Overview
The Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems focus area (CCE) supports interdisciplinary research initiatives into Earth’s ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles, including how carbon, nitrogen and other nutrients are stored and cycled throughout the environment. CCE uses satellite remote sensing instruments, field campaigns, laboratory studies, and modeling to improve our understanding of how terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems around the world, such as forests, jungles, deserts, oceans, coasts, and polar environments, are changing over time. CCE also studies how changes in these ecosystems may affect how the planet stores nutrients like carbon and nitrogen in the future. Resolving these uncertainties will help us understand fluctuations in Earth’s climate and have major implications for biodiversity and sustainable resource management
North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems Study
| 2015-11-05 | 2015-12-02 |
| 2016-05-11 | 2016-06-05 |
| 2017-08-30 | 2017-09-24 |
| 2018-03-20 | 2018-04-13 |
Surface Biology and Geology (SBG) High-Frequency Time Series
| 2022-02-24 | 2022-09-27 |
EXport Processes in the Ocean from RemoTe Sensing
| 2018-07-21 | 2018-09-13 |
| 2021-03-25 | 2021-06-01 |
Atmospheric Tomography Mission
| 2016-07-29 | 2016-08-23 |
| 2018-04-24 | 2018-05-21 |
| 2017-09-28 | 2017-10-27 |
| 2017-01-26 | 2017-02-21 |
Student Airborne Research Program
| 2025-06-15 | 2025-08-02 |
| 2025-06-22 | 2025-08-09 |
| 2009-07-12 | 2009-08-13 |
| 2010-06-20 | 2010-07-30 |
| 2011-06-19 | 2011-07-29 |
| 2012-06-17 | 2012-08-10 |
| 2013-06-09 | 2013-08-02 |
| 2014-06-15 | 2014-08-08 |
| 2015-06-14 | 2015-08-07 |
| 2016-06-12 | 2016-08-05 |
| 2017-06-18 | 2017-08-11 |
| 2018-06-18 | 2018-08-10 |
| 2019-06-16 | 2019-08-09 |
| 2021-12-03 | 2021-12-10 |
| 2022-06-12 | 2022-08-05 |
| 2023-06-11 | 2023-08-04 |
| 2023-06-18 | 2023-08-11 |
| 2024-06-16 | 2024-08-09 |
| 2024-06-23 | 2024-08-16 |
Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study
| 1994-02-02 | 1994-09-19 |
| 1996-02-27 | 1996-10-21 |
Airborne Microwave Observatory of Subcanopy and Subsurface
| 2013-08-18 | 2013-08-27 |
| 2013-04-11 | 2013-04-19 |
| 2013-05-28 | 2013-06-07 |
| 2013-07-06 | 2013-07-14 |
| 2015-08-19 | 2015-08-27 |
| 2014-04-14 | 2014-04-25 |
| 2014-06-26 | 2014-07-07 |
| 2015-02-17 | 2015-02-25 |
| 2015-06-29 | 2015-07-06 |
| 2013-06-10 | 2013-06-21 |
| 2013-07-26 | 2013-08-03 |
| 2013-02-19 | 2013-02-25 |
| 2015-09-02 | 2015-09-10 |
| 2015-09-22 | 2015-09-29 |
| 2014-03-24 | 2014-04-02 |
| 2014-07-08 | 2014-07-19 |
| 2015-05-20 | 2015-05-24 |
| 2014-10-14 | 2014-10-24 |
| 2012-09-18 | 2012-09-20 |
| 2012-10-02 | 2012-10-11 |
| 2012-10-12 | 2012-10-22 |
| 2013-04-20 | 2013-05-01 |
| 2015-08-07 | 2015-08-18 |
| 2014-06-06 | 2014-06-19 |
| 2014-08-18 | 2014-08-27 |
| 2015-04-03 | 2015-04-14 |
| 2015-04-15 | 2015-04-24 |
| 2013-07-15 | 2013-07-25 |
| 2013-11-19 | 2013-11-25 |
| 2014-09-28 | 2014-10-08 |
| 2012-10-23 | 2012-10-30 |
| 2013-02-05 | 2013-02-12 |
| 2013-09-27 | 2013-09-30 |
| 2013-10-24 | 2013-10-28 |
| 2014-09-22 | 2014-09-27 |
| 2014-08-08 | 2014-08-15 |
| 2014-05-27 | 2014-06-04 |
| 2014-02-13 | 2014-02-24 |
| 2015-05-26 | 2015-05-31 |
| 2015-02-10 | 2015-02-13 |
Oregon Transect Ecosystem Research Project
| 1989-05-27 | 1989-08-23 |
| 1991-05-15 | 1991-08-24 |
| 1990-02-22 | 1991-01-07 |
BlueFlux
| 2023-02-05 | 2023-02-13 |
| 2023-03-10 | 2023-04-19 |
| 2022-03-19 | 2022-04-26 |
| 2022-10-14 | 2022-10-21 |
Superior National Forest Project
| 1983-05-05 | 1983-10-27 |
| 1984-05-10 | 1984-09-23 |
Geological Earth Mapping Experiment
| 2025-05-23 | 2025-09-23 |
| 2023-04-25 | 2023-04-28 |
| 2023-08-28 | 2023-09-26 |
| 2024-04-02 | 2024-06-24 |
Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem Postlaunch Airborne eXperiment
| 2024-08-28 | 2024-09-30 |
Soil Moisture Experiment
| 2005-06-10 | 2005-07-08 |
| 2004-07-20 | 2004-08-26 |
| 2002-06-15 | 2002-07-23 |
| 2003-06-16 | 2003-07-21 |
Southern African Regional Science Initiative
| 2000-02-01 | 2000-03-31 |
| 2001-03-01 | 2001-03-31 |
| 1999-08-01 | 1999-09-30 |
| 2000-08-01 | 2000-09-30 |
First International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP) Field Experiment
| 1987-05-26 | 1987-10-16 |
| 1989-07-24 | 1989-08-12 |
Impacts of Climate on the Eco-Systems and Chemistry of the Arctic Pacific Environment
| 2011-06-25 | 2011-07-29 |
| 2010-06-15 | 2010-07-21 |
Pacific Rim 2000
| 2000-07-21 | 2000-10-23 |
Delta Exchange
| 2021-03-26 | 2021-04-18 |
| 2021-08-18 | 2021-09-15 |
Airborne Validation Unified Experiment: Land to Ocean
| 2025-02-06 | 2025-02-28 |
Coastal and Ocean Airborne Science Testbed
| 2011-10-21 | 2011-10-28 |
NISAR UAVSAR AM-PM Campaign
| 2019-06-06 | 2019-10-30 |
Korea-United States Ocean Color Study
| 2016-05-20 | 2016-06-06 |
Western Diversity Time Series
| 2020-09-17 | 2020-10-15 |
| 2021-02-09 | 2021-04-02 |
| 2022-09-02 | 2022-09-09 |
| 2023-03-31 | 2023-05-02 |
| 2024-06-04 | 2024-06-28 |
| 2025-05-27 | 2025-07-17 |
Ship-Aircraft Bio-Optical Research Experiment
| 2014-07-17 | 2014-08-07 |
Coral Reef Airborne Laboratory
| 2016-06-06 | 2016-06-26 |
| 2016-09-01 | 2016-10-31 |
| 2017-02-01 | 2017-03-15 |
| 2017-04-03 | 2017-04-28 |
| 2017-05-01 | 2017-05-26 |
| 2017-05-27 | 2017-05-28 |
BigFoot Project
| 2001-08-01 | 2001-08-31 |
| 1999-05-01 | 1999-09-30 |
| 2000-06-01 | 2000-06-30 |
| 2000-07-01 | 2000-08-31 |
| 2001-06-01 | 2001-06-30 |
| 2001-07-01 | 2001-07-31 |
| 2001-09-01 | 2001-10-31 |
| 2002-07-01 | 2002-07-31 |
| 2002-08-01 | 2002-08-31 |
| 2002-09-01 | 2002-09-30 |
| 2002-11-01 | 2002-11-30 |
| 2003-06-01 | 2003-06-30 |
| 2003-07-01 | 2003-07-31 |
| 2003-09-01 | 2003-09-30 |
| 2003-11-01 | 2003-11-30 |
| 2004-02-01 | 2004-02-29 |
Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment
| 2018-07-02 | 2018-09-01 |
| 2022-07-05 | 2022-08-26 |
| 2017-04-27 | 2017-11-04 |
| 2019-06-30 | 2019-09-17 |
| 2023-07-05 | 2023-08-21 |
| 2024-08-12 | 2024-08-26 |
Carbon in Arctic Reservoirs Vulnerability Experiment
| 2012-05-23 | 2012-10-30 |
| 2013-02-05 | 2013-11-25 |
| 2015-02-10 | 2015-11-12 |
| 2014-02-13 | 2014-11-09 |
Atmospheric Carbon and Transport – America
| 2017-01-31 | 2017-03-10 |
| 2017-10-03 | 2017-11-13 |
| 2019-06-17 | 2019-07-27 |
| 2016-07-18 | 2016-08-29 |
| 2018-04-12 | 2018-05-20 |
Multiple Altimeter Beam Experimental Lidar
| 2010-12-01 | 2010-12-12 |
| 2011-03-22 | 2011-04-05 |
| 2012-02-22 | 2012-04-27 |
| 2012-09-14 | 2012-09-28 |
| 2013-07-01 | 2013-07-03 |
| 2013-09-18 | 2013-09-27 |
| 2014-07-10 | 2014-08-02 |
Canadian Experiment for Soil Moisture
| 2010-07-13 | 2010-07-20 |
| 2010-06-01 | 2010-06-16 |
Cold Land Processes Experiment
| 2002-02-17 | 2003-04-01 |
| 2006-12-02 | 2008-02-24 |
Global Tropospheric Experiment - Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment
| 1984-06-13 | 1984-06-30 |
| 1987-04-13 | 1987-05-08 |
| 1988-07-07 | 1988-08-17 |
| 1990-07-06 | 1990-08-15 |
| 1985-07-11 | 1985-08-15 |
Great Plains Irrigation Experiment
| 2018-05-29 | 2018-07-30 |
Soil Moisture Active Passive Validation Experiment
| 2008-09-20 | 2008-10-19 |
| 2012-06-06 | 2012-07-19 |
| 2015-08-02 | 2015-08-18 |
| 2016-05-25 | 2016-08-16 |
| 2022-04-02 | 2022-08-09 |
Hyperspectral Imaging of Harmful Algal Blooms
| 2015-07-13 | 2015-10-19 |
| 2016-06-06 | 2016-10-25 |
| 2017-06-21 | 2017-10-18 |
| 2018-07-03 | 2018-10-12 |
| 2019-08-09 | 2019-09-27 |
Biodiversity Survey of the Cape
| 2023-10-16 | 2023-11-26 |
ECO-3D
| 2011-08-18 | 2011-09-19 |
Accelerated Canopy Chemistry Program
| 1992-06-02 | 1993-05-27 |
AfriSAR
| 2016-02-03 | 2016-03-11 |
NASA Carbon Atmospheric Flux Experiment
| 2017-05-03 | 2017-05-26 |
| 2016-09-07 | 2016-09-26 |
FireSense
| 2024-10-01 | 2024-12-01 |
| 2025-03-17 | 2025-04-20 |
| 2023-09-14 | 2023-10-31 |
Hyperspectral Infrared Imager Preparatory Airborne Campaign
| 2013-03-26 | 2013-04-19 |
| 2013-05-02 | 2013-06-26 |
| 2013-09-13 | 2013-12-05 |
| 2014-03-31 | 2014-05-07 |
| 2014-05-28 | 2014-06-13 |
| 2014-08-18 | 2014-08-29 |
| 2014-09-19 | 2014-11-24 |
| 2015-04-16 | 2015-05-05 |
| 2015-05-28 | 2015-06-11 |
| 2015-08-24 | 2015-10-26 |
| 2016-06-09 | 2016-06-21 |
| 2017-01-17 | 2017-03-03 |
| 2017-06-07 | 2017-06-28 |
| 2018-01-11 | 2018-02-20 |
| 2018-06-19 | 2018-09-06 |
American ICESat/GLAS Assessment of Carbon
| 2011-08-01 | 2011-09-30 |
| 2012-06-01 | 2012-06-30 |
| 2012-08-01 | 2012-09-30 |
| 2013-04-01 | 2013-05-31 |
Active Sensing of CO2 Emissions over Nights, Days, and Seasons
| 2010-07-06 | 2010-07-18 |
| 2011-07-25 | 2011-08-06 |
| 2013-02-21 | 2013-03-08 |
| 2014-08-13 | 2014-09-03 |
| 2016-02-10 | 2016-02-11 |
| 2017-07-20 | 2017-08-09 |
Costa Rica Airborne Research and Technology Applications 2005
| 2005-02-28 | 2005-04-06 |