NSF Org:	AGS Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences
Recipient:	THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
Initial Amendment Date:	April 30, 2003
Latest Amendment Date:	April 30, 2003
Award Number:	0302633
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	David Verardo AGS  Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences GEO  Directorate for Geosciences
Start Date:	May 1, 2003
End Date:	April 30, 2005 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$261,826.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$261,826.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 2003 = $261,826.00
History of Investigator:	Edward Cook (Principal Investigator) drdendro@ldeo.columbia.edu
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	Columbia University 615 W 131ST ST NEW YORK NY  US  10027-7922 (212)854-6851
Sponsor Congressional District:	13
Primary Place of Performance:	Columbia University Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory Rt 9W Palisades NY  US  10964
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	17
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	F4N1QNPB95M4
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s):	LARGE-SCALE DYNAMIC METEOROLOG, Paleoclimate, Climate & Large-Scale Dynamics
Primary Program Source:	app-0103
Program Reference Code(s):	0000, OTHR
Program Element Code(s):	152700, 153000, 574000
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.050

ABSTRACT

This awards supports the development of a dense network of precisely dated annual tree-ring chronologies for use in reconstructing climate over the past 300-500 years in the High Asia region (i.e., Karakoram, Himalayas, and Tibetan Plateau).

The goal of the research is to better understand climate variability, forcing, and impacts at inter-decadal to multi-centennial time scales in an area of the world where relatively little information of this kind is available. The High Asia region is strategically located along the orographic boundary between the monsoon-dominated southern Asia, the dry Tibetan Plateau, and the Asian interior to the north. To accomplish the development of this network, the researcher will utilize established collaborations with tree-ring scientists working in India, China, and Bhutan, to help expand existing tree-ring data sets and develop new tree-ring chronologies.

The research has the potential to provide an improved understanding of climate variability in one of the most densely populated regions on Earth. The research may lead to new insights modeling and forecasting future climatic change over High Asia and other regions of Asia, especially those in monsoon-dominated South Asia. This project will also train collaborating foreign scientists from High Asia countries in the methods of tree-ring analysis. In this way, the researcher is enabling capacity building and technology transfer with scientists from those countries that are offering access to their natural forest resources and tree-ring data.

Please report errors in award information by writing to: awardsearch@nsf.gov.