Current Projects

Estimation of Regional CO2 Budgets and Biomass by Fusion of LandSat, MODIS, and Atmospheric Observations (NASA)

Assimilation, Surface Flux Estimation, and Error Analysis of Atmospheric CO2 Observations from Space Using a Comprehensive Modeling System (NASA)

Center for Multiscale Modeling of Atmospheric Processes (NSF)

Integrated Water, Atmosphere, and Ecosystems Education and Research (NSF IGERT)

Completed Projects

Data Fusion to Determine North American Sources and Sinks of Carbon Dioxide at High Spatial and Temporal Resolution, NOAA, April 15, 2008 – April 14, 2011.

Multi-year Regional Syntheses of Atmospheric Flux and Mixing Ratio Measurements in Support of the North American Carbon Program, DoE, September 1, 2006 – August 31, 2009.

Land-Atmosphere Exchanges of Carbon, Water, and Energy Across the Midcontinental Region of North America:  Processes, Scaling, and Evaluation, DoE NICCR, September 15, 2006 – September 14, 2009.

A Global, 1-km Vegetation Modeling System for NEWS, NASA, February 1, 2006 – January 31, 2009.

Using Satellite Observations of PBL Depth to Improve Estimates of CO2Sources and Sinks (NASA McGrath-Spangler)

Atmospheric Modeling, Assimilation and Source-Sink Estimation for the Carbon Cycle (NASA, collaboration with Steven Pawson)

Resolving Net CO2 Exchange in the Mid-Continent Region of North America by Comparing and Reconciling Results from Inverse Modeling and Inventory-Based Approaches (NASA Ogle)

Constraining the CO2 Missing Sink, NASA, March 1, 2005 – February 29, 2008. (Kawa)

High Resolution Fossil Fuel Emissions Estimates in Support of OCO-based assimilation estimates, NASA, January 1, 2005 – December 3, 2007.

Mesoscale Carbon Data Assimilation for NACP, NASA, February 1, 2005 – January 31, 2008.

Regional Transport Analysis for Carbon Cycle Inversions, NOAA, July 1, 2005 – June 30, 2008.

Modeling the Global Carbon Cycle in Preparation for OCO Data(NASA, collaboration with Randy Kawa)

Using Satellite Observations of CO to Improve Estimates of CO2 Sources and Sinks, NASA, September 1, 2004 – August 31, 2007.

Understanding the Impacts of Large-scale Climate Variability on the Global Carbon Cycle, NASA, April 15, 2004 – April 14, 2007. (PROPOSAL)  (REPORT)

Development of Methods for Data Assimilation with Advanced Models and Advanced Data Sources, NASA, April 15, 2004 – April 14, 2007.

The Role of Africa in Terrestrial Carbon Exchange and Atmospheric CO2: Reducing Regional and Global Carbon Cycle Uncertainty, NOAA, May 1, 2004 – April 30, 2007.

Kathy’s Fellowship

The Spatial Integration of Regional Carbon Balance in Amazonia (Phase 2), NASA, January 1, 2003 – December 31, 2005.

Impact of Interactive Vegetation on Predictions of North American Monsoons, NOAA, July 1, 2001 – June 30, 2005.

Regional Ecosystem-Atmosphere CO2 Exchange via Atmospheric Budgets, DoE, September 15, 2002 – September 14, 2005.

Forward and Inverse Modeling of Carbon Dioxide and Carbon Isotopes, NSF, September 1, 2002 – August 30, 2005.

Global and Regional Carbon Flux Estimation using Atmospheric CO2 Measurements from Spaceborne and Airborne Platforms, NASA, January 1, 2002 – December 31, 2004.

Monfort Professorship Award, Gift from the Monfort Foundation through Colorado State University, July 1, 2002 – June 30, 2004.

Incorporating New EOS Data Products into Models to Improve Estimates of Biogeochemical Processes, Subcontract through the University of California, Davis, May 1, 2000 – April 30, 2003,

Biological Controls of Terrestrial Carbon Fluxes, NSF, September 1, 1999 – August 31, 2003.

Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions, Subcontract through University of California, Berkeley, March 1, 2000 –February 28, 2003.

Mapping Global Aerodynamic Roughness Length of Land Surface, California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Lab, June 1, 2002 – May 31, 2003.

Monitoring and Modeling Isotopic Exchange between the Atmosphere and the Terrestrial Biosphere, NOAA, March 1, 2000 – February 29, 2003.

CO2 Budget and Rectification Airborne Study – North America (COBRA-NA), Subcontract through Harvard University, May 15, 1999 –April 30, 2002.

Atmospheric CO2 Inversion Intercomparison Project (TransCom 3), NSF/NOAA, April 23, 1999 – June 30, 2002.

Spatial Integration of Regional Carbon Balance in Amazonia, NASA, July 1, 1998 – December 31, 2002.

Lara’s Fellowship

Regional Estimation of Terrestrial CO2 Exchange from NIGEC Flux Data, Satellite Imagery, and Atmospheric Composition, DoE/NIGEC, July 1, 2000 – June 30, 2002.

The The Effects of Remotely-Sensed Data on Modeled Land Surface Atmosphere Interactions: Consequences for Global Carbon Balance Research, NASA, September 1, 1999 – August 31, 2001.

The Earth System Science Workbench: A Scalable Infrastructure of ESIPs, Subcontract through the University of California, Santa Barbara (NASA), March 1, 1998 – January 31, 2001.

Sources and Sinks of Anthropogenic CO2: Integrated Assessment using Biogeochemical Modeling and Inversion of Atmospheric Tracer Transport, NSF, July 1, 1998 – September 30, 2000.

Linking Biogeochemistry and Atmospheric Transport in the NCAR GCM, NSF, May 1, 1999 – April 30, 2000.

NASA EOS-IDS Atmosphere-Biosphere Interactions, NASA, July 1, 1998 – April 30, 2000.

Regional Forest-ABL Coupling: Influence on CO2 and Climate, Subcontract through the University of Minnesota and Penn State University (DoE), October 1, 1998 –August 31, 2000.

Regional and Global Estimation of Terrestrial CO2 Exchange, Department of Energy (NIGEC),?July 1, 1998 – June 30, 2000.