Scholars@Duke
Norman L. Christensen

Norman L. Christensen

Professor Emeritus in the Division of Environmental Sciences and Policy
Environmental Sciences and Policy
normc@duke.edu
Box 90329, Durham, NC 27708-0329
A316 LSRC, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Grants

Forest Management, Species Habitat, and Implications for Carbon Flux and Storage

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Research Triangle Institute · 2012 - 2017

Fire History Among Southern Appalachian Forest Types

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Agriculture · 2004 - 2006

Monitoring and modeling the response of coastal ecosystems and carbon storage to rising sea level

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2002 - 2005

Tracing Carbon in Elevated CO2 Experiments: A Workshop for David Ellsworth

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2001 - 2002

Landscape History and Ecosystem Change-A Proposal for a Workshop

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Forest Service · 1997 - 2001

Establishing a Mobile Gas-exchange and Emission Research Facility

EquipmentPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Office of Science & Technology Infrastructure · 1995 - 1999

Analysis of SIR-C/X-SAR Data

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Jet Propulsion Lab · 1990 - 1998

Cooperation in the Geological and Environmental Sciences - Laura Pyle

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by US Geological Survey · 1997 - 1997

Cooperation in the Geological and Environmental Sciences - Gary Dwyer

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by US Geological Survey · 1997 - 1997

Analysis of SIR-C/X-SAR Data

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Jet Propulsion Lab · 1990 - 1997

Analysis of SIR-C/X SAR Data

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Jet Propulsion Lab · 1990 - 1997

Analyses of SIR-C/X - SAR Data

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Jet Propulsion Lab · 1990 - 1997

Analyses of SIR-C/X - SAR Data

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Jet Propulsion Lab · 1990 - 1997

Analyses of SIR-C/X-SAR Data

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Jet Propulsion Lab · 1990 - 1997

NASA Global Change Fellowship Program

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1994 - 1997

Effects of Global Climate Change on the Landscape Pattern of the Tanana River Floodplain in Interior Alaska

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1994 - 1997

Monitoring the Effects of Boreal Forests Using Imaging Radar

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1995 - 1997

Vegetation Changes Associated with Two Levels of Burning in Pocosin Wetlands

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Forest Service · 1993 - 1995

Effects of Global Climate Change on the Landscape Pattern of the Tanana River Flood Plain in Interior Alaska

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1994 - 1995

Effects of Disturbance at Multiple Scales on Floodplain Community Dynamics in Interior Alaska

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Forest Service · 1993 - 1995

Shuttle Imaging Radar-C (SIR-C) Program

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Jet Propulsion Lab · 1990 - 1995

Environmental Science and Policy: An Introductory Sequence

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1992 - 1995

Ecology and Evolution of Aquatic Sphagia: Functional Morphology, Physiology and Phylogency

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1992 - 1994

Estimation of Total Aboveground Biomass in Southern United States Pine Stands sir-c/x-sar

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Jet Propulsion Lab · 1989 - 1994

Introductory Sequence in Environmental Science and Policy

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1992 - 1994

Continuation of Phytotron Operations

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1992 - 1994

Monitoring Successional and Hydrological Trends in Fire-Disturbed Blade Spruce Forests in the Interior of Alaska Using Spaceborne SAR Data

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1991 - 1994

Monitoring Successional and Hydrological Trends in Fire-Disturbed Black Spruce Forests in the Interior of Alaska Using Spaceborne SAR Data

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1991 - 1994

Long-Term Studies of Forest Dynamics: Analysis of Seedling and Sampling Populations

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1991 - 1993

Monitoring of Deforested and Fire-Disturbed Tropical Forest Ecosystems in the Amazon Basin Using Space-Borne SAR Data

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1992 - 1993

Analysis of Temporal Variation in SAR Forest Signatures

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Jet Propulsion Lab · 1990 - 1992

Estimation of Total Aboveground Biomass in Southern United States, Pine Stands Using SIR-C/X-SAR

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Jet Propulsion Lab · 1990 - 1991

Shuttle Imaging Radar-C (SIRC)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Jet Propulsion Lab · 1990 - 1991

Study of Canopy Geometry Measurements of the Forest Stands in the Duke Experimental Forest

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Jet Propulsion Lab · 1990 - 1991

Estimation of Aboveground Tree Biomass in Old-Field Loblolly Pine Forests Utilizing Multifrequency Multipolarization Airborne SAR Data

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1988 - 1990

Estimation of Aboveground Tree Biomass in Old Field Loblolly Pine Forest

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1988 - 1990

Multispectral Signatures and Forest Ecosystem Structure and Process

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1989 - 1989

Estimation of Aboveground Tree Biomass in Old-Field Loblolly Pine Forest Using Multifrequency, Multipolarization Airborne SAR Data

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1988 - 1989

Landscape History and Ecological Succession

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1987 - 1988

Dissertation Research: The Effect of Variation in Season of Burning on a Pine-Wiregrass Savana in the Green Swamp, North Carolina

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1986 - 1988

Analysis of Duke Forest Permanent Plots

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Agriculture · 1986 - 1987