High-Level Project Summary
We have developed a platform that provides information by location and provides alerts on the problems generated by overheating and its impacts, as well as ways to mitigate them. Being able to create your profile, we promote a social interaction with which users can stay constantly informed. Seeking to go beyond satellites’s data, our platform uses crowdsourcing which allows users to notify events from a more human perspective. Thinking not only about mitigating the problems while they happen, we provide challenges with the objective of preventing overheating. We also have news that can be customized according to your interest and thematic information that correlates with warming.
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Detailed Project Description
Our WEB app consists of a platform that, from a location provided by the user and atmospheric data provided by NASA satellites, provides real-time alerts on problems caused by overheating and its potential impacts, such as hyperthermia, occurrence of forest fires and atmospheric pollution. Furthermore, it also provides information on the consequences of these events and ways to mitigate them at the individual and state/national level.
In the foreground, for heat stress alerts, temperature and humidity data are used, as the higher the temperature and humidity, in relation to the normal for that location, the greater the chances of overheating of the human body. In addition, the SMOG alert, related to atmospheric pollution, uses data on temperature, humidity, SO₂, P2.5 and CO particles, as low temperatures and high levels of aerosol, sulfur dioxide and P2.5 particles generate urban smog and days very hot and dry with high levels of carbon monoxide and sulfur dioxides generate photochemical smog. Acid rain alerts, also related to atmospheric pollution, use cloud temperature and SO₂ data, as SO₂ makes acid rain and with the cloud temperature we can have an idea if there will be precipitation. For fire alerts we use temperature and humidity data, since the drier and higher the temperature, the easier the occurrence of natural fires, in addition to data on the occurrence of fires that are already occurring.
In the background, alerts can be received by all those who download the system, without the need for prior registration. However, if they choose to register, users will have access to the social part of our network, with chat and personal profile. It is important to point out that, during the registration period, some questions will be asked to better understand the user's profile, in this way, the web app can provide challenges that are consistent with its daily life.
These challenges available will be likely to be solved in the short, medium or long term, prompting participants to take actions that mitigate the emission of greenhouse gases, validated by the user, for example "Choose public or non-polluting transport for 10 days in the month”, thus helping to reduce the damage of global warming and filling their respective profiles of achievements.
Thus, at each stage performed, the user would level up in our World Ranking, having the option of “filter” to view the Ranking of a certain region. In addition, after registering, the user will be able to create connections within our web app, being able to view the achievements of the acquired connection. Our network does not focus on the number of connections, but rather on disseminating information and encouraging mitigation of the potential impacts of overheating
Seeking to go beyond the data provided by satellites, our platform uses crowdsourcing in the chat and Talk here tab, which allows users to notify situations related to overheating while happening from a more human perspective. In the chat there are different groups with specific environmental themes, where they can pass on information to each other, in order to keep constantly informed and connected.
In addition, we also have a news tab that shows the latest events on the planet and that can be "filtered" according to your location, interest and information of themes that correlate with warming. In addition, there will be a tab of alerts for potential risks, informing the probability of occurrence by colors distinguished in green, yellow and red, the first with low probability, the second, average probability and the third, high probability or already happening.
As a target audience, Fysi focuses on young people between the age of 14 and 30, as they are more engaged on climate issues and have their daily lives connected to social networks. In addition, we will also target companies with interests in helping the environment and promoting themselves through this.
Thinking about partnerships with companies, we would provide stamps in which they would indicate that the given institution is concerned about the issue of climate change and takes measures to mitigate them. Thus, a differential for companies to have our stamps.
Finally, we use the Canva platform to idealize the interface of our application. And with this project, we hope to bring greater awareness of global warming and a more captivating and fun way to encourage actions that favor the environment.
Space Agency Data
The generation of alerts happens through the crossing of specific data provided by NASA satellites. For heat stress alerts, brightness temperature data from the Suomi NPP satellite using the VIIRS instrument and humidity provided by NASA's Aqua satellite using the AIRS device are used. For the SMOG alert, related to atmospheric pollution, we used the temperature, humidity, SO2 data obtained by the MLS and OMI instruments from NASA's AURA satellite, P2.5 particles from NASA's SEDAC satellite and CO from the Earth satellite using the MOPITT device and the Aqua AIRS satellite. For fire alerts we use temperature and humidity data provided by the above-specified satellites, in addition to fire occurrence data that are already occurring from the MODIS instrument of NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites.
Hackathon Journey
A trajetória da equipe fysi no desafio de aplicativos espaciais da NASA pode ser resumida em parceria e inovação, aprimorar nossas habilidades comunicativas e trabalhar em conjunto para idealizar e desenvolver nossa solução de desafio. Ao longo do processo, aprendemos a ser mais objetivos, criativos e conscientes da realidade climática em que vivemos e das possibilidades de ajudar de forma incomum.
Fomos inspirados pela ideia de desenvolver um projeto que se alinharia aos nossos valores e possibilitaria uma perspectiva mais otimista do futuro. Tentamos de forma mais clara e objetiva idealizar um aplicativo WEB que divulga alertas relacionados ao superaquecimento, além de fornecer notícias e informações recentes.
Além disso, a equipe fysi resolveu todos os pequenos desacordos, bem como os desafios de forma democrática e racional usando o diálogo como um caminho para a solução. Agradecemos toda a gestão do desafio NASA Space Apps de Salvador por sua dedicação e amor pelo projeto e pelos participantes, especialmente os mentores, Katia Perazzo, Luiz Henrique e Hiro, que nos ajudaram e nos motivaram durante nossa jornada.
References
Atmospheric aerosol data from NASA's Aura/OMI satellite - https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/
Data on the amount of PM2.5 Particles in the air from NASA's SEDAC satellite - https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/
Data on the amount of SO2 in the atmosphere from the NASA AURA satellite MLS and OMI instruments - https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/
Data for CO levels in the atmosphere from the Terra satellite using the MOPITT device and the Aqua AIRS satellite - https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/
Brightness temperature data from the Suomi NPP satellite using the VIIRS instrument - https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/
MODIS instrument cloud temperature data from NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites - https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/
Moisture data from NASA's Aqua/AIRS satellite - https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/
Cloud temperature data provided by the Terra satellite using the MODIS instrument - https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/
Forest fire event data from NASA's Terra and Aqua satellite MODIS instrument - https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/
Information on consequences of high levels of aerosols and SO2 in the atmosphere from NASA - https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/
Information related to human impacts caused by air pollution provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - https://www.epa.gov/pm-pollution/health-and-environmental-effects-particulate-matter-pm
Information regarding the effects of heat on humans provided by the CDC - https://www.cdc.gov/pictureofamerica/pdfs/picture_of_america_heat-related_illness.pdf
Forest Fire Causes and Prevention Information from Beyond Carlton - What are the common causes of forest fires? (beyondcarlton.org
Information suffers causes and impacts of forest fires of the Cifor organization - https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/1077
Data on causes and consequences of the organization's forest fires - https://www.ompe.org/en/causes-et-consequences-of-forest-fires/
Tags
#warming #app #climatcehange
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