Monitoring Boreal Landcover and Ecosystem Dynamics at Regional Scales using Integrated Spaceborne Radar Remote Sensing and Ecological Modeling

Start Date: 
01/01/2000
End Date: 
01/01/2003
Project Call: 
Earth Observing System
Science Theme: 
Detection and Monitoring of LCLUC
Carbon and Biogeochemical Cycle Impacts
Predictive Land Use Modeling
Regional Initiative: 
North American Carbon Project
Region: 
Alaska
North America
Europe
Western Europe
Canada
Solicitation: 
LCLUC-99
Distribution of Project Team Members Institutions
marker Principal Investigator   marker Co-Investigator   marker Collaborator   marker Postdoc Researcher   marker Graduate Student Researcher   marker Other
Team members: 
Person Name Person role on project Affiliation
Kyle McDonald Principal Investigator The City College of New York, New York, United States


Abstract: 

Development of a Boreal Monitoring Framework combining: (1) SAR-based landcover map providing distinct eco-regions (2) Monitor freeze/thaw dynamics to quantify phenology (3) Process level ecosystem simulation to quantify seasonal and interannual carbon flux dynamics

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