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Current projects
2015-2019: Predicting Middle Eastern and African Seasonal Water Deficits using NASA Data and Models (Supported by NASA Water Resources)
Project Lead: Dr. Christa Peters-Lidard (NASA-GSFC)
Objective: To develop a seasonal scale water deficit forecasting system for Africa and the Middle East.
Role: As the UCSB PI leading the seasonal scale-forecasting component of the project. Evaluated the skill of NMME rainfall and temperature forecasts in Eastern Africa, working on evaluation, bias correcting and downscaling of GEOS5 forecasts to generate forecasts of water deficits. Presented research accomplishment at AGU Fall meeting and AMS Annual Union meeting 2016 and published a journal article.
Collaborators: NASA's GSFC, John Hopkins University, FEWS NET, ICBA.
Objective: To develop a seasonal scale water deficit forecasting system for Africa and the Middle East.
Role: As the UCSB PI leading the seasonal scale-forecasting component of the project. Evaluated the skill of NMME rainfall and temperature forecasts in Eastern Africa, working on evaluation, bias correcting and downscaling of GEOS5 forecasts to generate forecasts of water deficits. Presented research accomplishment at AGU Fall meeting and AMS Annual Union meeting 2016 and published a journal article.
Collaborators: NASA's GSFC, John Hopkins University, FEWS NET, ICBA.
2015-2018: Drought Early Warning for the California and Nevada Region (Supported by NOAA-CIMEC)
Project Lead: Dr. Daniel Cayan (UCSD)
Role: As the UCSB PI, leading the efforts to evaluate NMME seasonal forecasts for California and Nevada (CA-NV) and develop sub-seasonal and seasonal forecasting products to support the upcoming CA-NV Drought Early Warning System.
Collaborators: CNAP, NIDIS
Role: As the UCSB PI, leading the efforts to evaluate NMME seasonal forecasts for California and Nevada (CA-NV) and develop sub-seasonal and seasonal forecasting products to support the upcoming CA-NV Drought Early Warning System.
Collaborators: CNAP, NIDIS
2016-2019: Enhancing Eastern and Southern Africa climate services by increasing access to remote sensing and model datasets (Supported by NASA and USAID's SERVIR Applied Science Team Program)
Objective: To enhance the access and usage of NASA and FEWS NET's earth observations in Eastern and Southern Africa
Role: As the lead PI, overseeing the project management and coordination among different partners, development of work plan and new monitoring datasets. Prepare quarterly reports and provide updates to thematic leads as needed. Organized in-person meeting and training at RCMRD on NASA and FEWS NET datasets and web-services, and participated in the training with different national and regional end users.
Collaborators: SERVIR, RCMRD, ICPAC, FEWSNET, SADC, IRI, NASA-MSFC
Role: As the lead PI, overseeing the project management and coordination among different partners, development of work plan and new monitoring datasets. Prepare quarterly reports and provide updates to thematic leads as needed. Organized in-person meeting and training at RCMRD on NASA and FEWS NET datasets and web-services, and participated in the training with different national and regional end users.
Collaborators: SERVIR, RCMRD, ICPAC, FEWSNET, SADC, IRI, NASA-MSFC
2016-2020: Understanding multi-scale resilience options for climate vulnerable Africa (Supported by NSF-INFEWS)
Project Lead: Dr. Ben Zaitchik (John Hopkins University)
2017-2018: Global Inventory and Comparative Assessment of Drought Risk Modeling Tools (Supported by the World Bank)
Project Lead: Prof Dimmie Hendriks, Deltares.
2017-2022: NASA Food Security and Agriculture Consortium (FSAC) (Supported by NASA)
Project Lead: Dr. Inbal Becker-Reshef (UMD)
2017-2022: Constructing Climate Resilient Communities, Landscapes, and Coasts in California and Nevada (Supported by NOAA-RISA)
Project Lead: Dr. Daniel Cayan (UCSD)
2018-2022: Sustaining California’s food production through integrated water and energy management (Supported by NSF-INFEWS)
Project Lead: Dr. Martha Conklin (UC Merced)
