The Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences for 2018 (ROSES-2018) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Research Announcement (NRA) invites Letters of Intent for research for Terrestrial Ecology: Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) – Phase 2.
The Terrestrial Ecology (TE) Program uses airborne and space-based observations to understand how Earth’s carbon cycle and terrestrial ecosystems respond to environmental changes and human intervention. The goals of the NASA TE Program are to improve understanding of the structure, function, and productivity of terrestrial ecosystems across the globe, their interaction with the atmosphere and hydrosphere, and their role in cycling the major biogeochemical elements and water. The program addresses the spatial and temporal variability of terrestrial ecosystem states and processes, how terrestrial ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles respond to and affect global environmental change, and what future changes might be expected in carbon cycle dynamics and ecosystems.
ABoVE Phase 2 research is solicited in four areas:
- Analyzing remote sensing data collected during the 2017 ABoVE Airborne Campaign (AAC) to develop the data products required to improve understanding of ecosystem dynamics;
- Developing a better understanding of the ecophysiological basis of the relationships between surface and satellite measurements of Solar Induced Fluorescence (SIF) for northern ecosystems and its link to ecosystem productivity;
- Continuing research on the societal impacts of changes to Arctic and boreal ecosystems; and
- Integrating research results from ABoVE into a coherent modeling framework to diagnose and predict ecosystem dynamics and the consequent societal impacts of changes to the ecosystem.
Phase 2 also includes the opportunity for a person (or persons) to serve as the ABoVE Science Team Lead(s).
Notice of Intent submission deadline: 18 June 2018
To submit a Letter of Intent, go to:
Submission webpage
For more information, go to:
Solicitation announcement