This $560,720 federal grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation to the University of Massachusetts Boston to support research on land surface albedo. The project aims to leverage complementary satellite remote sensing data from Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2 to improve temporal and spatial resolution estimates of land surface albedo, particularly in response to seasonal changes, snow cover, and ecosystem disturbances in northern high latitude regions. As a public research university, the University of Massachusetts Boston has extensive expertise in satellite data processing, algorithm development, and modeling to support weather, climate, hydrologic, and biogeochemical research. This grant contributes to ongoing efforts to better understand the impacts of dynamic land surface properties on the surface energy budget and radiative forcing. The project does not have a set-aside designation and is being conducted directly by the University of Massachusetts Boston as the prime contractor, without any major subcontractors identified.
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