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Societal Benefits – White Papers

In the following two page white papers, we provide a brief overview of relevant applications of NISAR data that provide societal benefit as identified by the 2014 and 2015 NISAR Applications Workshops and subsequent application area-specific workshops.

Mountain Glaciers and Snow Hydrology

4/15/2023

Earthquake! Tracking Location and Impact from Space

9/2/2022

Soil Moisture and Water Resources

2/26/2019

Damage Mapping

2/26/2019

Changes in Permafrost

2/26/2019

Sinkholes and Cavern Collapse

2/26/2017

Volcanic Hazards

2/26/2017

Landslides

2/26/2017

Floods

2/26/2017

Induced Seismicity

2/26/2017

Hazards in Texas

2/26/2017

Coastal Land Loss

2/26/2017

Oil Spills

2/26/2017

Ice Sheets, Glaciers, and Oceans

2/26/2017

Marine Hazards

2/26/2017

Sea Ice

2/26/2017

Fire Management

2/26/2017

Food Security

2/26/2017

Forest Resources

2/26/2017

Timber and Forest Disturbance

2/26/2017

Flood Forecasting

2/26/2017

Hazards in Florida

2/26/2017

Drought and Groundwater Withdrawal

2/26/2017

Oil, Gas, and Water Underground Reservoirs

2/26/2017

Levees and Dams

2/26/2017

Subsidence

2/26/2017

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