Overview
The Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems focus area (CCE) supports interdisciplinary research initiatives into Earth’s ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles, including how carbon, nitrogen and other nutrients are stored and cycled throughout the environment. CCE uses satellite remote sensing instruments, field campaigns, laboratory studies, and modeling to improve our understanding of how terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems around the world, such as forests, jungles, deserts, oceans, coasts, and polar environments, are changing over time. CCE also studies how changes in these ecosystems may affect how the planet stores nutrients like carbon and nitrogen in the future. Resolving these uncertainties will help us understand fluctuations in Earth’s climate and have major implications for biodiversity and sustainable resource management
Korea-United States Ocean Color Study
| 2016-05-20 | 2016-06-06 |
Geological Earth Mapping Experiment
| 2023-04-25 | 2023-04-28 |
| 2023-08-28 | 2023-09-26 |
| 2024-04-02 | 2024-06-24 |
Carbon in Arctic Reservoirs Vulnerability Experiment
| 2012-05-23 | 2012-10-30 |
| 2013-02-05 | 2013-11-25 |
| 2015-02-10 | 2015-11-12 |
| 2014-02-13 | 2014-11-09 |
Soil Moisture Active Passive Validation Experiment
| 2008-09-20 | 2008-10-19 |
| 2012-06-06 | 2012-07-19 |
| 2015-08-02 | 2015-08-18 |
| 2016-05-25 | 2016-08-16 |
| 2022-04-02 | 2022-08-09 |
First International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP) Field Experiment
| 1987-05-26 | 1987-10-16 |
| 1989-07-24 | 1989-08-12 |
AfriSAR
| 2016-02-03 | 2016-03-11 |
Hyperspectral Infrared Imager Preparatory Airborne Campaign
| 2013-03-26 | 2013-04-19 |
| 2013-05-02 | 2013-06-26 |
| 2013-09-13 | 2013-12-05 |
| 2014-03-31 | 2014-05-07 |
| 2014-05-28 | 2014-06-13 |
| 2014-08-18 | 2014-08-29 |
| 2014-09-19 | 2014-11-24 |
| 2015-04-16 | 2015-05-05 |
| 2015-05-28 | 2015-06-11 |
| 2015-08-24 | 2015-10-26 |
| 2016-06-09 | 2016-06-21 |
| 2017-01-17 | 2017-03-03 |
| 2017-06-07 | 2017-06-28 |
| 2018-01-11 | 2018-02-20 |
| 2018-06-19 | 2018-09-06 |
Southern African Regional Science Initiative
| 2000-02-01 | 2000-03-31 |
| 2001-03-01 | 2001-03-31 |
| 1999-08-01 | 1999-09-30 |
| 2000-08-01 | 2000-09-30 |
Oregon Transect Ecosystem Research Project
| 1989-05-27 | 1989-08-23 |
| 1991-05-15 | 1991-08-24 |
| 1990-02-22 | 1991-01-07 |
Biodiversity Survey of the Cape
| 2023-10-16 | 2023-11-26 |
Airborne Microwave Observatory of Subcanopy and Subsurface
| 2013-08-18 | 2013-08-27 |
| 2013-04-11 | 2013-04-19 |
| 2013-05-28 | 2013-06-07 |
| 2013-07-06 | 2013-07-14 |
| 2015-08-19 | 2015-08-27 |
| 2014-04-14 | 2014-04-25 |
| 2014-06-26 | 2014-07-07 |
| 2015-02-17 | 2015-02-25 |
| 2015-06-29 | 2015-07-06 |
| 2013-06-10 | 2013-06-21 |
| 2013-07-26 | 2013-08-03 |
| 2013-02-19 | 2013-02-25 |
| 2015-09-02 | 2015-09-10 |
| 2015-09-22 | 2015-09-29 |
| 2014-03-24 | 2014-04-02 |
| 2014-07-08 | 2014-07-19 |
| 2015-05-20 | 2015-05-24 |
| 2014-10-14 | 2014-10-24 |
| 2012-09-18 | 2012-09-20 |
| 2012-10-02 | 2012-10-11 |
| 2012-10-12 | 2012-10-22 |
| 2013-04-20 | 2013-05-01 |
| 2015-08-07 | 2015-08-18 |
| 2014-06-06 | 2014-06-19 |
| 2014-08-18 | 2014-08-27 |
| 2015-04-03 | 2015-04-14 |
| 2015-04-15 | 2015-04-24 |
| 2013-07-15 | 2013-07-25 |
| 2013-11-19 | 2013-11-25 |
| 2014-09-28 | 2014-10-08 |
| 2012-10-23 | 2012-10-30 |
| 2013-02-05 | 2013-02-12 |
| 2013-09-27 | 2013-09-30 |
| 2013-10-24 | 2013-10-28 |
| 2014-09-22 | 2014-09-27 |
| 2014-08-08 | 2014-08-15 |
| 2014-05-27 | 2014-06-04 |
| 2014-02-13 | 2014-02-24 |
| 2015-05-26 | 2015-05-31 |
| 2015-02-10 | 2015-02-13 |
NASA Carbon Atmospheric Flux Experiment
| 2017-05-03 | 2017-05-26 |
| 2016-09-07 | 2016-09-26 |
Coral Reef Airborne Laboratory
| 2016-06-06 | 2016-06-26 |
| 2016-09-01 | 2016-10-31 |
| 2017-02-01 | 2017-03-15 |
| 2017-04-03 | 2017-04-28 |
| 2017-05-01 | 2017-05-26 |
| 2017-05-27 | 2017-05-28 |
BigFoot Project
| 2001-08-01 | 2001-08-31 |
| 1999-05-01 | 1999-09-30 |
| 2000-06-01 | 2000-06-30 |
| 2000-07-01 | 2000-08-31 |
| 2001-06-01 | 2001-06-30 |
| 2001-07-01 | 2001-07-31 |
| 2001-09-01 | 2001-10-31 |
| 2002-07-01 | 2002-07-31 |
| 2002-08-01 | 2002-08-31 |
| 2002-09-01 | 2002-09-30 |
| 2002-11-01 | 2002-11-30 |
| 2003-06-01 | 2003-06-30 |
| 2003-07-01 | 2003-07-31 |
| 2003-09-01 | 2003-09-30 |
| 2003-11-01 | 2003-11-30 |
| 2004-02-01 | 2004-02-29 |
North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems Study
| 2015-11-05 | 2015-12-02 |
| 2016-05-11 | 2016-06-05 |
| 2017-08-30 | 2017-09-24 |
| 2018-03-20 | 2018-04-13 |
Active Sensing of CO2 Emissions over Nights, Days, and Seasons
| 2010-07-06 | 2010-07-18 |
| 2011-07-25 | 2011-08-06 |
| 2013-02-21 | 2013-03-08 |
| 2014-08-13 | 2014-09-03 |
| 2016-02-10 | 2016-02-11 |
| 2017-07-20 | 2017-08-09 |
Ship-Aircraft Bio-Optical Research Experiment
| 2014-07-17 | 2014-08-07 |
Coastal and Ocean Airborne Science Testbed
| 2011-10-21 | 2011-10-28 |
EXport Processes in the Ocean from RemoTe Sensing
| 2018-07-21 | 2018-09-13 |
| 2021-03-25 | 2021-06-01 |
Impacts of Climate on the Eco-Systems and Chemistry of the Arctic Pacific Environment
| 2011-06-25 | 2011-07-29 |
| 2010-06-15 | 2010-07-21 |
Surface Biology and Geology (SBG) High-Frequency Time Series
| 2022-02-24 | 2022-09-27 |
FireSense
| 2023-09-14 | 2023-10-31 |
Atmospheric Tomography Mission
| 2016-07-29 | 2016-08-23 |
| 2018-04-24 | 2018-05-21 |
| 2017-09-28 | 2017-10-27 |
| 2017-01-26 | 2017-02-21 |
Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment
| 2018-07-02 | 2018-09-01 |
| 2022-07-05 | 2022-08-26 |
| 2017-04-27 | 2017-11-04 |
| 2019-06-30 | 2019-09-17 |
| 2023-07-05 | 2023-08-21 |
| 2024-08-12 | 2024-08-26 |
Global Tropospheric Experiment - Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment
| 1984-06-13 | 1984-06-30 |
| 1985-07-18 | 1985-08-09 |
| 1987-04-13 | 1987-05-08 |
| 1988-07-07 | 1988-08-17 |
| 1990-07-06 | 1990-08-15 |
Delta Exchange
| 2021-03-26 | 2021-04-18 |
| 2021-08-18 | 2021-09-15 |
Hyperspectral Imaging of Harmful Algae Blooms
| 2015-07-13 | 2015-10-19 |
| 2016-06-06 | 2016-10-25 |
| 2017-06-21 | 2017-10-18 |
| 2018-07-03 | 2018-10-12 |
| 2019-08-09 | 2019-09-27 |
Multiple Altimeter Beam Experimental Lidar
| 2010-12-01 | 2010-12-12 |
| 2011-03-22 | 2011-04-05 |
| 2012-02-22 | 2012-04-27 |
| 2012-09-14 | 2012-09-28 |
| 2013-07-01 | 2013-07-03 |
| 2013-09-18 | 2013-09-27 |
| 2014-07-10 | 2014-08-02 |
| 1995-03-31 | 1995-04-25 |
Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem Postlaunch Airborne eXperiment
| 2024-08-28 | 2024-09-30 |
Superior National Forest Project
| 1983-05-05 | 1983-10-27 |
| 1984-05-10 | 1984-09-23 |
Soil Moisture Experiment
| 2005-06-10 | 2005-07-08 |
| 2004-07-20 | 2004-08-26 |
| 2002-06-15 | 2002-07-23 |
| 2003-06-16 | 2003-07-21 |
ECO-3D
| 2011-08-18 | 2011-09-19 |
Student Airborne Research Program
| 2009-07-12 | 2009-08-13 |
| 2010-06-20 | 2010-07-30 |
| 2011-06-19 | 2011-07-29 |
| 2012-06-17 | 2012-08-10 |
| 2013-06-09 | 2013-08-02 |
| 2014-06-15 | 2014-08-08 |
| 2015-06-14 | 2015-08-07 |
| 2016-06-12 | 2016-08-05 |
| 2017-06-18 | 2017-08-11 |
| 2018-06-18 | 2018-08-10 |
| 2019-06-16 | 2019-08-09 |
| 2021-12-03 | 2021-12-10 |
| 2022-06-12 | 2022-08-05 |
| 2023-06-11 | 2023-08-04 |
| 2023-06-18 | 2023-08-11 |
| 2024-06-16 | 2024-08-09 |
| 2024-06-23 | 2024-08-16 |
Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study
| 1994-02-02 | 1994-09-19 |
| 1996-02-27 | 1996-10-21 |
Atmospheric Carbon and Transport – America
| 2017-01-31 | 2017-03-10 |
| 2017-10-03 | 2017-11-13 |
| 2019-06-17 | 2019-07-27 |
| 2016-07-18 | 2016-08-29 |
| 2018-04-12 | 2018-05-20 |
Western Diversity Time Series
| 2020-09-17 | 2020-10-15 |
| 2021-02-09 | 2021-04-02 |
| 2022-09-02 | 2022-09-09 |
| 2023-03-31 | 2023-05-02 |
| 2024-06-04 | 2024-06-28 |
Cold Land Processes Experiment
| 2002-02-17 | 2003-04-01 |
| 2006-12-02 | 2008-02-24 |