NASA Applied Remote Sensing Training Program (ARSET)

 NASA Applied Remote

Sensing Training Program (ARSET)

Dr. Ana. I. Prados Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology (JCET)University of Maryland Baltimore County

NASA GSFCCode 614, Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory

NASA AQAST Meeting, January 15-17, 2013

Air Quality•Pawan Gupta (GSFC/GESTAR) •Richard Kleidman (GSFC/SSAI) •Yang Liu (Emory University)•Jacquie Witte (GSFC/SSAI)

Ecological/Land ManagementEsther Essoudry (Student/AMES/Baeri)Cindy Schmidt (AMES/Baeri)

Water Resources and Flood Monitoring•Brock Blevins (Student/UMBC)•Chris Mattmann (JPL/Caltech)•Amita Mehta (GSFC/UMBC)•Tom Painter (JPL/Caltech)

Program Evaluation Annelise Carleton-Hug (Trillium A.)

Administrative Support Marines Martins (GSFC/SSAI)

Module Translation (Spanish)David Barbato (Student/UMBC)

ARSET Team Members

Applied Remote Sensing Training Program (ARSET)(part of NASA Applied Sciences)

GOAL:

Increase utilization of NASA observational and model data for decision-support

Online and hands-on courses:Presentations and hands-on guided computer exercises on how to access,interpret and use NASA satellite images fordecision-support.

Who: policy makers, environmental managers, state AQ agencies, NGOs, tribal nations, modelers and other professionals

Where: U.S and internationally

When: throughout the year. Check websites.

NASA Training for California Air Resources Board, Sacramento

ARSET: Match-Making Services

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NASA PIs ---- ARSET ----- End-users

Idaho Department of Environmental Quality“I think building the contact list by interacting with the instructors during the 4 day workshop was very beneficial, especially since you know people.  So by association, I know people who know people.  All joking aside, that is very helpful and provides me a contact who can potentially answer my question, or if not that, very possibly point me to the person who can..”

Challenge to AQAST:Consider participating in an ARSET Training

• ARSET works closely with NASA funded PIs and we highly encourage AQAST participation.

• You can participate online or during an in-person training.

• Share with end-users your research, methods, decision support tools, and success stories

Gradual Learning Approach

Basic CoursesWebinars (100 max)Hands-on (30 max)

Assumes no prior knowledge of RS

Advanced CoursesHands-on

Webinar course generally requiredFocused on a specific

application/problem: for example products and tools for air quality

applications in Texas

Gradual Learning Approach

Model Validation Long Range Transport Air Quality Forecasting Exceptional Events

Summary of accomplishments (2013)

• ARSET expanded its online courses in 2013• Dramatic increase in course enrollment, particularly

internationally - Air Quality: 3 webinars, 3 in person courses

- Water resources: 2 webinars on precipitation, snow and model data.

- Flood Monitoring: 1 webinar, 1 hands on course.

- Ecological/Land Management – in end-user needs assessment phase, beginning in 2014.

ARSET Reach Update: 2009 – 2013

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Number of participating organizations per country: Air Quality and Water Resources

+1000 End-users Reached

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ARSET Reach Update: 2009 – 2013

Federal Agencies:NOAA, USGS, USAID, USACE, BLM, Bureau RecNOAA, US Forest Service, National Park Service, EPANOAA, USAID, USGS 9

Number of participating organizationsper state (AQ + Water): CountyStateTribalAcademicPrivate Sector

NASA Training on Smoke/Fire and Dust Applications with theUtah Department of Environmental Quality, Salt Lake City, Utah

• April 22 – 25, 2013, Salt Lake City, Utah• 21 attendees from federal and state

agencies in Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Colorado and Washington and the Nez Perce tribe.

• Co-sponsored by the Utah Department of Environmental Quality and held at their facility

• NASA and NOAA smoke/fire and dust products and their applications to air quality monitoring.

• USDA Forest Service introduced their own tool on geospatial fire data for monitoring and analysis during the training.

• Case studies of fires in Utah and Colorado (July 30, 2012) and Eastern Oregon (August 29, 2012) were prepared for study and completion by attendees.

• MISR Case studies to build capacity in access to smoke plume height to use in models for assessment of long range transport.

Figure 1 Utah Department of Environmental Quality facility, Salt Lake City, Utah. Utah, Idaho , and Wyoming Departments of Environmental Quality, Washington State Dept. of Ecology, the U.S. Forest Service, the Nez Perce tribe and a solar energy company.

Course Taught by Pawan Gupta, Richard Kleidman, and Yang Liu

Item Of Note: End-user feedback from Training in Salt Lake City

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Alemu Tadesse - meteorologist at SunEdison (Solar Energy Company)“ I got permission from the company and I was able to attend the Air quality training conducted by NASA, in Salt Lake City, Utah. After the training I am using the data and also I am getting help from the ARSET team whenever I needed. The training was so intensive and the lecture was presented in a very clear way. However, the time was short as compared to the material presented. The lecturers were able to deliver the material in a very nice way and the follow up and the materials given to us are very important to work on what we learned and to make the best out of it. This training is very important and has a lot other applications to that of air quality. I believe that the solar industry also can benefit from such training. Thank you ARSET and I hope to see you again.”

Idaho Department of Environmental Quality“Because of the training, I use the archive ability of the data libraries as well as the worldview tool by EOSDIS on a regular basis.”

Training with Emphasis on Aerosols and Smoke/Fire Products Hosted by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District , Santa Clara, CA

• BAAQMD, Environment Canada, National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), Nigeria, 16 attendees.

• Tailored to California issues 1) NASA/NOAA aerosol products and 2) use of smoke/fire products for PM2.5 monitoring in the region.

• One specific case study looked at the impact of wood burning on PM2.5 levels during the winter holiday seasons in the Bay Area using MODIS aerosols and

EPA air quality index.

• The workshop also built basic skills on image access and interpretation.

Figure 1: NASA training participants at Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) at University of California, Santa Cruz facility in Santa Clara, CA

Developed by Pawan Gupta and conducted by Pawan Gupta and Yang Liu

NASA Air Quality Training for NESCAUM and MARAMA Associated States, November 19-21st in Albany New York

• NESCAUM and MARAMA, 23 attendees • Hosted by the New York Department of

Environmental Conservation

• Demonstrated the NASA funded Exceptional Event Decision Support Tool.

• VIIRS Active Fire Team made a web presentation to the participants on VIIRS fire products.

• A regional pollution event extending from Maine through the Carolinas which began in late June 2012 and lasted several days featuring high ozone and aerosol levels was the focus of several workshop activities as well as the student prepared case studies which are presented on the last day.

Conducted by Richard Kleidman and Pawan Gupta

Upcoming Courses

TCEQ EngagementCurrent introductory webinar (January 8th – February 12th) has 18 participants from TCEQ (and other stakeholders/countries)

Hands-on course introductory course on Remote Sensing and Air Quality Applications, Austin Texas, Feb. 24-27, 2014.Thanks to Jocelyn Mellberg and Raj Nadkarni at TCEQ

Webinar for Air Quality professionals in India/Nepal/Bangladesh: Introduction to Remote Sensing and Air Quality ApplicationsSpring 2014

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Publicly available Modules

Case Studies

http://airquality.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Upcoming trainings

http://water.gsfc.nasa.gov/ (Water)http://airquality.gsfc.nasa.gov/ (Air Quality)

Updates and notification of upcoming workshops:

Water Resources/Disastershttps://lists.nasa.gov/mailman/listinfo/nasa-water-training

Air Qualityhttps://lists.nasa.gov/mailman/listinfo/arset

ARSET Web Sites and Updates

Backup slides

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End-user Needs Assessment: an ongoing process

• ARSET Training Course Application FormsProgram Evaluation• Interviews with Key Informants• Surveys post training/course• Surveys 6 months post training/course• Ad Hoc interviews/interactions to collect “success

stories”

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