FUNDS OFFERED BY THE NASA EARTH SCIENCE DIVISION / EARTH ACTION DISASTERS PROGRAM AND FACILITATED BY MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS WILL CONTINUE THE PROACTIVE AND FOCUSED DEVELOPMENT OF FOUNDATION MODELS THAT USE EARTH OBSERVATIONS, SPECIFICALLY SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR AND OPTICAL LAND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS, TO IMPROVE THE TIMELINESS AND ACCURACY OF DAMAGE ESTIMATES TO STRUCTURES, SETTLEMENTS, AND LOCAL ECOLOGY THAT RESULT FROM NATURAL DISASTERS. THIS EFFORT WILL BE COLLABORATIVE WITH NASA HEADQUARTERS, NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY, IBM RESEARCH, AND OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY AS COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS.