Source: UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA submitted to
REMOTE SENSING AND MODELING TO STUDY ECOHYDROLOGICAL FEEDBACKS
Sponsoring Institution
Agricultural Research Service/USDA
Project Status
NEW
Funding Source
USDA COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
0424596
Grant No.
(N/A)
Project No.
2022-13610-011-12S
Proposal No.
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Multistate No.
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Program Code
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Project Start Date
May 1, 2013
Project End Date
Sep 30, 2014
Grant Year
(N/A)
Project Director
MORAN M S
Recipient Organization
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
888 N EUCLID AVE
TUCSON,AZ 85719-4824
Performing Department
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Non Technical Summary
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Animal Health Component
(N/A)
Research Effort Categories
Basic
50%
Applied
30%
Developmental
20%
Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)Subject of Investigation (SOI)Field of Science (FOS)Percent
1110110202010%
1120210205020%
1320330206110%
4040399207040%
1110430202010%
1120710205010%
Knowledge Area
112 - Watershed Protection and Management; 132 - Weather and Climate; 404 - Instrumentation and Control Systems; 111 - Conservation and Efficient Use of Water;

Subject Of Investigation
0330 - Wetland and riparian systems; 0210 - Water resources; 0710 - Desert and semidesert shrub land and shinnery; 0110 - Soil; 0399 - Watersheds and river basins, general; 0430 - Climate;

Field Of Science
2020 - Engineering; 2070 - Meteorology and climatology; 2050 - Hydrology; 2061 - Pedology;
Goals / Objectives
a) Assimilation of remote sensing information into hydrologic modeling; b) Interpretation of remote sensing products in the context of ecohydrologic feedbacks.
Project Methods
The experimental design is built on remote sensing, measurements and modeling to better understand the ecohydrologic impacts of climate change and woody plant encroachment. Experiments are planned for ARS watershed locations in Arizona, Oklahoma and Georgia.

Progress 10/01/12 to 09/30/13

Outputs
Progress Report Objectives (from AD-416): a) Assimilation of remote sensing information into hydrologic modeling; b) Interpretation of remote sensing products in the context of ecohydrologic feedbacks. Approach (from AD-416): The experimental design is built on remote sensing, measurements and modeling to better understand the ecohydrologic impacts of climate change and woody plant encroachment. Experiments are planned for ARS watershed locations in Arizona, Oklahoma and Georgia. This Specific Cooperative Agreement was just initiated. The project contributes to objective 2 of the in-house parent project, "Quantify how seasonal, annual, and decadal-scale variations in climate (including climate forecasts) and plant community composition impact the cycling of energy, water and carbon in semiarid rangelands". A postdoc and student will be continuing this ongoing work.

Impacts
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