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Title | Center for Advanced Land Management and Information Technologies (CALMIT) Director |
Address |
316 South Hardin Hall 3310 Holdrege Street Lincoln NE 68583-0973 |
Phone | 402-472-6729 |
FAX | 402-472-2946 |
bwardlow2@unl.edu | |
Vitae | Download file |
I joined UNL as a research assistant professor in 2006 and led the GIScience program at the National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC) for six years. I have also been a faculty fellow with the Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies (CALMIT). I worked on a range of research projects that analyzed satellite-based Earth observations to incorporate information about vegetation health, soil moisture, and evapotranspiration into drought monitoring, both in the United States and internationally. In March 2012, I became an associate professor in the School of Natural Resources (SNR), where I teach remote sensing courses, maintain my current research program, and expand my remote sensing work through new collaborations within SNR and UNL. In April 2018, I became a full professor in SNR.
Research Interests
My selection of a career path in the field of remote sensing stems from interests in agriculture and natural resources that I developed growing up in small-town Nebraska, and during my academic training in environmental geography and GIScience. The remote sensing perspective from satellites and aircraft offers a unique vantage point to study key ecological and environmental patterns and processes across the landscape. As a result, my primary research focus has been to apply remote sensing as a tool to acquire critical information needed to better understand and address agricultural, environmental, and natural resource issues.
My current remote sensing research is centered on three predominant themes:
- classifying and mapping land use/land cover (LULC) patterns of agricultural landscapes,
- characterizing vegetation dynamics such as phenology and biophysical characteristics, and
- drought monitoring and early warning.
Research Activities
I have been involved in a number of remote sensing projects that investigate how new types of satellite observations and innovative modeling techniques can improve drought monitoring systems. My research has been funded by various federal agencies including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NASA, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). A prime example is the development of the Vegetation Drought Response Index, or VegDRI, online at http://vegdri.unl.edu/, which integrates satellite, climate, and biophysical data to depict drought-related vegetation stress across the United States.

VegDRI map for July 25, 2011 depicting the severe to extreme agricultural drought conditions over the south-central United States. VegDRI is becoming increasingly used by the U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM), National Weather Service, and individual states as part of their operational drought monitoring activities.
I have also collaborated with NASA scientists to apply soil moisture and groundwater information from land surface models, which integrate satellite-based gravity information, into the operational USDM. Weekly maps from this project are published on the NDMC's website: http://drought.unl.edu/MonitoringTools/NASAGRACEDataAssimilation.aspx. I am also working with USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists to develop remote sensing-based drought indices related to evapotranspiration for drought assessments. These new tools are being increasingly adopted by state-of-the-art drought monitoring systems, such as the USDM, and attempts are underway to extend them to other parts of the world. In addition to monitoring, I have worked with faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Nevada-Reno to use historical remote sensing observations, climate data, and bird surveys, to better understand the impact of drought and heat waves on avian populations over the United States. This study is one of the few to focus on the ecological impacts of these natural hazards. It provided new insights into both the positive and negative impacts that droughts and heat waves can have on bird population dynamics, which can be used for natural resource and wildlife management.
I edited a book, "Remote Sensing of Drought: Innovative Monitoring Approaches," that includes contributions from leading remote sensing scientists around the world. They summarize cutting-edge remote sensing tools that are applicable to drought monitoring, food security and water scarcity. I also provide technical guidance for drought-related topics as a member of the NASA soil moisture active passive (SMAP) applications working group and the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) drought definitions and indices study team.

"Remote of Drought: Innovative Monitoring Approaches" was published by CRC Press in April 2012, which summarize new cutting-edge satellite remote sensing techniques throughout the world being applied for drought monitoring and future considerations of such applications.
My research associated with characterization of agriculture-related LULC patterns and vegetation dynamics has involved projects such as classification of irrigated cropland, and estimation of crop phenology from both close range and satellite. I had the privilege to host and work with Dr. Toshihiro Sakamoto, a Japanese visiting scientist at SNR from the National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences (NIAES). We worked on developing new satellite-based methods to estimate critical crop stage dates for corn and soybeans. These dates can be used to detect inter-annual, local variations in crop phenology across large regions such as the U.S. Corn Belt, to better understand the interplay between climate, phenology, and crop yields. This work was also extended to develop cost-efficient digital camera methods to capture field-level crop phenology information, as well as satellite-based approaches, to estimate gross primary productivity (GPP) on crops in collaboration with Carbon Sequestration Program faculty at UNL. I have also worked with USGS scientists to develop methods to rapidly classify and map irrigated cropland across the United States (http://earlywarning.usgs.gov/Usirrigation/). This improved LULC data helps various water resource management and environmental modeling efforts.

A 250-meter crop map derived from multitemporal MODIS vegetation index (VI) data and multispectral 30-meter Landsat imagery over southwest Kansas. Field-level crop patterns and conditions can be mapped and monitoring using time-series MODIS VI data for detect changes in land use/land cover patterns, assess crop conditions, monitor crop phenology, and estimate biophysical characteristics of crops.
Teaching
Outreach and education on the use of remote sensing and GIS for drought-related applications has been a major component of my work over the past six years. I have presented the use of these geospatial technologies to students and scientists from various disciplines - at national conferences and international workshops - in countries such as Argentina, China, Mali and Turkey. In addition, I have been involved in hands-on technical training with scientists from Canada, the Czech Republic and India. I also serve as the co-advisor for the Geography Student Organization (GSO) and Gamma Theta Upsilon (GTU) geographic honor society at UNL. My teaching responsibilities include remote sensing courses offered at UNL such as Introduction to Remote Sensing, Digital Image Analysis, Applications of Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Natural Resources, and special topics.
Selected Publications
Bayissa, Y. A., Tadesse, T., Svoboda, M., Wardlow, B., Poulsen, C., Swigart, J., van Andel, S. J. (2018). Developing a satellite-based combined drought indicator to monitor agricultural drought: a case study for Ethiopia. Developing a satellite-based combined drought indicator to monitor agricultural drought: a case study for Ethiopia. |
Bijaber, N., El Hadani, Driss, Saidi, M., Svoboda, M., Wardlow, B., Hain, C. R., Poulsen, C. C., Yessef, M., Rochdi, A. (2018). Developing a Remotely Sensed Drought Monitoring Indicator for Morocco. Geosciences, 8(2), 18pp. |
Cai, Y., Guan, K., Wang, S., Li, Z., C. Seifert, Wardlow, B. (2018). A high-performance and time-lead classification system of field-level crop types using time-series Landsat data and deep learning approach for the U.S. Corn Belt: a case study in Champaign County, Illinois. A high-performance and time-lead classification system of field-level crop types using time-series Landsat data and deep learning approach for the U.S. Corn Belt: a case study in Champaign County, Illinois(210), 35-47. |
Gamon, J., Hmimina, G. Y., Miao, G., Guan, K., Springer, K., Wang, R., Yu, R., Gholizadeh, H., Moore, R., Walter-Shea, E., Arkebauer, T., Suyker, A., Franz, T., Wardlow, B., Wedin, D. A. (2018). Imaging spectrometry and fluorometry in support of FLEX: what can we learn from multi-scale experiments. IGARSS Proceedings |
Mariano, D. A., dos Santos, C. C., Wardlow, B., Anderson, M. C., Schiltmeyer, A. V., Tadesse, T., Svoboda, M. (2018). Use of remote sensing indicators to assess effects of drought and human-induced land degradation on ecosystem health in Northeastern Brazil. Remote Sensing of Environment/Elsevier, 213, 129-143. |
Nam, W.-H., Tadesse, T., Wardlow, B., Hayes, M. J., Svoboda, M., Hong, E., Pachepsky, Y., Jang, M.-W. (2018). Developing the Vegetation Drought Response Index for South Korea (VegDRI-SKorea) to assess the vegetation condition during drought events. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 39(5), 1548-1574. Online |
Trnka, M., Hayes, M. J., Jurecka, F., Bartosova, L., Anderson, M., Brazdil, R., Brown, J., Camarero, J., Cudlin, P., Dobrovolny, P., Eitzinger, J., Feng, S., Finnessey, T., Gregoric, G., Havlik, P., Hain, C., Holman, I., Johnson, D., Kersebaum, K., Ljungqvist, F., Lutenbacher, J., Micale, F., Hartl-Meier, C., Mozny, M., Nejedlik, P., Olesen, J., Ruiz-Ramos, M., Rotter, R., Senay, G., Vincente Serrano, S., Svoboda, M., Susnik, A., Tadesse, T., Vizina, A., Wardlow, B., Zalud, Z., Buentgen, U. (2018). Priorities in multidisciplinary drought research. Climate Research, 75, 241-260. |
Yang, Y., Anderson, M., Gao, F., Suyker, A., Wardlow, B., Hain, C., Otkin, J., Sun, L., Delaney, W. (2018). Field-Scale Mapping of Evaporative Stress Indicators of Crop Yield: an Application over Mead, NE. Field-Scale Mapping of Evaporative Stress Indicators of Crop Yield: an Application over Mead, NE, 210, 387-402. |
Aegerter, C., Wang, J., Ge, S., Irmak, S., Oglesby, R. J., Wardlow, B., Yang, H., You, J., Shulski, M. (2017). Mesoscale modeling of the meteorological impacts of irrigation during the 2012 central plains drought. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 56, 1259-1283. Online |
Demisse, G., Tadesse, T., Atnafu, A., Hill, S., Wardlow, B., Bayissa, Y. A., Shiferaw, A. (2017). Information Mining from Heterogeneous data sources: a case study on drought predictions. Information Mining from Heterogeneous data sources: a case study on drought predictions, 8. Online |
Tadesse, T., Wardlow, B., Demisse, G., Bayissa, Y., Champagne, C., Hadwen, T., Brown, J. (2017). Building the Vegetation Drought Response Index for Canada (VegDRI-Canada) to monitor agricultural drought. GIScience and Remote Sensing, 54(2), 230-257. Online |
Wardlow, B., Anderson, M., Hain, C., Otkin, J., Crow, W., Tadesse, T., AghaKouchak, A. (2017). Advancements in Satellite Remote Sensing for Drought Monitoring. In Donald Wilhite, Roger S. Pulwarty (Ed.), Drought and Water Crisis (pp. 223-249). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. Online |
Ambika, A.K., B.D. Wardlow, and V. Mirsha. 2016. Data Descriptor: Remotely sensed high resolution irrigated area mapping in India for 2000 to 2015. Nature 3:160118. Online |
Krishnankutty, A., Wardlow, B., Mishra, V. (2016). Remotely sensed high resolution (250 m) irrigated area mapping in India (2000-2015). Scientific Data. 3:160118. Online |
Otkin, J., Anderson, M. C., Hain, C., Svoboda, M., Johnson, D. M., Mueller, R., Tadesse, T., Wardlow, B., Brown, J. (2016). Assessing the evolution of soil moisture and vegetation conditions during the 2012 United States flash drought. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. Agriculture and Forest Meteorology. 218: 230-242. Online |
Wang, J., Kessner, C., Aegerter, C., Sharma, A., Judd, L., Wardlow, B., You, J., Shulze, M., Irmak, S., Kilic, A. 2016. A multi-sensor view of the 2012 Central Plains drought from space. Journal of Applied and Theoretical Meteorology, 4:1-13. Online |
Zambrano, F., Wardlow, B., Tadesse, T., Lillo-Saavedra, M., Lagos, O. 2016. Evaluating satellite-derived long-term historical precipitation dataset for drought monitoring in Chile. Atmospheric Research. 186: 26-42. Online |
Zeng, L., Wardlow, B., Wang, R., Shan, J., Tadesse, T., Hayes, M. J., Li, D. 2016. A Hybrid Approach for Detecting Corn and Soybean Phenology with Time-Series MODIS Data. Remote Sensing of Environment. 181:237-250. Online |
Zeng, L., Wardlow, B., Wang, R., Tadesse, T., Shan, J., Hayes, M. J., Li, D. 2016. A hybrid approach for detecting corn and soybean phenology with time-series MODIS data. Remote Sensing of Environment. 181: 237-250. Online |
AghaKouckak, A., Farahmand, A., Teixeira, J., Wardlow, B., Melton, F., Anderson, M., Hain, C. (2015). Remote sensing of drought: progress, challenges, and opportunities. Reviews of Geophysics. 53: 452-480. Online |
Nam, W.H., T. Tadesse, B.D. Wardlow, MW Jang, and S.Y. Hong, 2015. Satellite-based Hybrid Drought Assessment using Vegetation Drought Response Index in South Korea (VegDRI-SKorea), Journal of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers, 57(4):1-9; |
Otkin, J., M. Shafer, M. Svoboda, B. Wardlow, M.C. Anderson, C. Hain, and J. Basara. 2015. Facilitating the use of drought early warning inform ation through interactions with stakeholders. Bulletin of the American Me teorology Society (BAMS).96(7):1073-1078 Online |
Otkin, J., Shafer, M., Svoboda, M., Wardlow, B., Anderson, M., Hain, C., Basara, J. (2015). Facilitating the Use of Drought Early Warning Information through Interactions with Agricultural Stakeholders. American Meteorological Society. 96(7), 1073-1078. Online |
Tadesse, T., B.D. Wardlow, J. Brown, M. Hayes, M. Svoboda, B. Fuchs, and D. Gutzmer, 2015. Assessing the vegetation condition impacts of the 2011 drought across the U.S. Southern Great Plains using the Vegetation Drought Response Index (VegDRI), Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 54 (1):153-169. Online |
Trnka, M., Brazdil, R., Mozny, M., Stepanek, P., Dubrovsky, M., Zahradnicek, P., Balek, B., Dobrovolny, P., Semaradova, D., Hlavinka, P., Eitzinger, J., Wardlow, B., Svoboda, M., Hayes, M. J., Zalud, Z. (2015). Soil moisture trends in the Czech Republic between 1961 and 2012. Intenational Journal of Climatology. 35(13), 3733-3747. Online |
Zeng, L., B.D. Wardlow, T. Tadesse, J. Shan, M. J. Hayes, D. Li, and D. Xiang, 2015. Estimation of Daily Air Temperature Based on MODIS Land Surface Temperature Products over the Corn Belt in the US, Remote Sensing, 7(1):951-970; Online |
Zeng, L., Wardlow, B., Tadesse, T., Shan, J., Hayes, M. J., Li, D., Xiang, D. (2015). Estimating daily maximum and minimum air temperature using both daytime and nighttime MODIS land surface temperature products over the Corn Belt in US. Remote Sensing, 7, 951-970. |
Harms, S., T. Tadesse, and B.D. Wardlow, 2014. Improving drought risk modelling: Using multiple periods of satellite data with ensembles of data mining algorithm, International Journal of Society Systems Science, 6 (2):143-158. |
Harms, S., Tadesse, T., Wardlow, B. (2014). Improving drought risk modeling: using multiple periods of satellite data with ensembles of data mining algorithms. International Journal of Society Systems Science. 6: 143-158. |
Hunt, E., Svoboda, M., Wardlow, B., Hubbard, K., Hayes, M. J., Arkebauer, T. (2014). Monitoring the effects of rapid onset of drought on non-irrigated maize with agronomic data and climate-based drought indices. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology/AMS, 191, 1-11. Online |
Wardlow, B., Callahan, K. (2014). A Multi-scale Accuracy Assessment of the MODIS-irrigated agriculture data-set (MIrAD) for the State of Nebraska, USA. GIScience & Remote Sensing. 51, 575-592. |
Anderson., M. C., Hain, C., Otkin, J., Zhan, X., Mo, K., Svoboda, M., Wardlow, B., Pimstein, A. (2013). An intercomparison of drought indicators based on thermal remote sensing and NLDAS-2 simulations. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 14: 1035-1056. Online |
Trnka, M., Kersenbaum, C., Eitzinger, J., Hayes, M. J., Hlavinka, P., Svoboda, M., Dubrovsky, M., Semeradova, D., Wardlow, B., Pokorny, E., Mozny, M., Wilhite, D., Waltman, W., Zalud, Z. (2013). Consequences of climate change for the soil climate in central Europe and central U.S. Climatic Change. 120: 405-418. |
Sakamoto, T., A.A. Gitelson, A.L. Nguy-Robertson, T.J. Arkebauer, B.D. Wardlow, A.E. Suyker, S.B. Verma, & M. Shibayama, (2012) An alternative method using digital cameras for continuous monitoring of crop status. Agriculture and Forest Meteorology. 154-155: 113-126. Online |
Sakamoto, T., Gitelson, A., Wardlow, B., Arkebauer, T., Verma, S., Suyker, A., Sibayama, M. (2012). Application of day and night digital photographs for estimating maize biophysical characteristics. Precision Agriculture. 13, 285-301. |
Swain, S., D. Rundquist, T. Arkebauer, S. Narumalani, and B. Wardlow. 2012. Non-invasive estimation of relative water content in soybean leaves using infrared thermography, Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 60: 25-36. |
Wardlow, B.D., T. Tadesse, K. Callahan, S. Swain, and E. Hunt, 2012. The Vegetation Drought Response Index (VegDRI): an integration of satellite, climate, and biophysical data. Drought Mitigation Center Faculty Publications. 107 Online |
Swain, S., B. Wardlow, S. Narumalani, T. Tadessse, and K. Callahan. 2011. Assessing Vegetation Response to Drought in Nebraska Using Terra-MODIS Land Surface Temperature and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index. GIScience & Remote Sensing, 48 (3): 432-455. Online |
Tadesse, T., B.D. Wardlow, M.J. Hayes, M.D. Svoboda, and J.F. Brown, 2010. The Vegetation Condition Outlook (VegOut): A New Method for Predicting Vegetation Seasonal Greenness. GIScience and Remote Sensing, 47(1):25-52. Online |
Albright, T., A. Pidgeon, C. Rittenhouse, M. Clayton, C. Flather, P. Culbert, B. Wardlow, and V. Radeloff, 2009.. Effects of drought on avian community structure. Global Change Biology, In review. |
Wardlow, B.D. and S.L. Egbert, 2009. A comparison of MODIS 250-m evi and ndvi data for crop mapping in the U.S. Central Great Plains. International Journal of Remote Sensing, In press. Online |
Wardlow, B.D., M.J. Hayes, M.D. Svoboda, T. Tadesse, and K.H. Smith, 2009. Sharpening the Focus on Drought – New Monitoring and Assessment Tools at the National Drought Mitigation Center. Earthzine, In press. |
Brown, J. F., B. D. Wardlow, T. Tadesse, M. J. Hayes, and B. C. Reed. 2008. The Vegetation Drought Response Index (VegDRI): A new integrated approach for monitoring drought stress in vegetation. GIScience and Remote Sensing 45 (1):16-46. Online |
Gu, Y., E. Hunt, B.D. Wardlow, J.B. Basara, J.F. Brown, and J.P. Verdin, 2008. Evaluation and validation of modis ndvi and ndwi for vegetation drought monitoring using Oklahoma mesonet soil moisture data. Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/2008GL035772. |
T. Tadesse, M. Haile, G. Senay, B. D. Wardlow, and C. L. Knutson (2008) The need for integration of drought monitoring tools for proactive food security management in sub-Saharan Africa, Natural Resources Forum, 32:4, pp. 303-316 Online |
Tadesse, T., B. Wardlow, and M. Hayes, 2008. The application of data mining for drought monitoring and prediction. Data Mining Applications for Empowering Knowledge Societies, Idea Group Publishers, New York, NY, pp. 280-291. Online |
Tadesse, T., M. Haile, G. Senay, B.D. Wardlow, and C. Knutson, 2008. Building integrated drought monitoring and food security systems in sub-Saharan Africa. U.N. Natural Resources Forum, 32(4):303-316. Online |
Tadesse, T., M. Haile, G. Senay, C. Knutson, and B.D. Wardlow, 2008. Building integrated drought monitoring and food security systems in sub-Saharan Africa. Natural Resources Forum, 32, 265-279. Online |
Wardlow, B.D. and S.L. Egbert, 2008. Large-area crop mapping using time-series MODIS 250 mndvi data: an assessment for the U.S. Central Great Plains. Remote Sensing of Environment, 112:1096-1116. Online |
Gitelson, A.A., B.D. Wardlow, G.P. Keydan, and B. Leavitt, 2007. Green leaf area index estimation in crops using MODIS 250 meter data. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L20403, doi:10.1029/2007GL031620. Online |
Wardlow, B.D., S.L. Egbert, and J.H. Kastens, 2007. Analysis of time-series MODIS 250-meter vegetation index data for crop discrimination in the U.S. Central Great Plains. Remote Sensing of Environment, 108, 290-310. Online |
Swain, S., Wardlow, B., Narumalani, S., Rundquist, D., Hayes, M. J. (2013). Relationships between vegetation indices and root zone soil moisture under maize and soybean canopies in the U.S. Corn Belt: a comparative study using close-range sensing approach. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 34 |
Educational Background
- BS - Northwest Missouri State University, Geography (1994)
- MS - Kansas State University, Geography (1996)
- PhD - University of Kansas, Geography (2005)
SNR Program Area(s)
- Applied Climate and Spatial Science
Affiliations (index)
- Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies, UNL
- National Drought Mitigation Center
- Water For Food Global Institute
Notable Websites
Areas of Interest
- Remote Sensing
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Land Use/Land Cover Characterization
- Vegetation-Climate Interactions
- Drought Monitoring
- Biogeography
- Landscape Ecology
- Remote Sensing/GIS Applications for Agricultural and Natural Resource Management/Monitoring
- Geography
Currently this page only displays grants that were awarded on 1/1/2009 to the present. If a grant was awarded prior to 1/1/2009 and is still active, it will not be displayed on this page.
Grant Title | Drought Impacts on Grasslands | ||||||||
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Funding Source | US Department of Interior - GS |
Grant Title | NebraskaView Program Development and Operations (additional funding) | |||||
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Funding Level | $23,500.00 | |||||
Funding Source | DOI-AmericaView |
Grant Title | Development of a Global Evaporative Stress Index Based on Thermal and Microwave LST towards Improved Monitoring of Agricultural Water and Vegetation Stress | ||||||
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Starting Date | 7/11/2018 |
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Funding Level | $27,750.00 | ||||||
Funding Source | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
Grant Title | Global ESI (Additional Funding) | ||||||
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Funding Level | $24,114.00 | ||||||
Funding Source | National Aeronautic and Space Administration |
Grant Title | High Resolution Land Cover for Nebraska and Windbreak Assessments for the Northern Plains (additional funding) | |||||
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Starting Date | 7/20/2018 |
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Ending Date | 9/30/2018 | |||||
Funding Level | $14,895.00 | |||||
Funding Source | Forest Service |
Grant Title | High Resolution Land Cover for Nebraska and Windbreak Assessments for the Northern Plains (additional funding) | |||
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Starting Date | 6/17/2017 |
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Ending Date | 5/31/2019 | |||
Funding Level | $39,989.00 | |||
Funding Source | Forest Service |
Grant Title | High Resolution Land Cover for Nebraska and Windbreak Assessments for the Northern Plains (additional funding) | |||
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Starting Date | 6/20/2017 |
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Ending Date | 10/31/2017 | |||
Funding Level | $13,492.00 | |||
Funding Source | Forest Service |
Grant Title | CALMIT GIS Support (Additional Support) | |||||
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Starting Date | 4/1/2017 |
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Ending Date | 3/31/2018 | |||||
Funding Level | $10,000.00 | |||||
Funding Source | Nebraska Department of Agriculture |
Grant Title | Integrating GRACE and GRACE Follow On Data into Flood and Drought Forecasts for the Continental U.S. (Additional Funding) | |||
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Starting Date | 1/5/2017 |
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Ending Date | 12/10/2018 | |||
Funding Level | $51,878.00 | |||
Funding Source | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
Grant Title | High Resolution Land Cover for Nebraska and Windbreak Assessments for the Northern Plains | |||
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Starting Date | 7/20/2016 |
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Ending Date | 12/31/2017 | |||
Funding Level | $54,421.00 | |||
Funding Source | US Forest Service |
Grant Title | NebraskaView Program Development and Operations (additional funding) | |||||
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Starting Date | 7/1/2016 |
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Ending Date | 6/30/2017 | |||||
Funding Level | $23,500.00 | |||||
Funding Source | DOI-AmericaView |
Grant Title | Decadal Drought Risk Assessment and Scenario Development for Food and Bio-Fuels Agriculture in Four Sub-Basins in the Missouri River Basin | |||
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Starting Date | 8/1/2015 |
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Ending Date | 7/31/2017 | |||
Funding Level | $129,051.00 | |||
Funding Source | Center for Research on Changing Earth Systems |
Grant Title | MENA Regional Drought Management | ||||||||
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Starting Date | 1/1/2016 |
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Ending Date | 3/31/2017 | ||||||||
Funding Level | $1,025,440.00 | ||||||||
Funding Source | ICBA |
Grant Title | NASA GRACE Follow On Drought/Flood (Additional Funding) | |||||
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Starting Date | 2/12/2016 |
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Ending Date | 12/10/2018 | |||||
Funding Level | $50,451.00 | |||||
Funding Source | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
Grant Title | UCGIS Annual Membership | |||
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Starting Date | 3/1/2016 |
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Ending Date | 2/28/2017 | |||
Funding Level | $1,000.00 | |||
Funding Source | ARD Strategic Funding |
Grant Title | Ecological Spectral Information System (ESIS): Integration of Spectral Data with Measurements of Vegetation Functional Traits (additional funding) | |||||
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Starting Date | 6/3/2013 |
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Ending Date | 6/14/2016 | |||||
Funding Level | $16,375.00 | |||||
Funding Source | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Grant Title | Developing Operational VegDRI Model | |||||
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Starting Date | 11/9/2015 |
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Ending Date | 3/18/2016 | |||||
Funding Level | $21,297.00 | |||||
Funding Source | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada |
Grant Title | PhenoCam Project (additional funding) | ||||||
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Starting Date | 9/1/2015 |
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Ending Date | 1/31/2017 | ||||||
Funding Level | $1,000.00 | ||||||
Funding Source | U. S. Department of the Interior - AmericaView |
Grant Title | Predicting Climate Extreme GHA (additional funding) | |||||||
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Starting Date | 12/2/2015 |
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Ending Date | 1/13/2017 | |||||||
Funding Level | $277,065.00 | |||||||
Funding Source | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
Grant Title | ET Mapping Over North America (additional funding) | |||||
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Starting Date | 11/10/2015 |
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Ending Date | 12/12/2016 | |||||
Funding Level | $29,916.00 | |||||
Funding Source | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
Grant Title | NebraskaView Program Development and Operations (additional funding) | |||||
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Starting Date | 7/1/2015 |
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Ending Date | 6/30/2016 | |||||
Funding Level | $23,500.00 | |||||
Funding Source | Department of the Interior - AmericaView |
Grant Title | Development of a Multi-Scale Remote-Sensing Based Framework for Mapping Drought over North America (additional funding) | |||||
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Starting Date | 8/21/2014 |
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Ending Date | 12/12/2016 | |||||
Funding Level | $5,960.00 | |||||
Funding Source | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
Grant Title | The Quick Drought Response Index (QuickDRI): An Integrated Approach to Maximizing the Use of NASA Data Sets for Rapid Response Drought Monitoring (additional funding) | ||||||||
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Starting Date | 8/15/2014 |
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|||||||
Ending Date | 8/13/2016 | ||||||||
Funding Level | $58,113.00 | ||||||||
Funding Source | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
Grant Title | StateView Program Development and Operations for the State of Nebraska | |||||
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Starting Date | 9/16/2014 |
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Ending Date | 6/30/2015 | |||||
Funding Level | $24,900.00 | |||||
Funding Source | US Department of Interior - AmericaView |
Grant Title | Development of a Multi-Scale Remote-Sensing Based Framework for Mapping Drought over North America (additional funding) | |||||
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Starting Date | 6/16/2015 |
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Ending Date | 12/12/2016 | |||||
Funding Level | $10,731.00 | |||||
Funding Source | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
Grant Title | The Quick Drought Response Index (QuickDRI): An Integrated Approach to Maximizing the Use of NASA Data Sets for Rapid Response Drought Monitoring (additional funding) | ||||||||
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Starting Date | 6/25/2015 |
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Ending Date | 8/13/2016 | ||||||||
Funding Level | $93,169.00 | ||||||||
Funding Source | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
Grant Title | Development of a Multi-Scale Remote-Sensing Based Framework for Mapping Drought over North America (additional funding) | |||||
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Starting Date | 2/27/2015 |
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Ending Date | 12/12/2016 | |||||
Funding Level | $10,731.00 | |||||
Funding Source | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
Grant Title | CALMIT GIS Support | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Starting Date | 4/1/2014 |
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Ending Date | 3/31/2016 | |||||
Funding Level | $20,000.00 | |||||
Funding Source | Nebraska Department of Agriculture |
Grant Title | Integrating GRACE and GRACE Follow On Data into Flood and Drought Forecasts for the Continental U.S. (additional funding) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Starting Date | 12/11/2014 |
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Ending Date | 12/10/2018 | |||||
Funding Level | $15,156.00 | |||||
Funding Source | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
Grant Title | Monitoring Phenology in the North Central Region of the United States (additional funding) | ||||||
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Starting Date | 2/15/2015 |
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Ending Date | 8/31/2015 | ||||||
Funding Level | $4,850.00 | ||||||
Funding Source | US Department of Interior - AmericaView |
Grant Title | Downscaling of GRACE Terrestrial Water Storage Observations and Applications to Global Drought Monitoring | |||
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Starting Date | 3/11/2015 |
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Ending Date | 3/10/2018 | |||
Funding Level | $20,830.00 | |||
Funding Source | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
Grant Title | The Quick Drought Response Index (QuickDRI): An Integrated Approach to Maximizing the Use of NASA Data Sets for Rapid Response Drought Monitoring (additional funding) | ||||||||
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Starting Date | 2/27/2015 |
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Ending Date | 8/13/2016 | ||||||||
Funding Level | $93,169.00 | ||||||||
Funding Source | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
Grant Title | Integrating GRACE and GRACE Follow On Data into Flood and Drought Forecasts for the Continental U.S. (additional funding) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Starting Date | 12/11/2014 |
|
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Ending Date | 12/10/2018 | |||||
Funding Level | $15,157.00 | |||||
Funding Source | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
Grant Title | Task Order 2: Mapping Irrigated Lands Across Nebraska | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Starting Date | 2/1/2015 |
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Ending Date | 11/1/2015 | |||
Funding Level | $68,067.00 | |||
Funding Source | Nebraska Department of Natural Resources |
Grant Title | Integrating GRACE and GRACE Follow On Data into Flood and Drought Forecasts for the Continental U.S. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Starting Date | 12/11/2014 |
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||||
Ending Date | 12/10/2018 | |||||
Funding Level | $20,208.00 | |||||
Funding Source | National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Goodard Space Flight Center |
Grant Title | The Quick Drought Response Index (QuickDRI): An Integrated Approach to Maximizing the Use of NASA Data Sets for Rapid Response Drought Monitoring (additional funding) | ||||||||
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Starting Date | 8/15/2014 |
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Ending Date | 8/13/2016 | ||||||||
Funding Level | $124,225.00 | ||||||||
Funding Source | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
Grant Title | Development of a Multi-Scale Remote-Sensing Based Framework for Mapping Drought over North America (additional funding) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Starting Date | 12/13/2013 |
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||||
Ending Date | 12/12/2016 | |||||
Funding Level | $14,308.00 | |||||
Funding Source | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
Grant Title | Seasonal Prediction of Hydro-Climatic Extremes in the Greater Horn of Africa under Evolving Climate Conditions to Support Adaptation Strategies (additional funds) | ||||||||
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Starting Date | 1/14/2014 |
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|||||||
Ending Date | 1/13/2017 | ||||||||
Funding Level | $343,462.00 | ||||||||
Funding Source | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
Grant Title | ET Mapping Over North America (additional funding) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Starting Date | 8/21/2014 |
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||||
Ending Date | 12/12/2016 | |||||
Funding Level | $5,960.00 | |||||
Funding Source | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
Grant Title | Crop Type Classification | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Starting Date | 8/15/2014 |
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Ending Date | 12/31/2016 | |||||
Funding Level | $25,000.00 | |||||
Funding Source | Nebraska Department of Natural Resources |
Grant Title | Ecological Spectral Information System (additional funding) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Starting Date | 6/15/2013 |
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Ending Date | 12/31/2015 | |||||
Funding Level | $43,835.00 | |||||
Funding Source | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Grant Title | NebraskaView Program Development 2013 (additional funding) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Starting Date | 12/13/2013 |
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Ending Date | 6/30/2018 | |||||
Funding Level | $1,000.00 | |||||
Funding Source | US Department of Interior - AmericaView |
Grant Title | ESI Rapid Drought Onset (additional funding) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Starting Date | 9/1/2014 |
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Ending Date | 8/31/2015 | |||||
Funding Level | $21,300.00 | |||||
Funding Source | US Department of Commerce - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
Grant Title | Monitoring Phenology in the North Central Region of the United States | |||
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Starting Date | 9/1/2013 |
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Ending Date | 8/31/2015 | |||
Funding Level | $3,998.00 | |||
Funding Source | US Department of Interior - AmericaView |
Grant Title | Predicting Climate Extreme GHA | ||||||||
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Starting Date | 11/1/2013 |
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Ending Date | 10/31/2016 | ||||||||
Funding Level | $987,767.00 | ||||||||
Funding Source | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
Grant Title | NebraskaView Program Development 2013 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Starting Date | 12/1/2013 |
|
||||
Ending Date | 9/15/2014 | |||||
Funding Level | $23,673.00 | |||||
Funding Source | US Department of the Interior |
Grant Title | Developing VegDRI-Canada-Phase 2 | |||||
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Starting Date | 11/15/2013 |
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Ending Date | 3/31/2014 | |||||
Funding Level | $21,943.00 | |||||
Funding Source | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada |
Grant Title | Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Support for the Nebraska Department of Agriculture | |||||
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Starting Date | 10/1/2013 |
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Ending Date | 3/31/2014 | |||||
Funding Level | $10,000.00 | |||||
Funding Source | Nebraska Department of Agriculture |
Grant Title | ET Mapping Over North America | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Starting Date | 12/31/2013 |
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Ending Date | 12/12/2016 | |||||
Funding Level | $106,576.00 | |||||
Funding Source | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
Grant Title | Rapid Response Drought Monitoring (additional funding) | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Starting Date | 8/14/2012 |
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Ending Date | 8/13/2016 | ||||||||
Funding Level | $324,564.00 | ||||||||
Funding Source | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
Grant Title | 2013 Workshop on Remote Sensing for Drought Monitoring and Water Resources Applications | |||||
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Starting Date | 8/15/2013 |
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Ending Date | 10/1/2013 | |||||
Funding Level | $24,553.00 | |||||
Funding Source | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
Grant Title | Collaboration WI: Facilitating Adaptive Management under Conditions of Rapid Drought Onset using the Goes-Based Evaporative Stress Index | |||||
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Starting Date | 8/1/2013 |
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Ending Date | 7/31/2015 | |||||
Funding Level | $20,737.00 | |||||
Funding Source | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
Grant Title | Ecological Spectral Information System | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Starting Date | 6/1/2013 |
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Ending Date | 6/14/2014 | |||||
Funding Level | $75,665.00 | |||||
Funding Source | University of Wisconsin |
Grant Title | Nebraska Update PAD | |||||
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Starting Date | 9/15/2013 |
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Ending Date | 9/14/2014 | |||||
Funding Level | $20,000.00 | |||||
Funding Source | US Department of the Interior - Geological Survey |
Grant Title | Moisture into NLDAS (additional funding) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Starting Date | 9/1/2013 |
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||||
Ending Date | 8/31/2014 | |||||
Funding Level | $37,491.00 | |||||
Funding Source | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
Grant Title | ET Mapping Over North America | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Starting Date | 6/22/2012 |
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|||||||
Ending Date | 6/21/2013 | ||||||||
Funding Level | $29,144.00 | ||||||||
Funding Source | University of Maryland |
Grant Title | Evapotranspiration & Drought Monitor | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Starting Date | 8/24/2012 |
|
||||
Ending Date | 8/22/2013 | |||||
Funding Level | $8,864.00 | |||||
Funding Source | US Department of Commerce - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
Grant Title | Rapid Response Drought Monitoring | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Starting Date | 8/14/2012 |
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Ending Date | 8/13/2013 | |||||||
Funding Level | $121,082.00 | |||||||
Funding Source | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
Grant Title | Moisture in to NLDAS (additional funding) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Starting Date | 8/1/2012 |
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||||
Ending Date | 8/31/2013 | |||||
Funding Level | $36,519.00 | |||||
Funding Source | US Department of Commerce - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
Grant Title | Dual Assimiliation of Microwave and Thermal-Infrared Satellite Observations of Soil Moisture | |||||
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Starting Date | 9/1/2011 |
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Ending Date | 8/31/2012 | |||||
Funding Level | $4,365.00 | |||||
Funding Source | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
Grant Title | Mitigation of Ag Drought Models | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Starting Date | 10/1/2010 |
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Ending Date | 7/31/2012 | |||||
Funding Level | $20,383.00 | |||||
Funding Source | University of Alabama |
Grant Title | Integrating Enhanced GRACE Water Storage Data (additional funding) | |||||||
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Starting Date | 8/6/2008 |
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Ending Date | 8/5/2011 | |||||||
Funding Level | $77,006.00 | |||||||
Funding Source | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
Grant Title | A GOES Thermal-Bases Frought Early Warning Index for NIDIS | |||||
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Starting Date | 8/1/2009 |
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Ending Date | 7/31/2012 | |||||
Funding Level | $62,441.00 | |||||
Funding Source | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/OAR |
Grant Title | Drought Mitigation, Nebraska Project | |||||||
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Starting Date | 7/15/2009 |
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Ending Date | 7/14/2010 | |||||||
Funding Level | $437,243.00 | |||||||
Funding Source | US Department of Agriculture - CSREES |
Grant Title | Incorporating Remote Sensing Information into the U.S. Drought Monitor | ||||||
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Starting Date | 2/1/2007 |
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Ending Date | 9/30/2010 | ||||||
Funding Level | $54,824.00 | ||||||
Funding Source | US Department of the Interior - Geological Survey |
Undergraduate Majors | Bachelor of Science in
Bachelor of Arts in
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Graduate Program(s) |
Master of Arts in Geography Master of Science in Natural Resource Sciences including specializations in
Doctor of Philosophy in Geography Doctor of Philosophy in Natural Resource Sciences including specializations in
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Courses Taught | |||||||
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Course Number | Course Title | Fall Even Years | Fall Odd Years | Spring Even Years | Spring Odd Years | Summer Session | Cross Listing |
GEOG 419 | Applications of Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Natural Resources | X | X | AGRO/GEOG/GEOL 419/819, NRES 420/820 | |||
GEOG 420 | Remote Sensing III - Digital Image Analysis | GEOG 420/820 | |||||
GEOG 818 | Introduction to Remote Sensing | X | X | GEOG/NRES 418/818 | |||
GEOG 819 | Applications of Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Natural Resources | X | X | AGRO/GEOG/GEOL 419/819, NRES 420/820 | |||
GEOG 820 | Remote Sensing III - Digital Image Analysis | GEOG 420/820 | |||||
NRES 418 | Introduction to Remote Sensing | X | X | GEOG/NRES 418/818 | |||
NRES 420 | Applications of Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Natural Resources | X | AGRO/GEOG/GEOL 419/819; NRES 420/820 | ||||
NRES 427 | Introduction to the Global Positioning System (GPS) | X | X | X | X | GEOG/NRES 427/827 | |
NRES 818 | Introduction to Remote Sensing | X | X | GEOG/NRES 418/818 | |||
NRES 820 | Applications of Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Natural Resources | X | X | AGRO/GEOG/GEOL 419/819, NRES 420/820 | |||
NRES 827 | Introduction to the Global Positioning System (GPS) | X | X | X | X | GEOG/NRES 427/827 |