Directory of Faculty and Staff

Project Listings for: United States of America


Engaging the Disenfranchised: Civil Society and Developing Countries' Participation in Global Governance for Sustainable Development
Dr. Dana Fisher
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Dana Fisher
Organization: The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Locations: Japan, United States of America

A high-resolution record of productivity and/or ventilation of the northeastern Pacific from Soledad Basin, Baja California
Dr. Alexander Van Geen
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Alexander Van Geen
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: Eastern Pacific Ocean, United States of America
Special Locations: Baja,California

An Experimental Study to Explore the Relationship of Ecosystem Carbon Uptake Eddy-Flux Measurements and Tree Growth: A Tree-Ring Analysis Approach
Mr. Pederson

Earth Institute Contact:
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: Massachusetts

Web Feature Service for Government Units and Population of the Northeast U.S.
Dr. Robert Chen
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Robert Chen
Organization: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
Locations: United States of America

Bioavailability of soil Pb and As in Humans
Dr. Joseph Graziano
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Joseph Graziano
Organization: Center for Global Health and Economic Development (CGHED)
Locations: United States of America

Black Rock Wetland Carbon Storage
Dr. Dorothy Peteet
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Dorothy Peteet
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America

Improving Earthquake Locations in Northern California Using Waveform Based Differential Time Measurements
Dr. Felix Waldhauser
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Felix Waldhauser
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: Northern California, San Francisco Bay Area

A Comparative Study of Results From Different Earthquake Location Procedures In California
Dr. Felix Waldhauser
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Felix Waldhauser
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: Southern California, Northern California

Consortium for Conservation Medicine Projects
Dr. Peter Daszak
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Peter Daszak
Organization: Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC)
Locations: United States of America

Environment/Core
Peter R. Pazzaglini

Earth Institute Contact:
Organization: The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Locations: United States of America

From site to GCM grid box: Building interactive hierarchies of data and models to assess carbon cycle and climate feedbacks due to agriculture and forestry practices in the conterminous U.S. and China
Francesco Tubiello

Earth Institute Contact:
Organization: Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS)
Locations: China, United States of America

Health Assessment of Sea Turtles in Baja California
Dr. Alonso Aguirre
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Alonso Aguirre
Organization: Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC)
Locations: United States of America

Hudson Highlands Paleoclimate
Dr. Dorothy Peteet
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Dorothy Peteet
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America

Hudson River Wetlands Research
Dr. Dorothy Peteet
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Dorothy Peteet
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America

Increased crop damage in the U.S. from flooding and excess precipitation under climate change: Implications for adaptation and mitigation strategies
Francesco Tubiello

Earth Institute Contact:
Organization: Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS)
Locations: United States of America

Jamaica Bay physical and biogeochemical study
Professor Arnold Gordon
Earth Institute Contact: Professor Arnold Gordon
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: Jamaica Bay

Long term change in an aggrading deciduous forest
Dr. William Schuster
Earth Institute Contact:
Organization: Black Rock Forest
Locations: United States of America

Wind, waves, rain and their effects on air-water gas and momentum exchanges
Dr. David Ho
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. David Ho
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America

Marine Ecosystem Health Monitoring Using Sentinel Species
Dr. Alonso Aguirre
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Alonso Aguirre
Organization: Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC)
Locations: United States of America

New York Bioscape Conservation Medicine Activities
Scott Newman

Earth Institute Contact:
Organization: Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC)
Locations: United States of America

NIEHS/EPA Superfund Basic Research Program: Health Effects and Geochemistry of Arsenic and Lead
Dr. Joseph Graziano
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Joseph Graziano
Organization: Center for Global Health and Economic Development (CGHED)
Locations: Bangladesh, United States of America

Northeast Information Node of the USGS National Biological Information Infrastructure
Dr. Robert Worrest
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Robert Worrest
Organization: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
Locations: United States of America

Nuclear Test Verification
Prof. Lynn Sykes
Earth Institute Contact: Prof. Lynn Sykes
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: Africa, China, Middle East, Russia, United States of America

NY Tidal Wetlands
Dr. Dorothy Peteet
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Dorothy Peteet
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: New York

Redistribution of Arsenic and other contaminants at sites in New Jersey and Maine
Harry Simpson Jr.
Earth Institute Contact:
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America

Resource Recovery from solid wastes
Dr. Nickolas Themelis
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Nickolas Themelis
Organization: Earth Engineering Center (EEC)
Locations: United States of America

Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center
Dr. Robert Chen
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Robert Chen
Organization: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
Locations: China, Earth, Mexico, United States of America

Net carbon transport and reaction in the bottom boundary layer of an upwelling margin
Dr. David Ho
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. David Ho
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America

The New York Climate & Health Project
Patrick Kinney
Earth Institute Contact: Patrick Kinney
Organization: The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: New York metropolitan region

Towards Delineating Detailed Ecological Land Units in Lower New England Using Multi-temporal Landsat Imagery
Mr. Mickelson

Earth Institute Contact:
Organization: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: NY/NJ Metropolitan Region

Response of Pacific Northwest and Alaskan Forests to Recent Multiple Environmental Changes
Dr. Rosanne DArrigo
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Rosanne DArrigo
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America, United States of America - Alaska
Special Locations: Pacific Northwest

Houston Ship Channel Tracer Release Experiment
Dr. David Ho
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. David Ho
Organization: Center For Rivers and Estuaries
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: Houston, TX

Tracer release experiment in the Newtown Creek/East River
Dr. David Ho
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. David Ho
Organization: Center For Rivers and Estuaries
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: New York

Tracer release experiment in the Hackensack River
Dr. David Ho
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. David Ho
Organization: Center For Rivers and Estuaries
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: New Jersey

Globalization Protest Project
Dr. Dana Fisher
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Dana Fisher
Organization: The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Locations: Canada, Netherlands, United States of America

El NiƱo Drought Impacts: A Comparative Study of National Media Coverage
Dr. Dana Fisher
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Dana Fisher
Organization: The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Locations: Australia, India, South Africa, United States of America

Managing and Preserving Geospatial Electronic Records
Dr. Robert Chen
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Robert Chen
Organization: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
Locations: United States of America

Metadata Training for Public Health Records Data
Dr. Robert Chen
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Robert Chen
Organization: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
Locations: United States of America

Stockton Deep Water Channel Tracer Release Experiment
Dr. David Ho
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. David Ho
Organization: Center For Rivers and Estuaries
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: San Francisco Bay Area

Mechanisms of crustal extension: a structural and geochronological study in the Death Valley region of eastern California
Nicholas Christie-Blick

Earth Institute Contact: Prof. Nicholas Christie-Blick
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America

Taxonomic Revisions in the Boletaceae, Fungi
Roy Halling

Earth Institute Contact:
Organization: Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC)
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: New York City

Urbanization, Beetle Biodiversity, and Human Health in the New York Bioscape
James Danoff-Burg

Earth Institute Contact:
Organization: Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC)
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: New York Metropolitan Area

Effects of hiking trails on arthropod and bird biodiversity
James Danoff-Burg

Earth Institute Contact:
Organization: Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC)
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: Black Rock Forest

The Lamont Cooperative Seismographic Network and the Advanced National Seismic System: Earthquake Hazard Studies in the Northeastern United States
Dr. Won-Young Kim
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Won-Young Kim
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: Northeastern United States

The Normal Fault Paradox: Using Fault Zone Deformation to Test Extensional Models
Prof. Mark Anders
Earth Institute Contact: Prof. Mark Anders
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: Western United States Basin & Range Province

Hudson River Research
Dr. Robin Bell
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Robin Bell
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: Hudson River

The Ecophysiology group
Earth Institute Contact: Prof. Kevin Griffin
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America

Hydrologic and Chemical Fluxes inthe Black Rock Forest
Harry Simpson Jr.
Earth Institute Contact:
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: Black Rock Forest, New York

Controls on Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in the Cascade Brook Watershed of Black Rock Forest
Prof. Kevin Griffin
Earth Institute Contact: Prof. Kevin Griffin
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: Black Rock Forest, New York

Ground Source Geothermal Power Systems: Assessing Energy Efficiency
Dr. Dallas Abbott
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Dallas Abbott
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: Black Rock Forest

Testing the extensional detachment paradigm: Scientific drilling in the Sevier Desert basin (Basin and Range Province, western United States)
Nicholas Christie-Blick
/ Mark Anders
Earth Institute Contact: Prof. Nicholas Christie-Blick
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America

Delta 18-O in Pinus strobus Needle Cellulose: Assessing the Potential for Recovering Subseasonal Cell Maturation Information
Dr. Edward Cook
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Edward Cook
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: Black Rock Forest

Collaborative Research: Source Scaling of Earthquakes in the Northeastern United States
Dr. Won-Young Kim
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Won-Young Kim
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: Northeastern United States

Motion Monitoring of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
Dr. Won-Young Kim
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Won-Young Kim
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: New York City

Tracer release experiment in tidal Hudson River
Dr. David Ho
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. David Ho
Organization: Center For Rivers and Estuaries
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: Hudson River

Determination of Large-Scale Flow Patterns and Air-Water Gas Exchange in a Ridge and Slough Habitat with Tracer Release Experiments
Dr. David Ho
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. David Ho
Organization: Center For Rivers and Estuaries
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: Florida Everglades

Collaborative Research-Track 1: Partnership to Enhance Diversity in Marine Geosciences: Holocene Climate and Anthropogenic Changes from Long Island Sound, NY
Dr. Marie-Helene Cormier
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Marie-Helene Cormier
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: New York City Long Island Sound

Pilot Study of the History of Central Park Lake
Dr. Steven Chillrud
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Steven Chillrud
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: New York City

Health Effects and Geochemistry of Arsenic and Manganese: Project 6: Mobilization of anthropogenic arsenic in groundwater
Dr. Steven Chillrud
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Steven Chillrud
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: Vineland, New Jersey

Identifying Sources of Non-Fallout Nuclear Contamination in Hudson River Sediments by Plutonium and Neptunium Isotope Ratios: Sensitive Tracers of Sediment Transport
Dr. Steven Chillrud
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Steven Chillrud
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: Hudson River

Initial Operation of ADPC Sites at Lock 2 On the Upper Hudson
Dr. Damon Chaky / Dr. Steven Chillrud
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Steven Chillrud
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: Upper Hudson River

Hudson River Benthic Mapping
Dr. Robin Bell
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Robin Bell
Organization: Center For Rivers and Estuaries
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: Hudson River

EPA Riverscope
Dr. Robin Bell
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Robin Bell
Organization: Center For Rivers and Estuaries
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: Hudson River

CLEANER - Collaborative Project - Riverscope: Large Scale Engineering Analysis Network for Environmental Research on the Hudson River
Dr. Robin Bell
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Robin Bell
Organization: Center For Rivers and Estuaries
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: Hudson River

ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Award: Earth Institute of Columbia University
Dr. Robin Bell
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Robin Bell
Organization: The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: New York City

Extension of the Newark Geomagnetic Polarity Reference Sequence to Address Problems of the Carnian and the Middle Triassic
Dr. Dennis Kent
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Dennis Kent
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America

Collaborative Research: Calibration of the Late Triassic-Early Jurassic Timescale Using U-Pb Dating of the High-Resolution Magnetostratigraphy of the Newark Supergroup
Dr. Dennis Kent
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Dennis Kent
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America

Exposure Assessment Core Facilty of the NIEHS Center for Environmental Health in Northern Manhattan
Patrick Kinney
Earth Institute Contact: Patrick Kinney
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America

Traffic Related Particle Exposures Among New York City Adolescents
Patrick Kinney
Earth Institute Contact: Patrick Kinney
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: New York City

Earth and Environmental Science Journalism Program
Dr. Kim Kastens
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Kim Kastens
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: New York City

Human/Environment Interactions in the State Science Education Standards
Dr. Kim Kastens
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Kim Kastens
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America

Children's Acquisition of Map Skills in a Large-Scale Environment
Dr. Kim Kastens
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Kim Kastens
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America

Modeling a Millennium of Drought and Flood in the American West
Dr. Richard Seager
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Richard Seager
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: North America, United States of America

Source Spectral Shape, Scaling, Stress Drop, and Radiated Energy of Earthquakes in the Continental U.S., and Implications on Seismic Hazard Maps
Jiakang Xie

Earth Institute Contact:
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America

Supplemental Funding to Provide Technical Support for Science on the USCG HEALY
Mr. Dale Chayes
Earth Institute Contact: Mr. Dale Chayes
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: Arctic Ocean, United States of America

Mapping Dissolved Organic Carbon in Eastern U.S. Coastal Waters Using Ocean Color Satellite Data
Dr. Ajit Subramaniam
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Ajit Subramaniam
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America

Collaborative Research: Testing the Methane Hydrate Hypothesis for the Aftermath of Severe Neoproterozoic Ice Ages
Prof. Nicholas Christie-Blick
Earth Institute Contact: Prof. Nicholas Christie-Blick
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: Australia, China, Namibia, United States of America
Special Locations: Death Valley

How air pollution dims sunlight in the New York Metropolitan Area
Dr. Beate Liepert
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Beate Liepert
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: New York City

Multiple proxy records of late Pleistocene glacial advance and lake level/chemistry change in the Mono Basin, CA
hem

Earth Institute Contact:
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: Mono Lake, CA

River Summer
Dr. Stephanie Pfirman
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Stephanie Pfirman
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: New York City; Hudson River; Hudson Valley

Quantification of Extensional Fault Processes and Landscape Response using Surface Exposure Dating
Dr. Deirdre Commins
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Joerg Schaefer
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America
Special Locations: Canyon Lands, Utah

Operation of an Ocean Bottom Seismic Instrument Pool at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory for the Benefit of the Community
Dr. Spahr Webb
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Spahr Webb
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America

Scientific Drilling into the San Andreas Fault: Fluid Transport Analysis - Rare Gas "Ages" of Matrix Porosity Fluids in Drill Core
Dr. Martin Stute
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Martin Stute
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America

Earthquakes Triggered By Normal or Shear Stress Change and the Poroelastic Response of Faults
Mr. Leonardo Seeber
Earth Institute Contact: Mr. Leonardo Seeber
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America

A Test of the Existence of the Bering Plate
Dr. Mikhail Kogan
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Mikhail Kogan
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: Russia, United States of America
Special Locations: Siberia, Alaska

Acoustic Measurement of Turbulence off the Mouth of the Columbia River
Robert Houghton
Earth Institute Contact:
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America

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