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THE FIRST OBJECTIVE OF OUR PROJECT ARE TO SIMULATE THE DYNAMICS OF FOREST PATTERNS AND PROCESSES UNDER FUTURE CLIMATE AND DISTURBANCE SCENARIOS AT TWO DISTINCT CASE STUDY SITES USING AN INDIVIDUAL-BASED GAP MODEL THAT HAS BEEN CALIBRATED AND VALIDATED WITH REMOTELY SENSED PRODUCTS. TO ACHIEVE THIS OBJECTIVE WE WILL CONSTRUCT MODEL SITE FILES FOR THESE TWO CASE STUDIES BASED ON FIELD COLLECTIONS FROM ABOVE PHASE 1 DATA AND OTHER SOURCES. WE WILL INTEGRATE ABOVE PHASE 1 HYPERSPECTRAL AND LIDAR DATA WITH CO-LOCATED G-LIHT LIDAR DATA (WHERE AVAILABLE) TO FOREST STRUCTURE AND SPECIES COMPOSITION OF STANDS AT EACH STUDY SITE. WE WILL UTILIZE SOLAR-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE OF VEGETATION SATELLITE DATA TO CALIBRATE AND VALIDATE GROWTH AND PRODUCTIVITY PARAMETERS OF THE UVAFME MODEL AT BOTH STUDY SITES. THEN WE WILL SYNTHESIZE MODEL-READY CLIMATE AND DISTURBANCE SCENARIOS USING ABOVE FIRE AND INSECT PRODUCTS ALONG WITH DOWNSCALED CLIMATE MODEL DATA. THE FINAL STEP NEEDED TO MEET THIS FIRST OBJECTIVE WILL BE FOR US TO SIMULATE FOREST PROCESSES AND PATTERNS AT EACH STUDY SITE UNDER SYNTHESIZED SCENARIOS AND STATISTICALLY ASSESS AND COMPARE OUTCOMES. THE SECOND OBJECTIVE OF OUR PROJECT IS TO ASSESS TRADEOFFS IN THE DELIVERY OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES UNDER A SET OF STAKEHOLDER-INFORMED MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AT EACH STUDY SITE USING COUPLED FOREST-GAP AND ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS MODEL OUTPUT. TO ACHIEVE THIS OBJECTIVE WE WILL FIRST INTEGRATE ECONOMIC COMPONENTS OF THE FACT MODEL INTO THE UVAFME MODEL AND COLLECT AND SYNTHESIZE EXISTING MANAGEMENT PLANS FOR BOTH CASE STUDY SITES AND TRANSLATE THESE INTO MODEL HARVEST PRESCRIPTIONS. NEXT WE WILL CONSTRUCT WORKSHOPS WITH STAKEHOLDERS MANAGERS AND PLANNERS AT BOTH STUDY SITES TO DISCUSS AND DESIGN FUTURE ALTERNATIVE SCENARIOS FOR MANAGEMENT OPTIONS GIVEN EARLIER MODEL OUTPUTS. FOLLOWING THIS WE WILL SIMULATE THESE MANAGEMENT SCENARIOS USING THE HYBRIDIZED UVAFME MODEL CALCULATING ECOSYSTEM SERVICE PROVISIONING AND PRODUCING TRADEOFF ANALYSES ACROSS SCENARIOS AND CASE STUDIES. FINALLY WE WILL HOLD FOLLOW-UP MEETINGS WITH STAKEHOLDER GROUPS AT EACH STUDY SITE TO ASSESS THE EFFICACY OF THE NEWLY DESIGNED MANAGEMENT SCENARIOS COLLABORATING WITH MEETING ATTENDEES TO DESIGN VALUE-ADDED SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTS FROM MODEL OUTPUTS IN THE FINAL YEAR OF THE PROJECT.

$800,354FY2020National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA

Trustees Of Dartmouth College

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THE FIRST OBJECTIVE OF OUR PROJECT ARE TO SIMULATE THE DYNAMICS OF FOREST PATTERNS AND PROCESSES UNDER FUTURE CLIMATE AND DISTURBANCE SCENARIOS AT TWO DISTINCT CASE STUDY SITES USING AN INDIVIDUAL-BASED GAP MODEL THAT HAS BEEN CALIBRATED AND VALIDATED WITH REMOTELY SENSED PRODUCTS. TO ACHIEVE THIS OBJECTIVE WE WILL CONSTRUCT MODEL SITE FILES FOR THESE TWO CASE STUDIES BASED ON FIELD COLLECTIONS FROM ABOVE PHASE 1 DATA AND OTHER SOURCES. WE WILL INTEGRATE ABOVE PHASE 1 HYPERSPECTRAL AND LIDAR DATA WITH CO-LOCATED G-LIHT LIDAR DATA (WHERE AVAILABLE) TO FOREST STRUCTURE AND SPECIES COMPOSITION OF STANDS AT EACH STUDY SITE. WE WILL UTILIZE SOLAR-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE OF VEGETATION SATELLITE DATA TO CALIBRATE AND VALIDATE GROWTH AND PRODUCTIVITY PARAMETERS OF THE UVAFME MODEL AT BOTH STUDY SITES. THEN WE WILL SYNTHESIZE MODEL-READY CLIMATE AND DISTURBANCE SCENARIOS USING ABOVE FIRE AND INSECT PRODUCTS ALONG WITH DOWNSCALED CLIMATE MODEL DATA. THE FINAL STEP NEEDED TO MEET THIS FIRST OBJECTIVE WILL BE FOR US TO SIMULATE FOREST PROCESSES AND PATTERNS AT EACH STUDY SITE UNDER SYNTHESIZED SCENARIOS AND STATISTICALLY ASSESS AND COMPARE OUTCOMES. THE SECOND OBJECTIVE OF OUR PROJECT IS TO ASSESS TRADEOFFS IN THE DELIVERY OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES UNDER A SET OF STAKEHOLDER-INFORMED MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AT EACH STUDY SITE USING COUPLED FOREST-GAP AND ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS MODEL OUTPUT. TO ACHIEVE THIS OBJECTIVE WE WILL FIRST INTEGRATE ECONOMIC COMPONENTS OF THE FACT MODEL INTO THE UVAFME MODEL AND COLLECT AND SYNTHESIZE EXISTING MANAGEMENT PLANS FOR BOTH CASE STUDY SITES AND TRANSLATE THESE INTO MODEL HARVEST PRESCRIPTIONS. NEXT WE WILL CONSTRUCT WORKSHOPS WITH STAKEHOLDERS MANAGERS AND PLANNERS AT BOTH STUDY SITES TO DISCUSS AND DESIGN FUTURE ALTERNATIVE SCENARIOS FOR MANAGEMENT OPTIONS GIVEN EARLIER MODEL OUTPUTS. FOLLOWING THIS WE WILL SIMULATE THESE MANAGEMENT SCENARIOS USING THE HYBRIDIZED UVAFME MODEL CALCULATING ECOSYSTEM SERVICE PROVISIONING AND PRODUCING TRADEOFF ANALYSES ACROSS SCENARIOS AND CASE STUDIES. FINALLY WE WILL HOLD FOLLOW-UP MEETINGS WITH STAKEHOLDER GROUPS AT EACH STUDY SITE TO ASSESS THE EFFICACY OF THE NEWLY DESIGNED MANAGEMENT SCENARIOS COLLABORATING WITH MEETING ATTENDEES TO DESIGN VALUE-ADDED SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTS FROM MODEL OUTPUTS IN THE FINAL YEAR OF THE PROJECT. · GrantIndex