Soil Vegetation Atmosphere Transfer (SVAT) Research @ North Carolina State University
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_____________________________________________________________________________________  RESEARCH at NCSU (Since 2001) Current Funded Research Projects 1. Investigation of effect of land surface processes on QPF and convection initiation, National Science Foundation – ATM Mesoscale, (2003- 2006, Principal Investigator); Project Participants: Kiran Alapaty (UNC), Peter Blanken (CU), Larry Carrie (Texas A & M), Fei Chen (NCAR), Rebecca Eager, Souleymane Fall, Tifanee Jones, Sethu Raman, Aneela Qureshi 2. Coupling and Validating Noah Land Surface Model in Navy’s COAMPS, Office of Naval Research, NRL – Monterey, (2002 – 2005, Principal Investigator); Project Participants: Kiran Alapaty (UNC), Fei Chen (NCAR), Bebhinn Do, Rebecca Eager, Teddy Holt (NRL), Sethu Raman, Aneela Qureshi 3. Incorporating Diffuse Radiation Feedback in Noah Land Surface Model for Weather and Research Forecast (WRF) Model, COSMIC- UCAR International Programs, (2002 – 2005, Principal Investigator); Project Participants: Dehui Chen (Chinese Academy of Meteorological Science), Fei Chen (NCAR), Rebecca Eager, Aneela Qureshi 4. Preparing the Undergraduates for the ‘Grand Challenge’ National Science Foundation – Geosciences Education (2002 – 2004, Co-Investigator); Project Participants: Vin Saxena, Hsin-I Chang 5. Modeling Carbon and Hydrometeorological Exchanges over Amazon, Subcontract through UCLA (LBA project through NASA, 2001 - 2003); Project Participants: Yong-Kang Xue (UCLA) 6. Development of an internet based turf disease warning system, Center for Turf Education and Research, (co-Principal Investigator, 2003 – 2005); Project Participants: Fei Chen (NCAR), Gary Lackmann, Kelly Mahoney, Richard Palmieri, Lane Tredway (Plant Pathology) 7.Developing a coupled weather and pest modeling system, NCSU Faculty Research and Professional Development Award, (co-Principal Investigator, 2003 – 2004); Project Participants: Jerry Davis, Gary Lackmann, Kelly Mahoney, Richard Palmieri, Lane Tredway (Plant Pathology) 8. Effect of diffuse radiation on plant atmosphere interaction, NCSU Faculty Research and Professional Development Award (co-Principal Investigator, 2003 – 2004); Project Participants: Fitzgerald Booker (USDA), Hsin-I Chang, Tifanee Jones, Vin Saxena, Randy Wells (Crop Science) Other Ongoing Research: 1. Closed Chamber Analysis of Plant Atmosphere Interactions with USDA- Air Quality Unit, Raleigh 2. Effect of Aerosols in Coupled Biogeochemical Models (GEM RAMS) with Colorado State University 3. Participation in the Soil Moisture Experiment (SMEX 03) at Tifton AMSR Validation Site Past Funded Research Projects (Completed) Development and Operation of NC Agricultural Weather and Climate Observational Network (AgNet), NC Agricultural Research Services, 1999 – 2002 (Project Manage and co-Principal Investigator), 1998 – 2003. Surface – Atmosphere Exchanges for Hydrometeorological Models, NOAA / EPA, 1999 2002 Emergency Management Assistance in North Carolina (co- Investigator and Project Manager), NC Dept. Emergency Management, 2000-2001. Analysis of Land Plume over Indian Ocean during INDOEX, (Collaborator), NSF Div. Atmos. Sci., 2000 – 2003. NCAR- Travel Support for Participation in International H2O Project (IHOP) Field Program and Land Surface Workshop, (through RAP and MMM NCAR; M. LeMone) Field Component of the Instrumentation Meteorology Course, NCSU- ETF, 2001-2002, Participation in the Environmental Monitoring at the World Trade Center Site (Project Manager) EPA contract to State Climate Office, 2002 Biophysical Measurements and Data Analysis using Porometery and Canopy scaling, 2003, NCSU-ETF Peer Reviewed Publications Additional Communications (Conference Preprints, Invited Presentations, Reports)