A. Center/Institute/Program
Institute for
the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire
Address:
Morse Hall
Phone:
603-862-0322
Fax:
603-862-1915
E-mail:
eos.director@unh.edu
Director/Chairperson: Dr. Berrien Moore III
Representative to AERC: Erik Hobbie
Alternate Representative: Scott Ollinger
B.
Major objectives of the Center/Institute/Program
1. Understanding
the dynamics of earth as a system and its interactions with the sun.
2. Understanding biogeochemical cycles at
local to global scales.
3. Understanding human impacts on the
global system.
C. Major ecosystem research emphases
1. Nutrient cycling, modeling.
2. Forest ecosystems.
3. Wetland ecosystems.
4. Atmospheric trace gases, fluxes.
5. Remote sensing.
6. Ocean productivity.
D. Staff
Permanent
scientific staff: PhD: 65, MS: 30
Scientific
support staff: Postdocs: 7, Technicians: 40
Other
support staff: Clerical: 5, Administrative: 13, Editorial: 2
Graduate
students: PhD: 25, MS:
25
Summer
undergraduates: 10
E. Approximate annual funding (recent year)
Core
funding: $5,000,000/yr, Source: State of
Grants: $35,000,000/yr, Major sources: NASA, NSF, NOAA.
EPA,
F.
Areas and facilities for ecosystem research studies
None
owned by University or Institute – scientists use wide variety of forest,
wetland, lake and glacial research areas around the globe, plus several ocean
regions. Local sites include Hubbard
Brook and
G. Research staff directly involved in ecosystem
research (names and specialty areas)
Aber,
John D. – forest ecosystem analysis, nutrient cycling
Braswell,
Bobby – global biogeochemistry, modeling
Campbell,
Janet – marine productivity,
ocean color
He,
Pingguo – fisheries
Fahnestock,
Mark - GlaciologyResearch
Frolking,
Steve – biogeochemistry
Hobbie,
Erik – biogeochemistry
Hurtt,
George – biogeochemistry, modeling
Lammers,
Richard - hydrology and aquatic biogeochemistry
Li,
Changsheng – trace gas fluxes, modeling
Martin,
Mary – forest ecosystem analysis, remote sensing
Moore,
Berrien – global biogeochemistry, modeling
Morrison,
John – coastal biological oceanography
Ollinger,
Scott – terrestrial ecosystems, biogeochemical cycling
Richardson,
Andrew – forest ecosystems, physiological ecology
Rock,
Barry – forest ecosystems, remote sensing
Rosenberg,
Andrew - fisheries
Rubin,
Fay – GIS/land use
Schloss,
Annette – ecosystem modeling, data distribution
Van
Damm, Karen – marine geochemistry
Vandemark,
Doug - marine biogeochemistry
Varner,
Ruth – trace gas fluxes, biogeochemistry
Vorosmarty,
Charles – hydrologic modeling, global climate change
Wil
Wolheim, hydrology and aquatic biogeochemistry
Xiao,
Xiangming – global biogeochemistry, remote sensing
H.
Long-term data sets (code name, number
of years of data, computer accessibility)
1. A variety of environmental, ecological,
remote sensing, climate and earth systems data products covering regions from
2. Time series and spatial data sets from
remote sensing, ecological modeling, climatology and climate modeling are
available through EOS WESTER, http://eos-webster.sr.unh.edu/home.jsp.
3. Marine data sets from the Ocean Process
Analysis Lab are available at http://www.opal.sr.unh.edu/