Using Satellites for Better Water and Environment Management
A Training Session Jointly Hosted by The World Bank and US Government Agencies Working in Remote Sensing
As part of the US Government-World Bank MOU to assist efforts in water management, USG and WB staff convened on 29 February 2012 during Sustainable Development Week. Representatives from both entities presented and discussed potential collaborative opportunities for remote sensing applications in better water and environment management.
Ms. Mary Kicza (Assistant Administrator for Satellite and Information Services, NOAA) and Ms. Julia Bucknall (Sector Manager, TWIWA, The World Bank) provided opening remarks for the day-long session comprised of 18 WB and USG presenters as well as 30 poster presenters from NASA, USGS, USDA, NOAA, the US Army Corps of Engineers and major US research institutes. Priority themes include: climate variability and change, agricultural systems and water system planning and management.
- For the event agenda, please click here
- For a detailed list of presenters (with contact information), please click here
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| Mary Kicza | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) | Opening Remarks: Collaboration Opportunities for the Application of Earth Observations from Space in Water Activities | |
World Bank Perspectives |
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| Claire Kfouri |
The World Bank |
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| Nagaraja Rao Harshadeep | The World Bank | ||
| Winston Yu, Chandrashekhar Biradar, Anju Gaur | The World Bank | ||
| Erwin De Nys | The World Bank | ||
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| Robert Tetrault & Otto Gonzalez | USDA Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS) |
USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Capacity Building and Drought Analysis |
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| Martha Anderson | USDA Agriculture Research Service (ARS) |
Monitoring Water Use and Drought at Field to Regional Scales Using Satellite Remote Sensing |
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| Wade Crow | USDA ARS |
Prospects for Improving Global Agricultural Drought Monitoring Using Microwave Remote Sensing |
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| James Verdin | USGS |
Detection and Monitoring of Agricultural Drought for Famine Early Warning |
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| Jean Parcher & Prasad Thenabail | USGS |
Remote Sensing of Global Croplands and their Water Use for Food Security in the 21st Century |
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| James Verdin | USGS | A GIS Tool for Flood Inundation Mapping | |
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| Christa Peters-Lidard | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
Using the NASA Land Information System for Improved Water Management |
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| Robert Adler, F. Policelli & D. Kirschbaum | NASA and UMD | ||
| Dan Irwin, Nancy Searby, & Ashutosh Limaye | NASA/HQ & MSFC |
The NASA SERVIR Program Providing Hydrologic Modeling and Remote Sensing Tools |
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| Ben Zaitchik & Jose Molina | NASA & Johns Hopkins University | Using Remote Sensing and Modeling for Adapting to Climate Change and Improved Water Management | |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Presentations |
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| Bob Kuligowski | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) | ||
| Paul Seymour | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) |
GeoNetCast Americas: Delivering Environmental Data to Userse Worldwide |
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| John Bolten | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) |
Using NASA GRACE, Satellite and Modeling for Groundwater and Water Availability |
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| Andrew Bruzewicz | US Army Corps of Engineers | A Turnkey Approach to Inundation Modeling and Mapping | |
Poster Presentations
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A Satellite-Based Drought Product using Thermal Remote Sensing of Evapotranspiration
Martha Anderson et al., USDA/ARS & NOAA/NESDIS -
Improving Resilience to Climate Change through the Enhanced Monitoring of Aquatic Ecosystems
Megan Lang, USDA -
Middle East and North Africa Water Information System Platform
Shahid Habib, NASA/GSFC -
NASA Water Resources Program for Improved Water Management
Bradley Doorn, David Toll & Edwin Engman, NASA & SAIC -
NASA Applied Remote Sensing Training: Building Capacity to Integrate NASA Earth Science into Water Resources Management Applications
Ana Prados & Amita Mehta, U. Maryland & NASA/GSFC -
Remote sensing of irrigated areas, crop types, and their productivity in the MENA region
Mutlu Ozdogan, U. Wisconsin -
Application of Satellite Data to Drought Monitoring and Analysis
Amir AghaKouchak & Soroosh Sorooshia, U. California -
African Drought Monitor
Nathaniel Chaney et al., Princeton U. & U. Washington -
Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Applications and Early Adopter Research
Vanessa Escobar, Molly Brown & Susan Moran, USDA/ARS -
National Drought Mitigation Center
Brian Wardlow et al., U. Nebraska -
New and Improved Remotely Sensed Products and Tools for Agricultural Monitoring Applications in Support of Famine Early Warning
James Verdin, M.E. Budde, J. Rowland, G. Senay, C. Funk, D. Pedreros, G. Husak & S. Bohms, USGS FEWSnet -
A GIS Tool for Flood Inundation Mapping
James Verdin, K. Verdin, M. Mathis, M. Woodbury & J. Polly, USGS & USGS/SGT & USGS/Riverside -
NOAA-HRC Partnership in Flash Flood Forecasting
Robert J. Kuligowski, Konstantine P. Georgakakos & Robert Jubach, NOAA/NESDIS & Hydrologic Research Center -
Building Opportunity Out of Science and Technology (BOOST)
BOOST poster & BOOST training schedule
Jeffrey Margolis, US DoS