NSF
OpenForest4D: a web-based cyberinfrastructure platform for next-generation 4D forest mapping and monitoring
Collaborative Research: FrameworksCo-InvestigatorUS$3.3M total · US$1,356,788 at University of Florida
19projects in the archive
7projects extending through 2026 or beyond
9funding agencies and institutional programs
Current portfolio
Projects active through 2026 and beyond.
Research supported by NSF, NASA, ESTCP, JFSP and partner institutions across forest mapping, carbon monitoring, disturbance and fire management.
NASA CMS
CMS4D: a multi-scale data-fusion prototype for carbon dynamics monitoring in the Brazilian Cerrado
Carlos Alberto Silva · University of FloridaPrincipal InvestigatorUS$638,498.57
NASA ICESat-2
ICESat-4D: monitoring forest resistance and post-hurricane recovery with ICESat-2, SAR, optical data and an ecosystem-demography model
Carlos Alberto Silva · University of FloridaPrincipal InvestigatorUS$492,214.82
NASA CMS
Seeing the forest for the trees: disaggregating forest biomass estimates in response to stakeholder needs
PI Andrew Hudak · USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research StationCo-InvestigatorUS$998,656.98
ESTCP
FuelsCraft: wildland-fuel mapping for prescribed-fire decision support on Department of Defense military installations
PI Susan Prichard · University of WashingtonCo-InvestigatorUS$1.7M
JFSP
EMS4D: multi-scale fuel mapping and decision support for the next generation of fire management
Carlos Alberto Silva · University of FloridaPrincipal InvestigatorUS$492,115
NSF
Resolving multi-scale drivers of tree mortality from co-located ForestGEO and NEON field and remote sensing data
PI Daniel J. Johnson · University of FloridaCo-InvestigatorUS$1.0M
Completed initiatives
Foundations for the work underway today.
NASA CSDSA
HurricaneSat4D: PlanetScope and GEDI data for assessing post-hurricane damage severity and forest recovery in southern US forests
Carlos Alberto Silva · University of FloridaPrincipal InvestigatorUS$329,533
USDA NIFA
RapidFEM4D: rapid mapping of Hurricane Ian impacts and near-term recovery in Florida forest ecosystems
Carlos Alberto Silva · University of FloridaPrincipal InvestigatorUS$300,000
UF/IFAS
ForESEES: forest-level examination of silviculture effects on ecosystem services through remote sensing and field experiments
PI Jason Vogel · University of FloridaCo-InvestigatorUS$57,690
UF/IFAS
An integrated bioeconomic model for wildfire risk, forest management and ecosystem-service tradeoffs at DeLuca Preserve
PI Andres Susaeta · University of FloridaCo-InvestigatorUS$78,247
USDA Forest Service
Advanced remote sensing for forest restoration: quantifying biodiversity, productivity and resilience under a changing environment
PIs Qinfeng Guo and Jeff W. Atkins · Southern Research StationCo-InvestigatorUS$211K
AMAZECO
An ecosystem-structure Essential Biodiversity Variable for the Amazon combining satellite and airborne LiDAR
PI Ruben Valbuena · Bangor UniversityCo-Investigator€100K
USDA Forest Service
Tree-crown mapping from point-cloud data for three-dimensional fuel characterization
Carlos Alberto Silva · University of FloridaPrincipal InvestigatorUS$50K
NASA ABoVE
Mapping boreal-forest biomass density for the ABoVE domain with ICESat-2
PI Laura Duncanson · University of MarylandPostdoctoral FellowResearch collaboration
SERDP
Object-based fuel structures, physics-based fire behavior and self-organizing smoke plumes for military-land management
PI Andrew Hudak · USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research StationCo-InvestigatorUS$2.4M
SERDP
Three-dimensional fuel characterization for evaluating fire behavior, effects and smoke models on Department of Defense lands
PI Roger Ottmar · USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research StationCollaboratorUS$2.6M
CNPq
Fuel-load mapping and fire-behavior simulation in the Brazilian Cerrado using modeling and remote sensing
PI Carine Klauberg · Federal University of São João del-ReiCo-InvestigatorUS$45K
NASA CMS
Future Mission Fusion for high-biomass forest carbon accounting
PIs Laura Duncanson and Lola Fatoyinbo · NASA Goddard / University of MarylandPostdoctoral FellowResearch collaboration
Collaboration