Projects
Funded research projects spanning forest structure, carbon dynamics, remote sensing, and fire management. Amounts describe project awards unless otherwise specified; roles distinguish project leadership from collaboration.
September 2024–2028
Collaborative Research: Frameworks: OpenForest4D - A web-based cyberinfrastructure platform for next generation 4D forest mapping and monitoring. National Science Foundation (NSF). US$3.28 million total; University of Florida subaward: US$1,356,788. Collaborative award with three institutional PIs, including Dr. Carlos Alberto Silva at UF.
Dr. Silva’s role: PI
2023–2028
ICESat-4D: Monitoring Forest Resistance and Post-Hurricane Recovery Dynamics in Southern Forests by the Synergism of ICESat-2, SAR, and Optical Data and an Ecosystem Demography Model. NASA Studies with ICESat-2. US$492,214.82. PI Dr. Silva – University of Florida
Dr. Silva’s role: PI
2023–2028
CMS4D: A Multi-Scale Data-Fusion Prototype System for the Next Generation of Carbon Dynamics Monitoring From Space: A Case Study in the Brazilian Cerrado – Fire and Fuel in a Biodiversity Hotspot. NASA Carbon Monitoring System (CMS). US$638,498.57. PI Dr. Silva – University of Florida
Dr. Silva’s role: PI
2023–2027
HurricaneSat4D: Exploring the use of PlanetScope and GEDI Data for Assessing Post-Hurricane Damage Severity and Forest Recovery in Southern Forests. NASA Commercial SmallSat Data Analysis. US$323,473. PI Carlos Alberto Silva, University of Florida.
Dr. Silva’s role: PI
2024–2027
Evaluating prescribed burning efficacy in mitigating carbon loss from subsequent wildfires. Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP). US$499,512.50.
Dr. Silva’s role: Co-PI
2023-2024
RapidFEM4D: A web-based mapping platform for rapidly assessing the impacts and near-term recovery of Hurricane Ian on forest ecosystems in Florida. USDA - The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). US$ 300k
Dr. Silva’s role: PI
2023–2026
FuelsCraft: An innovative wildland fuel mapping tool for prescribed fire decision support on Department of Defense military installations. Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP). US$1,736,859. PI – Dr. Susan Prichard – University of Washington
Dr. Silva’s role: Co-I
2023–2026
A Phase 3 CMS that disaggregates forest biomass estimates in response to stakeholder needs: Seeing the forest for the trees. NASA Carbon Monitoring System (CMS). US$998,656.98. PI Dr. Andrew Hudak – US Forest Service – Rocky Mountain Research Station.
Dr. Silva’s role: Co-PI
2022–2025
EMS4D: multi-scale fuel mapping and decision support system for next generation of fire management. Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP). US$492,115
Dr. Silva’s role: PI
2022-2022
Forest-Level Examination of Silviculture Effects on Ecosystem Services (ForESEES) through the integration of Remote Sensing with Field Experiments. University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS). $57,690. PI- Jason Vogel - University of Florida.
Dr. Silva’s role: Co-I
2022-2022
An integrated bioeconomic model for wildfire risk, surrounding forest management and tradeoffs of ecosystem services in the Deluca Preserve. University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS). $78,247. PI- Andres Susaeta – Oregon State University (OSU)
Dr. Silva’s role: Co-I
2021-2023
Tree crown mapping from point cloud data for 3D fuel characterization. USDA Forest Service - US$ 100k
Dr. Silva’s role: PI
2021-2026
Resolving the multi-scale drivers of tree mortality from field and remote sensing data on co-located ForestGEO-NEON. National Science Foundation (NSF). $1.0M. PI- Daniel J. Johnson - University of Florida.
Dr. Silva’s role: Co-I
2021-2023
Advanced Remote Sensing for Forest Restoration: Quantifying biodiversity, productivity, and resilience under a changing environment. USDA Forest Service. US$211k. PIs - Qinfeng Guo (SRS, EFETAC) and Jeff W. Atkins (SRS, Savannah River).
Dr. Silva’s role: Co-I
2021-2021
AMAZECO: Covering the Amazon with an Ecosystem Structure EBV product combining satellite and airborne lidar. Microsoft/GEO BON. €100k. PI Dr. Valbuena - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
Dr. Silva’s role: Co-I
2020-2024
3D fuel characterization for evaluating physics-based fire behavior, fire effects, and smoke models on US Department of Defense military lands. Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP). US$ 2.6M. PI – Dr. Roger Ottmar - US Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
Dr. Silva’s role: Co-I
2020-2024
Object-based aggregation of fuel structures, physics-based fire behavior and self-organizing smoke plumes for improved fuel, fire, and smoke management on military lands. Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP). US$ 2.4M - PI Dr. Andrew Hudak – US Forest Service – Rocky Mountain Research Station.
Dr. Silva’s role: Co-I
2020-2021
Mapping boreal forest biomass density for the ABoVE domain circa 2020 with ICESat-2. NASA- Above. PI- Dr. Laura Duncanson- University of Maryland, USA.
Dr. Silva’s role: Postdoc Fellow/ Collaborator
2019-2021
Mapping fuel load and simulation of fire behavior and spread in the Cerrado biome using modeling and remote sensing technologies. Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). US$ 45K. PI- Dr. Carine Klauberg - Federal University of Sao Joao Del-Rei, Brazil
Dr. Silva’s role: Co-I
2018-2020
Future Mission Fusion for High Biomass Forest Carbon Accounting (Dr. Silva was a postdoc fellow). NASA Carbon Monitoring System (CMS). PIs- Laura Duncanson- University of Maryland, USA.and Lola E. Fatoyinbo Agueh - Biosciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20707, USA;
Dr. Silva’s role: Postdoc Fellow
