Research Projects

Active Grants

  • Coccolithophores of the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas: Harbingers of a Polar Biogeochemical Province in Transition

    Funding:National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

    (10/01/10) — Abstract (PDF - 416KB)

  • Collaborative Research: The Great Southern Coccolithophore Belt

    Funding: National Science Foundation (NSF)

    (06/15/10) — Abstract (PDF - 102KB)

  • A Proposal for Refinement of the MODIS Calcite Algorithm and Cal/Val Activities Towards Assembly of Earth System Data Records

    Funding: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

    (03/04/08) — Abstract (PDF - 9KB)

  • Differentiating sources of backscattering in the Southern Ocean to improve remote carbon pool assessments: calcite, bubbles and other optical constituents

    Funding: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

    (10/11/07) — Abstract (PDF - 9KB)

  • Patagonian Shelf Coccolithophores: Ecological Factors Regulating the Southern Hemisphere's Largest Recurring Coccolithophore Bloom

    Funding: National Science Foundation (NSF)

    (09/15/07) — Abstract (PDF - 12KB)

Recent Grants

  • Using Remote Sensing to Understand Carbon Flow and its Transformations from Upland Ecosysytems into the Coastal Ocean

    Funding: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

    (11/28/07) — Abstract (PDF - 14KB)

  • A proposal to add two Slocum Gliders to the Gulf of Maine North Atlantic Time Series (GNATS)

    Funding: Maine Technology Institute (MTI)

    (12/11/06) — Abstract (PDF - 19KB)

  • GNATS, The Gulf of Maine North Atlantic Time Series: Integrating terrestrial and ocean carbon cycles in a coastal shelf sea through coordinated ship and satellite

    Funding: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

    (12/07/06) — Abstract (PDF - 9KB)

  • ITR Collaborative Research: Interactive Software Systems for Expert-Assisted Analysis and Classification of Aquatic Particles

    Funding: National Science Foundation (NSF)

    (11/01/03) — Abstract (PDF - 8KB)

  • Phytoplankton Dynamics and Carbon Cycling in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean: Control by Si and Fe

    Funding:National Science Foundation (NSF)

    Abstract (PDF - 214KB)

  • Nanoparticles and Ocean Optics

    Funding: ONR

    Abstract (PDF - 19KB)

  • Using Remote Sensing to Understand the Consequences of Climate, Sea Level Changes and Increased Human Activities in the Coastal Gulf of Maine

    Funding:National Science Foundation (NSF)

    Abstract (PDF - 12KB)