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Ecosystem Dynamics
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Carbon Cycling & Biodiversity Researchers use lidar remote sensing of forest structure to explore the effects of this structure on species richness and distributions. |
Dubayah |
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Coastal Marsh Loss This research aims to assess changes in coastal marshes due to the rapid rates of sea level rise that have characterized the last decade. |
Kearney Kasischke |
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High-Resolution PAR MODIS and other remotely sensed data are used to estimate incident Photosynthetically Active Radiation for carbon studies |
Liang |
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Dryland Desertification
Dryland degradation or desertification is widely believed to be a major global environmental threat. In this project this problem is addressed at local to regional and global scales. |
Prince |
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Science Applications Center The goal of the RESAC is to provide improved information and technologies to assess regional impacts of global environmental change. |
Prince |
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Land Cover Change Using MODIS, investigators at UMD have developed a new suite of land cover characterization and change products. |
Townshend DeFries |
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Monitoring Forest Dynamics To monitor the dynamics of the forests in Northeastern China, this project is developing an operational forest monitoring system using satellite remote sensing data. |
Sun |
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Land Use Change
Study to understand how land use change in areas surrounding nature reserves affects biodiversity around the world. |
DeFries |
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Program for Environment
CARPE develops forest cover products, data and information tools, including predictive modeling and monitoring of changes in the Congo Basin. |
Justice |
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Amazon Deforestation
Coarse resolution MODIS satellite data is used to efficiently monitor deforestation. This research aims to improve operational monitoring in the Amazon basin. |
DeFries |
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Watershed Surface Hydrology
Despite a great deal of effort, much of the progress that has been made in restoring the health of the nation's waterways has been offset by continued development. |
Stephen D. Prince Scott Goetz (WHRC) |
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Tropical Deforestation
We are developing approaches to monitor deforestation through repeatable and automated analysis of satellite data. |
Defries | Csiszar |
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CARPE: UMD & NASA
Central Africa Regional Project for the Environment - faculty from UMD and NASA Goddard have been involved with research in the Congo Basin since 1985. |
Justice |
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Carbon Cycling & Eco-Recovery
This project focuses on understanding how fire influences ecosystem processes in the boreal forests of interior Alaska and encompasses several avenues of research. |
Kasischke |
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Post-Fire Rehab
An interagency team is engaged in efforts to develop advanced remote sensing applications to assist federal wildfire managers. |
Sohlberg |
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Africa Fire Network
The Department of Geography is a key partner in SAFNet, providing technical support in the area of satellite remote sensing and geospatial data management. |
Davies |
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Indonesian Borneo Dipterocarps Habitat fragmentation has negatively affected dipterocarps' ability to reproduce, sustain vertebrate populations and sequester carbon. |
Trigg |
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