               | ommendations |             |             |    |   |
|               | > for        |             |             |    |   |
|               | > action,    |             |             |    |   |
|               | > technical  |             |             |    |   |
|               | > memoranda  |             |             |    |   |
|               | >            |             |             |    |   |
|               | > JPL risk   |             |             |    |   |
|               | > assessment |             |             |    |   |
|               | > software   |             |             |    |   |
|               | > calibrated |             |             |    |   |
|               | > and        |             |             |    |   |
|               | > modified   |             |             |    |   |
|               | > to fit the |             |             |    |   |
|               | > needs of   |             |             |    |   |
|               | > this risk  |             |             |    |   |
|               | > assessment |             |             |    |   |
+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+---+

## Competitive Sourcing and Solicitations

The Disaster Management Program leverages appropriate activities,
expertise, and assets selected through other Earth Science Enterprise
solicitation announcements that serve the Program's objectives; the
Disaster Management Program may provide supplemental funding to develop
or target specific application-oriented activities in a proposal. The
program and project managers facilitate appropriate partnerships between
solicitation recipients and application partners.

## Solid Earth and Natural Hazards NRA

In FY02, 10 proposals were chosen for FY2003-FY2005 funding from the
SENH NRA. The first year of funding in FY03 totalled \$1.58M, FY04
\$1.5M, and FY05 \$1.4M These projects are listed in the table below.

+-----------+---------+-----------------------------------------------+
| PI        | Hazard  | Program Relationship                          |
|           | Class   |                                               |
+-----------+---------+-----------------------------------------------+
| Bra       | flood   | Flood application based on ESE products with  |
| ckenridge |         | outstanding international partnership         |
|           |         |                                               |
| Dartmouth |         |                                               |
| U.        |         |                                               |
+-----------+---------+-----------------------------------------------+
| Fielding  | sub     | Land subsidence SAR application pushing the   |
|           | sidence | data, technology, applied use to the limit    |
| JPL       |         |                                               |
+-----------+---------+-----------------------------------------------+
| Pieri     | volcano | Use of airborne technology for volcano hazard |
|           |         | characterization and monitoring (one-year     |
| ARC       |         | project funded in FY03 only)                  |
+-----------+---------+-----------------------------------------------+
| Johnson   | mult    | Pushes commercial LIDAR acquisition to limit  |
|           | ihazard | of technology and industry capabilities       |
| USGS      |         |                                               |
+-----------+---------+-----------------------------------------------+
| Arsenault | flood/  | Innovative use of Land Data Assimilation      |
|           | drought | Systems (LDAS) output for flood/drought       |
| U. of MD  |         | decision support by reclamation               |
+-----------+---------+-----------------------------------------------+
| Sohlberg  | w       | First sustained support for new               |
|           | ildfire | product/service innovation in MODIS RR        |
| U. of MD  |         |                                               |
+-----------+---------+-----------------------------------------------+
| Kasischke | coastal | ESE coastal change study to characterize      |
|           |         | regional/local sea level change               |
| U. of MD  |         |                                               |
+-----------+---------+-----------------------------------------------+
| Bourgeau  | w       | Application of SAR technology for wildfire    |
|           | ildfire | risk analysis                                 |
| Veridian  |         |                                               |
+-----------+---------+-----------------------------------------------+
| Kim       | flood/w | Advanced utilization of the SCIGN array for   |
|           | ildfire | flood and wildfire prediction                 |
| U. of CA  |         |                                               |
+-----------+---------+-----------------------------------------------+
| Bock      | seismic | Unique real-time civilian infrastructure      |
|           |         | strain monitoring applications of SCIGN array |
| U. of San |         |                                               |
| Diego     |         |                                               |
+-----------+---------+-----------------------------------------------+

The success of these projects is determined through periodic monitoring
and contact, guiding the researchers to obtain significant results in
alignment with program goals, and providing these results to the
research and applications community. These activities culminate in
FY2005. The Disaster Management program maintains continual contact with
all 10 Principal Investigators to develop synergy with the Disaster
Management goals and program planning.

## Research, Education, and Applications Solutions Network Projects

Several Research, Education, and Applications Solutions Network (REASoN)
projects managed by SSC are assigned to the Disaster Management Program.
Two projects are fully funded by REASoN and one project is jointly
funded by REASoN, Code M, Code YS, and Code YO as described below:

1\. University of South Carolina -- "Development of Remote
Sensing-assisted Natural and Technological Hazards Decision Support
Systems" -- Improve the utilization of NASA data sources, modeling, and
systems engineering in disaster management and homeland security. Model
human risk and vulnerability to hazards; develop system for rapid
identification of remote sensing assets. Channels new NASA data sources
into disaster management applications. Responds to the FEMA DSS -- well
connected with user organizations. Project builds on existing
capabilities by stakeholders. The total REASoN funds for the five-year
project is \$2,054,323; FY04 is \$616,696.

2\. NASA Wildfire Response Research and Development, Applications and
Technology Implementation, Vince Ambrosia, P. I. Collaboration with the
U.S. Forest Service to extend the use of NASA data sources, modeling,
and systems engineering to tactical wildfire response. The project:
Benchmarks the use of UAVs and improved telecommunications for disaster
management with potential extension to Homeland Security; Combines
existing technology with new platforms and instrumentation to address
decision support requirements in tactical situations; Responds to high
priority research and operational needs of the USFS partner; and,
Collaborates closely with the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT),
which who received a Congressionally-directed project in FY2003. The
total REASoN funds for the five-year project is \$2,643,082; FY04 is
\$600,000.

3\. Center for Real-Time GPS Data and Products, P.I. Yoas Bar-Sever,
JPL. The results of this project improves GPS technologies and in turn
improves GPS earthquake monitoring stations. Funding: \$100K from REASoN
for 5 years, \$100K from Code YS, and \$400K for 5 years from Code M.

The Disaster Management Program plans to participate in a joint project
solicitation for projects in FY05-08 through a Earth Science
Applications Program solicitation. The Program plans to coordinate the
Disaster Management priorities with EPA, DHS/FEMA, USDA, and NASA ESE
Code YS, all of which have expressed an interest in future
solicitations.

## Program Management Activities and Studies

The Disaster Management Program authorizes studies, working group
participation, program reviews, and other endeavors to ensure the
Program's overall success.

**Activity:** CENR Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction and related Remote
Sensing and Applications Workgroup

**Purpose:** To help guide Presidential policy on disaster management
through this OSTP group of agencies

**Manager:** Stephen Ambrose, NASA HQ

**Goals:** The SDR coordinates and creates policy documents that are
reviewed by agencies and signed by the OSTP CENR. For example, the first
document completed this year was "Reducing Disaster Vulnerability
Through Science and Technology." This collaborative document identified
current disaster risks and agency activities. In FY04, SDR activities
are structured to work closely with the Earth Observation Summit
activities and implementation plans, both nationally and
internationally, as well as to improve interagency coordination of
challenges facing the hazards community.

**Budget:** \$35K (FY04)

**Activity:** Congressionally mandated projects at RIT

**Purpose:** To develop a wildfire monitoring system for first
responders called "Wildfire Airborne Sensor Program" (WASP). This
program, closely integrated and coordinated with the Forest Service and
NASA, will develop an airborne sensor capability to respond to
wildfires.

**Managers:** Steve Ambrose, Bruce Davis (SSC), Carlos Del Castillo
(SSC), Jim Brass (JPL)

**Goals:** FY04 -- To collaborate with RIT, JPL, and other centers to
make sure RIT is aligned to NASA objectives related to fire monitoring

**Budget:** \$1,200K

**Activity:** Congressionally mandated project at the University of
Miami, Center for Southeastern Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing (CSTARS)

**Purpose:** To further develop the data center to serve the needs of
the research community. This center's satellite access now reaches to
Central America, and its activities in obtaining commercial satellite
data for research has been exceptional.

**Managers:** Steve Ambrose, Bruce Davis (SSC), Carlos Del Castillo
(SSC)

**Goals:** FY04 -- Develop CSTARS' capabilities for ingesting a variety
of satellite data from federal and commercial data sources. Recently
SPOT was added to the list of available satellite agreements. Tim Dixon
is the CSTARS manager.

**Budget:** \$1,800K

**Activity:** USGS partnership to enhance the Rapid Land Change Program

**Purpose:** To provide information on natural disasters to emergency
response agencies. Collaboration to verify and validate NASA remote
sensing technologies for improved USGS products.

**Managers:** Steve Ambrose, Bruce Davis (SSC)

**Goals:** The Rapid Land Change Program is a real-time system to
provide information to emergency response agencies. Working closely with
the USGS and FEMA, requirements will be developed to enhance this system
with NASA mission capabilities.

**Budget:** \$0K

**Activity:** U.S. Weather Research Program (USWRP)

**Purpose:** NASA participates in USWRP activities, such as THORPEX. The
SPoRT Center at MSFC participates in severe weather research to benefit
model inputs to USWRP research activities.

**Managers:** John Murray (LaRC), Steve Goodman (MSFC)

**Goals:** Ensure NASA assets are included in program experiments under
the USWRP.

**Budget:** \$0K

**Activity:** State Department Partnership, Humanitarian Information
Unit

**Purpose:** Work with the State Department in implementing DSSs for the
HIU. Coordinate geospatial data inputs with the GIO.

**Managers:** Steve Ambrose, Bruce Davis (SSC), Myra Bambacus (GIO)

**Goals:** Demonstrate NASA capabilities to improve interoperability and
humanitarian support.

**Budget:** \$0K

**Activity:** SPoRT Center

**Purpose:** Work with the MSFC SPoRT Center to develop requirements for
a Lightning Imaging Sensor. The SPoRT Center has transitioned NASA MODIS
and lightning data into the forecast and warning operations of two
Weather Forecast Offices (Huntsville and Birmingham, AL), with a third
office (Nashville, TN) set for product transition at the end of
September. NWS forecast offices at Jacksonville and Melbourne, FL, and
at Mobile, AL, have also requested MODIS data access from SPoRT. The
NASA investment, outside of the Applications Division, in SPoRT to date
is \~\$1.3M. The LIS/TRMM near-real-time, quick-look orbit data is
available to all NWS forecast offices through NOAAport via the LIS
Science Computing Facility (SCF).

**Manager:** Steve Goodman (MSFC)

**Goals:** Infuse NASA lightning monitoring and severe weather
assessment into NWS operations. Establish benchmark for future lightning
sensor development.

**Budget:** \$0K (FY04)

**Activity:** GWU Grant: Earth Science Research and Applications

**Purpose:** This grant to the GWU Space Policy Institute investigates
improving knowledge of the Earth system, moving research to operations,
and measuring the impact of GIFTS.

**Manager:** Ray Williamson (GWU)

**Goals:** Improve the ability of NASA to measure the impact of Earth
science research results and the transition from research to operational
satellite systems.

**Budget:** \$75K (FY03)

**Activity:** CEOS World Summit for Sustainable Development Type 2
Partnership -- Module 3 Disaster Management and Conflict

**Purpose:** Establish a plan to improve Earth observations for a
third-world country (Africa).

**Managers:** Steve Ambrose, Jeff Morrisette (GSFC), Bruce Davis (SSC)

**Goals:** Present Module 3 plan to CEOS WSSD committee in FY04\
**Budget:** \$0K

**Activity:** Natural Hazards Research and Applications Center

**Purpose:** To include societal impacts of disaster management in the
program element. This center is supported by NASA to advance the
understanding of hazards on society. The Disaster Management program
manager is on the advisory committee of this non-profit center.

**Manager:** Kathleen Tierney (University of Colorado)

**Goals:** To influence the disaster management community to utilize
social science as a requirements input for disaster management research
and applications development.

**Budget:** \$50K (FY04)

**Activity:** Program Planning and Disasters RoundTable

**Purpose:** Support interagency coordination and activities related to
Disaster Managmeent. Funds to support studies, reports, and other
activities sponsored through the RoundTable and other organizations,
especially activities related to use of Earth science results.

**Manager:** Steve Ambrose

**Goals:** To influence the disaster management community to utilize
social science as a requirements input for disaster management research
and applications development.

**Budget:** \$50K (FY04)

**Activity:** Wildfire Management (NV, CA) -- DEVELOP activity

**Purpose:** This 3-D visualization uses Earth science information to
map and monitor invasive and noxious plant species that are rapidly
encroaching the northern Nevada territory and are considered wildfire
fuel on the reservation. Proposed NASA source data: SRTM, ICESat, Aqua

**Manager:** DEVELOP/Crosscutting Solutions Program Element

**Goals:** To incorporate NASA satellite data into wildfire management
and to demonstrate this capability to the wildfire management community.

**Budget:** \$0K

**Activity:** Goetz Grant: "Moving Spectroscopic Remote Sensing
Techniques for the Identification of Swelling Potential of Expansive
Clays into Engineering Practice.

**Purpose:** Implement a cooperative effort with the geotechnical
industry to develop a new method for rapidly testing soil samples using
reflectance spectroscopy to determine their swell potential.

**Managers:** Stephen Ambrose, Alexander Goetz (P.I.), University of
Colorado

**Goals:** An SENH legacy project that has some relevance to the solid
earth portion of disaster management but this activity ends in FY2004.

**Budget:** \$49,726

**Activity:** Warren Muir Grant: Planning for Catastrophe

**Purpose:** A study to examine the social aspects of castastrophe.

**Program Manager:** Stephen Ambrose, Warren Muir (National Academies)

**Goals:** An SENH legacy project that has some relevance to the goals
of disaster management but this activity ends in FY2004.

**Budget:** \$57K

**Activity:** Education Fellowships

**Purpose:** The Education Program funds a number of student
fellowships. The projects related to disaster management are monitored
and mentored.

**Goals:** To ensure the results of this Earth science research are
carried forward into the user community.

**Budget**: \$0K (Cost covered by Education)

Projects for FY2004 relevant to the Disaster Management program element.

  ----------------- ---------------- ------------------------------------ -------------
  **Student Name**  **Student        **Proposal Title**                   **Advisor**
                    Organization**                                        

  Barbour, Jonathan Lamont Doherty   Landslides, Typhoons, and TRMM:      Weissel,
                    Earth            Linking Climate and Geomorphology in Jeffrey K
                    Observatory      Taiwan through a New Application of  
                                     Radar Precipitation Measurements     

  Bordoni, Simona   University of    Investigations of Links between      Stevens,
                    California at    Subtropical Stratocumulus and        Bjorn B
                    Los Angeles      Monsoons                             

  Dayem, Katherine  University of    Topographic Forcings on Climate and  Molnar, Peter
                    Colorado Boulder Climatic Forcings on Topography:     H.
                                     Using the Solid Earth to Predict     
                                     Climate Change                       

  Fleishman,        Stanford         Modeling Deformation on the Northern Zebker,
  Michael           University       San Andreas Fault System Using       Howard A
                                     Permanent Scatterer Radar            
                                     Interferometry                       

  Goss, Adam        Cornell          An Integrated Approach to Modeling   Kay, Suzanne
                    University       the Evolution of Large Silicic       M
                                     Calderas in the Central Andes: The   
                                     Bonete-Incapillo Volcanic Complex    
                                     (28ºS), Argentina                    

  Harvey, Janet     University of    Mapping Active Fault Zones in        Peltzer,
                    California Los   Southern California using MASTER     Gilles F
                    Angeles          Multispectral Data.                  

  Jiang, Haiyan     University of    Variability of Ice and Liquid        Zipser,
                    Utah             Precipitation Contents and Shape of  Edward J
                                     Radar Reflectivity Profiles in       
                                     Tropical Cyclones                    

  Liu, Desheng      University of    Systematic Evaluation of Machine     Gong, Peng
                    California at    Learning Approaches for Remote       
                    Berkeley         Sensing Land Cover Classification    

  Mercuri, Pablo    Purdue           Terrain Analysis and Surface         Engel,
                    University       Hydrologic Modeling Strategies Using Bernard A
                                     High-Resolution Global Digital       
                                     Topography                           

  Sahetapy-Engel,   Hawaii Institute Eruptive Patterns of an Active Lava  Flynn, Luke P
  Steve             of Geophysics    Dome in Santiaguito, Guatemala: a    
                    and Planetology  Multi-Dataset Approach Using         
                                     Satellite and Ground-Based Thermal   
                                     Remote Sensing and Infrasound        

  Smith, Bridget    University of    Body Force Models of Plate Boundary  Sandwell,
                    California, San  Deformation and their Implications   David T
                    Diego (UCSD)     for Earthquake Hazard                
  ----------------- ---------------- ------------------------------------ -------------

**Activity:** New Investigator Program (NIP)

**Purpose:** The Education Program of Code Y supports a number of new
investigators.

**Goals:** To ensure the results of this Earth science research are
carried forward to the user community.

**Budget:** \$0K (Cost covered by Education)

Projects for FY2004 relevant to the Disaster Management program element.

  --------- --------------------------- ----------------- -----------------
  **PI Last **Proposal Title**          **PI              **Department**
  Name**                                Organization**    

  Hurtado   Integrated Field Work and   University of     Department of
            Remote Sensing Studies for  Texas at El Paso  Geological
            the Assessment of Geologic                    Sciences
            Hazards and Groundwater                       
            Hydrology in the Southern                     
            Rio Grande Rift                               

  Niemi     Developing Digital Methods  University of     Institute for
            for Using Remotely Sensed   California Santa  Crustal Studies
            Data in the Field for Data  Barbara           
            Collection and Analysis                       

  Wen       Earth\'s Geodynamical       State University  Geosciences
            Models Consistent with      of New York at    
            Surface Geodynamical        Stony Brook       
            Observations and Their                        
            Evolutions                                    

  Gomez     Constraining Long- and      University of     Geological
            Short-Term Tectonic and     Missouri -        Sciences
            Erosional Processes in      Columbia          
            Active Mountains Using                        
            Multi-Spectral Imagery,                       
            InSAR, and DEM Data                           

  Poland    Quantifying Deformation at  US Geological     Cascades Volcano
            Central American Volcanoes  Survey            Observatory
            Using SAR Interferometry: A                   
            Unique Opportunity to                         
            Involve University Students                   
            in Technologically                            
            Advanced, Innovative, and                     
            Vital Research                                
  --------- --------------------------- ----------------- -----------------

# VI. Schedule and Milestones 

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height="4.723611111111111in"}

# VII. Program Management and Performance Measures 

The Disaster Management team uses performance measures to track
progress, to identify issues, to evaluate projects, to make adjustments,
and to establish results of the program element. These measures serve as
condition indicators to help monitor progress within and across specific
project activities to ensure that the Program meets its goals and
objectives. The management team continually analyzes these measures,
tracking conditions and identifying issues to keep the Program aligned
with this Plan to meet its objectives.

The Program uses two performance measures: Program Management measures
assess activities within the program, and Performance measures whether
external program activities are serving their intended purpose. The
Earth Science Applications Division also uses this information in
preparing IBPD directions and U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) responses.

## Program Management Measures (Internally Focused)

+---------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| Inputs  | Potential issues and DSTs identified for Disaster          |
|         | Management -- *number, type, range*                        |
|         |                                                            |
|         | Eligible partners to collaborate with -- *number, type,    |
|         | range*                                                     |
|         |                                                            |
|         | Potential results/products identified to serve Disaster    |
|         | Management -- *number, type, range*                        |
+---------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| Outputs | Assessments or evaluations of DSTs -- *number, range*      |
|         |                                                            |
|         | Assessments of Earth science results/products to serve     |
|         | DSTs -- *number, range*                                    |
|         |                                                            |
|         | Agreements with partners -- *presence*                     |
|         |                                                            |
|         | Reports (evaluation, validation, and benchmarks) --        |
|         | *number, type*                                             |
+---------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| Quality | Earth science results/products -- *number used per DST,    |
| &       | ratio of utilized to potential*                            |
| Eff     |                                                            |
| iciency | Agreements -- *ratio of agreements to committed partners*  |
|         |                                                            |
|         | Reports -- *partner satisfaction, timeliness, time to      |
|         | develop*                                                   |
|         |                                                            |
|         | Reports -- *ratio of validations to potential products,    |
|         | ratio of benchmarks to validations*                        |
+---------+------------------------------------------------------------+

## Performance Measures (Externally Focused)

+---------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| O       | Earth science products adopted in DSTs -- *number, type,   |
| utcomes | range; use in DST over time*                               |
|         |                                                            |
|         | Earth science products in use -- *ratio of products used   |
|         | by partners to reports produced*                           |
|         |                                                            |
|         | > Partner & DST performance -- *change in partner DST      |
|         | > performance, number & type of public recognition of use  |
|         | > & value of Earth science data in DST*                    |
+---------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| Impacts | Partner value -- *change in partner metrics (improvements  |
|         | in value of partner decisions)*                            |
+---------+------------------------------------------------------------+

In addition to the stated measures, the Disaster Management Program
Manager periodically requests an assessment of its plans, goals,
priorities, and activities through external review. The Disaster
Management team uses these measures, along with comparisons to
programmatic benchmarks, to support assessments of the Earth Science
Applications Program (e.g., internal NASA reviews and OMB PART).
Specifically, the Disaster Management Program manager uses comparisons
to similar activities in the following programs (i.e., program
benchmarks) to evaluate its progress and achievements:

\- Environmental and Societal Impacts Group at the National Center for
Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

\- Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES)

\- President's Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction (OSTP/CENR/SDR)

### FY05 Performance Measures Satisfied by the Program -- IBPD

This Program demonstrates that it plans to satisfy the following IBPD
Performance Measures for FY2004 and FY2005:

[Outcome Goal 1.2.1]{.underline}: Through 2012, benchmark the
assimilation of observations (geophysical parameters, climate data
records) provided from 20 of the 80 remote sensing systems deployed on
26 NASA Earth observation research satellites.

The Disaster Management Program will benchmark at least three 3 (e.g.,
MODIS, SeaWinds, LIS) of the 20 remote sensing systems from at least 3
of the 26 Earth observation research satellites. This goal is
accomplished through results of the SENH, REASoN, other projects and
moved into operational use through ESE tools, models, products, and
data.

[Outcome Goal 1.2.2:]{.underline} By 2012, benchmark the assimilation of
5 specific types of predictions resulting from Earth Science Model
Framework (ESMF) of 22 NASA Earth system science models.

[Goal 5ESA6 -- Crosscutting Solutions:]{.underline} Benchmark solutions
associated with at least 5 decision support systems that assimilate
predictions from Earth system science models developed and maintained by
the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), the Geophysical Fluid
Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL), NCEP, SPoRT, and the JPL Earth Science
laboratories. The Disaster Management Program currently has linkages
with NASA DEVELOP, SYNERGY, and Cross Cutting Solutions activities. NASA
research laboratories, such as the SPoRT Center, are moving Earth
science research results forward through direct connection with such
operational entities as NOAA. The Disaster Management Program also works
closely with the USGS in assimilating research results in the solid
Earth science areas for the benefit of the user agencies, such as
DHS/FEMA.

By 2008, the Disaster Management Program will benchmark solutions to one
of the five 5ESA6 decision support systems: HAZUS-MH. The HAZUS-MH
decision support system has such flexibility and modularity that it
covers at least three of the Earth science research areas -- flood,
wind, and earthquake -- and may cover wildfire in the future. These
areas have been identified by partners DHS, FEMA, USGS, and NOAA as
important areas that can be addressed by Earth systems science.

The value of applications in these areas have also been identified in
the OSTP Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction policy documents as well as
in the strategic plans of the partner agencies.

# VIII: Disaster Management Roadmap

The Disaster Management Roadmap shows the migration of NASA Earth
science research results to improvements in risk assessments and loss
estimation of the HAZUS Multi-Hazard DST. The Roadmap ties to the
priorities and expected plans and results of the ESE Science Division.
State 1 is the ability to use HAZUS-MH for earthquake preparedness and
mitigation. State 2 takes HAZUS-MH to the level of wind, flood, severe
storms, and wildfire -- areas where NASA's Earth science research
results can be applied effectively. The modularity of HAZUS-MH makes the
integration of satellite observations and models useful, but the
challenge is the integration of global technologies to regional and
local scales.

Earth science research plays a valuable role in ensuring that NASA's
Earth science results meet the needs of our partner agencies by
integrating technology and science into the hazard response community in
a cost-effective and useful manner.

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# IX: FY04/05/06/07/08 Budget and Resource Expectations

### Disaster Management Program Element Funding FY04-FY08

## SENH NRA2002 (FY2004-2005) Budget Breakdown

  ------------------- ------------------------ --------------- ---------------
  **PI**              **HazClass**             **FY2004**      **FY2005**

  Brackenridge        flood                    67,332          70,027

  Fielding            subsidence               124,980         72,175

  Johnson             multihazard              159,418         161,044

  Arsenault           flood/drought            146,427         149,701

  Sohlberg            wildfire                 227,512         224,690

  Kasischke           coastal                  135,382         141,226

  Bourgeau-Cha        wildfire                 226,608         226,605

  Kim                 flood/wildfire           213,101         223,733

  Bock                seismic                  217,784         160,132

                      **TOTAL**                **1,518,544**   **1,429,333**
  ------------------- ------------------------ --------------- ---------------

## Congressionally Mandated Projects

  ----------------- ---------------------- --------------- ---------------
  **PI**            **Institution**        **Topic**       **FY2003 (K)**

  Dixon             U. of Miami            Tropical and    1,800
                                           Solid Earth     

  Vodocek           RIT                    Wildfires       1,200

                                           **TOTAL**       3,000
  ----------------- ---------------------- --------------- ---------------

**NASA Earth Science Enterprise -- Earth Science Applications Program**

*Earth Science for Disaster Management*

This document contains the Disaster Management Program Plan for
FY2004-2008. This plan derives direction established in the NASA
Strategic Plan, ESE Strategy, Earth Science Applications Plan, Earth
Science Applications Program Plan, and OMB/OSTP guidance on research and
development. The plan aligns with and serves the commitments established
in the NASA Integrated Budget and Performance Document.

The Program Manager and the Earth Science Applications Program
Leadership have reviewed the plan and agree that the plan appropriately
reflects the goals, objectives, and activities for the Program Element
to serve the Earth Science Applications Program, ESE, NASA, the
Administration, and Society.

Stephen Ambrose Date

Program Manager, Disaster Management

Earth Science Applications Program

NASA Earth Science Enterprise

Lawrence Friedl Date

Lead, Earth Science Applications

Earth Science Applications Program

NASA Earth Science Enterprise

Ronald J. Birk Date

Director, Earth Science Applications Division

NASA Earth Science Enterprise