Urania

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lj_os6pFnG8LYdpcGdaTzkUMp2aeOS0g/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=109386992972642711926&rtpof=true&sd=true

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We are Team Urania

The 2021 Global Methane Commitment aims to reduce 30% of gas emissions by 2030. Methane (CH4) is responsible for 20% of the greenhouse effect and has a high capacity to retain heat. Human action releases 64% of this gas into the atmosphere (agriculture, coal mining, oil and gas production, biomass burning and urban waste disposal). The abnormal levels of methane generated by leaks and environmental neglect intensify global warming and endanger the quality of life of the population.

Our project consists of a free and affordable application that uses NASA and CSA satellite imagery to identify high levels of methane in the soil of near landfill, flooded and oil landfill regions. Mapping allows lay people and environmental scientists to monitor gas release control in real time. In cases of alert and risk the population can be informed and evacuated, while environmental institutions act. The detection of high concentrations of methane may alert to possible health and infrastructure problems of the population near the region, in addition to indicating regional climate change resulting from an intensification of the greenhouse effect in the atmosphere. The alert will generate a quick action that will reduce the environmental effects.

Access to information is a key tool for transforming the current climate change scenario, stimulating population awareness, local participation and institutional demands in the joint search for resolutions to environmental problems. The Urania App will be the instrument of this change.

Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE)

We use mission data to collect important information about how climate change affects certain regions, with changes in sea ice, permafrost thawing, organic matter decomposition, changes in lakes and rivers, and changes in ecosystems. In addition to field information, in the atmosphere, presenting some details regarding carbon dynamics, fire behavior, hydrology, fauna and flora.

EarthData

Atmosphere

We used the data referring to the atmosphere, measuring climatic phenomena, geophysical processes involving clouds, aerosols, precipitation, rays, chemistry, temperature, radiation balance and dynamics.

Land Surface

We use important information about earth's surface parameters, including surface temperature, land cover, land use, topography, soil moisture, vegetation cover and many other biophysical properties that provide the basis for characterizing the ecological state of the Earth's terrestrial areas.

Ocean

These data were used to collect information on ocean processes, including ocean circulation and surface winds, and heat exchange between the ocean and the atmosphere, including sea surface temperature, sea surface salinity, and sea surface height.

Search Earthdata - Aqua/AIRS L3

We use data from satellites to detect variations in the atmosphere.

Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)

We collect data on slow-onset climate change and how they affect water availability and crop productivity, along with rising sea levels and storm tide, which may affect future population distribution and climate-related internal migration in low- to middle-income regions.

SCISAT

Data collected to aid in understanding chemical and dynamic processes in the Earth's atmosphere, with particular emphasis on atmospheric gases and the destruction of ozone in the Arctic stratosphere.

Science Direct Article

We studied the article on the inferior stratospheric methane trend and atmospheric trace molecular spectroscopy (ATMOS) measurements.

SpaceApps Challenge 2022 provided team members with multidisciplinary and international experience that incited our willingness to develop an efficient and innovative project. Together, we learn the importance of each of the members in sharing knowledge and integrating information from different areas. Our team participated in the "Take Flight: making the most of NASA'S airborne data" challenge. The choice was made because the challenge addresses a theme of great relevance in the national and global debate, climate change, whose impacts have been increasingly presented and affects everyone. Although this is a complex problem, we seek a simple solution that allows greater accessibility of the population to the information provided by space agencies. By aggregating data from aerial campaigns, we designed an app that uses NASA and CSA satellite imagery to identify high levels of methane. Real-time mapping alerts the population and directs the rapid actions of government institutions to control the leak and reduce environmental effects. We believe in the relevance of the project to promote the awareness of the world population. Information is change. We appreciate the dedication and perseverance of team urania members and all the employees of the event.

Houston we have the solution!

https://daac.ornl.gov/cgi-bin/dataset_lister.pl?p=34 

https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/

https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/topics/atmosphere

https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/topics/land-surface

https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/topics/ocean

https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/topics/terrestrial-hydrosphere

https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=methane

https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/climmig-groundswell-pop-mig-proj-1-8-ssps-rcps-2010-2050/data-download

https://ace.scisat.ca/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022407309001319)

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