Boelman (TE 2014) Project Profile
  (updated 20-Oct-2021)
Project Title:Animals on the move: Remotely based determination of key drivers influencing movements and habitat selection of highly mobile fauna throughout the ABoVE study domain
Project Lead: Natalie Boelman, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia Univ.
Project Funding: 2015 - 2019
NASA (agency representative: Eric Kasischke)
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Boelman (TE 2018) Project Profile
  (updated 21-Feb-2023)
Project Title:Quantifying socioecological consequences of changing snow and icescapes: A data-model fusion approach
Project Lead: Natalie Boelman, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia Univ.
Project Funding: 2019 - 2022
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Boelman (TE 2021) Project Profile
  (updated 16-May-2023)
Project Title:The future of the Forest-Tundra Ecotone: A synthesis that adds interactions among snow, vegetation, and wildlife to the equation
Project Lead: Natalie Boelman, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia Univ.
Project Funding: 2022 - 2025
NASA (agency representative: Ryan Pavlick)
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Brinkman (TE 2014) Project Profile
  (updated 02-Mar-2020)
Project Title:Biophysical Characteristics and Mechanisms of Environmental Disturbances Influencing Human Access to Ecosystem Services in Boreal Alaska
Project Lead: Todd Brinkman, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Project Funding: 2015 - 2019
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Chen-W (2016) Project Profile
  (updated 23-Apr-2021)
Project Title:Monitoring and Assessing Cumulative Impacts on Western Canadian Arctic Ecosystems
Project Leads: Wenjun Chen, Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation
Robert Fraser, Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation
Yu Zhang, Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation
Project Funding: 2018 - 2023
NRCan (agency representative: David Henry)
NWT CIMP (agency representative: DonnaMarie Ouellette)
POLAR (agency representative: Donald McLennan)
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French (TE 2018) Project Profile
  (updated 01-Dec-2023)
Project Title:Wetland status, change, and seasonal inundation dynamics for assessing the vulnerability of waterfowl habitat within the ABoVE study domain
Project Lead: Nancy French, Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI)
Project Funding: 2019 - 2022
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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French (TE 2021) Project Profile
  (updated 22-Apr-2024)
Project Title:Informing wetland policy and management for waterfowl habitat and other ecosystem services using multi-frequency synthetic aperture radar
Project Lead: Nancy French, Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI)
Project Funding: 2022 - 2025
NASA (agency representative: Ryan Pavlick)
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Frost (TE 2014) Project Profile
  (updated 27-Oct-2023)
Project Title:Biophysical drivers and socio-ecological impacts of environmental change in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region, western Alaska
Project Lead: Gerald (JJ) Frost, Alaska Biological Research, Inc.--Environmental Research & Services
Project Funding: 2015 - 2020
NASA (agency representative: Jared Entin)
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Hebblewhite (2017) Project Profile
  (updated 30-Apr-2018)
Project Title:Fortymile caribou herd habitat relationships
Project Lead: Mark Hebblewhite, University of Montana
Project Funding: 2017 - 2021
BLM (agency representative: Jim Herriges)
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Myers-Smith (2024) Project Profile
Project Title:Global Change Ecology of Northern Ecosystems
Project Lead: Isla Myers-Smith, University of British Columbia
Project Funding: 2023 - 2031
NSERC
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Prugh (IDS 2019) Project Profile
  (updated 15-Sep-2023)
Project Title:Linking seasonal snow processes to wildlife population dynamics
Project Lead: Laura Prugh, University Of Washington
Project Funding: 2020 - 2023
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Prugh (TE 2014) Project Profile
  (updated 15-Nov-2021)
Project Title:Assessing Alpine Ecosystem Vulnerability to Environmental Change Using Dall Sheep as an Iconic Indicator Species
Project Lead: Laura Prugh, University Of Washington
Project Funding: 2015 - 2019
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Welker (2017) Project Profile
  (updated 13-Jun-2017)
Project Title:Nutritional Landscapes of Arctic Caribou: Observations, Experiments and Models Provide Process-Level Understanding of Forage Traits and Trajectories
Project Lead: Jeffrey Welker, University of Alaska Anchorage
Project Funding: 2017 - 2023
NSF (agency representative: Neil Swanberg)
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Wilcock (NSF 2020) Project Profile
Project Title:Development of an Integrated Climate Resiliency Index - ICRI
Project Lead: Ronni Wilcock, Two Bears Environmental Consulting
Project Funding: 2020 - 2021
NSF (agency representative: Rajesh Mehta)
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Zolkos (NSF 2020) Project Profile
Project Title:Short- and long-term effects of wildfire and permafrost thaw on mercury cycling and bioavailability across a major northern river delta landscape
Project Lead: Scott Zolkos, Woodwell Climate Research Center / Harvard University
Project Funding: 2020 - 2022
NSF (agency representative: Luciana Astiz)
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Bourgeau-Chavez (RRNES 2015) Project Profile
  (updated 04-Mar-2020)
Project Title:Planning and Collection of Data on Boreal Wildfire Effects: Studies of broad-scale 2014 Wildfires in NWT, Canada
Project Lead: Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, Michigan Technological University
Project Funding: 2015 - 2016
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Bourgeau-Chavez (TE 2014) Project Profile
  (updated 20-Mar-2023)
Project Title:Understanding the Vulnerability and Resiliency of Boreal-Taiga Ecosystems to Wildfire in a Changing Climate: A study of the 2014 Northwest Territories Wildfires
Project Lead: Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, Michigan Technological University
Project Funding: 2015 - 2019
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Bourgeau-Chavez (TE 2018) Project Profile
  (updated 17-Jul-2023)
Project Title:Understanding the Interactions between Wildfire Disturbance, Landscape Hydrology and Post-Fire Recovery in Boreal-Taiga Ecosystems
Project Lead: Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, Michigan Technological University
Project Funding: 2019 - 2022
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Bourgeau-Chavez (TE 2021) Project Profile
  (updated 27-Jul-2022)
Project Title:Integrating remote sensing and modeling to better understand the vulnerability of boreal-taiga ecosystems to wildfire
Project Lead: Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, Michigan Technological University
Project Funding: 2022 - 2025
NASA (agency representative: Ryan Pavlick)
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Loboda (TE 2012) Project Profile
  (updated 28-Jul-2023)
Project Title:Long-Term Multi-Sensor Record of Fire Disturbances in High Northern Latitudes
Project Lead: Tatiana Loboda, University of Maryland
Project Funding: 2013 - 2016
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Loboda (TE 2014) Project Profile
  (updated 26-Jul-2022)
Project Title:Quantifying long-term impacts of single and repeated wildfire burning in North American tundra on organic soil carbon stocks and ecosystem functioning
Project Lead: Tatiana Loboda, University of Maryland
Project Funding: 2015 - 2019
NASA (agency representative: Eric Kasischke)
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Loboda (TE 2018) Project Profile
  (updated 18-Sep-2023)
Project Title:Assessing impact of climate-driven increase in wildfire emissions on air quality and health of urban and indigenous populations in Alaska
Project Lead: Tatiana Loboda, University of Maryland
Project Funding: 2019 - 2022
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Mack (TE 2014) Project Profile
  (updated 06-Feb-2024)
Project Title:Increasing fire severity and the loss of legacy carbon from forest and tundra ecosystems of northwestern North America
Project Lead: Michelle Mack, Northern Arizona University
Project Funding: 2015 - 2019
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Rogers (TE 2014) Project Profile
  (updated 31-Jan-2024)
Project Title:Developing a spatially-explicit understanding of fire-climate forcings and their management implications across the ABoVE domain
Project Lead: Brendan Rogers, Woodwell Climate Research Center
Project Funding: 2015 - 2020
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Schaefer (RRNES 2015) Project Profile
  (updated 10-Jan-2018)
Project Title:YKD project--Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta: The Impact of Fire on Active Layer Thickness
Project Lead: Kevin Schaefer, National Snow and Ice Data Center
Project Funding: 2016 - 2017
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Veraverbeke (2018) Project Profile
  (updated 22-May-2019)
Project Title:Fires Pushing Trees North
Project Lead: Sander Veraverbeke, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Project Funding: 2018 - 2023
NWO (agency representative: Bernard Westerop)
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Veraverbeke (ERC 2021) Project Profile
  (updated 10-May-2022)
Project Title:Fire in the land of ice: climatic drivers and feedback (FireIce)
Project Lead: Sander Veraverbeke, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Project Funding: 2021 - 2026
ERC (agency representative: Nicolas Sifakis)
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Walker (TE 2021) Project Profile
  (updated 26-May-2023)
Project Title:Drivers and Impacts of Reburning in boreal forest Ecosystems (DIRE)
Project Lead: Xanthe Walker, Northern Arizona University
Project Funding: 2022 - 2025
NASA (agency representative: Ryan Pavlick)
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Wang (TE 2021) Project Profile
  (updated 26-Jan-2024)
Project Title:Quantifying disturbance and global change impacts on multi-decadal trends in aboveground biomass and land cover across Arctic-boreal North America
Project Lead: Jonathan (Jon) Wang, University of Utah
Project Funding: 2022 - 2025
NASA (agency representative: Ryan Pavlick)
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Yaacoub (NSERC 2019) Project Profile
  (updated 02-Aug-2023)
Project Title:Assessing spruce bark beetle impacts on boreal forests in southwest Yukon at various scales via a multisensor approach
Project Leads: Ryan Danby, Queen's University
Paul Treitz, Queen's University
Sandra Yaacoub, Queen's University
Project Funding: 2019 - 2024
NSERC (agency representative: Karen Samis)
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Bartsch (2016) Project Profile
  (updated 09-Dec-2022)
Project Title:GlobPermafrost
Project Lead: Annett Bartsch, BGEOS
Project Funding: 2016 - 2019
ESA (agency representative: Frank Seifert)
ESA (agency representative: Mark Drinkwater)
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Bartsch (ESA 2018) Project Profile
Project Title:CCI Permafrost
Project Lead: Annett Bartsch, BGEOS
Project Funding: 2018 - 2025
ESA (agency representative: Mark Drinkwater)
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Bourgeau-Chavez (SMAP 2015) Project Profile
  (updated 02-Jul-2019)
Project Title:Assessing and Downscaling SMAP data for Organic Soil Fuel Moisture Estimation in Boreal-Arctic Ecosystems
Project Lead: Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, Michigan Technological University
Project Funding: 2016 - 2023
NASA (agency representative: Jared Entin)
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Butman (TE 2018) Project Profile
  (updated 31-Jul-2023)
Project Title:Crossing the divide: Inundation drives hotspots of carbon flux
Project Lead: David Butman, University of Washington
Project Funding: 2019 - 2022
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Carroll (TE 2012) Project Profile
  (updated 08-Dec-2021)
Project Title:Determining the Extent and Dynamics of Surface Water for the ABoVE Field Campaign
Project Lead: Mark Carroll, NASA GSFC
Project Funding: 2013 - 2016
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Cooley (NIP 2020) Project Profile
  (updated 03-Jun-2022)
Project Title:Leveraging New Satellite Technologies to Constrain Feedbacks between Surface Water, Permafrost and Carbon Emissions in the Arctic
Project Lead: Sarah Cooley, University of Oregon
Project Funding: 2021 - 2024
NASA (agency representative: Allison Leidner)
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Douglas (2016) Project Profile
  (updated 25-Jan-2021)
Project Title:Variations in Wetland Terrain Feature Conditions: The Role of Permafrost and Impacts to Military Operations
Project Lead: Thomas (Tom) Douglas, US Army Corps of Engineers, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
Project Funding: 2014 - 2024
USACE (agency representative: Robert Davis)
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Du (TE 2021) Project Profile
  (updated 13-Dec-2023)
Project Title:High Resolution Mapping of Surface Soil Freeze Thaw Status and Active Layer Thickness for Improving the Understanding of Permafrost Dynamics and Vulnerability
Project Lead: Jinyang Du, University of Montana
Project Funding: 2022 - 2025
NASA (agency representative: Ryan Pavlick)
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Genet (2016) Project Profile
Project Title:Modeling landscape vulnerability to thermokarst disturbance and its implication for ecosystem services in the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska
Project Lead: Helene Genet, Institute of Arctic Biology
Project Funding: USGS (agency representative: Zhiliang Zhu)
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Hajnsek (DLR 2018) Project Profile
Project Title:Permafrost Airborne SAR Experiment - PERMASAR
Project Lead: Irena Hajnsek, The German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Project Funding: 2018 - 2021
DLR (agency representative: Irena Hajnsek)
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Iwahana (TE 2016) Project Profile
  (updated 28-Jul-2023)
Project Title:Quantification of thermokarst and carbon release in ice-rich permafrost regions
Project Lead: Go Iwahana, International Arctic Research Center
Project Funding: 2016 - 2020
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Kim (SMAP 2015) Project Profile
  (updated 01-Aug-2017)
Project Title:Dynamic inundation mapping for boreal regions using SMAP, UAVSAR, and Radarsat2
Project Lead: Seungbum (Sab) Kim, JPL
Project Funding: 2016 - 2019
NASA (agency representative: Jared Entin)
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Kimball (TE 2018) Project Profile
  (updated 27-Nov-2023)
Project Title:Improving Understanding and Prediction of Permafrost Active Layer Processes Using a Coupled Radar Inversion and Soil Process Model Framework.
Project Lead: John Kimball, University of Montana
Project Funding: 2019 - 2022
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Marsh (2016) Project Profile
  (updated 13-May-2020)
Project Title:Hydrology, snow. permafrost and terrestrial ecology in the western Canadian Arctic
Project Lead: Philip Marsh, Wilfrid Laurier University, Cold Regions Research Centre
Project Funding: POLAR

NSERC
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Miller (TE 2021) Project Profile
  (updated 23-Oct-2023)
Project Title:Enhanced Methane Emissions in Transitional Permafrost Environments: An ABoVE Phase 3 Synthesis Investigation
Project Lead: Charles (Chip) Miller, NASA JPL
Project Funding: 2022 - 2025
NASA (agency representative: Ryan Pavlick)
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Nicolsky (2016) Project Profile
  (updated 06-Jul-2020)
Project Title:Augmentation of the USArray sites with temperature profilers
Project Lead: Dmitry Nicolsky, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Project Funding: 2016 - 2019
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Quinton (2017) Project Profile
  (updated 19-Feb-2021)
Project Title:Dehcho Collaborative on Permafrost (DCoP)
Project Lead: William Quinton, Wilfrid Laurier University
Project Funding: 2015 - 2025
NSERC (agency representative: Christina Wood)
Canadian Funding
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Rawlins (RSWQ 2017) Project Profile
  (updated 16-Jan-2020)
Project Title:Merging Satellite Data and Models to Investigate Soil Freeze-Thaw Dynamics Influencing Terrestrial Water and Carbon Exports from the Western Arctic
Project Lead: Michael Rawlins, University of Massachusetts
Project Funding: 2019 - 2022
NASA (agency representative: Jared Entin)
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Rogers (2022) Project Profile
  (updated 11-Apr-2024)
Project Title:Permafrost Pathways: Connecting Science, People, and Policy for Arctic Justice and Global Climate
Project Leads: Susan (Sue) Natali, Woodwell Climate Research Center
Brendan Rogers, Woodwell Climate Research Center
Project Funding: 2022 - 2028
The Audacious Project (agency representative: Greg McGowan)
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Schaefer (TE 2012) Project Profile
  (updated 01-Nov-2021)
Project Title:Remotely-Sensed Active Layer Thickness (ReSALT) Product Derived from InSAR Data Over North American Arctic Regions
Project Lead: Kevin Schaefer, National Snow and Ice Data Center
Project Funding: 2013 - 2016
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Schaefer (TE 2016) Project Profile
  (updated 06-Sep-2022)
Project Title:The Airborne InSAR and PolSAR Permafrost Dynamics Observatory
Project Lead: Kevin Schaefer, National Snow and Ice Data Center
Project Funding: 2016 - 2019
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Siqueira (NSDT 2015) Project Profile
  (updated 08-Jan-2021)
Project Title:NISAR Ecosystems and Permafrost Science in the ABoVE Domain
Project Lead: Paul Siqueira, University of Massachusetts
Project Funding: 2016 - 2020
NASA (agency representative: Craig Dobson)
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Smith (TE 2016) Project Profile
  (updated 11-Aug-2023)
Project Title:Sensitivity of Arctic-Boreal surface water to permafrost state
Project Lead: Laurence Smith, Brown University
Project Funding: 2016 - 2020
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Striegl (TE 2014) Project Profile
  (updated 30-Nov-2021)
Project Title:Vulnerability of inland waters and the aquatic carbon cycle to changing permafrost and climate across boreal northwestern North America
Project Lead: Rob Striegl, USGS
Project Funding: 2015 - 2019
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Tabatabaeenejad (TE 2016) Project Profile
  (updated 22-Aug-2019)
Project Title:Estimation of Belowground Biomass and Permafrost Active Layer Properties Using Radar and Lidar Measurements
Project Lead: Alireza Tabatabaeenejad, The Aerospace Corporation
Project Funding: 2016 - 2020
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Tank (2017) Project Profile
  (updated 26-Feb-2018)
Project Title:Arctic Fire
Project Lead: Suzanne Tank, University of Alberta
Project Funding: 2015 - 2017
POLAR (agency representative: Adam Houben)
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Tape (TE 2021) Project Profile
  (updated 20-Mar-2024)
Project Title:Characterizing a widespread disturbance regime in the ABoVE domain: Beaver engineering
Project Lead: Kenneth (Ken) Tape, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Project Funding: 2022 - 2025
NASA (agency representative: Ryan Pavlick)
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Touzi (2016) Project Profile
  (updated 29-May-2020)
Project Title:Investigation of the added value of L- and P-band PolinSAR for permafrost characterization and mapping
Project Lead: Ridha Touzi, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
Project Funding: 2016 - 2023
NRCan (agency representative: David Henry)
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Turner-K (2007) Project Profile
  (updated 15-Jun-2022)
Project Title:Evaluating the influence of climate and land cover changes on water and carbon balance in Old Crow Flats, Yukon, Canada
Project Lead: Kevin Turner, Brock University
Project Funding: 2007 - 2029
NSERC
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Vuyovich (THP 2020) Project Profile
  (updated 19-Mar-2024)
Project Title:SnowEx
Project Lead: Carrie Vuyovich, NASA GSFC
Project Funding: 2021 - 2024
NASA (agency representative: Jared Entin)
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Ward Jones (NIP 2020) Project Profile
Project Title:Degrading Ice-wedges: Using Field, Airborne and Satellite Measurements to Link Fine-scale Micro-topographic Changes to Large-scale Impacts in Terrestrial Permafrost Systems
Project Lead: Melissa Ward Jones, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Project Funding: 2021 - 2024
NASA (agency representative: Jared Entin)
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Watts (CSDA 2020) Project Profile
  (updated 21-Feb-2023)
Project Title:Developing high spatiotemporal resolution inundation maps to detect rapid changes in surface hydrology and methane hotspots across ecosystem gradients in Alaska
Project Lead: Jennifer Watts, Woodwell Climate Research Center
Project Funding: 2021 - 2024
NASA (agency representative: Kathy Hibbard)
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Webb (FINESST 2019) Project Profile
Project Title:Vegetation dynamics as drivers of albedo change in northern high latitude ecosystems
Project Leads: Jeremy Lichstein, University of Florida
Elizabeth Webb, University of Florida
Project Funding: 2019 - 2022
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Wheater (2013) Project Profile
  (updated 05-Jun-2018)
Project Title:Changing Cold Regions Network (CCRN)
Project Lead: Howard Wheater, University of Saskatchewan
Project Funding: 2013 - (Ongoing)
NSERC (agency representative: Sylvie Roy)
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Wu-Y (FINESST 2019) Project Profile
Project Title:Monitoring Soil Water and Organic Carbon Storage Patterns at the Arctic Foothills, Alaska, using InSAR
Project Leads: Jingyi (Ann) Chen, University of Texas at Austin
Yue (Sophy) Wu, University of Texas at Austin
Project Funding: 2020 - 2023
NASA (agency representative: Philip Larkin)
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Zhuang (TE 2021) Project Profile
Project Title:Role of linked hydrological, permafrost, ground ice, and land cover changes in regional carbon balance across boreal and arctic landscapes
Project Lead: Qianlai Zhuang, Purdue University
Project Funding: 2022 - 2025
NASA (agency representative: Ryan Pavlick)
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Chopping (TE 2014) Project Profile
  (updated 01-May-2020)
Project Title:Changes in Shrub Abundance in Arctic Tundra from the Satellite High Resolution Record for the Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment and Impacts on Albedo
Project Lead: Mark Chopping, Montclair State University
Project Funding: 2015 - 2022
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Cook (CMS 2015) Project Profile
  (updated 19-Aug-2019)
Project Title:Remote Sensing as a Bridge to Operational Forest Carbon Monitoring in Interior Alaska
Project Lead: Bruce Cook, NASA GSFC
Project Funding: 2016 - 2019
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Cook (CMS 2018) Project Profile
  (updated 16-Oct-2019)
Project Title:NASA-USFS Partnership to Advance Operational Forest Carbon Monitoring in Interior Alaska
Project Lead: Bruce Cook, NASA GSFC
Project Funding: 2019 - 2022
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Cook (TE 2014) Project Profile
  (updated 11-Dec-2019)
Project Title:Fingerprinting Three Decades of Changes in Interior Alaska (1982-2014) Using Field Measurements, Stereo Air Photos, and G-LiHT Data
Project Lead: Bruce Cook, NASA GSFC
Project Funding: 2015 - 2019
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Drewry (TE 2016) Project Profile
  (updated 24-Aug-2021)
Project Title:Airborne Solar Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence to Characterize Arctic Boreal Zone Phenology and Productivity
Project Lead: Darren Drewry, Ohio State University
Project Funding: 2016 - 2019
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Duncanson (TE 2021) Project Profile
  (updated 25-Jan-2023)
Project Title:Mapping boreal forest biomass recovery rates across gradients of vegetation structure and environmental change
Project Lead: Laura Duncanson, University of Maryland
Project Funding: 2022 - 2025
NASA (agency representative: Ryan Pavlick)
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Eitel (TE 2014) Project Profile
  (updated 18-Sep-2023)
Project Title:LiDAR, passive spectral, and ecophysiological approaches to link Forest Tundra Ecotone structure and function
Project Lead: Jan Eitel, University of Idaho
Project Funding: 2015 - 2020
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Greaves (NESSF 2015) Project Profile
  (updated 11-Apr-2021)
Project Title:Multisensor Fusion for Mapping of Low-Stature Arctic Vegetation Communities and Woody Biomass
Project Lead: Heather Greaves, Institute of Arctic Biology
Project Funding: 2015 - 2018
NASA (agency representative: Ming-Ying Wei)
NASA (agency representative: William Turner)
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Hensley (TE 2018) Project Profile
  (updated 02-Jun-2022)
Project Title:Analysis and Interpretation of UAVSAR Tomographic Data in the Arctic Boreal Region
Project Lead: Scott Hensley, JPL
Project Funding: 2019 - 2022
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Huemmrich (TE 2016) Project Profile
  (updated 23-Jan-2024)
Project Title:Causes and Consequences of Arctic Greening: The Importance of Plant Functional Types
Project Lead: Karl (Fred) Huemmrich, NASA GSFC / UMBC
Project Funding: 2016 - 2020
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Huemmrich (TE 2018) Project Profile
  (updated 06-Sep-2023)
Project Title:Clarifying linkages between canopy solar induced fluorescence (SIF) and physiological function for high latitude vegetation
Project Lead: Karl (Fred) Huemmrich, NASA GSFC / UMBC
Project Funding: 2019 - 2022
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Lara (TE 2021) Project Profile
Project Title:ABoVE-Ground Characterization of Plant Species Succession in Retrogressive Thaw Slumps Using Imaging Spectroscopy
Project Lead: Mark Lara, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Project Funding: 2022 - 2025
NASA (agency representative: Ryan Pavlick)
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Maguire (NPP 2020) Project Profile
  (updated 03-Feb-2022)
Project Title:Seasonal response of carbon uptake to direct and diffuse light regimes across the evergreen needleleaf forest biome
Project Lead: Andrew (Andy) Maguire, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Project Funding: 2021 - 2023
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Morton (CMS 2013) Project Profile
  (updated 14-Oct-2019)
Project Title:A Joint USFS-NASA Pilot Project to Estimate Forest Carbon Stocks in Interior Alaska by Integrating Field, Airborne and Satellite Data
Project Lead: Douglas (Doug) Morton, NASA GSFC
Project Funding: 2013 - 2017
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Ranson (CARBON 2013) Project Profile
  (updated 19-Sep-2016)
Project Title:A High-Resolution Circumpolar Delineation of the Forest-Tundra Ecotone With Implications for Carbon Balance
Project Lead: Kenneth (Jon) Ranson, NASA GSFC
Project Funding: 2014 - 2017
NASA (agency representative: Garik Gutman)
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Townsend (TE 2018) Project Profile
  (updated 12-Jul-2022)
Project Title:Variation in Foliar Functional Traits across Environmental Gradients in ABoVE Landscapes
Project Lead: Philip (Phil) Townsend, University of Wisconsin
Project Funding: 2019 - 2022
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Vierling (TE 2011) Project Profile
  (updated 11-Apr-2021)
Project Title:Quantifying Thresholds in Arctic Tundra Vegetation Structure and Ecosystem Function Using LiDAR and Multispectral Remote Sensing
Project Lead: Lee Vierling, University of Idaho
Project Funding: 2012 - 2016
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Armstrong (TE 2018) Project Profile
  (updated 25-Mar-2024)
Project Title:Vulnerability of the Taiga-Tundra Ecotone: Predicting the Magnitude, Variability, and Rate of Change at the Intersection of Arctic and Boreal Ecosystems
Project Lead: Amanda Armstrong, NASA GSFC / USRA GESTAR
Project Funding: 2019 - 2022
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Berner (NIP 2020) Project Profile
  (updated 01-Apr-2024)
Project Title:Mapping plant biomass distribution and change across the rapidly warming Arctic tundra biome
Project Lead: Logan Berner, Northern Arizona University
Project Funding: 2021 - 2024
NASA
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Buermann (GRF 2022) Project Profile
Project Title:Recent Changes in NOrthern VEgetation CaRbon CYcling - RECOVERY
Project Lead: Wolfgang Buermann, Augsburg University
Project Funding: 2022 - 2024
Other (agency representative: Tim Haarmann)
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D'Arrigo (2016) Project Profile
Project Title:Determining the Vulnerability and Resilience of Boreal Forests and Shrubs across Northwestern North America
Project Lead: Rosanne D'Arrigo, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Project Funding: 2016 - 2020
NSF (agency representative: Marc Stieglitz)
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Duncanson (TE 2018) Project Profile
  (updated 18-Sep-2023)
Project Title:Mapping boreal forest biomass density for the ABoVE domain circa 2020 with ICESat-2
Project Lead: Laura Duncanson, University of Maryland
Project Funding: 2019 - 2022
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Epstein (GEO 2016) Project Profile
  (updated 20-Dec-2017)
Project Title:Ecosystem Functional Diversity of the Circumpolar Arctic Tundra
Project Lead: Howard (Howie) Epstein, University of Virginia
Project Funding: 2018 - 2021
NASA (agency representative: William Turner)
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Frost (TE 2021) Project Profile
  (updated 04-Apr-2024)
Project Title:Towards a Warmer, Less Frozen Future Arctic: Synthesis of Drivers, Ecosystem Responses, and Elder Observations along Bioclimatic Gradients in Western Alaska
Project Lead: Gerald (JJ) Frost, Alaska Biological Research, Inc.--Environmental Research & Services
Project Funding: 2022 - 2025
NASA (agency representative: Ryan Pavlick)
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Goetz (TE 2014) Project Profile
  (updated 24-Oct-2023)
Project Title:Mapping and modeling attributes of an arctic-boreal biome shift: Resource management implications within the ABoVE domain
Project Lead: Scott Goetz, Northern Arizona University
Project Funding: 2015 - 2021
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Goetz (TE 2018) Project Profile
  (updated 01-Apr-2024)
Project Title:Mapping and modeling attributes of an arctic-boreal biome shift: Phase-2 applications within the ABoVE domain
Project Lead: Scott Goetz, Northern Arizona University
Project Funding: 2019 - 2022
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Goetz (TE 2021) Project Profile
  (updated 06-Nov-2023)
Project Title:Mapping and modeling attributes of an Arctic - boreal biome shift: Phase-3 applications within the ABoVE domain
Project Lead: Scott Goetz, Northern Arizona University
Project Funding: 2022 - 2025
NASA (agency representative: Ryan Pavlick)
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Goulden (TE 2014) Project Profile
  (updated 08-Sep-2023)
Project Title:Shifting Patterns of Boreal Forest Succession and Browning Over the Last 30 Years
Project Lead: Michael (Mike) Goulden, University Of California, Irvine
Project Funding: 2015 - 2020
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Hik (2015) Project Profile
  (updated 23-Jul-2020)
Project Title:CHARS Experimental and Reference Area (ERA)
Project Lead: Dave Hik, Polar Knowledge Canada / Government of Canada
Project Funding: 2011 - (Ongoing)
POLAR
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Kremers (NESSF 2015) Project Profile
  (updated 26-Nov-2018)
Project Title:Is Arctic Greening Consistent with the Temperature Sensitivity of Coupled Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles?
Project Lead: Kelseyann Kremers, Notre Dame
Project Funding: 2015 - 2018
NASA (agency representative: Ming-Ying Wei)
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Liu (TE 2021) Project Profile
Project Title:Characterizing Arctic-Boreal Vegetation Resilience under Climate Change and Disturbances
Project Lead: Yanlan Liu, The Ohio State University
Project Funding: 2022 - 2025
NASA (agency representative: Ryan Pavlick)
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Myers-Smith (2017) Project Profile
  (updated 02-May-2022)
Project Title:ShrubTundra: Climate as a driver of shrub expansion and tundra greening / TundraTime: Plant phenology change as a driver of Arctic greening trends
Project Lead: Isla Myers-Smith, University of British Columbia
Project Funding: 2015 - 2019
NERC (agency representative: Andrew Richardson)
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Shuman (FINESST 2021) Project Profile
  (updated 07-Dec-2023)
Project Title:Integrating Field Observations and Multi-scale Remote Sensing to Understand the Environmental and Biological Controls of Tall Shrub Distribution in Arctic Tundra
Project Leads: Shawn Serbin, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Ian Shuman, Stony Brook University
Project Funding: 2022 - 2024
NASA (agency representative: Ryan Pavlick)
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Townsend (TE 2021) Project Profile
  (updated 12-Jul-2022)
Project Title:Functional diversity as a driver of GPP variation across the ABoVE domain
Project Lead: Philip (Phil) Townsend, University of Wisconsin
Project Funding: 2022 - 2025
NASA (agency representative: Ryan Pavlick)
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Walker (TE 2012) Project Profile
  (updated 31-Jan-2019)
Project Title:Recovery and Archiving of Key Arctic Alaska Vegetation Map and Plot Data for Long-Term Vegetation Analyses
Project Lead: Donald (Skip) Walker, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Project Funding: 2013 - 2016
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Watts (2018) Project Profile
  (updated 29-Nov-2021)
Project Title:Integrating Remote Sensing and Field Measurements to Identify Environmental Nonstationarity on Interior Alaska DoD Training Lands
Project Lead: Jennifer Watts, Woodwell Climate Research Center
Project Funding: 2018 - 2019
SERDP (agency representative: Kurt Preston)
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Woodcock (TE 2014) Project Profile
  (updated 10-Sep-2021)
Project Title:Landscape-Scale Histories and Active Monitoring of Disturbance, Seasonality and Greenness Trends for ABOVE from Landsat
Project Lead: Curtis Woodcock, Boston University
Project Funding: 2015 - 2019
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Abshire (2017) Project Profile
  (updated 20-Feb-2024)
Project Title:Extending the 2017 ASCENDS Airborne Campaign into the Arctic in support of ABoVE
Project Leads: James (Jim) Abshire, NASA GSFC & University of Maryland
Bing Lin, NASA Langley Research Center
Project Funding: 2017 - 2017
NASA (agency representative: Kenneth Jucks)
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Anderson (NSF 2018) Project Profile
  (updated 12-Jul-2022)
Project Title:Bridging the scale gap between local and regional methane and carbon dioxide isotopic fluxes in the Arctic
Project Lead: James Anderson, Harvard University
Project Funding: 2019 - 2024
NSF (agency representative: Olivia Lee)
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Bloom (TE 2021) Project Profile
Project Title:Using CO2, CH4 and land-surface constraints to resolve sign and magnitude of northern high latitude carbon-climate feedbacks
Project Lead: Alexis (Anthony) Bloom, Jet Propulsion Lab, California Institute of Technology
Project Funding: 2022 - 2025
NASA (agency representative: Ryan Pavlick)
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Butman (TE 2021) Project Profile
  (updated 07-Mar-2024)
Project Title:Do changing terrestrial-aquatic interfaces in Arctic-boreal landscapes control the form, processing, and fluxes of carbon?
Project Lead: David Butman, University of Washington
Project Funding: 2022 - 2025
NASA (agency representative: Ryan Pavlick)
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Byrne (NPP 2018) Project Profile
Project Title:Constraining carbon fluxes in northern regions by combining constraints from multiple atmospheric CO2 observing systems
Project Lead: Brendan Byrne, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Project Funding: 2018 - 2019
NASA (agency representative: Allison Leidner)
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Fichot (CARBON 2020) Project Profile
  (updated 07-Jun-2022)
Project Title:The export of terrigenous DOC from boreal terrestrial ecosystems to the Arctic Ocean and its vulnerability to environmental change
Project Lead: Cedric Fichot, Boston University
Project Funding: 2021 - 2024
NASA (agency representative: Laura Lorenzoni)
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Gamon (TE 2014) Project Profile
  (updated 15-Feb-2024)
Project Title:Evaluating growing season length and productivity across the ABoVE Domain using novel satellite indices and a ground sensor network
Project Lead: John Gamon, University of Nebraska
Project Funding: 2015 - 2019
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Hu (TE 2018) Project Profile
  (updated 21-Dec-2021)
Project Title:Toward disentangling causes for the substantial increase of CO2 seasonal amplitude in the Arctic
Project Lead: Lei Hu, NOAA / CIRES
Project Funding: 2019 - 2022
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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James (NSF 2017) Project Profile
  (updated 20-May-2019)
Project Title:Monitoring the role of subsurface physical processes in carbon flux from a degraded permafrost site using novel multidisciplinary observations
Project Lead: Stephanie James, U.S. Geological Survey
Project Funding: 2017 - 2019
NSF (agency representative: Lina Patino)
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Keeling (CARBON 2016) Project Profile
  (updated 26-Jan-2022)
Project Title:Detection, Quantification, and Analysis of Changes in Boreal and Arctic Ecosystems Using Measurements and Models of CO2 and Its Isotopes
Project Lead: Ralph Keeling, UCSD Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Project Funding: 2017 - 2020
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Kimball (TE 2014) Project Profile
  (updated 16-Apr-2024)
Project Title:Satellite data driven model assessment of landscape variability and environmental controls on the Arctic-Boreal carbon budget
Project Lead: John Kimball, University of Montana
Project Funding: 2015 - 2019
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Ludwig (FINESST 2019) Project Profile
  (updated 05-Jun-2023)
Project Title:Hierarchical scaling of carbon fluxes from terrestrial-aquatic interfaces in the Arctic
Project Leads: Róisín Commane, Columbia University
Sarah (Ludda) Ludwig, Columbia University
Project Funding: 2019 - 2022
NASA (agency representative: Allison Leidner)
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Maguire (FINESST 2019) Project Profile
Project Title:Toward an improved understanding of the mechanisms driving solar induced chlorophyll fluorescence across the structurally complex forest-tundra ecotone
Project Leads: Jan Eitel, University of Idaho
Andrew (Andy) Maguire, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Project Funding: 2019 - 2022
NASA (agency representative: Philip Larkin)
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McDermott (EXO 2020) Project Profile
Project Title:Environmental Distribution and Evolutionary History of Non-Methanogen Methane Synthesis
Project Lead: Timothy (Tim) McDermott, Montana State University
Project Funding: 2021 - 2024
NASA
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McKain (TE 2016) Project Profile
  (updated 07-Sep-2022)
Project Title:Arctic Carbon Atmospheric Profiles (ArcticCAP)
Project Lead: Kathryn McKain, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory
Project Funding: 2016 - 2020
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Meredith (NSF 2020) Project Profile
  (updated 01-Oct-2021)
Project Title:Advancing OCS as an independent atmospheric tracer for global photosynthesis through quantification of microbial-mediated sources and sinks in soils
Project Lead: Laura Meredith, University of Arizona
Project Funding: 2020 - 2022
NSF (agency representative: Anne Johansen)
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Meyer (TE 2014) Project Profile
  (updated 04-Oct-2021)
Project Title:Characterizing methane emission response to the past 60 years of permafrost thaw in thermokarst lakes
Project Lead: Franz Meyer, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Project Funding: 2015 - 2019
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Michalak (TE 2021) Project Profile
  (updated 07-Dec-2022)
Project Title:Quantifying climate sensitivities of photosynthesis and respiration in Arctic and boreal ecosystems from top-down observational constraints
Project Lead: Anna Michalak, Carnegie Institution for Science
Project Funding: 2022 - 2025
NASA (agency representative: Ryan Pavlick)
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Miller (CARBON 2013) Project Profile
  (updated 02-Jul-2019)
Project Title:CARVE (Carbon in Arctic Reservoirs Vulnerability Experiment) Airborne Observations of Carbon Dynamics in the Vulnerable Arctic-Boreal Ecosystems of Northwestern Canada - CARVE-CAN
Project Lead: Charles (Chip) Miller, NASA JPL
Project Funding: 2014 - 2017
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Miller (IDS 2012) Project Profile
  (updated 05-Feb-2019)
Project Title:Permafrost Vulnerability in a Seasonally Sea Ice-free Arctic
Project Lead: Charles (Chip) Miller, NASA JPL
Project Funding: 2014 - 2017
NASA (agency representative: Jared Entin)
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Miller (TE 2014) Project Profile
  (updated 12-Apr-2021)
Project Title:Quantifying CO2 and CH4 Fluxes from Vulnerable Arctic-Boreal Ecosystems Across Spatial and Temporal Scales
Project Lead: Charles (Chip) Miller, NASA JPL
Project Funding: 2015 - 2019
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Miller (TE 2016) Project Profile
  (updated 26-Sep-2021)
Project Title:Imaging Arctic Methane Plumes
Project Lead: Charles (Chip) Miller, NASA JPL
Project Funding: 2016 - 2019
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Miller (TE 2018) Project Profile
  (updated 23-Oct-2023)
Project Title:Characterizing Microtopographic Hot-spots and Landscape-scale Methane Emissions Across the ABoVE Domain
Project Lead: Charles (Chip) Miller, NASA JPL
Project Funding: 2019 - 2022
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Miller-S (TE 2021) Project Profile
  (updated 19-Dec-2022)
Project Title:A synthesis and reconciliation of greenhouse gas flux estimates across the ABoVE domain
Project Lead: Scot Miller, Johns Hopkins University
Project Funding: 2022 - 2025
NASA (agency representative: Ryan Pavlick)
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Moghaddam (IDS 2012) Project Profile
  (updated 08-Nov-2019)
Project Title:Regional Mapping of Soil Conditions in Northern Alaska Permafrost Landscapes Using AirMOSS and Land Model Data Assimilation, and Associated Impacts on Terrestrial Carbon Fluxes
Project Lead: Mahta Moghaddam, University of Southern California
Project Funding: 2014 - 2017
NASA (agency representative: Jared Entin)
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Moses (OBB 2020) Project Profile
Project Title:Remote Sensing of Environmental Change in Arctic Coastal Aquatic Ecosystems
Project Lead: Wes Moses, Naval Research Laboratory
Project Funding: 2021 - 2024
NASA (agency representative: Laura Lorenzoni)
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Munger (CARBON 2016) Project Profile
  (updated 07-Sep-2022)
Project Title:Multi-scale data assimilation and model comparison for ABoVE to identify processes controlling CO2 and CH4 exchange and influencing seasonal transitions in Arctic tundra ecosystems
Project Lead: J. (Bill) Munger, Harvard University
Project Funding: 2017 - 2020
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Munger (TE 2012) Project Profile
  (updated 31-Jan-2019)
Project Title:Development of a Data-Assimilation Framework for Integrating 25 Years of Surface and Airborne observations to assess patterns of net CO2 Exchange from Arctic Ecosystems
Project Lead: J. (Bill) Munger, Harvard University
Project Funding: 2013 - 2016
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Natali (GBMF 2019) Project Profile
  (updated 11-Apr-2024)
Project Title:The Arctic Carbon Monitoring and Prediction System
Project Leads: Elchin Jafarov, Woodwell Climate Research Center
Susan (Sue) Natali, Woodwell Climate Research Center
Brendan Rogers, Woodwell Climate Research Center
Jennifer Watts, Woodwell Climate Research Center
Project Funding: 2019 - 2024
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (agency representative: Gary Greenburg)
Other (agency representative: Luke Shore)
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Natali (TE 2014) Project Profile
  (updated 06-Jul-2023)
Project Title:Winter respiration in the Arctic: Constraining current and future estimates of CO2 emissions during the non-growing season (Augmented Jul 2019)
Project Lead: Susan (Sue) Natali, Woodwell Climate Research Center
Project Funding: 2015 - 2022
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Neigh (CARBON 2016) Project Profile
  (updated 20-Oct-2021)
Project Title:Disturbance, Growth, and Recovery of Boreal Forests Spanning the Satellite Era: 3D Structure, Site Index, and Ecosystem Carbon Flux with Changing Climate
Project Lead: Christopher (Chris) Neigh, NASA GSFC
Project Funding: 2017 - 2020
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Oechel (TE 2014) Project Profile
  (updated 01-Jul-2022)
Project Title:Temporal and Spatial Patterns of and Controls on Arctic CO2 and CH4 fluxes in the ABoVE Domain
Project Lead: Walter (Walt) Oechel, San Diego State University
Project Funding: 2016 - 2021
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Olefeldt (2015) Project Profile
  (updated 07-Nov-2022)
Project Title:Impacts of climate change on greenhouse gas emissions from lakes and wetlands on the Boreal and Taiga Plains of western Canada
Project Lead: David Olefeldt, University of Alberta
Project Funding: 2015 - 2026
UANRA
NSERC
CAIP
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Parazoo (IDS 2016) Project Profile
  (updated 04-Oct-2022)
Project Title:Chlorophyll Fluorescence and Soil Moisture Observations to Characterize Terrestrial Vegetation Photosynthesis and Biosphere Carbon Uptake in North America
Project Lead: Nicholas (Nick) Parazoo, JPL
Project Funding: 2016 - 2020
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Rocha (2016) Project Profile
  (updated 27-May-2016)
Project Title:NSF-LTREB: Following the reorganization and resynchronization of biogeochemical cycles after an unprecedented tundra fire
Project Lead: Adrian Rocha, Univ of Notre Dame
Project Funding: 2016 - 2026
NSF (agency representative: Henry Gholz)
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Rogers (CARBON 2016) Project Profile
  (updated 30-Oct-2023)
Project Title:Understanding the Causes and Implications of Enhanced Seasonal CO2 Exchange in Boreal and Arctic Ecosystems
Project Lead: Brendan Rogers, Woodwell Climate Research Center
Project Funding: 2017 - 2020
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Varner (IDS 2016) Project Profile
  (updated 22-May-2019)
Project Title:From Archaea to the Atmosphere: Integrating Microbial, Isotopic and Landscape-Scale Observations to Quantify Methane Emissions from Global High-Latitude Ecosystems
Project Lead: Ruth Varner, University of New Hampshire
Project Funding: 2017 - 2023
NASA (agency representative: Barry Lefer)
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Watts (NSF 2020) Project Profile
  (updated 30-Jun-2021)
Project Title:Environmental and biological controls on carbon uptake phenology in permafrost affected boreal forests
Project Lead: Jennifer Watts, Woodwell Climate Research Center
Project Funding: 2020 - 2023
NSF (agency representative: Colene Haffke)
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Watts (TE 2021) Project Profile
  (updated 10-Apr-2024)
Project Title:Contributions of tundra and boreal systems to radiative forcing in North America and Russia under contemporary and future conditions
Project Lead: Jennifer Watts, Woodwell Climate Research Center
Project Funding: 2022 - 2025
NASA (agency representative: Ryan Pavlick)
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Wilson (IDS 2012) Project Profile
  (updated 13-Apr-2015)
Project Title:Characterizing Thawing Permafrost Carbon Emissions: An Integrated Pilot Study in Support of Satellite Evaluation/Design and Earth System Modeling Capabilities
Project Lead: Emily Wilson, NASA GSFC
Project Funding: 2014 - 2017
NASA (agency representative: Jared Entin)
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Wunch (2016) Project Profile
  (updated 09-Nov-2022)
Project Title:Atmospheric Total Column Measurements of Carbon Dioxide and Methane over the ABoVE Domain
Project Lead: Debra Wunch, University of Toronto
Project Funding: 2016 - 2025
U of Toronto (agency representative: Stephen Julian)
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Chatterjee (TE 2016) Project Profile
  (updated 05-Jan-2018)
Project Title:GEOS-5 Forecasting and Modeling in Support of ABoVE airborne research
Project Lead: Abhishek Chatterjee, NASA JPL
Project Funding: 2016 - 2019
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Chen (TE 2018) Project Profile
  (updated 09-Jan-2023)
Project Title:Quantifying socioeconomic impacts of changing Arctic ecosystems using ABoVE datasets in an integrated Human-Earth system modeling and data assimilation framework
Project Lead: Min Chen, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Project Funding: 2019 - 2022
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Fisher (TE 2014) Project Profile
  (updated 05-Sep-2018)
Project Title:A Model-Data Integration Framework (MoDIF) for ABoVE Phase I research: simulation, scaling and benchmarking for key indicators of Arctic-boreal ecosystem dynamics
Project Lead: Joshua Fisher, Chapman University
Project Funding: 2015 - 2022
NASA (agency representative: Eric Kasischke)
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Frankenberg (TE 2018) Project Profile
  (updated 08-Feb-2024)
Project Title:Ecophysiological and physical mechanisms linking solar-induced fluorescence and vegetation reflectance to boreal forest productivity
Project Lead: Christian Frankenberg, Caltech
Project Funding: 2019 - 2021
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Iversen (2012) Project Profile
  (updated 18-Sep-2023)
Project Title:Next-Generation Ecosystem Experiments (NGEE Arctic)
Project Lead: Colleen Iversen, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Project Funding: 2012 - 2024
DOE
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Lutz (TE 2018) Project Profile
Project Title:Dynamic Modeling of Ecosystem Processes and Services in North American Boreal Forests within the ABOVE Study Region
Project Lead: David Lutz, Dartmouth College
Project Funding: 2019 - 2022
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Moore (TE 2018) Project Profile
Project Title:Improving mechanistic representation of Arctic carbon dynamics using data assimilation
Project Lead: David (Dave) Moore, University of Arizona
Project Funding: 2019 - 2022
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Schaefer (CMAC 2014) Project Profile
  (updated 08-Jun-2021)
Project Title:PBS project: A Permafrost Benchmark System to evaluate permafrost models
Project Lead: Kevin Schaefer, National Snow and Ice Data Center
Project Funding: 2015 - 2017
NASA (agency representative: Tsengdar Lee)
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Sun (2020) Project Profile
Project Title:Comparing ABoVE/ASCENDS airborne lidar measurements of XCO2 to those from atmospheric models & satellites
Project Lead: Xiaoli Sun, NASA GSFC
Project Funding: 2020 - 2023
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Watts (NIP 2017) Project Profile
  (updated 23-Jan-2023)
Project Title:Reconciling Carbon Flux Budgets in Alaska and northwest Canada through Integrated Satellite, Airborne, and Field Measurements
Project Lead: Jennifer Watts, Woodwell Climate Research Center
Project Funding: 2018 - 2023
NASA (agency representative: Lin Chambers)
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AAC Management Project Profile
  (updated 19-Oct-2023)
Project Title:ABoVE Airborne Campaign Management & Data Products
Project Leads: Peter Griffith, NASA GSFC
Charles (Chip) Miller, NASA JPL
Project Funding: 2016 - 2026
NASA (agency representative: Ryan Pavlick)
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Baskaran (LCLUC 2021) Project Profile
Project Title:Analyzing the Land-Use Change Impacts of Oil and Gas Exploration Related Infrastructure Changes on Arctic Communities
Project Lead: Latha Baskaran, JPL
Project Funding: 2021 - 2024
NASA (agency representative: Garik Gutman)
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Morin (2015) Project Profile
  (updated 03-Dec-2018)
Project Title:High resolution commercial satellite imagery for ABoVE
Project Lead: Paul Morin, University of Minnesota - Polar Geospatial Center
Project Funding: 2015 - 2018
NASA (agency representative: Hank Margolis)
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Neigh (AIST 2016) Project Profile
  (updated 03-Dec-2018)
Project Title:Automated Protocols for Generating Very High-Resolution Commercial Validation Products with NASA HEC Resources
Project Lead: Christopher (Chris) Neigh, NASA GSFC
Project Funding: 2017 - 2019
NASA (agency representative: Michael Little)
NASA (agency representative: William Turner)
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Schaaf (LCLUC 2017) Project Profile
Project Title:Circumpolar Albedo of Northern Lands from Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2
Project Lead: Crystal Schaaf, University of Massachusetts Boston
Project Funding: 2017 - 2022
NASA (agency representative: Garik Gutman)
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