This is a $88,551.62 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, doing business as the Health Sciences Division, to map improved mangrove forest extent in the West Africa region and changes in mangrove extent for 2 case study areas in Africa and 1 in Southeast Asia. The grant will utilize high-resolution optical satellite data from Landsat 8 and Sentinel 2, as well as microwave satellite data from...
This is a $749,927.87 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York. The grant supports a research project to 1) develop remote sensing methods to monitor forest degradation and regeneration in tropical deciduous forests of South Asia, and 2) assess how off-farm employment associated with urbanization alters the use of forest resources that leads to degradation. The project will focus on a study region...
Duke University was awarded a $511,367 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to fully integrate key remote sensing variables with continental scale ecological data to provide broadly accessible ecological forecasts to a user community of ecologists and managers. The product will integrate biological data and remote sensing to translate directly to decision-ready products, improving the reliability and precision of species distribution models used to anticipate...
This contract award to Duke University was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The $570,375.65 grant is for a research project with goals that parallel those of the Decadal Survey, which tracks flows of energy and changes in ecosystem structure, function and biodiversity. The work relies on national field data collection and NASA space-borne mission data. The grant was awarded on November 1, 2019 with a completion date of October 25, 2022....
This is a $129,385.50 grant awarded by NASA to Duke University for research relevant to the agency's Earth Sciences Division. The research aims to understand how freshwater systems are responding to global change. The award has no set-aside designation and was made directly to Duke University's Office of Research Administration Division as the prime contractor. Duke University has extensive experience as a prime and subcontractor on federal contracts and grants, collaborating with partners to...
This federal contract award to Duke University, with a ceiling value of $188,746.07, is for a research project titled "Total Carbon Estimation in African Mangroves and Coastal Wetlands in Preparation for REDD and Blue Carbon Credits." The project aims to develop a mangrove total carbon monitoring system in Gabon, Tanzania, and Mozambique, leveraging a suite of remote sensing technologies including airborne LiDAR, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), and very high-resolution optical data....
This is a grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park to develop a global database of tree and water cover using multi-source satellite imagery. The $749,960 grant will refine existing Landsat-based maps of tree and water cover for 2000, 2005, and 2010, and then estimate annual tree and water cover from 2010 to 2015 across North and South America. The research will be partnered with the European Space Agency's...
This federal grant was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Regents of the University of Minnesota, doing business as the Office of Sponsored Projects Administration. The grant, valued at $749,999.96, supports research on the impacts of afforestation programs on the livelihoods of forest-dependent communities in India. The research combines government data on afforestation activities with satellite imagery analysis and household surveys to understand how...
This is a grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Duke University Office of Research Administration Division, a private non-profit educational institution, to conduct research on the effects of biomass burning on the chemical and climate system. The $452,564.59 grant will fund a project to enhance NASA's GISS Model E coupled chemistry-climate model, including improvements to the prognostic fire simulator and injection height model. The research involves...
Duke University was awarded a $119,858.96 training grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center on September 1, 2017. The contract is for research to understand the impacts of saltwater intrusion on coastal wetland ecosystems through field experiments and remote sensing analysis. Duke will use chemical analysis, biophysical assessments, and thermal and visible imagery from drones and satellites to monitor changes in soil chemistry and vegetation. This...
This is a $543,376.57 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Duke University to examine mangrove cover change and its impacts on ecosystem services in South Asia over a three-year period. The project will develop an operational methodology for monitoring annual mangrove cover changes, create a comprehensive database of these changes from 1985 to the present, quantify the impacts on carbon sequestration and biodiversity, and analyze the effectiveness of existing mangrove protection programs. The research will integrate remote sensing, conservation biology, and environmental economics, and the results will be disseminated to the research community and policymakers. This grant does not have a set-aside designation.