The ultimate goal of this project is to improve the management of the Upper Raritan Watershed by ... more The ultimate goal of this project is to improve the management of the Upper Raritan Watershed by improving the information available in the process. Towards this end, this project developed a geographic information system (GIS) for the Upper Raritan watershed, explored its potential use in regional watershed management, and assisted a local watershed association in adopting this technology.
Conservation in the 21st Century: Gorillas as a Case Study, 2008
BackgroundIntroductionThe mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) of the Virunga volcanoes r... more BackgroundIntroductionThe mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) of the Virunga volcanoes region of Central-East Africa has been the focus of much research and conservation activities since Schaller's pioneering field study in the late 1950s. Despite large declines in this population during the 1970s and early 1980s due to poaching and habitat loss, active research, protection, and a successful ecotourism program resulted in the population's recovery by the mid-1980s to a size of about 380 individuals by late 2003 (Kalpers et al., 2003; Fawcett, pers. comm.). Nevertheless, the Virunga mountain gorilla population is small from the standpoint of an effective breeding population size (Steklis and Gerald Steklis, 2001), is isolated, and is surrounded by a dense, growing human population. Its long-term survival continues to be threatened by the introduction of human disease, habitat loss and degradation, and poaching. The IUCN Red Book classifies the population as “Critically Endanger ...
2009 4th International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies, 2009
Forecasting and monitoring earth phenomenon is fundamental to reducing natural disasters hazards.... more Forecasting and monitoring earth phenomenon is fundamental to reducing natural disasters hazards. However, how to react after a given disaster occurs is also a key issue that can improve response times and save lives. GISCorps is a program of the urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) that coordinates short-term, volunteer-based GIS services to underprivileged communities. In case of a
... 'Hie sunt dracones' (here be dragons) 1. QUESTIONS OF SPACE AND TIME ... The Lennox... more ... 'Hie sunt dracones' (here be dragons) 1. QUESTIONS OF SPACE AND TIME ... The Lennox Globe (ca. 1503-07), in the collection of the New York Public Library, does have "HC SVNT DRACONES" located at the eastern coast of Asia, but this is the only known example. ...
Space applications have evolved to play a significant role in disaster relief by providing servic... more Space applications have evolved to play a significant role in disaster relief by providing services including remote sensing imagery for mitigation and disaster damage assessments, satellite communication to provide access to medical services, positioning, navigation and timing services, and data sharing. Common issues identified in past disaster response and relief efforts include lack of communication, delayed ordering of actions (e.g. evacuations), and low levels of preparedness by authorities during and after disasters. This paper provides a brief summary of the “Space for Health (S4H) Team Project”, which was prepared during the “Space Studies Program 2014” within the International Space University. The S4H project aimed to improve the way space assets and experiences are used in support of public health during disaster relief efforts. We recommend an integrated solution based on nano-satellites and/or balloon communication system, mobile self-contained relief units, portable m...
An analysis of the utility and limitations of the new Google Earth software and online data envir... more An analysis of the utility and limitations of the new Google Earth software and online data environment was conducted to determine the capability of the system for the survey and discovery of archaeological features in France. The author has conducted such regional analysis, including aerial archaeological survey, for over 25 years. This paper describes the capabilities and limitations of Google Earth for regional archaeological survey and site location. An area of the Burgundy region of France was surveyed and a surprisingly large number of previously recorded and new archaeological sites were located. The system has significant benefits for this work, but also has limitations that could be addressed to make the tool even more useful.
ABSTRACT Over the past half century, weather and sophisticated environmental imaging satellites h... more ABSTRACT Over the past half century, weather and sophisticated environmental imaging satellites have evolved providing an increasing ability to monitor a wide range of conditions on Earth. A long-term and effective partnership between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the United States space agency, NASA, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, has worked to design, launch, and operate a series of environmental monitoring satellites. These environmental monitoring satellites have grown in their technical capabilities to monitor cloud coverage, temperature, and wind velocity over the oceans and seas, lightning intensity, and storm formations. Interactive capabilities have for some time allowed these satellites to assist with search and rescue activities. In short, the expanded technical capabilities of these satellites, and particularly of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system, have allowed the development of an ever increasing range of applications and functionality. The initial United States meteorological or weather satellite program that began with TIROS created a specific type of remote sensing satellite that could assist in monitoring weather conditions for the continental US. Today’s GOES and Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) have now grown to become global in scope. These US satellites allow the development of an increasingly wide range of knowledge of the oceans and the Polar region, allow for more accurate mathematical models of meteorological conditions, help to monitor “space weather” conditions, assist with rescue of distressed ships and aircraft, aid transportation systems, and help with monitoring atmospheric pollution and conditions associated with climate change. The National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration, through its National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), continuously operates a global network of satellites to achieve these goals. NOAA works closely with NASA in the design of environmental satellites and cooperates with the US Department of Defense in obtaining and distributing environmental information. Data obtained from US environmental spacecraft as well as from other spacecraft around the world are used for a wide range of applications. Currently these applications relate to the oceans and seas, coastal regions, agriculture and resource recovery, detection of forest fires, detection of volcanic ash, monitoring the ozone hole over the South Pole, and even the space environment in terms of the so-called space weather such as solar flares. Each day NOAA’s NESDIS processes and then distributes more than 3.5 billion bits of data. The processed images are distributed to weather forecasters in the United States and globally so that various users, for instance, disaster managers, and the general public can see weather patterns via television or on computer or smart phone displays. The timeliness and quality of the combined polar and geostationary satellite data have been greatly improved by enhanced computer installations, upgraded ground facilities, and international data sharing agreements as well as by military weather services.
The ultimate goal of this project is to improve the management of the Upper Raritan Watershed by ... more The ultimate goal of this project is to improve the management of the Upper Raritan Watershed by improving the information available in the process. Towards this end, this project developed a geographic information system (GIS) for the Upper Raritan watershed, explored its potential use in regional watershed management, and assisted a local watershed association in adopting this technology.
Conservation in the 21st Century: Gorillas as a Case Study, 2008
BackgroundIntroductionThe mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) of the Virunga volcanoes r... more BackgroundIntroductionThe mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) of the Virunga volcanoes region of Central-East Africa has been the focus of much research and conservation activities since Schaller's pioneering field study in the late 1950s. Despite large declines in this population during the 1970s and early 1980s due to poaching and habitat loss, active research, protection, and a successful ecotourism program resulted in the population's recovery by the mid-1980s to a size of about 380 individuals by late 2003 (Kalpers et al., 2003; Fawcett, pers. comm.). Nevertheless, the Virunga mountain gorilla population is small from the standpoint of an effective breeding population size (Steklis and Gerald Steklis, 2001), is isolated, and is surrounded by a dense, growing human population. Its long-term survival continues to be threatened by the introduction of human disease, habitat loss and degradation, and poaching. The IUCN Red Book classifies the population as “Critically Endanger ...
2009 4th International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies, 2009
Forecasting and monitoring earth phenomenon is fundamental to reducing natural disasters hazards.... more Forecasting and monitoring earth phenomenon is fundamental to reducing natural disasters hazards. However, how to react after a given disaster occurs is also a key issue that can improve response times and save lives. GISCorps is a program of the urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) that coordinates short-term, volunteer-based GIS services to underprivileged communities. In case of a
... 'Hie sunt dracones' (here be dragons) 1. QUESTIONS OF SPACE AND TIME ... The Lennox... more ... 'Hie sunt dracones' (here be dragons) 1. QUESTIONS OF SPACE AND TIME ... The Lennox Globe (ca. 1503-07), in the collection of the New York Public Library, does have "HC SVNT DRACONES" located at the eastern coast of Asia, but this is the only known example. ...
Space applications have evolved to play a significant role in disaster relief by providing servic... more Space applications have evolved to play a significant role in disaster relief by providing services including remote sensing imagery for mitigation and disaster damage assessments, satellite communication to provide access to medical services, positioning, navigation and timing services, and data sharing. Common issues identified in past disaster response and relief efforts include lack of communication, delayed ordering of actions (e.g. evacuations), and low levels of preparedness by authorities during and after disasters. This paper provides a brief summary of the “Space for Health (S4H) Team Project”, which was prepared during the “Space Studies Program 2014” within the International Space University. The S4H project aimed to improve the way space assets and experiences are used in support of public health during disaster relief efforts. We recommend an integrated solution based on nano-satellites and/or balloon communication system, mobile self-contained relief units, portable m...
An analysis of the utility and limitations of the new Google Earth software and online data envir... more An analysis of the utility and limitations of the new Google Earth software and online data environment was conducted to determine the capability of the system for the survey and discovery of archaeological features in France. The author has conducted such regional analysis, including aerial archaeological survey, for over 25 years. This paper describes the capabilities and limitations of Google Earth for regional archaeological survey and site location. An area of the Burgundy region of France was surveyed and a surprisingly large number of previously recorded and new archaeological sites were located. The system has significant benefits for this work, but also has limitations that could be addressed to make the tool even more useful.
ABSTRACT Over the past half century, weather and sophisticated environmental imaging satellites h... more ABSTRACT Over the past half century, weather and sophisticated environmental imaging satellites have evolved providing an increasing ability to monitor a wide range of conditions on Earth. A long-term and effective partnership between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the United States space agency, NASA, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, has worked to design, launch, and operate a series of environmental monitoring satellites. These environmental monitoring satellites have grown in their technical capabilities to monitor cloud coverage, temperature, and wind velocity over the oceans and seas, lightning intensity, and storm formations. Interactive capabilities have for some time allowed these satellites to assist with search and rescue activities. In short, the expanded technical capabilities of these satellites, and particularly of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system, have allowed the development of an ever increasing range of applications and functionality. The initial United States meteorological or weather satellite program that began with TIROS created a specific type of remote sensing satellite that could assist in monitoring weather conditions for the continental US. Today’s GOES and Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) have now grown to become global in scope. These US satellites allow the development of an increasingly wide range of knowledge of the oceans and the Polar region, allow for more accurate mathematical models of meteorological conditions, help to monitor “space weather” conditions, assist with rescue of distressed ships and aircraft, aid transportation systems, and help with monitoring atmospheric pollution and conditions associated with climate change. The National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration, through its National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), continuously operates a global network of satellites to achieve these goals. NOAA works closely with NASA in the design of environmental satellites and cooperates with the US Department of Defense in obtaining and distributing environmental information. Data obtained from US environmental spacecraft as well as from other spacecraft around the world are used for a wide range of applications. Currently these applications relate to the oceans and seas, coastal regions, agriculture and resource recovery, detection of forest fires, detection of volcanic ash, monitoring the ozone hole over the South Pole, and even the space environment in terms of the so-called space weather such as solar flares. Each day NOAA’s NESDIS processes and then distributes more than 3.5 billion bits of data. The processed images are distributed to weather forecasters in the United States and globally so that various users, for instance, disaster managers, and the general public can see weather patterns via television or on computer or smart phone displays. The timeliness and quality of the combined polar and geostationary satellite data have been greatly improved by enhanced computer installations, upgraded ground facilities, and international data sharing agreements as well as by military weather services.
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