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Steven McNulty

Director USDA Southeast Climate Hub

Area(s) of Expertise

Landscape to Regional Scale Forest Ecosystem Modeling

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Grants

Date: 04/01/11 - 9/30/17
Amount: $2,299,999.00
Funding Agencies: National Science Foundation (NSF)

This is a proposal to conduct multiple-disciplinary research on the development and application of a very complex model from energy/technology to earth system model (Atmos., land/ice, and ocean), then to agro-ecosystem model (water and forest) involving chem. engineers, atmo. scientist, hydrologist, and ecologist. Driven by a Technology/energy model that is being developed by the co-PI at the DOE's Argonne National lab, the earth system model can generate hourly/daily climatic/meteorological/radiative variables and chemical concentrations and nitrogen deposition over global and nested urban regional domains at a high spatial resolution under current and future climate scenarios. These information can be used to drive the agro-ecosystem models such as the water system model and the forest carbon/nitrogen cycle models, to simulate how each of the systems responds to changes in future energy/technology use, climate changes, and air quality changes. Based on multiple model runs for the complex system under a number of future climate/energy use scenarios, we will develop several response surface models that will provide a fast decision tool to the governmental agencies to develop integrated emission control strategies for climate mitigation, air quality control, and agro-ecosystem management. The project team will include NCSU, ANL/DOE, and USDA Forest Service.


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