#  Research 

 



The Wofsy-Munger group conducts a wide variety of research that involves ground-based forest measurements, atmospheric measurements from aircraft and satellite, and both atmospheric and ecological modelling efforts. Click on any of the links below to learn more about research sites, projects, and data resources.

 

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###    Projects  expand\_more  

 

##  Ground Sites 

###  [Harvard Forest](/research-harvard_forest) 

###  [Urban Network](/research-harvard_forest) 

##  Airborne Campaigns 

###  [Current and Past](/past-atmospheric-campaigns) 

###  [Instruments](/instrument-development) 

##  Satellite 

###  [MethaneSAT](https://www.methanesat.org/) 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

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###    Data Resources  expand\_more  

 

##  Trace gas exchange and ecological measurements in forests 

###  [Boreal Forest](/atmospheric_sciences_data_resources-boreal_forest) 

###  [Temperate Forests](/atmospheric_sciences_data_resources-harvard_forest_data_archive_exchange) 

###  [Tropical Forest](/atmospheric_sciences_data_resources-lbadata) 

##  Airborne measurements of Greenhouse gases 

###  [COBRA](/atmospheric_sciences_data_resources-cobra) 

###  [ATOM](https://espo.nasa.gov/atom/content/ATom) 

###  [HIPPO](https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/hippo) 

##  Modeling Results 

###  [VPRM:  
Vegetation Photosynthesis and Respiration Model](https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/sci_team/pubs/abstract_new.php?id=01837#:~:text=We%20present%20the%20Vegetation%20Photosynthesis,derived%20from%20reflectance%20data%20of) 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

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###    Selected Talks and Posters  expand\_more  

 

###  [Atmosphere-Biosphere Exchange At Harvard Forest, Massachusetts](/exhibits/hf) 

###  [Trace Gases And Fluxes In A Tropical Forest, Brazil](/exhibits/trace-gases-and-fluxes-tropical-forest-brazil) 

###  [Trace Gases And Fluxes In A Boreal Forest, Manitoba](/exhibits/trace-gases-and-fluxes-boreal-forest-manitoba) 

###  [Airborne Measurements Of Regional Fluxes Of CO And CO2](/exhibits/airborne-measurements-regional-fluxes-co-and-co2) 

###  [Fall 2021 Colloquium Series: MethaneSAT and MethaneAIR](https://harvard.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=8b65ca4c-a1b5-4437-9665-ade1013296c2&start=238)