THE PI WILL ASSIST IN DEVELOPMENT THE PROPOSEDHIERARCHICAL BAYESIAN MODELING FRAMEWORKS AND ASSOCIATEDSOFTWARE FOR COUPLED REMOTE SENSING AND PROCESS MODEL BASEDPREDICTION OF RESPONSE VARIABLES WITH ASSOCIATED UNCERTAINTY. TOGETHER WITH THE PI AND CO INVESTIGATORS THE PI WILL USE THESE PROPOSED PREDICTIVE FRAMEWORKS TO GENERATE THE PROPOSED PROJECT DELIVERABLES. THE PI WILL WRITE AND SUBMIT PAPERS FOR PUBLICATION IN PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS . PAPERS WILL DETAIL BOTH THE STATISTICAL OR THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENTS AS WELL AS APPLIED RESULTS.