Steve Hipskind - Applying NASA’s Global Perspective to Societal Needs

SteveHipskindChief, Earth Science DivisionNASA Ames Research Center

Applying NASA’s Global Perspective to Societal Needs

NASA Operating Research Missions (15)

OSTM/Jason 2

NASA’s Observations of the Earth from Space

Missions in Development 2008–2014

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

OSTM

Glory

Aquarius

NPP

LDCM

GPM Core

GPM Constellation

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Venture Class

High Altitude Unmanned Aircraft

Global HawkFlexible, near global platform

Modeling Framework for Ecological Forecasting

Nemani et al., 2007, 2008

($30B Industry)California Wines

Weekly Ecocasts:

California

Current Data Historical DataAnomaly Detection

California’s Central Valley

Global AgricultureSatellite data show greening since the 1980s …but a flattening is evident since the mid-1990s

• Warmer temperatures • Urban expansion and loss of farmland• Over exploitation of groundwater

Applied Science & Technology Partnerships

Pipeline Rights-of-Way Surveillance

and Leak DetectionPIPE

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Situational Awareness for

First Responders

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Disaster Response

Real-time Monitoring of

Western States Wildfires

WRAP/SoCal FiresW

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FIR

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Fighting Wildfires

AirShip Ventures

Alpha Jet

NASA Silicon ValleyPartnerships

Platforms for local observations

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capturing, collecting, analyzing and reporting data on environmental conditions around the world

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