This is a $714,635 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Utah for a research project titled "Quantifying Disturbance and Global Change Impacts on Multi-Decadal Trends in Aboveground Biomass and Land Cover Across Arctic-Boreal North America." The project aims to study the impacts of disturbances and global changes on long-term trends in vegetation biomass and land cover across the Arctic-boreal region of North America. The grant...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $210,300.80 grant to the University of Montana to investigate the response of seasonal phenology, carbon dioxide (CO2) exchange, and atmospheric CO2 to spring warming, soil thaw, and liquid water availability in North America. The research project, which does not have a set-aside designation, will leverage multi-scale carbon and water cycle observations, as well as land and atmosphere models, to elucidate the impacts of...
The University of Utah Office of Sponsored Projects Division has been awarded a $299,308.00 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for a research project titled "MAPPING THE IMPACTS OF WOODY PLANT ENCROACHMENT ON MULTIDECADAL ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS AND SURFACE CLIMATE DYNAMICS ACROSS WESTERN US RANGELANDS". The project, awarded on September 1, 2024, has a completion date of August 31, 2027. This award does not have a set-aside designation. The University of...
This is a $108,778 cooperative agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to study vegetation reflectance and solar-induced fluorescence (SIF) in northern boreal forests. The primary objectives are to (1) establish a framework linking ground-based and airborne measurements of SIF and vegetation reflectance to gross primary productivity (GPP), and (2) reduce uncertainties in satellite-based GPP estimates across...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $300,568.00 grant to the University of Utah's Office of Sponsored Projects Division to conduct research on open-canopy woodland ecosystems and their role in the global carbon cycle. The grant does not have a set-aside designation, and the research is scheduled for completion by April 20, 2025. The University of Utah is a top-tier research institution that has previously received prime and sub-contracts from various federal...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $254,247.34 grant to the University of Maryland, College Park to conduct research on the growth, disturbance, and carbon dynamics of northern hemisphere forests. The research aims to improve understanding of Arctic/boreal terrestrial ecosystems and their potential to release stored carbon. The study will leverage NASA/USGS Landsat satellite imagery and WorldView sub-meter imagery to quantify ecological relationships between stand...
This federal contract award, valued at $1,184,031.89, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Utah's Office of Sponsored Projects Division. The award is for a research grant titled "Towards a Complex Terrain Carbon Monitoring System (CMS-Mountains): Development and Testing in the Western U.S." The project aims to leverage satellite remote sensing and modeling to improve the understanding of carbon dynamics in mountainous regions,...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a grant worth $160,857.46 to the University of Utah's Office of Sponsored Projects Division for research related to the modeling of greenhouse gases and the biosphere. This award includes a subcontract to support the work of Dr. John Lin, an expert in this field, as well as a graduate student. The award has a completion date of November 19, 2021 and was initially made on November 20, 2018. No set-aside designation was specified for...
This is a $655,371 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Utah Office of Sponsored Projects Division. The award is for a research project titled "Multiscale Monitoring of Drought Induced Forest Mortality by Detecting Spatial Anomalies in Land Surface Temperature and Infrared Reflectance." The University of Utah, a major public research institution, will conduct this scientific research project, which aims to...
This is a $406,034.47 cooperative agreement awarded by NASA to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to conduct research on the relationship between satellite measurements of solar-induced fluorescence (SIF) and vegetation reflectance, and their link to gross primary productivity (GPP) in northern boreal forests. The research aims to improve understanding of the ecophysiological mechanisms driving seasonal changes in plant photosynthesis and carbon cycling within these ecosystems....