SAMPLE PROJECTS


Project Title
Investigators
Supporting Agency
Project 1:Measurements and Modeling of Net Carbon Exchange over Southeastern Loblolly Pine Plantation at the Duke Forest AmeriFlux Site Ram Oren, Gabriel Katul, and David Ellsworth National Institute of Global Environmental Change (NIGEC)
Project 2:Assessing Ecological Models of Varying Complexity for Predicting Carbon Sequestration in Managed Pine Plantations Gabriel Katul, William Schlesinger, Ram Oren, and Sari Palmroth National Institute of Global Environmental Change (NIGEC)
Project 3:Controls of Net Ecosystem Exchange at an Old Field, a Pine Plantation, and a Hardwood Forest under Identical Climatic and Edaphic Conditions Ram Oren, Gabriel Katul, and David Ellsworth Department of Energy (DOE)
Project 4:The Duke Forest FACE Experiment Forest-Atmosphere Carbon Transfer And Storage (FACTS-1) Ram Oren, William Schlesinger, Gabriel Katul, and David Ellsworth Department of Energy (DOE)
Project 5:The Role of Canopy Structure in Variability of Water and Heat Fluxes from Forested Watersheds Gabriel Katul and John Albertson National Science Foundation (NSF) - Geoscience Directorate
Project 6:Bayesian Modeling in the Wavelet Domain with Applications in Atmospheric Turbulence Brani Vidakovic and Gabriel Katul National Science Foundation (NSF) - Mathematical Statistics Directorate
Project 7:Mechanism of Long-Distance Seed Dispersal by Wind Ran Nathan, Roni Avissar, Gabriel Katul, Suvi Thomas, Henry Horn, and Simon Levin National Science Foundation (NSF) - Biological Science Directorate