Design Thinking for the Applied Sciences: Developing a Novel Approach to Encourage the Use of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Open Source Tools for Forest Monitoring

Leah Margaret Kucera1,2, Kelsey E. Herndon1,2, Africa Ixmucane Flores Cordova2,3, Emil A. Cherrington1,2, Melvin Poplar III4, Rajesh Bahadur Thapa5 and Sylvia Wilson6, (1)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Earth System Science Center, Huntsville, AL, United States, (2)NASA SERVIR, Science Coordination Office, Huntsville, AL, United States, (3)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States, (4)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Art, Art History, & Design, Huntsville, AL, United States, (5)International Center for Integrated Mountain Development, Geospatial Solutions, Kathmandu, Nepal, (6)United States Geological Survey, Reston, VA, United States