NASA AIHEC Summer Research Experience

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NASA AIHEC Summer Research Experience

• Summer 2007
• Goddard Space Flight Center
• Greenbelt, Maryland

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SURFACE WATER QUALITY,IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA

• Connie Hudson
• Haskell Indian Nations University
• National Aeronautics Space Administration,
  American Indian Higher Education Consortium,
  Summer Research Experience 2007
• NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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Area of study Southeastern Oklahoma
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OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROJECT

• TO ESTABLISH THAT THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR
  SURFACE WATER CONTAMINATION BY AREA INDUSTRY DUE
  TO CLIMATE CHANGES AND THE EXTREME WEATHER
  ANTICIPATED. RESEARCH THE MAJOR IMPACTS FLOODING
  COULD HAVE IN TERMS OF HUMAN HEALTH AND
  ENVIRONMENT, PARICULARLY WHERE THE CHOCTAW NATION
  RESIDES.
• TO DETERMINE THE USEFULNESS OF REMOTE SENSING AND
  GIS SYSTEMS TO HELP PINPOINT POSSIBLE
  CONTAMINATION SOURCES TO ESTABLISH VISUAL
  RESEARCH TO PRESENT TO COMMUNITY,TRIBAL AND
  INDUSTRIAL LEADERS.
• METHODS REMOTE SENSING, GIS. EPA,NOAA,LOCAL AND
  STATE DATA SOURCES, USGS,LITERATURE, WORLD WIDE
  WEB, MAPS OF MOST VULERABLE AREAS.

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LANDSAT IMAGE OF AREA
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SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA

• CONTRIBUTING FACTORS
• Climate change is happening in our homelands and
  natural disasters come more frequently and more
  extreme.
• Much of the impact from climate change will not
  come from average conditions but from disasters
  that exact sudden and huge tolls on people,
  property and eco-systems. (E.Roell/summary, SPM-1
  in 2007)

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Acknowledgments and Conclusions

• I would like to thank the people who have
  encouraged and supported me through this summer
  research experience. From Haskell Indian Nations
  University Dr. Dan Wildcat AIS advisor, Julia
  Goodfox, AIS Faculty. My mentor Dr. Nancy
  Maynard, NASA. Everyone from the beginning helped
  me to realize the importance of this project.
• In conclusion Preparedness for this natural
  progression of climate change can be attained and
  should be explored. Through education, and the
  ability for industry, state and local economic
  development to work together and understand the
  importance of where new development is
  established. When disasters occur, there wont
  be time to move out of the way. Emergency plans
  need to be enacted and consideration must be
  considered for every aspect, every scenario of
  whatever the disaster.
• World scientists and leaders are focusing on the
  ability of the people of this planet to reverse
  global warming, but the world may never be back
  to the way it once was, so there is always going
  to be extreme weather outbreaks to what degree
  only time will tell. Communities should be
  encouraged to put into place their own
  preparedness plan, giving them the ability to
  make environmental descisions in the place that
  they live, industry can survive and still protect
  the environment. Native elders understand what is
  happening to our relatives the environment, they
  have been speaking loud and clear about the total
  disregard and need for them to be just resources
  to obtain out of convenience.

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Mapping the Ancient Paths with remote sensing

• Chahta N. Butler
• Haskell Indian Nations University
• Lawrence, KS
• NASA/AIHEC Summer Intern
• Mentor Dr. Nancy Maynard

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Objectives of project

• To use scientific technologies such as GIS and
  remote sensing imagery to gain a better
  understanding of traditional Sámi reindeer
  migration patterns in the Norwegian Arctic.
• To consider potential loss of grazing lands that
  are vital to reindeer migration

Website http//static.flickr.com
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Conclusions
Kautokeino, Norway
Website http//glcf.umiacs.umd.edu
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Traditional Pathways Combining Science and
Indigenous Knowledge For Reindeer
HusbandryPaula Smith

• Haskell Indian Nations University
• American Indian Studies
• July 2007
• NASA/AIHEC Summer Intern
• Mentor Dr. Nancy Maynard

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Internship Project

• Objectives
• Scientific Data combined with Sami Indigenous
  Knowledge
• Importance of topic
• Benefits
• Methods
• Future
• Contributions

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Map of Region
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Correlating aerosol optical depth with air
monitoring data, four corners region of the U.S.

• Nasbah Ben
• University of Kansas
• Lawrence, Kansas
• NASA/AIHEC Summer Intern 2007
• Mentor Dr. Mike Bosilovich

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Objectives

• Map the levels and transport of particulate
  matter (PM) within the four corners region
• Examine the use of remote sensing as a tool to
  observe the distribution and transport of
  aerosols in the atmosphere
• Examine the use of combined ground level PM
  monitoring with remotely sensed Aerosol Optical
  Depth (AOD)

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Location map
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Us map
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Four corners map