NASA'S RESEARCH: TECTONICS AND CLIMATE INTERACTION

CURRENT NASA PROJECTS (LANDSLIDES):

Debris Flow Hazard Assessment, Pico de Orizaba, Mexico

Landslide Hazard in Response to Short-term Climate Change

Landslide Mechanisms and Hazard Assessment in Mountain Regions of the Pacific Rim

Landslide Modeling and Forecasting Utilizing Remotely Sensed Data (LANDMOD)

Scaling and Cross-Correlation Studies of Landslides

Thermal IR Remote Sensing for Reducing Landslide Hazards in Southern California

Utility of Thermal IR Imagery for Slope Hazard Mapping

CURRENT NASA PROJECTS (LAND SUBSIDENCE):

An Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Study of Subsidence in Houston Texas

Application of High Resolution Digital Topography to Hazards in California

Application of Radar (SAR) Interferometry to Monitoring of Subsidence in Petroleum Producing Areas

Development of Surface Deformation Map Products for Humid, Urban Areas using Radar Interferometry

Identification and Mapping of Expansive Clay Soils in the Western US Using Field Spectroscopy and AVIRIS Data

Investigate Uses of SAR for Detecting Land Subsidence in the San Joaquin/Sacramento River Delta, Central California

Land Surface Variability in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: Differential Interferometric SAR

Monitoring of Subsidence and Rebound Due to Groundwater Level Variations in Santa Clara Valley, California with SAR Interferometry

Relative and Absolute Sea Level Change in the Gulf of Mexico: A Study of Rapid Land Subsidence

CURRENT NASA PROJECTS (FLOODS):

Continental Topography and River Height Variations from Overland Radar Altimetry

Estimation of Flood Hazards through Remote Sensing and Modeling

Flood Forecasting using a Regional Scale Atmosphere/Land Surface Modeling System

Flood Plain Modeling Based on Data Fusion of Polarimetric SAR Interferometry and Laser Altimetry

Globally Consistent Topographic Characterization of Large River Floodplains based on the SRTM DEM

Remote Sensing for Debris Flooding Hazard Assessment in Arid Regions

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