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Methane emissions from wetlands

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Global monthly 0.5-deg by 0.5-deg wetland methane emissions from (a) the full ensemble (2009-2010) and (b) extended ensemble (2001-2015). From Bloom et al. (2017).

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NASA's Carbon Monitoring System releases data characterizing monthly global methane emissions and uncertainty from wetlands.

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WRF-STILT footprints from CARVE

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Surface contours for the average WRF-STILT influence functions show CO2 and CH4 measurements from the CARVE tower have a high sensitivity to the boreal forests and lowlands of interior Alaska (from Karion et al., 2016).

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Two CARVE data sets provide modeled surface influence for particle receptors located at positions along CARVE flight paths and selected tower locations.

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Land cover in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

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Land-cover map of the Coastal Plain, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, 1993. Sixteen land-cover types are noted, with a 17th notation for shadow (Jorgenson et al., 1994).

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A landcover map for the northern coastal plain of the the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) has been released in support of NASA's ABoVE campaign.

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Who Uses NASA Earth Science Data?

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Dr. Istem Fer (L) and Dr. Michael Dietze (R) studying seedlings at the Bartlett Experimental Forest in Bartlett, NH. Photograph by Cydney Scott and courtesy of Dr. Michael Dietze.

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Dr. Michael Dietze uses NASA data to improve ecological models through the integration of remotely-sensed data.

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