NASA/DFRC Climate Change Adaptation Workshop

NASA Dryden Flight Research Center and the Desert Research Institute organized a workshop to discuss climate change adaptation for DFRC and the surrounding Antelope Valley region of the Mojave Desert. The workshop was held at DFRC in Palmdale, CA on August 2 and 3, 2011.

The workshop addressed the following questions:

  • What is our current knowledge of the effects of climate change in the Mojave Desert and specifically its impact on DFRC facilities and people for the present through 2080?
  • What research is necessary to improve predictions and their certainty?
  • What adaptation and mitigation steps can be taken now?
  • What steps should be taken in the future?

The workshop was attended by scientists studying climate change in the Mojave Desert, land managers from the Antelope Valley and broader Mojave Desert regions and local groups interested in climate change impacts in this region.

Banner photo credit: NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Photo Collection; NASA Photo: EC01-0264014, July 25, 2001, by Carla Thomas.

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Flooding at NASA DFRC

Flooding at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. Photo credits: unknown source.

Landsat Image of Rogers Lake Flooding

A Landsat image depicting flooding of the Rogers Lake where blue and green colors indicate water inundation levels. Photo credits: Landsat TM Image, April 2003 with analysis by the Desert Research Institute.

Dust Storm in Antelope Valley

The front of a Dust Storm within Antelope Valley is captured in this aerial photograph from 2007.  Photo credits: NASA Dryden Photo.

Aerial Photo of Edwards Air Force Base and NASA DFRC

Oblique aerial photograph of Edwards Air Force Base and NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. Photo credits: John Mejia, DRI, 2011.