Delta-X
River deltas and their wetlands are drowning as a result of sea level rise and reduced sediment inputs. The Delta-X mission studies the Mississippi River Delta in the United States to determine which parts will survive and continue to grow, and which parts will be lost.
Principal Investigator/PI: Marc Simard (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Deputy PI: Cathleen Jones (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Investigation Manager: Judy Lai-Norling (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Data Manager: Sarah Flores (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Co-Is - Delta Ecology - Biogeochemistry, Productivity, & Soil Accretion: Robert Twilley (Louisiana State University)
Co-Is - Delta Ecology - Biogeochemistry, Productivity, & Soil Accretion: Edward Castañeda (Florida International University)
Co-Is - Remote Sensing of Surface Currents: Tamlin Pavelsky (UNC Chapel Hill)
Co-Is - Remote Sensing of Surface Currents: Ernesto Rodríguez (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Co-Is - Sediment Transport in Deltas: Liviu Giosan (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Co-Is - Sediment Transport in Deltas: Michael Lamb (California Institute of Technology)
Co-Is - Hydrology Modelling: Sergio Fagherazzi (Boston University)
Co-Is - Hydrology Modelling: Paola Passalacqua (University of Texas at Austin)
Co-Is - Imaging Spectroscopy - Sediment & Carbon Transport: Cédric Fichot (Boston University)
Co-Is - Imaging Spectroscopy - Sediment & Carbon Transport: David R. Thompson (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
EVS-3 Program Executive: Bruce Tagg (NASA Headquarters)
EVS-3 Program Manager: Gregory Stover (NASA Langley Research Center)
EVS-3 Mission Manager: Melissa Yang-Martin (NASA Langley Research Center)