NASA Acres

Our October Recap Newsletter is out! ? Highlights: ?? Join NASA Acres and NASA Harvest for a joint session at #AGU24 Annual Meeting! ?? Welcome to Jacob Orser, Our New Program Support Specialist ?? UIUC Agroecosystem Sustainability Center Researchers Launch Data-Driven Tool to Help Illinois Farmers Optimize Fertilizer Use ?? Learn more about?#NASA's newly launched #PACE mission?at the?2024 PACE Applications Workshop on December 8th?in Washington DC & more! Read the newsletter ? https://lnkd.in/gYepgSSQ Subscribe ? https://lnkd.in/gNbrPpQd

“Growing up in South Dakota, I saw firsthand the challenges farmers face. Today, I’m proud to help provide the tools and data that can make a real difference in their lives,” says Bradley Doorn. “Whether it’s a farmer, an economist, or a military analyst, if you give them the right tools, they’ll take them to places you never even thought about. That’s what excites me—seeing where they go.” We are so grateful to get to work with Bradley Doorn! ?? ??? Learn about how how he is "Bringing Farm Belt Wisdom to Space-Age Agriculture" in this compelling NASA story: https://lnkd.in/g77r7UJt #Space #Agriculture #Satellites #Farmers NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Heading to the #AGU24 Annual Meeting next month? Make sure to catch our joint session with NASA Harvest on the applications of #Earth observations both in the U.S. and globally. ?? ??? Mon, Dec. 9 | 13:40 - 17:30 ----- Poster Session Tues, Dec. 10 | 8:30 - 10:00 ----- Oral Session, U.S. Agriculture 10:20 - 11:50 ----- Oral Session, Global Agriculture 14:10 - 15:40 ----- Oral Session, Emerging Ag Tech ?? We have an exciting lineup planned - learn more here: https://lnkd.in/grrGHMs3 American Geophysical Union

?????How Does NASA Acres Bring Satellite Imagery to Agriculture? Tune in to this week's On Orbit podcast ??? as NASA Acres Deputy Director Mike Humber explores how they’re bridging gaps and building trust to boost satellite imagery adoption in the agriculture industry! ??: https://lnkd.in/dV-EP6Bg

Kaiyu Guan,?the Founding Director of the?Agroecosystem Sustainability Center (ASC)?at #UIUC and Chief Scientist at NASA Acres, has been selected as the Plenary Distinguished Lectureship?at the annual meeting of ASA, CSSA, SSSA! This conference is the largest gathering of soil, crop, and agronomic scientists in the world. Guan will deliver an address titled?SYMFONI: The “System-of-Systems'' Solution to Quantify Soil Carbon and GHG Outcomes for the U.S. Croplands. Learn more about the event & register here ?? https://lnkd.in/gBPgdcn

NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s groundbreaking technology isn’t just for space exploration — it’s making a real impact right here at home! From helping U.S. grape growers combat pests and diseases to empowering farmers with satellite data, NASA is driving a more resilient and productive #ag system. ???? ?? Discover how NASA innovation is changing what’s possible! https://lnkd.in/gewJrY6Q We are grateful for our collaborators at Cornell for leading this important work focusing on grapes & other specialty crops! Kaitlin Gold, Yu Jiang, Cornell University Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences & others!

Recently Vineyard Team met with Alyssa Whitcraft to discuss how NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration is making it easier to use satellite data in agriculture. "NASA has connected data about the Earth’s surface since 1972. One of the first applications was for agriculture. Alyssa Whitcraft, Executive Director of NASA Acres grew up in the wine industry at her family’s property, Whitcraft Winery, located in Santa Barbara California. Her goal is to make it easier for people and organizations to use satellite data to improve agriculture. Alyssa explains how different types of satellites including polar-orbiting and geostationary collect information that can be calibrated against crop-specific data to develop predictive models. Farmers can use these models to identify viral, fungal, bacterial, water, and nutrient stressors and forecast harvest. While this technology is being used in commodity crops today, there is a huge opportunity for specialty crops." ???? Listen to or read the full interview here ?? https://lnkd.in/g9QmsTDK

Calling all high school and college students! Get ready to launch your career with NASA! ?? Join NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration OSTEM for their upcoming Internships Virtual Webinar on Thursday, October 17, 2024, from 4–5 pm EST to learn more about the exciting opportunities. Please share the opportunity with your networks! NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement (OSTEM) paid internships allow high school and college-level students to contribute to the agency’s mission to advance science, technology, aeronautics, and space exploration. OSTEM internships offer students an opportunity to gain practical work experience while working side-by-side with mentors who are research scientists, engineers, and individuals from many other professions. Internships may be full time or part time; and, they may be on a NASA center or facility, or even working from your home or dorm. Join the NASA team and gain valuable on-the-job experience, build your resume, and strengthen your career readiness. They offer three sessions annually, so visit the website linked below for opportunities. 2025 Internship Application Deadlines: Summer 2025: Feb. 28, 2025 Fall 2025: May 16, 2025 ?? Link to webinar: https://lnkd.in/gbgfYy4h ?? Learn more about the internship program: https://lnkd.in/dR2nc57U

Our September Newsletter is out! ? Highlights: ?? University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is leading research on using #AI to calculate greenhouse gas emissions at the individual farm level ?? Southeast farmers are among those grappling with the aftermath of Hurricane Helene’s devastating floods ?? NASA's Earth Science Division has released a new funding solicitation: ROSES24 A.60 Earth Action – Ecological Conservation. ?? Find us at AGU 2024 this December & more! Read the newsletter ? https://conta.cc/3ZTBDd6 Subscribe ? https://lnkd.in/gNbrPpQd

NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration and IBM release open-source #AI model for #weather and #climate applications Developed with contributions from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the model is available in open source to the scientific, developer and business communities, and offers a flexible, scalable way to address a variety of challenges related to short-term weather as well as long-term climate projection. ? "Advancing NASA's Earth science for the benefit of humanity means delivering actionable science in ways that are useful to people, organizations and communities. The rapid changes we're witnessing on our home planet demand this strategy to meet the urgency of the moment," said Karen St. Germain, director of the Earth Science Division of #NASA's Science Mission Directorate. "This space has seen the emergence of large AI models that focus on a fixed data set and single use case – primarily forecasting. We have designed our weather and climate foundation model to go beyond such limitations so that it can be tuned to a variety of inputs and uses," said Dr. Juan Bernabe Moreno, director of IBM Research Europe (UK and Ireland) and IBM's accelerated discovery lead for climate and sustainability. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/ezMWTmp4 #Meteorology #Climate #ClimateChange #Science #Weather #Data #Forecasts #Environment #Technology #MetTechWorldExpo #MetTechExpoNA #ukimediaevents