THIS RESEARCH ADDRESSES SEVERAL NASA EARTH SURFACE AND INTERIOR GOALS AND QUESTIONS INCLUDING: WHAT IS THE NATURE OF DEFORMATION AT PLATE BOUNDARIES AND WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR EARTHQUAKE HAZARD? HOW DO TECTONICS AND CLIMATE INTERACT TO SHAPE THE EARTH S SURFACE AND CREATE NATURAL HAZARDS? WHAT ARE THE INTERACTIONS AMONG ICE MASSES OCEANS AND THE SOLID EARTH AND THEIR IMPLICATION FOR SEA-LEVEL CHANGE? THE COLLABORATIVE PROJECT LINKS RESEARCH TEAMS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS LAMONT- DOHERTY EARTH OBSERVATORY OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY AND GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER. PIS JEFF FREYMUELLER JAMES DAVIS AND JEANNE SAUBER HAVE EXTENSIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY EXPERIENCE IN USING GEODESY TO STUDY CRYOSPHERIC AND TECTONIC DEFORMATION AND PROCESSES.