HR: 16:00h
AN: G14A-01 INVITED     [Abstracts]
TI: Extending the Benefits of Research to Applications for Society for Natural Hazard Management
AU: * Ambrose, S D
EM: sambrose@nasa.gov
AF: NASA, 300 E. St. SW, Washington, DC 20546 United States
AB: This paper focuses primarily on the Disaster Management focus area of NASA's Research and Applications Programs. The goal of the Disaster Management program element is to enable beneficial use of NASA Earth-Sun system science research, observations, models, and technologies to enhance decision support capabilities serving the Nation's geohazards, weather, and wildfire management communities. Major tenets of the NASA Disaster Management program element include the following:  Developing and nurturing partnerships and networks with appropriate disaster management organizations  Identifying and assessing partners' disaster management responsibilities, plans, and decision support tools, and evaluating the capacity of NASA science results to support these tools  Verifying and validating the application of NASA Earth-Sun science results to contribute information to partner decision support tools, including development of products and rapid prototypes to demonstrate capacity to address partners' requirements, specific examples will be given.  Collaborating with partners to benchmarking the use of space-based science results in decision support tools and supporting the tools' transition into operational use  Communicating results and partner achievements to appropriate disaster management communities and stakeholders for their adoption or adaptation. Disaster Management is one component of a multi-faceted NASA Applied Sciences Program that seeks to expand the benefits of Earth science observations and predictions that have the potential to contribute to future economic and environmental security of our nation and the world as part of an integrated information system infrastructure. The program's activities address the first tenet of the NASA vision "to improve life here." NASA employs a collaborative systems approach to match capabilities to the needs of partnering organizations to maximize the benefits of NASA research results to addressing societal challenges in dealing with hazards and the impacts of disasters. It is important to note that our systems approach to solutions are relevant to other agency research and applications efforts. The Disaster Management component of the Applied Sciences Program at NASA is poised over the next few years to make significant strides toward contributing to the challenges found at all stages of the Disaster Management Cycle to make more accurate and timely Earth science information available to the global disaster response community. The societal benefits from NASA's accomplishments in this program are focused on improved preparation for, mitigation of, and response to disasters. The results are decreases in loss of life, livelihood, and security that results from the perils of living on planet Earth.
UR: http://science.hq.nasa.gov
DE: 6309 Decision making under uncertainty
SC: Geodesy [G]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005