Currently members of the Niyogi Lab are working on the following funded research projects

• GAP1. Estimation of Evapotranspiration and Crop Water Stress Over Large Areas Using Remote Sensing Observations, USDA NRI CGP, coPI, PI; S. Islam (U of Cincinnati); T. Carlson (coPI, Penn State ).
• GAP2. National Workshop on Agricultural Air Quality – USDA NRI CGP – Approved. Lead institution NCSU (collaborating: Duke University W. Schlesinger, Ecological Society of America: Cliff Duke).
• GAP3. Multisensor/multiscale Analysis of Urban impacts in the Upper Great Lakes Region, NASA LCLUC, (coPI with L. Bowling, K. Cherkauer, B. Pijanowski), 2006 - 2009.
• GAP4. From Sources to Sinks - A Novel Isotopic Analysis of Nitrate Loading in Groundwater and Surface Runoff in Indiana Watersheds, Showalter Grant, Purdue University (coPI with G. Michalski, PI, and B. Joern), 2006 - 2007.
• GMP2. Integrated Climate Change Assessment using Landuse Landcover change, Radiation, and Carbon-Water Cycle, NASA Interdisciplinary Science, (coPI, with R. Pielke CSU as PI).

Active at NCSU

• GAN1. Characterization and Fate of Ammonia and Hydrogen Sulfide from Animal Feeding Operations: Their Emissions, Transport, Transformations, Deposition, and Impact on Fine Particulate Matter, USDA- Air Quality Initiative, V. Aneja (PI), co-PI, along with S.P. Arya, G. Jennings, J. Fountain, W. Gilliam, R. Mathur, W. Showers, P. Westerman, ACTIVE.

Simulated BioSphere (Simsphere)

Past Funded Research Project (completed)

• Modeling aerosol effects in Numerical Models for Regional Climate Studies, NASA-Radiation Program (2003 – 2006), co-PI; PI- R. Pielke, M. Coughener, S. Kodrenawlis, all CSU; and W. Tao, NASA/GSFC).
• Impact of Transpiration Feedback on Land Atmosphere Water Vapor Exchange and Land Surface Memory, NOAA, PI (coPI Fei Chen, NCAR), THROUGH NASA/GWEC- Terrestrial Hydrology Program. (details)
• Investigation of effect of land surface processes on QPF and convection initiation, NSF – ATM Mesoscale, (2002- 2008, PI).
• Development of an internet based turf disease warning system, New Grant, Center for Turf Education and Research, 5/03 – 6/05.
• Coupling and Validating Noah Land Surface Model in Navy's COAMPS, NRL – Monterey , (2002 – 2005, PI).
• Agricultural Weather and Climate Atlas, PI (co-Is: K. Scheeringa, R. Grant, S.Fall), Rice Grant from Purdue Agricultural Research Center, 05/05 – 05/06.
• Development and Operation of NC Agricultural Weather and Climate Observational Network (AgNet), NC Agricultural Research Services, 1999 – 2002 (Project Manage and co-Principal Investigator), 1998 – 2003.
• Surface – Atmosphere Exchanges for Hydrometeorological Models, NOAA / EPA, 1999 2002
• Emergency Management Assistance in North Carolina (co- nvestigator and Project Manager), NC Dept. Emergency Management, 2000-2001.
• Analysis of Land Plume over Indian Ocean during INDOEX, (Collaborator), NSF Div. Atmos. Sci., 2000 – 2003.
• NCAR- Travel Support for Participation in International H2O Project (IHOP) Field Program and Land Surface Workshop, (through RAP and MMM NCAR; M. LeMone)
• Field Component of the Instrumentation Meteorology Course, NCSU- ETF, 2001-2002.
• Participation in the Environmental Monitoring at the World Trade Center Site (Project Manager) EPA contract to State Climate Office, 2002
• Biophysical Measurements and Data Analysis using Porometery and Canopy scaling, 2003, NCSU-ETF