University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.

Who it subcontracts to

No subawards reported under its lunar awards.

Who it works for

1. Colorado State University$341K

   THE RESEARCH TEAM WILL INCLUDE DR. DEEPAK MISHRA AND ONE POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE (PETER HAWMAN). UGA TEAM WILL WORK ON THE COLLECTION AND PROCESSING OF FIELD AND SATELLITE DATA, AND ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH RESOLUTION GPP MODEL INCLUDING MODEL CALIBRATION, VALIDATION, AND CROSS-SATELLITE COMPARISONS. SPECIFIC TASKS INCLUDE: (1) RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF AN EDDY FLUX TOWER AT GRAND BAY, MS; (2) ANALYZING THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SENTINEL-2 DATA AND DERIVED CO-VARIABLES WITH PLANT GPP; (3) ESTABLISHMENT OF RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN BIOPHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS ESTIMATED BY THE MODEL AND MEASURED IN THE FIELD, (4) ASSESSMENT OF MODELS ACCURACY, AND (5) CROSS-VALIDATION WITH GPP PRODUCTS FROM OTHER SATELLITES. THE UGA TEAM WILL ALSO CONDUCT EDDY COVARIANCE TOWER DATA ACQUISITION AT GRAND BAY, MS, AND SAPELO LTER SITES THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT. THEY WILL CONDUCT CO2 FLUX DATA PROCESSING, NOISE REMOVAL, FOOTPRINT CORRECTION, AND GAP FILLING AND CARRY OUT THE TOWERBASED GPP COMPUTATION TO PRODUCE THE GPP DATASET FOR SATELLITE-BASED MODEL CALIBRATION AND VALIDATION. MISHRA AND HIS TEAM WILL BE IN CHARGE OF THE DIGITAL ANALYSIS OF SATELLITE DATA, BIOPHYSICAL MODEL CALIBRATION, VALIDATION, UP-SCALING, AND MAP PRODUCT GENERATION. THE UGA TEAM WILL LEAD THE STATEKHOLDERS ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOPS EACH YEAR. TOGETHER WITH COLORADO STATE’S TEAM MEMBERS, UGA TEAM WILL PRESENT RESEARCH RESULTS AT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS, DEVELOP MANUSCRIPTS FOR SUBMISSION TO SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS, AND PREPARE REPORTS TO NASA.

2. Georgia Tech Research Corp$233K

   THE FOCUS FOR THE UGA TEAM WILL BE TO PERFORM NEAR-FIELDS SPECTROSCOPY (NANO-FTIR, PHOTOLUMINESCENCE, AND RAMAN) ON IRRADIATED LUNAR SIMULANT SAMPLES AND DURANGO APATITE. DR. ABATE WILL LEAD THE TEAM AND SUPERVISE A GRADUATE STUDENT. COLLABORATOR PHILLIP STANCIL WILL ASSIST WITH SIMULATIONS OF NEAR-FIELD SPECTRA. EACH YEAR THE UGA TEAM WILL STUDY DURANGO APATITE AND IRRADIATED GEOCHRONOLOGY STANDARDS PREPARED BY OTHER CLEVER TEAM MEMBERS AS GIVEN IN PLAN BELOW, THOUGH THE SAMPLE ORDER BY VARY DEPENDING ON PRIORITY AND AVAILABILITY. YEAR 1: NEAR-FIELD SPECTROSCOPY AND SIMULATION OF DURANGO APATITE THE UGA TEAM WILL PROVIDE OF EACH LUNAR SIMULANT BEFORE AND AFTER IRRADIATION AND USE LITERATURE AND NEAR-FIELD SIMULATIONS TO INTERPRET RADIATION DAMAGE EFFECTS.