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![This image shows Mexico Beach, FL, after it sustained damage from Hurricane Michael in 2018. It was taken through NOAA’s Emergency Remote Sensing program. Satellites could provide similar information after more incidents. (Image courtesy of NOAA.)](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/project/image/2022-09/DisasterSat%20image.jpg?itok=UtmWqQuK)
![A graphic showing radar-like storm coverage over a Google map image of land, and red/yellow/green zones of predicated tornado path..](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/project/image/2022-03/ITORPE-big.png?h=5d0c5926&itok=AMQIld8H)
Intelligent Tornado Prediction Engine
We are developing deep learning models to analyze tornadic precursors in order to enhance real-time tornado prediction.
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![three people stand on a big dirt pile, outside, with blue sky in the background. One researcher is holding a laptop, which another looks at. The third person is holding a remote, controlling a robotic vehicle also on the dirt pile.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/project/image/2021-08/521383-009D.jpg?h=41f55a5b&itok=KLSC5evc)
Motion Under Rubble Measured Using Radar
Our see-through-wall sensor is a lightweight, portable technology that peers through rubble and debris of a disaster site to detect survivors.
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![a photo of a person scanning a QR code, affixed to a small wrapped shipment of food, with a smartphone.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/project/image/2021-06/USAID-QR%20code.png?itok=JNB8UjHr)
USAID Food Traceability
We're building a system to track the dispersal of international food aid.
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![Picture of rubble after a natural disaster.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/project/image/2019-08/rubble-2.jpg?itok=dJiVN7vD)
Seismic-Metamaterial Cloaking to Protect Infrastructure
Novel metamaterials deployed to provide a barrier around critical structures are designed to redirect and attenuate hazardous seismic waves.
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![During a wildfire in southern California, emergency responders shared real-time information on the NICS interface, such as the size of the fire, unit locations, and the rate of the fire’s spread.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/project/image/2018-05/NICS.jpg?h=e94bad3e&itok=Htol6ZeU)
Next-Generation Incident Command System
Emergency agencies around the world are using NICS to coordinate rapid and organized response to disasters.
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