Search Results - "Irwin, Daniel E."

Editorial: Use of Earth Observations for Actionable Decision Making in the Developing World by Hanan, Niall P., Limaye, Ashutosh S., Irwin, Daniel E.

“…SERVIR is a joint initiative of NASA and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) which fosters applications of EO to help developing countries…”
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Use of public Earth observation data for tracking progress in sustainable management of coastal forest ecosystems in Belize, Central America by Cherrington, Emil A., Griffin, Robert E., Anderson, Eric R., Hernandez Sandoval, Betzy E., Flores-Anderson, Africa I., Muench, Rebekke E., Markert, Kel N., Adams, Emily C., Limaye, Ashutosh S., Irwin, Daniel E.

“…Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) no. 15 addresses the protection of terrestrial ecosystems and sustainable forest management, and Target 15.2 encourages…”
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Statistical characterization of frost zones: Case of tea freeze damage in the Kenyan highlands by Kotikot, Susan M., Flores, Africa, Griffin, Robert E., Nyaga, James, Case, Jonathan L., Mugo, Robinson, Sedah, Absae, Adams, Emily, Limaye, Ashutosh, Irwin, Daniel E.

“…•In Kenya, topographic features have a strong influence on frost occurrence.•East facing slopes are at greater risk of frost than west facing slope.•Frost…”
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Using remote sensing to monitor the influence of river discharge on watershed outlets and adjacent coral Reefs: Magdalena River and Rosario Islands, Colombia by Moreno-Madrinan, Max J, Rickman, Douglas L, Ogashawara, Igor, Irwin, Daniel E, Ye, Jun, Al-Hamdan, Mohammad Z

“…Worldwide, coral reef ecosystems are being increasingly threatened by sediments loads from river discharges, which in turn are influenced by changing rainfall…”
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Estimating proportional change in forest cover as a continuous variable from multi-year MODIS data by Hayes, Daniel J., Cohen, Warren B., Sader, Steven A., Irwin, Daniel E.

“…This article describes a series of fundamental analyses designed to test and compare the utility of various MODIS data and products for detecting land cover…”
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LANDSCAPE ARCHAEOLOGY: Remote-sensing investigation of the ancient Maya in the Peten rainforest of northern Guatemala by Sever, Thomas L., Irwin, Daniel E.

“…Conducting field research in the dense forests of the Peten, northern Guatemala, is as difficult today as it was for A. V. Kidder 70 years ago. However,…”
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Mapping threats to agriculture in East Africa: Performance of MODIS derived LST for frost identification in Kenya’s tea plantations by Kotikot, Susan M., Flores, Africa, Griffin, Robert E., Sedah, Absae, Nyaga, James, Mugo, Robinson, Limaye, Ashutosh, Irwin, Daniel E.

“…Frost is a major threat to crop productivity in the Kenyan highlands. With agriculture being central to the Kenyan economy, every effort needs to be taken to…”
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Yearly Extraction of Central America's Land Cover for Carbon Flux Monitoring by Tullis, Jason A., Cothren, Jackson D., Irwin, Daniel E., Yeager, Carey P., Limp, W. Fredrick, Wilson, John M., Gorham, Bruce E., Ogle, Stephen

“…Ideal remote sensor land cover extraction for national to regional carbon flux monitoring constitutes highly accurate change detection on an annual basis, a…”
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LANDSCAPE ARCHAEOLOGY: Remote-sensing investigation of the ancient Maya in the Peten rainforest of northern Guatemala by Sever, Thomas L., Irwin, Daniel E.

“…Para realizar el trabajo de campo en los bosques densos del Peten, en el norte de Guatemala, es tan dificil hoy endía como lo fue para Kidder (1930) hace…”
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Dynamic malaria models with environmental changes by Jia Li, Welch, R.M., Nair, U.S., Sever, T.L., Irwin, D.E., Cordon-Rosales, C., Padilla, N.

“…In this paper, we formulate a dynamic model for the transmission of malaria in both host human and vector mosquito populations. We include incubation periods…”
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