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Broderick masters thesis
Broderick, Dylan. Below ground carbon storage in the Kolyma River basin, East Siberia, estimated through in situ and satellite observations. M.A. in Geography, Clark University, expected May 2013.
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Broderick senior thesis
Broderick, D. Using Landsat-5 TM and field data for land cover classification and terrestrial carbon stock estimation along the Kolyma River near Cherskiy, Russia. Senior Thesis, Clark University, May 2012. [download pdf]
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Estimating the Amount of Underground Carbon in the Kolyma River Basin
We collected three to six soil cores from twenty sites in the Panteleikha and Ambolikha watersheds. These rivers are found in northeastern Russia and are tributaries of the Kolyma River, one of the largest rivers draining into the Arctic Ocean and the largest watershed on Earth underlain entirely by permafrost.
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What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
We should have arrived in Cherskiy by now, but due to some back ups and delays at the Yakutsk airport we were unable to complete the last leg of our journey as scheduled.
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Twelve Signs
You see tree rings through a microscope (complete with cross hairs for measuring) whenever you go to sleep.
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Collect, Process, Analyze, Repeat
We are analyzing data and religiously gluing, sanding, counting, and measuring tree rings to be assessed for relationships between tree growth rates over time as well as productivity.
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First Impression
I spent the last two days in the field with Allison, Sam, Andy, Becky, and Eli collecting samples and measurements for the terrestrial survey.
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