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Fires and Hurricanes

Apr 22, 2025 10:43 AM

Combined Use of Satellite Observations and the RIM for Assessing Recovery from Natural Disasters

The Resilience Inference Measurement (RIM) model was developed to quantify resilience to natural disasters like fires and hurricanes. In this paper, CISESS Scientists Wenhui Wang, Yan Bai, Xi Shao, Sirish Uprety and Hong-Lie Qiu introduce an approach that integrates observations from several satellite platforms so that a recovery assessment can be made more quickly.

CISESS Interns at Hackathon

Apr 17, 2025 11:45 AM

CISESS Students Win Awards at Georgia Tech’s ImmerseGT XR Hackathon

CISESS Interns Damian Figueroa and Samuel Wiggins took home awards for their creative work at the Georgia Tech’s ImmerseGT XR Hackathon, XR stands for Extended Reality, which encompasses immersive technologies including Virtual Reality. Damian and Samuel are excited to bring their new ideas and skills back to the CISESS Virtual Proving Ground & Training Center (VPGTC), where they contribute to the development of XR-based geoscience educational games.

Participant's Study of Chl-a

Apr 14, 2025 02:19 PM

How to Monitor Coastal Water Quality from Satellites

At the beginning of April, CISESS Scientist Ron Vogel taught a week-long class for water quality management professionals entitled “Viewing and Analyzing Ocean/Coastal Events and Water Quality Using Satellites”. The class aimed to expand the use of oceanographic satellite data for monitoring conditions in coastal areas, such as toxic algal blooms and water clarity that affect human health, the aquaculture industry, tourism, and recreation.

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