Future Work Future Work Three timelines Immediate (next week): finalize the Year 2 annual report! Next month, before the NASA PI’s meeting (May 4-6, 2009): Poster Year 3: project expires on May 8, 2010 Datasets

WCRP CMIP3 dataset (precip, temp, monthly)NEXRAD precipitation (4-km grids) for Region 12 (Gulf States)River masks (4-km grids) for Region 12 (Gulf States)Land use and land cover (LULC)(4-km grids) for Region 12 (Gulf States)

MODIS LAI, Fveg, Tskin,…Water chemistry samplings

ModelingBias-corrected dynamical downscalingHydrological modelingRiver routingWater quality modelingEstuary ecosystem modeling

Integration (multi-disciplinary and multi-scale)Climate (weather)–water–ecosystems–coastal zone Climate change (current future)Land use and land cover change

Annual Mean LAI (2002-2007)Annual Mean LAI (2002-2007)

Model

MODIS

Annual Mean GVF (2002-2007)Annual Mean GVF (2002-2007)

Model

AVHRR

Skin Temperature (7/12/2004 21:00UTC)Skin Temperature (7/12/2004 21:00UTC)

Model

GOES

LULC Change (1992-2001)LULC Change (1992-2001)

Multi-scale StudiesMulti-scale Studies