Connecting Space to Village: Tethys Adoption Within SERVIR

Delgado, Francisco ; Ashmall, Billy

关键词: TETHYS (WEB APPLICATION);    APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE;    PYTHON (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE);    HYDROLOGY MODELS;    EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE);    DATA PRODUCTS;    AMAZON REGION (SOUTH AMERICA);    SOUTH AMERICA;    HIMALAYAS;    SOUTHEAST ASIA;    AFRICA;    DEVELOPING NATIONS;    UNITED STATES;   

RP-ID  :  MSFC-E-DAA-TN71738

学科分类：自然科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: NASA Technical Reports Server

【 摘 要 】

The SERVIR program, a joint development initiative of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID), works in partnership with leading regional organizations world-wide to help developing countries use information provided by Earth observing satellites and geospatial technologies for managing climate risks and land use. SERVIR empowers decision-makers with tools, products, and services to act locally on critical issues related to four key areas: Food Security and Agriculture, Water and Water-related Disasters, Land Use/Land Cover and Ecosystems, Weather and Climate. SERVIR is improving awareness, increasing access to information, and supporting analysis to help people in West Africa, Eastern and Southern Africa, Hindu Kush-Himalaya (HKH), the Lower Mekong, South America and Mesoamerica. NASA funds an Applied Sciences Team (AST), composed of experts from universities and research institutions around the United States. Through AST, SERVIR adopted the Tethys platform introduced by Brigham Young University (BYU) for the implementation of tools to deliver scientific data to stakeholders in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya region. Several Tethys applications developed within SERVIR have raised interest amongst decision makers in the countries served by our regional hubs. They see these new apps as key vehicles to disseminate complex information related to weather models, hydrological models, and air quality monitoring, and as such the scope of our Tethys efforts continue to expand to other regions. As of July 2019, each one of the SERVIR hubs (with the exception of Amazonia, which has only recently started), have stood up Tethys portals and have at least one individual trained in the implementation and maintenance of a Tethys portal and in the creation of basic applications. HKH, with BYU's valuable support, has implemented very sophisticated applications that showcase the possibilities and the benefits that the Tethys platform brings.