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FY 2016 Projects

Year(s)	Title	Principal Investigator(s)	Contains
2016 - 2018	Changes in Water Flow through Hawaiian Forests due to Invasive Species and Changing Rainfall Patterns	Lucas Fortini (USGS Pacific Islands Ecosystem Research Center)
2016 - 2016	Collecting Elevation Data to Understand Climate Change Effects in the Marshall Islands	Jeffrey J Danielson (USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center)
2016 - 2018	Effects of Drought on Soil Moisture and Water Resources in Hawai‘i	Alan Mair (USGS Pacific Islands Water Science Center)
2016 - 2018	Understanding the Effect of Climate Change on the Migration of Marshallese Islanders	Maxine Burkett (University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa)

FY 2015 Projects

Year(s)	Title	Principal Investigator(s)	Contains
2015 - 2017	Assessing the Sustainability of Culturally Important Marine Sites in Guam and CNMI	Laurie Raymundo (University of Guam) Jeffrey Maynard (Marine Applied Research Center)
2015 - 2017	Cloud Water Interception in Hawai‘i: Building Spatial Pattern Maps for the Present-day Climate and Projected Changes by the Later 21st Century using the Hawai’i Regional Climate Model	Yuqing Wang (University of Hawaii Manoa)
2015 - 2018	Cloud Water Interception in Hawai‘i: Developing Capacity to Characterize the Spatial Patterns and Effects on Water and Ecological Processes	Thomas Giambelluca (University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa)
2015 - 2017	Diagnosing and Communicating the Effect of Climate Variability on Frequency of Coastal Inundation	Philip Thompson (University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa)
2016 - 2018	Influences of Climate Change, Climate Variability, and Drought on Human Communities and Ecosystems in Hawaiˈi	Christian Giardina (U.S. Forest Service)
2015 - 2017	Mapping and Environmental Science to Support Clean Reefs of West Maui, Hawai'i	Kirsten Oleson (University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa)
2015 - 2018	The Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment (PIRCA) Sustained Assessment & Research	Victoria W. Keener (East-West Center) John J. Marra (NOAA)

FY 2014 Projects

Year(s)	Title	Principal Investigator(s)	Contains
2014 - 2016	"Vegetative Guide & Dashboard" Relating Traditional Atoll Agroforestry Recommendations to Predicted Climate and Sea Level Conditions in the Marshall Islands	Maria Haws (University of Hawai`i at Hilo)
2014 - 2016	Assessing the Potential Effects of Climate Change on Vegetation in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park	James D Jacobi (Kilauea Field Station, PIERC)
2014 - 2015	Development of Statistical Methods to Estimate Baseline and Future Low Flow Characteristics of Ungaged Streams in Hawai`i	Maoya Bassiouni (Pacific Islands Water Science Center)
2014 - 2016	Empirical Projection of Future Shoreline Position and Inundation Due to Sea Level Rise	Charles Fletcher (University of Hawai`i at Mānoa)
2014 - 2016	Hawaiian Seascapes and Their Management Implications	Noelani Puniwai (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)
2014 - 2017	Measurement of ENSO-related Climate Variables and Ecosystem Responses in Hawaii	Thomas Giambelluca (University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa)

FY 2013 Projects

Year(s)	Title	Principal Investigator(s)	Contains
2013 - 2014	Coral Reef Resilience to Climate Change in CNMI: Field-based Assessments and Implications for Vulnerability and Future Management	Laurie Raymundo (Marine Laboratory, University of Guam) Jeffrey Maynard (Marine Applied Research Center, Wilmington, NC)
2013 - 2016	Expanding a Dynamic Model of Species Vulnerability to Climate Change for Hawai`i and Other Pacific Island Ecosystems	Lucas Fortini (Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center (PIERC))
2013 - 2016	Future Coral Reef Community Projections of DOI-Managed Coastal Assets in the Hawaiian Islands	Erik Franklin (University of Hawai`i at Manoa)
2013 - 2015	Understanding the Response of Native and Non‐native Forests to Climate Variability and Change to Support Resource Management in Hawai`i	Thomas Giambelluca (University of Hawai`i at Manoa)
2013 - 2016	Valuing Climate Change Impacts on Coral Reef Ecosystem Services	Kirsten Oleson (University of Hawai`i at Manoa)
2013 - 2015	Very Fine Resolution Dynamical Downscaling of Past and Future Climates for Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on the Islands of O`ahu and Kaua`i	Yuqing Wang (University of Hawai`i at Manoa)

FY 2012 Projects

Year(s)	Title	Principal Investigator(s)	Contains
2012 - 2015	21st Century High-Resolution Climate Projections for Guam and American Samoa	Yuqing Wang (International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawai`i at Manoa) Kevin Hamilton (International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawai`i) Alex Lauer (International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawai`i) H. Annamalai (International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawai`i)
2012 - 2016	Assessing Viability of the Haleakalā Silversword to Uncover the Effects of Climate Change on Hawaiˈi’s High-Elevation Ecosystems	Paul D. Krushelnycky (University of Hawai‘i-Mānoa) Lloyd L Loope (U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center)
2012 - 2014	Climate Change Research in Support of Hawaiian Ecosystem Management: An Integrated Approach	Oliver Elison Timm (International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawai`i at Manoa) Thomas W. Giambelluca (Department of Geography, University of Hawai`i at Manoa) Henry F. Diaz (Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder)
2012 - 2015	Modeling Climate-Driven Changes to Dominant Vegetation in the Hawaiian Islands	Jonathan Price (University of Hawai`i at Hilo and U.S. Geological Survey) James D Jacobi (U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Islands Ecosystems Research Center)
2013 - 2016	Vulnerability of Hawaiian Forest Birds to Climate Change - Using Models to Link Landscape, Climate, Disease, and Potential Adaptation	Michael Samuel (USGS Wisconsin Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit) Dennis LaPointe (USGS Pacific Islands Ecosystems Research Center) Carter T Atkinson (USGS Pacific Islands Ecosystem Research Center) Eben Paxton (USGS Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center)