Ana I Prados
Sr Res Sci
Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology
Off Campus
Education
MS University of Maryland College Park 2013
Ph D University of Maryland College Park 2000
BA New College of Florida 1992
+1 703 338 2119
About
Dr. Prados has 15 years experience in the application of satellite remote sensing to air pollution monitoring. She is a funded researcher through NASA's Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences team. She is also Project Scientist for NASA's Applied Remote Sensing Training Program, where she develops courses worldwide on the application of satellite imagery to environmental decision-making activities related to climate change, water resources, disaster, land, and air quality management. She has +10 years of environmental policy experience working with local governments on the implementation of local and regional climate and air pollution initiatives.
Research Interests
Environmental policy-making in the context of disaster and climate change management. Program/project evaluation, and communicating scientific information to the public.
Intellectual Contributions
Rose, Rob, Byler, Dirck, Eastman, Ron, Fleishman, Erica, Geller, Gary, Goetz, Scott, Guild, Liane, Hamilton, Healy, Hansen, Matt, Headley, Rachel, Hewson, Jennifer, Horning, Ned, Kaplin, Beth, Laporte, Nadine, Leidner, Allison, Leimgruber, Peter, Morisette, Jeffrey, Musinsky, John, Pintea, Lilian, Prados, Ana, Radeloff, Volker, Rowen, Mary, Saatchi, Sassan, Schill, Steve, Tabor, Karyn, Turner, Woody, Vodacek, Anthony, vogelmann, James, Wegmann, Martin, Wilkie, David, Wilson, Cara. (2014). Ten Ways Remote Sensing Can Contribute to Conservation. Conservation Biology.
Duncan, Bryan, Prados, Ana. (2014). Satellite data of atmospheric pollution for U.S. air quality applications: Examples of applications, summary of data end-user resources, answers to FAQs, and common mistakes to avoid. 94 647-662 Atmospheric Enivronment.
Presentations
Prados, Ana, Tabor, Karyn (Author), McCullum, Amber (Author), Hunt, David (Author), Hewson, Jenny (Author), Mendoza, Eddy (Author), Martinez, Christian (Author), Gonzalez-Roglich, Mariano (Author). Group on Earth Observations Indigenous Summit. Oral Presentation. "Online Training in Earth Observations for Indigenous Peoples Land Management," Group on Earth Observations. (Dec 9, 2020).
McCartney, Sean (Author & Presenter), Prados, Ana, Mehta, Amita V (Author). American Geophysical Union Fall 2020 Meeting. Oral Presentation. "Applied Remote Sensing Training (ARSET) Program: Building the Skills to Acquire and Use NASA Satellite and Model Data for Decision Support," American Geophysical Union. (Dec 8, 2020).
Prados, Ana (Discussant), Kettner, Albert (Moderator). Global Flood Partnership Virtual Conference. Other. "Flood Resilience," Global Flood Partnership. (Nov 25, 2020).
Prados, Ana. Air and Waste Management Association’s 113th Annual Conference and Exhibition. Oral Presentation. "Air Quality Monitoring From Space During COVID-19," Air and Waste Management Association. (Jun 1, 2020).
Prados, Ana. CALMET XIII/Eumetcal Conference. Oral Presentation. "Lessons Learnt from Evaluation of the NASA ARSET Training Program," EUMETSAT. (Sep 19, 2019).
Hook, Elizabeth (Author & Presenter), Prados, Ana (Author & Presenter). AGU 2018. Poster. "Capacity Building with NASA’s Applied Remote Sensing Training Program," American Geophysical Union. (Dec 1, 2018).
Carleton-Hug, Annelise (Co-Chair), Prados, Ana (Co-Chair). American Evaluation Association Annual Meeting. Oral Presentation. "Training Around the Globe: Evaluating NASA’s Applied Remote Sensing Training Program," Americal Evaluation Association. (Nov 2, 2018).
Prados, Ana (Co-Chair). American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. Other. "Best Practices for Improving Workforce Skills to Use Earth Observations in Environmental Management and Policy," AGU. (Dec 16, 2015).
Prados, Ana (Author), Gupta, Pawan (Author), Blevins, Brock (Author & Presenter). GEOCAPE 2015 Open Community Workshop. Oral Presentation. "NASA Applied Remote Sensing Training," NASA. (Aug 31, 2015).
Blevins, Brock (Author & Presenter), Mehta, Amita V. (Author), Prados, Ana (Author). 2015 Annual Conference of the Global Flood Partnership. Oral Presentation. "Building Capacity in Utilizing NASA Earth Science for Flood Management," Global Flood Partnership. (May 4, 2015).
Gupta, Pawan (Author & Presenter), Prados, Ana. NASA EOS Aura Science Team Meeting. Oral Presentation. "The ARSET Program: Building Capacity to Utilize AURA data for Air Quality Applications," NASA. (Sep 15, 2014).
Mehta, Amita (Author), Prados, Ana (Author). 94th AMS Annual Meeting. Lecture. "Applied Remote Sensing Training Program (ARSET): Building Capacity for Water Resources and Flood Monitoring using NASA Earth Science," American Meteorological Society. (Feb 1, 2014).
Prados, Ana (Author). Earth Science Information Partners 2014 Annual Meeting. Oral Presentation. "Methods and Techniques for End-user needs Assessment within the Context of Program Evaluation," Earth Science Information Partners. (Jan 9, 2014).
Prados, Ana (Author & Presenter), Mehta, Amita (Author), Schmidt, Cindy (Author), Blevins, Brock (Author). 14th National Conference and Global Forum on Science, Policy, and the Environment. Poster. "Building Capacity to integrate NASA Earth Science into Environmental Management in the Context of a Changing Climate," National Council for Science and the Environment. (Jan 1, 2014).