In this video, NASA Harvest talks with recent University of Maryland graduate and former Harvest machine learning intern, Bryce Dubayah, on his time working with Harvest's AI Lead Dr. Hannah Kerner.
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NASA Harvest's Deputy Director and Manager, Dr. Alyssa Whitcraft, spoke at NYU's Center for Global Affairs on how we can improve global food security in an increasingly interconnected world, particularly in the context of climate change, humanitarian emergencies, conflicts, and structural inequalities.
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Dr. Brad Doorn, Program Manager of Water Resources and Agriculture Research within NASA’s Applied Sciences program, recently sat down with NASA’s APPEL team to discuss how NASA is using its space-borne technology and data to tackle food insecurity across the globe.
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Gary Eilerts, NASA Harvest's Food Security Early Warning Co-Lead, highlights the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on crop exports and production as well as the risks posed to countries who normally rely heavily on Ukrainian exports.
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Authored by Krishna Prasad Vadrevu and co-edited by Harvest Chief Scientist, Chris Justice, this book covers various land-cover and land use change topics in Southeast Asia. Featuring 34 chapters and over 200 authors, the book explores international, regional, and national agricultural organizations; new techniques in crop mapping and monitoring; prediction and modeling methodologies; and agricultural land use changes.
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The Earth Science Applications Guidebook is a web-based, multimedia product synthesizing best practices and lessons learned on the use of Earth science information for decision-making. This online guidebook mixes interactive features with multimedia content to provide and explain the uses of Earth science information, practical guidance on all steps of developing an application, and scientist perspectives on what it takes to succeed. |
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From Lacuna Fund: "Today, we are pleased to announce a major Lacuna Fund milestone: the publication of our first five funded datasets! From enabling machine learning researchers to predict fish yield, to developing the first large-scale human-annotated Twitter sentiment dataset for the most widely spoken languages in Nigeria, these Lacuna-funded datasets are poised for impact in agriculture and language."
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From NASA's Applied Sciences Division: "Farmers and decisionmakers now have a simple way to visualize and monitor crop health throughout the growing season, so they can better identify concerns before a food security crisis materializes. Created by NASA Harvest and GEOGLAM, the Agrometeorological (AGMET) Earth Observation Indicators platform translates satellite data into easy-to-understand maps and graphs on local crop conditions."
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Snacktime with NASA, a NASA video series highlighting the agency’s role in agricultural monitoring and food security, was named runnerup for this years People’s Voice Webby Award. Part cooking show, part interview, Snacktime with NASA explore why and how NASA uses satellites to track global food production, monitor water availability, and even grow food in space.
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Frontiers in Remote Sensing is accepting manuscripts for the special issue "Women in Remote Sensing". The editors hope to see a varied set of submissions from female-led research groups or individuals representing the true breadth of topics within remote sensing, as well as reflecting the array of institutional types, regions, backgrounds, diversity, rank, and organizations. The group of editors for this issue represent four female remote sensing researchers at various stages in their careers who are all excited to lead and engage with these diverse topics. Submissions for this issue are due by September 30th 2022 and the organizers would appreciate an initial reflection of interest also be submitted in the form of an abstract, to allow us to manage submissions and reviews as efficiently and smoothly as possible. Abstracts should ideally be submitted by April 29th 2022.
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Guest editors from the University of Maryland, including Harvest's Data Lead, Mike Humber, are accepting submissions to their Special Issue "Remote Sensing Applications in Wildfire Research and Management" in the journal Remote Sensing. The editors "aim to collect recent accomplishments in the field of remotely sensed wildfire products, modeling, and monitoring with the hope to inspire further development of fire-related remote sensing methodologies. These works can include developments related to remote-sensing-derived fire products as well as developments in the estimation and understanding of how fire interacts with other variables at the landscape scale, such as fuel build-up, fuel post-fire succession, fire regimes, and vegetation type." Manuscripts are accepted through October 20, 2022.
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The University of Maryland is looking for an Assistant Professor experienced in remote sensing and applying satellite data to Earth System Science. The position will be part of the University's new Center of Excellence in Remote Sensing and has an expected start date of August 2022. Candidates with background experience in SAR remote sensing, hyperspectral remote sensing, and remote sensing fusion are encouraged, though all backgrounds will be considered. Further the position encourages experience in machine learning and data analysis as it applies to remote sensing data. Interested applicants can learn more about the position here.
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In close coordination with the Office of Communications, the Earth Science Division within NASA's Science Mission Directorate is seeking skilled candidates to fill a Supervisory Public Affairs Specialist GS-15 position for a Supervisory Communications and Public Engagement Specialist, and two (2) Public Affairs Specialist GS-13/14 positions for one Managing Editor and one Public Engagement Editor at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. These are the three positions that will lead the “Editorial Engine” that will support the Earth Science Division in the its communications and public engagement activities.
All positions are under Direct Hire Authority and will be open through Friday April 27, 2022 - Tuesday May 3, 2022. Job announcements can be found at USAJobs.
As a Supervisory Communications and Public Engagement Specialist within the Earth Science Division, Science Mission Directorate, you will be responsible for setting strategic direction, managing the budget and planning, and overseeing the implementation of NASA's Earth science communications and public engagement materials, activities, web and social media presence, special events and applications. You will lead a team of highly skilled specialists and pursue opportunities for expanded collaboration.
As a Managing Editor or Public Engagement Manager within the Earth Science Division, Science Mission Directorate, you will be responsible for setting tactical direction and overseeing the implementation of NASA's Earth science communications and public engagement materials, activities, web and social media presence, special events and apps. You will lead a team of highly skilled specialists and pursue opportunities for expanded collaboration.
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NASA’s Applied Remote Sensing Training (ARSET) is hosting a 3-part online training on the tracking of emissions and removals of carbon dioxide and methane from the atmosphere. The training is in support of the 2023 Global Stocktake – an effort by parties to the Paris Agreement to compile national inventories of GHG budgets. At the end of the training, participants will be able to describe how CO2 and methane budgets are derived using atmospheric measurements and explore the data and products necessary to model these budgets.
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The ESA Living Planet Symposium is amongst the biggest Earth observation conferences in the world. For decades, EO has played a fundamental role in advancing our understanding of how our planet works and how it is being affected by climate change. While the need to continue to advance our knowledge and monitor global change remains paramount, EO has entered a new era where it is playing a key role in a myriad of everyday applications to improve daily lives. Harvest and GEOGLAM partners will lead and participate in several EO for agricultural applications sessions throughout the week. Check out the scientific program and register today!
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