TAS::80 0119::TASUNIVERSITY CORPORATION AT MONTEREY BAYINTEGRATION OF NASA EARTH SCIENCE INFORMATION INTO A WILDFIRE COLLABORATIVE DECISION ENVIRONMENT (W-CDE)THIS PROPOSAL WILL ENHANCE EXISTING CAPABILITIES OF THE W-CDE TO SUPPORT PRE- ACTIVE- AND POSTFIRE ASSESSMENTS. NEW NASA-DERIVED AIRBORNE SENSOR AND SATELLITE DATA AND OUTPUT FROM ECOSYSTEM MODELS WILL BE MATURED TESTED AND INTEGRATED IN THE W-CDE. FIRST WE PROPOSE TO INTEGRATE FIRE-CRITICAL MODEL-DERIVED DATA FROM NASA S TERRESTRIAL OBSERVATION AND PREDICTION SYSTEM (TOPS) AND SCALABLE WIND MODEL DATA (NOGAPS) INTO THE W-CDE. SECOND WE WILLMATURE AND INTEGRATE NEW AIRBORNE SENSOR FIRE DETECTION ALGORITHM CAPABILITIES WITH THE NASAAMS-WILDFIRE SENSOR. THESE DATA WILL BE INTEGRATED INTO THE W-CDE TO IMPROVE THE RELIABILITY AND USEFULNESS OF THE MODEL-DERIVED HOT SPOT DETECTION DATA. THIRD WE WILL DEVELOP NEW AIRBORNE POST-FIRE BURN SEVERITY INDICES DATA TO FEED DIRECTLY INTO THE W-CDE. THESE THREE PROPOSED TASKS WILL PROVIDE SCALABLE DATA VISUALIZATION ENHANCEMENTS TO THE W-CDE AND ALLOW AUNIFYING DISASTER MANAGEMENT CAPABILITY FOR ALL PHASES OF FIRE ACTIVITY.
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