Session 11B From Data to Decisions: Producing  Actionable and Accessible Earth Information Systems II

Wednesday, 15 January 2025: 1:45 PM-3:00 PM
347 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Submitters:
Sujay V. Kumar, PhD, GSFC, HSL, Greenbelt, MD; Denis Felikson, GSFC, Greenbelt, MD and Emily Sylak-Glassman, NASA, Washington, DC
Cochairs:
Sujay V. Kumar, PhD, GSFC, HSL, Greenbelt, MD and Rebecca Peters, Newark, DE

To understand our changing planet, scientists and researchers often rely on observational datasets that are collected, processed, and released on many platforms worldwide. These datasets are incomplete unless synthesized with the understanding of Earth system science. These data products can be optimally utilized through co-development with stakeholder inputs. Leveraging technologically advanced cyberinfrastructure and visualization platforms is critical to the success of providing accessible Earth system information.

In this session, we would like to showcase initiatives on applicable information systems of Earth system science disciplines. We invite contributions describing various aspects of information systems, including their scientific foundation, organization, technical design, and approaches to stakeholder engagement. Lastly, we invite perspectives from both scientists and stakeholders on general strategies for how best to enable, uptake, and/or use of Earth science information through different methods of production and dissemination.

Papers:
1:45 PM
11B.1
Communication and Social Science in the Satellite Needs Working Group (SNWG) Assessment
Katrina S. Virts, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and P. Olofsson, A. LeRoy, C. Haley, and N. Sadoff

2:00 PM
11B.2
Building the Foundation for a Water Information System Modernization at the Bureau of Reclamation
Travis Yonts, Bureau of Reclamation, Washington, DC; and L. Brekke

2:15 PM
11B.4
2:30 PM
11B.3
NASA’s Applied Remote Sensing Training Program: Building Capacity in Using Earth Science Data for Decision Making
Amita V Mehta, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and M. B. Follette-Cook, S. McCartney, E. Podest, B. Blevins, S. Monthie, and A. Carleton-Hug

2:45 PM
11B.5
Using Social Science Data for the Development of a Flash Flood Severity Index
Brenda J. Philips, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, MA; and S. M. Martinaitis, A. J. Schroeder, and C. L. Walker, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE

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