The Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group (NTSG) is a research center in the University of Montana's W.A. Franke College of Forestry & Conservation pioneering new approaches for landscape ecological and hydrological studies. A major focus of our research is to understand how vegetation responds to climate variability and influences the water, carbon and energy cycles. NTSG conducts research over a broad range of spatial scales, emphasizing emerging technologies in satellite remote sensing, computational modeling and biophysical theory. We are a leader in the development and application of satellite remote sensing for global environmental assessment and monitoring. NTSG is a NASA Earth Science Information Partner (ESIP), developer and repository for a variety of global land data products from satellite Earth missions, including MODIS (MOD16/17) vegetation productivity and evapotranspiration, AMSR land parameters, and SMAP (L4C) carbon flux products.
Submissions from 2001
Asymmetric warming over coastal California and its impact on the premium wine industry, Ramakrishna R. Nemani, Michael A. White, Daniel R. Cayan, Gregory V. Jones, Steven W. Running, Joseph C. Coughlan, and David L. Peterson
Mapping Weekly Rangeland Vegetation Productivity Using MODIS Algorithms, Matthew Clark Reeves, Jerome C. Winslow, and Steven W. Running
Identification of Optimal Satellite Compositing Length Using GLOBE Budburst Measurements, Michael White and Steven W. Running
Submissions from 2000
Carbon Metabolism of the Terrestrial Biosphere: A Multitechnique Approach for Improved Understanding, J. G. Canadell, H. A. Mooney, Dennis Baldocchi, J. A. Berry, J. R. Ehleringer, C. B. Field, Stith T. Gower, D. Y. Hollinger, J. E. Hunt, R. B. Jackson, Steven W. Running, G. R. Shaver, W. Steffen, S. E. Trumbore, R. Valentini, and B. Y. Bond
Arctic and boreal ecosystems of western North America as components of the climate system, F. S. Chapin III, A. D. McGuire, J. Randerson, Roger A. Pielke, Dennis Baldocchi, S. E. Hobbie, N. Roulet, W. Eugster, E. Kasischke, E. B. Rastetter, S. A. Zimov, and Steven W. Running
Simulated impacts of historical land cover changes on global climate in northern winter, Thomas N. Chase, Roger A. Pielke, T. G. F. Kittel, Ramakrishna R. Nemani, and Steven W. Running
Investigating the Balance Between Timber Harvest and Productivity of Global Coniferous Forests Under Global Change, Galina Churkina
Simulating the effects of climate change on the carbon balance of North American high-latitude forests, Alisa Renae Keyser, John S. Kimball, Ramakrishna R. Nemani, and Steven W. Running
Regional assessment of boreal forest productivity using an ecological process model and remote sensing parameter maps, John S. Kimball, Alisa Renae Keyser, Steven W. Running, and S. S. Saatchi
Predicting Vintage Quantity and Quality in Coastal California Using Pacific Sea Surface Temperatures, Ramakrishna R. Nemani, Michael A. White, Daniel R. Cayan, Gregory V. Jones, and Steven W. Running
Why the earth observing system matters to all of us, Steven W. Running
The Earth Observing System and Forest Management, Steven W. Running, LLoyd Queen, and Michele Thornton
Global Terrestrial Gross and Net Primary Productivity from the Earth Observing System, Steven W. Running, Peter Edmond Thornton, Ramakrishna R. Nemani, and Joseph Marion Glassy
Contribution of Increasing CO2 and Climate to Carbon Storage by Ecosystems in the United States, David S. Schimel, Jerry M. Melillo, Hanqin Tian, A. D. McGuire, David W. Kicklighter, T. G. F. Kittel, N. A. Rosenbloom, Steven W. Running, Peter Edmond Thornton, Dennis S. Ojima, William J. Parton, Robin Kelly, Martin Sykes, Ronald P. Neilson, and Brian Rizzo
Prototyping of MODIS LAI and FPAR Algorithm with LASUR and LANDSAT Data, Yuhong Tian, Yuri Knyazikhin, Ranga B. Myneni, Joseph Marion Glassy, Gerard Dedieu, and Steven W. Running
Measuring Fractional Cover and Leaf Area Index in Arid Ecosystems: Digital Camera, Radiation Transmittance, and Laser Altimetry Methods, Michael A. White, Gregory P. Asner, Ramakrishna R. Nemani, J. Privette, and Steven W. Running
Young Students, Satellites Aid Understanding of Climate-Biosphere Link, Michael A. White, Mark D. Schwartz, and Steven W. Running
Parameterization and Sensitivity Analysis of the BIOME-BGC Terrestrial Ecosystem model: Net Primary Production Controls, Michael A. White, Peter Edmond Thornton, Steven W. Running, and Ramakrishna R. Nemani
Submissions from 1999
Comparing global models of terrestrial net primary productivity (NPP): the importance of water availability, Galina Churkina, Steven W. Running, and A. L. Schloss
Using the space-borne NASA scatterometer (NSCAT) to determine the frozen and thawed seasons, S. Frolking, Kyle C. McDonald, John S. Kimball, J. B. Way, Reiner Zimmermann, and Steven W. Running
Climate variations and tree growth between 1961 and 1995 in Austria, Hubert Hasenauer, Ramakrishna R. Nemani, Klemens Schadauer, and Steven W. Running
Forest growth response to change climate between 1961 and 1990 in Austria, Hubert Hasenauer, Ramakrishna R. Nemani, Klemens Schadauer, and Steven W. Running
Sensitivity of boreal forest regional water flux and net primary production simulations to sub-grid-scale land cover complexity, John S. Kimball, Steven W. Running, and S. S. Saatchi
A Global Terrestrial Monitoring Network Integrating Tower Fluxes, Flask Sampling, Ecosystem Modeling and EOS Satellite Data, Steven W. Running, Dennis Baldocchi, David Turner, Stith T. Gower, P. S. Bakwin, and Kathy Hibbard
Land Ecosystems and Hydrology, Steven W. Running, G. J. Collatz, J. Washburne, and S. Sorooshian
Radar Remote Sensing Proposed for Monitoring Freeze-Thaw Transitions in Boreal Regions, Steven W. Running, J. B. Way, K. C. McDonald, John S. Kimball, S. Frolking, Alisa Renae Keyser, and R. Zimmerman
An improved algorithm for estimating incident daily solar radiation from measurements of temperature, humidity, and precipitation, Peter Edmond Thornton and Steven W. Running
Remote Sensing Requirements to Drive Ecosystem Models at the Landscape and Regional Scale, R. H. Waring and Steven W. Running
The impact of growing-season length variability on carbon assimilation and evapotranspiration over 88 years in the eastern US deciduous forest, M. A. White, Steven W. Running, and Peter Edmond Thornton
Submissions from 1998
Contrasting Climatic Controls on the Estimated Productivity of Global Terrestrial Biomes, Galina Churkina and Steven W. Running
Analysis of carbon and water fluxes from the NOPEX boreal forest: comparison of measurements with FOREST-BGC simulations, E. Cienciala, Steven W. Running, A. Lindroth, A. Grelle, and M. G. Ryan
Biospheric Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle, R. W. A. Hutjes, P. Kabat, Steven W. Running, W. J. Shuttleworth, C. Field, B. Bass, M. A. F. da Silva Dias, R. Avissar, A. Becker, M. Claussen, A. J. Dolman, R. A. Feddes, M. Fosberg, Y. Fukushima, J. H. C. Gash, L. Guenni, H. Hoff, P. G. Jarvis, I. Kayane, A. N. Krenke, Changming Liu, M. Meybeck, C. A. Nobre, L. Oyebande, A. Pitman, Roger A. Pielke, M. Raupach, B. Saugier, E. D. Schulze, P. J. Sellers, J. D. Tenhunen, R. Valentini, R. L. Victoria, and C. J. Vorosmarty
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS): Land Remote Sensing for Global Change Research, Christopher O. Justice, Eric Vermote, John R. G. Townshend, Ruth Defries, David P. Roy, Dorothy K. Hall, V. Salomonson, J. Privette, George Riggs, A. H. Strahler, Wolfgang Lucht, Ranga B. Myneni, Yuri Knyazikhin, Steven W. Running, Ramakrishna R. Nemani, Zhengming Wan, A. R. Huete, Wim van Leeuwen, Robert E. Wolfe, Louis Giglio, J.-P. Muller, Philip Lewis, and Michael J. Barnsley
Synergistic algorithm for estimating vegetation canopy leaf area index and fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation from MODIS and MISR data, Yuri Knyazikhin, J. V. Martonchik, Ranga B. Myneni, D. J. Diner, and Steven W. Running
Simulation Modeling in Ecosystem Science, William K. Laurenroth, Charles D. Canham, Ann P. Kinzig, Karen A. Poiani, W. Michael Kemp, and Steven W. Running
Modeled responses of terrestrial ecosystems to elevated atmospheric CO2: a comparison of simulations by the biogeochemistry models of the Vegetation/Ecosystems Modeling and Analysis Project (VEMAP), Yude Pan, Jerry M. Melillo, A. D. McGuire, David W. Kicklighter, Louis F. Pitelka, Kathy Hibbard, Lars Lowell Pierce, Steven W. Running, Dennis S. Ojima, William J. Parton, David S. Schimel, and VEMAP Participants
A Blueprint for Improved Global Change Monitoring of the Terrestrial Biosphere, Steven W. Running
Assessing simulation ecosystem processes for climate variability research at Glacier National Park, Joseph D. White, Steven W. Running, Peter Edmond Thornton, Robert E. Keane, Kevin C. Ryan, Daniel B. Fagre, and Carl H. Key
Submissions from 1997
Regional ecosystem simulation: A general model for simulating snow accumulation and melt in mountainous terrain, Joseph C. Coughlan and Steven W. Running
Watershed Responses to Climate Change at Glacier National Park, Daniel B. Fagre, Peter L. Comanor, Joseph D. White, F. Richard Hauer, and Steven W. Running
An improved method for estimating surface humidity from daily minimum temperature, John S. Kimball, Steven W. Running, and Ramakrishna R. Nemani
Simulating forest productivity and surface-atmosphere carbon exchange in the BOREAS study region, John S. Kimball, Peter Edmond Thornton, Mike A. White, and Steven W. Running
BIOME-BGC simulations of stand hydrologic process for BOREAS, John S. Kimball, Michael A. White, and Steven W. Running
Estimation of Global Leaf Area Index and Adsorbed Par Using Radioactive Transfer Models, Ranga B. Myneni, Ramakrishna R. Nemani, and Steven W. Running
LAND COVER CHARACTERIZATION USING MULTITEMPORAL RED, NEAR-IR, AND THERMAL-IR DATA FROM NOAA/AVHRR, Ramakrishna R. Nemani and Steven W. Running
Continental Scale Variability in Ecosystem Process: Models, Data, and the Role of Disturbance, David S. Schimel, VEMAP Participants, and B. H. Braswell
Generating surfaces of daily meteorological variables over large regions of complex terrain, Peter Edmond Thornton, Steven W. Running, and Michael A. White
Measurement and remote sensing of LAI in Mountain montane ecosystems, Joseph D. White, Steven W. Running, Ramakrishna R. Nemani, Robert E. Keane, and Kevin C. Ryan
A continental phenology model for monitoring vegetation responses to interannual climatic variability, Michael A. White, Peter Edmond Thornton, and Steven W. Running
Submissions from 1996
Strategies for measuring and modelling carbon dioxide and water vapor fluxes over terrestrial ecosystems, Dennis Baldocchi, Riccardo Valentini, Steven W. Running, Walt Oechel, and Roger Dahlman