NASA’s Big Earth Data Initiative Accomplishments

Abstract: The goal of NASA's effort for BEDI is to improve the usability, discoverability, and accessibility…

Ceramic Capacitor Delamination Problem

Abstract: Update on ceramic capacitors issues since last years meeting. To including the story behind the…

Harvesting NASA’s Common Metadata Repository (CMR)

Abstract: As part of NASA's Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS), the Common Metadata…

Participatory Climate Research in a Dynamic Urban Context: Activities of the Consortium for Climate Risk in the Urban Northeast (CCRUN)

Abstract: The Consortium for Climate Risk in the Urban Northeast (CCRUN), one of ten NOAA-RISAs, supports…

Threats to North American Forests from Southern Pine Beetle with Warming Winters

Abstract: In coming decades, warmer winters are likely to lift range constraints on many cold-limited forest…

Progress Towards providing Heat-Shield for Extreme Entry Environment Technology (HEEET) for Venus and other New Froniters Missions

Abstract: Heat-shield for Extreme Entry Environment Technology (HEEET) has been in development since 2014 with the…

Development of a High-Fidelity Simulation Environment for Shadow-Mode Assessments of Air Traffic Concepts

Abstract: This paper will describe the purpose, architecture, and implementation of a gate-to-gate, high-fidelity air traffic…

Using Measurements of Topography to Infer Rates of Crater Degradation and Surface Evolution on the Moon and Mercury

Abstract: Motivating questions: 1. How does the topography of airless bodies evolve? 2. What is the…

GC13I-0857: Designing a Frost Forecasting Service for Small Scale Tea Farmers in East Africa

Abstract: Kenya is the third largest tea exporter in the world, producing 10% of the world's…

How to Address a Global Problem with Earth Observations? Developing Best Practices to Monitor Forests Around the World

Abstract: Forests represent a key natural resource, for which degradation or disturbance is directly associated to…