The Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center (NOROCK) is offering this grant to research how climate variability and teleconnections impact wildfire burn severity across Western U.S. forest ecosystems, focusing on California’s Sierra Nevada. This project addresses a critical gap by analyzing actual burn severity and ecological effects, not just crude perimeters. Using Landsat remote sensing and climate data, it will quantify how climate shapes burn severity patterns. The goal is to enhance understanding of climate’s control over fire heterogeneity and its effects in western U.S. forests.
Opportunity ID: 47737
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | 09HQPA0038 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Pacific Northwest CESU |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.808 — U.S. Geological Survey_ Research and Data Collection |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jun 02, 2009 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 11, 2009 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 11, 2009 |
| Archive Date: | Jul 11, 2009 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $57,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $0 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. CESU’s are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Geological Survey |
| Description: | The purpose of the Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center (NOROCK) funding opportunity is to conduct research on how climate variability, trends and teleconnections contribute to landscape heterogeneity of burn severity across three representative forest ecosystems of the western U.S. This funding opportunity will specifically encompass the California Sierra Nevada forest. The historic range of variability in burn severity, as it relates to climate, is a critical missing link in current understanding of fire-climate relationships. This work differs from previous studies, based on burn data from crude perimeters, by considering the actual area burned and the magnitude of ecological effect, i.e. burn severity, to understand how climate influences heterogeneous patterns in regions where fire is the primary disturbance mechanism. Building upon past and current research and applications within USGS, other DOI agencies, and the USFS, the study spatially quantifies burn severity through Landsat remote sensing, and used available climate data to address three scientific questions: 1) how does climate variability (e.g., seasonality, temperature, precipitation) manifest spatiotemporally in large area patterns of burn severity; 2) how do climate teleconnections manifest spatially and temporally in large area patterns of burn severity; and 3) to what extent can we generalize impacts and trends in burn severity across the three representative western U.S. ecoregions: how are they similar, how do they differ? Overall, results will lead to understanding how climate controls burn heterogeneity and subsequent fire effects in western U.S. forest ecosystems.
NOROCK conducts research in support of natural resources management in the mountains and plains of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and Idaho. The Center produces and disseminates scientific information needed for decision-making in collaboration with Federal and State land management agencies, Native American tribes, academic institutions and organizations. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
FAITH GRAVES
Contract Specialist Phone 703-648-7356 Email:fgraves@usgs.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 47737 Full Announcement-1 -> opportunity document.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | FAITH GRAVES Contract Specialist Phone 703-648-7356 Email: fgraves@usgs.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.808 | 09HQPA0038 | Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Pacific Northwest CESU | PKG00012420 | Jun 02, 2009 | Jun 11, 2009 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
47737 SF424-2.0.pdf
47737 Project-1.1.pdf
47737 SF424B-1.1.pdf
47737 SF424A-1.0.pdf
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