Kasischke, E.S., M.R. Turetsky, and E.S. Kane, Effects of trees on the burning of organic layers on permafrost terrains, Forest Ecology and Management, 267, 127-133, 2012.
Kasischke, E.S. and E.E. Hoy, Controls on carbon consumption during Alaskan wildland fires, Global Change Biology, 18, 685-699, 2012.
Gorsevski, V., J. Dempenwolf, T. Loboda, and E.S. Kasischke, Impacts of armed conflict on the Eastern Afromontane forest region on the Sudan - Uganda border, Remote Sensing of Environment, 118, 10-20, 2012.
Brightness Temperature Variations in Boreal Landscapes
This ongoing research project is a collaborative effort between scientists at the University of Maryland and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. The research is focused on developing new approaches to integrate active and passive microwave remote sensing data to map hydrologic conditions (soil moisture and levels of water inundation) in boreal regions. This study will provide insights on how to exploit data that will be collected by NASA’s forthcoming Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite system.
Assessing the Impacts of Fire and Insect Disturbance on the Terrestrial Carbon Budgets of Forested Areas in Canada, Alaska, and the Western United States
The goal for this NASA-sponsored research project is to develop an approach to estimate the impacts of natural disturbances on the carbon budget of the forests of Alaska and western Canada and the United States. This is a collaborative research project, involving scientists from the Universities of Maryland and Alaska, the U.S. Geologic Survey, Michigan Tech, and the University of Guelph.
Evaluation of Approaches for Assessing the Impacts of Natural Disturbances on Aboveground Carbon Storage in and Emissions from U.S. Forests – A Carbon Monitoring System Science Definition Team Project
NASA’s Carbon Monitoring System (CMS) is a new initiative to develop approaches to use remotely-sensed data to assess key aspects of the global carbon cycle. This project is providing support to support the CMS Science Definition Team, and will provide advice to the CMS with respect to developing approaches to assess the impacts of forest disturbance on carbon cycling.