NASA’s New Wildland Fire Earth Observation Science & Applications Programmatic Developments †
by
Vincent G. Ambrosia
1,2,*, 
David Green
3,
Michael Falkowski
4,
Barry Lefer
5,
Michael Seablom
6,
Parimal Kopardekar
1 and
Laurie A. Grindle
7 1
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
2
Department of Applied Environmental Science, California State University Monterey Bay, Marina, CA 93933, USA
3
Applied Science Program, NASA Earth Science Division, NASA HQ, Washington, DC 20546, USA
4
Terrestrial Ecology Program, NASA Earth Science Division, NASA HQ, Washington, DC 20546, USA
5
Tropospheric Composition Program, NASA Earth Science Division, NASA HQ, Washington, DC 20546, USA
6
Science Mission Direcorate, NASA HQ, Washington, DC 20546, USA
7
NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center (NASA AFRC), Edwards, CA 93523, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
Presented at the Third International Conference on Fire Behavior and Risk, Sardinia, Italy, 3–6 May 2022.
Environ. Sci. Proc. 2022, 17(1), 71; https://doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2022017071
Published: 15 August 2022
(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The Third International Conference on Fire Behavior and Risk)
Abstract
:In 2021, the U.S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) initiated new programmatic elements within the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) and the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) focused on supporting wildland fire science and applications improvements, employing the vast array of NASA scientific knowledge, airborne and space-borne Earth Observations (EO) capabilities, technology development (sensor systems, etc.), and large framework modeling efforts. Within the Science Mission Directorate, the NASA Earth Science Division (ESD) will focus on improving our understanding of wildland fire through EO tools and applying rigorous-tested modeling and results of that research into operational use. The ESD Wildfire strategy is to invest in new technology and to better integrate NASA’s satellite, airborne, and ground-based observations with wildfire models to provide the wildfire stakeholders with the information they need to make informed decisions about the pre-, active-, and post-fire conditions. The Applied Science Program has restarted the Wildland Fire Applications Program with a focus on engaging wildland fire management and the fire science community in transitioning EO science efforts into routine use by land management entities at the local, state, national and international level. The NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate will focus on arenas where their aeronautics science and engineering outcomes can benefit the fire management community as well, specifically in the innovative development of Uncrewed Aircraft systems, congested mixed-use platform airspace management issues, new platform configurations supporting wildland fire missions, and other aeronautics-related science/engineering capabilities which may benefit the fire management community. In total, these developments represent a major thrust forward, supporting the goals of utilizing NASA science to benefit humankind. This presentation will highlight the various wildland fire science focus areas identified through collaborations with the wildland fire science and management community and highlight the plans of this new NASA focus area.
Funding
This research received no external funding.
Institutional Review Board Statement
Not applicable.
Informed Consent Statement
Not applicable.
Data Availability Statement
Not applicable.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. |
© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Share and Cite
MDPI and ACS Style
Ambrosia, V.G.; Green, D.; Falkowski, M.; Lefer, B.; Seablom, M.; Kopardekar, P.; Grindle, L.A. NASA’s New Wildland Fire Earth Observation Science & Applications Programmatic Developments. Environ. Sci. Proc. 2022, 17, 71. https://doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2022017071
AMA Style
Ambrosia VG, Green D, Falkowski M, Lefer B, Seablom M, Kopardekar P, Grindle LA. NASA’s New Wildland Fire Earth Observation Science & Applications Programmatic Developments. Environmental Sciences Proceedings. 2022; 17(1):71. https://doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2022017071
Chicago/Turabian StyleAmbrosia, Vincent G., David Green, Michael Falkowski, Barry Lefer, Michael Seablom, Parimal Kopardekar, and Laurie A. Grindle. 2022. "NASA’s New Wildland Fire Earth Observation Science & Applications Programmatic Developments" Environmental Sciences Proceedings 17, no. 1: 71. https://doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2022017071
