ROSES 2021: Terrestrial Ecology
Funding Agency:
- NASA
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. The research approach combines (i) use of remote sensing to observe and analyze changes in terrestrial ecosystems; (ii) field campaigns and related process studies to elucidate ecosystem functions at multiple scales; and (iii) data assimilation and modeling to analyze and predict ecosystem and biogeochemical cycle responses to environmental change. The program seeks to strengthen the theoretical and scientific basis for measuring the properties of Earth’s vegetation using reflected, emitted, and scattered electromagnetic radiation and develop the methodologies and technical approaches required to analyze and interpret such measurements. These activities will ultimately provide a foundation for the new remote sensing capabilities needed to understand and monitor terrestrial ecosystems at regional to global scales.
Funding available for this entire program element is approximately $4.5M/year for a three-year period, nominally from October 2022 to September 2025.
November 17, 2021
Hank Margolis Earth Science Division Science Mission Directorate NASA Headquarters Washington, DC 20546-0001 (202) 295-7075 hank.a.margolis@nasa.gov