This is a $34,616.91 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of New Mexico (UNM) 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 since 2002. The research aims to quantify interannual variability in spring and fall phenology, CO2 fluxes, and atmospheric CO2, and identify critical water availability thresholds that...
The Regents of the University of Michigan were awarded a $151,400.48 research grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to investigate the impact of seasonal changes in temperature and water availability on carbon uptake and atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations across North America. The research will leverage a combination of ground-based, airborne, and satellite observations, including new solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence measurements, to improve...
This federal contract award, valued at $103,278.86, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Montana to conduct research on the impacts of climate change on carbon release from forest disturbances in the western United States. The research project, which runs from September 1, 2015 to August 31, 2018, aims to investigate the resistance and resilience of forests to changes in disturbance regimes, such as fire, drought, and insects, and how these...
This is a $300,841 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Montana for a project titled "Satellite Observations and Models Informing Agriculture: Training for Open Science Under Climate Change." The grant will support research and technical assistance to provide training and resources for using satellite data and climate models to inform agricultural decision-making in the context of climate change. The University of Montana,...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $1,111,327.94 grant to the Regents of the University of Michigan to study the mechanisms by which climate variability affects terrestrial carbon fluxes. The 4-year research project aims to leverage climate-carbon feedbacks evident in the atmospheric CO2 growth rate to better understand how large-scale climate oscillations influence regional climate and terrestrial carbon fluxes. The research will use a combination of climate...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $526,922.63 grant to the University of Montana to support the maintenance and enhancement of the MOD17 algorithm, which produces global datasets on daily gross primary production and annual net primary production from NASA's Terra and Aqua satellite platforms. The MOD17 products are the only standard global 1-kilometer datasets of these key carbon flux metrics, and are critical inputs for climate and vegetation growth models as...
The University of Montana, located in Missoula, Montana, was awarded a Cooperative Agreement worth $581,645.26 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop data products that improve understanding of ecosystem dynamics using remote sensing data collected during a 2017 airborne campaign. The project will quantify permafrost active layer patterns, seasonal variations, and recent trends across Alaska and Northwest Canada. The University will develop new remote sensing...
This is a $135,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Montana State University, a public research university in Montana, to reduce uncertainty in bottom-up model estimates of carbon dioxide and methane fluxes over Alaska during the years 2003-2019. The grant, which does not have a set-aside designation, is for research purposes and has an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2023. Montana State University has a strong track record of delivering...
This is a cooperative agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Montana for a project titled "Satellite Data Driven Model Assessment of Landscape Variability and Environmental Controls on the Arctic-Boreal Carbon Budget." The $699,995.51 contract aims to apply a satellite data-driven carbon model framework to improve the understanding and quantification of carbon (CO2 and CH4) fluxes and environmental...
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $354,129.83 grant to the Regents of the University of Michigan (doing business as the University of Michigan) to conduct research on the variability of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels measured by the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite. The research aims to characterize the spatial and temporal patterns of CO2 mole fraction (XCO2) variations, attribute these anomalies to land, ocean, and human-caused flux...
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 changing seasonal patterns on terrestrial carbon uptake and atmospheric CO2 concentrations. The University of Montana will utilize a coupled hydrosphere-biosphere-atmosphere analysis framework, with a focus on climate-sensitive semi-arid and arctic-boreal ecosystems. This work supports NASA's efforts to understand the carbon cycle and the balance between photosynthetic CO2 uptake and respiratory CO2 release by terrestrial ecosystems.