Award Abstract # 0732948
Collaborative Research: IPY: Observation and Modeling of Tundra Ecosystem Responses to Climate Change

NSF Org: OPP
Office of Polar Programs (OPP)
Recipient: THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Initial Amendment Date: February 20, 2008
Latest Amendment Date: February 20, 2008
Award Number: 0732948
Award Instrument: Standard Grant
Program Manager: Henrietta Edmonds
hedmonds@nsf.gov
 (703)292-7427
OPP
 Office of Polar Programs (OPP)
GEO
 Directorate for Geosciences
Start Date: March 1, 2008
End Date: February 29, 2012 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount: $145,320.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date: $145,320.00
Funds Obligated to Date: FY 2008 = $145,320.00
History of Investigator:
  • Richard Pearson (Principal Investigator)
    pearson@amnh.org
Recipient Sponsored Research Office: American Museum Natural History
200 CENTRAL PARK W
NEW YORK
NY  US  10024-5102
(212)769-5975
Sponsor Congressional District: 12
Primary Place of Performance: American Museum Natural History
200 CENTRAL PARK W
NEW YORK
NY  US  10024-5102
Primary Place of Performance
Congressional District:
12
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI): MNJDKB4FXLM6
Parent UEI: MNJDKB4FXLM6
NSF Program(s): ARCSS-Arctic System Science
Primary Program Source: 0100CYXXDB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
Program Reference Code(s): 0000, 5295, 5383, OTHR
Program Element Code(s): 521900
Award Agency Code: 4900
Fund Agency Code: 4900
Assistance Listing Number(s): 47.078

ABSTRACT

Researchers from the Woods Hole Research Center and the American Museum of Natural History will investigate the "greening"of the Alaskan Arctic tundra and its relationship to climate change. Using satellite imagery, field validation, and modeling, the project seeks to (1) improve the spatial and temporal resolution of changes in tundra vegetation and its productivity, (2) investigate the causes of those changes, and (3) predict the likely future course of change. The implications of future trends for carbon and energy fluxes and their effects on the climate system also will be examined.

The project will provide new data sets, model predictions of changes in shrub productivity and predicted range distributions, classroom materials and learning tools (GoNorth! Adventure learning program), and interpretive exhibits and videos that will be displayed at the American Museum of Natural History.

PUBLICATIONS PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF THIS RESEARCH

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Beck, P. S. A., and S. G. Goetz "Satellite observations of high northern latitude vegetation productivity changes between 1982 and 2008: ecological variability and regional differences" Environmental Research Letters , v.6 , 2011 045501
Beck, P. S. A., N. Horning, S. J. Goetz, M. M. Loranty, and K. D. Tape "Shrub cover on the north slope of Alaska: a circa 2000 baseline map" Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research , v.43 , 2011 , p.355363
Goetz, S.J., Kimball, J.S., Mack, M., & Kasischke, E. "Scoping completed for an experiment to assess vulnerability of Arctic and boreal ecosystems" AGU Eos Transactions , v.92 , 2011 , p.150-151
Loranty, M., Goetz, S. J., Rastetter, E. B., Rocha, A. V., Shaver, G. R., Humphreys, E. R. & Lafleur, P. M. "Scaling an instantaneous model of tundra NEE to the Arctic landscape" Ecosystems , 2011 10.1007/s10021-010-9396-4
Loranty, M. M., and S. J. Goetz "Shrub expansion and climate feedbacks in Arctic tundra" Environmental Research Letters , v.7 , 2012 doi:10.1088/1748-9326/7/1/011005
Loranty, M. M., S. J. Goetz, and P. S. A. Beck "Tundra vegetation effects on pan-Arctic albedo" Environmental Research Letters , v.6 , 2011 doi:10.1088/1748-9326/6/2/024014
Loranty, M., S. Goetz, E. Rastetter, and A. Rocha "Scaling an Instantaneous Model of Tundra NEE to the Arctic Landscape" Ecosystems , v.14 , 2011 , p.76-93

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