Hazards
Research Categories | All Research Projects
Saving lives and protecting property are at the core of our mission and research. We develop satellite data products and instruments that lead to better forecasts and warning systems for severe weather, fire hazards, hurricanes, floods, and aviation decision support hazards.
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Evaporative Stress Index (ESI)
The Evaporative Stress Index (ESI) uses satellite data to track changes in the amount of water vapor released by vegetation via transpiration. Monitoring the ESI could provide early warning of developing drought.
Website:
http://hrsl.arsusda.gov/drought/Contact:
Jason Otkin (PI)Categories:
HazardsSponsors:
NOAA -
Hazardous Weather Testbed (HWT)
The Hazardous Weather Testbed provides a platform to test new research and develop improved methods and technologies that support the advancement of severe weather forecasts and warnings.
Contact:
Tim WagnerSponsors:
NOAA -
Hazus-MH Based Project Support
Hazus-MH, created in partnership with the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA), uses Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology to estimate physical, economic, and social impacts of disasters such as earthquakes, hurricane winds, and floods.
Contact:
Shane Hubbard (PI)Categories:
Hazards, Modeling and data assimilationSponsors:
FEMA -
High resolution modeling (simulation and visualization of thunderstorms, tornadoes, downbursts)
Using ultra-high resolution simulations of supercell thunderstorms, as well as state-of-the-art visualization and analysis software, researchers are studying how these storms evolve and produce tornadoes and downbursts.
Website:
http://orf.media/Contact:
Leigh Orf (PI)Categories:
Hazards, Modeling and data assimilationSponsors:
NSF -
Mesoscale Winds
We are estimating wind vectors by applying an optical flow technique to one-minute imagery from GOES-16.
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Robert Rabin (PI)Categories:
Geostationary Satellites, HazardsSponsors:
NOAA -
NOAA Satellite Proving Ground Global Flood Website
Through a collaboration with scientists at George Mason University, researchers at SSEC and CIMSS routinely generate flood detection products from a suite of satellites including polar (SNPP & NOAA-20) and geostationary (GOES-East, GOES-West, and AHI-8) satellites in near realtime.
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Jay HoffmanCategories:
Hazards, Visualization and softwareSponsors:
NOAA -
Nearcasting
Utilizing infrared water vapor data from GOES, Nearcasting is used to predict severe weather outbursts one to six hours in advance. This technique fills the gap between radar nowcasts, which predict weather from the zero to one-hour range, and NWP forecasting models which predict weather more than eight hours in advance.
Contact:
Ralph Petersen, Lee CronceCategories:
Hazards, Modeling and data assimilationSponsors:
NOAA -
ProbSevere
ProbSevere is a statistical model that predicts the likelihood of a storm producing severe weather within the next 60 minutes.
Contact:
Michael Pavolonis, NOAA STARCategories:
Hazards, Modeling and data assimilationSponsors:
NOAA -
Volcanic Cloud Monitoring
NOAA and CIMSS scientists have developed tools to detect volcanic ash and dust clouds using data from geostationary and polar-orbiting satellites—information that is used to issue volcanic ash advisories to the aviation community.
Website:
http://volcano.ssec.wisc.edu/Categories:
Atmospheric Composition, HazardsSponsors:
NOAA