Dr. Chengquan Huang’s project entitled, “Role of Forest Disturbance and Regrowth in the U.S. Carbon Budget,” has been selected for funding by NASA’s Carbon Cycle Science Program. This project builds on previous efforts toreconstruct U.S. forest disturbance history using Landsat data. Its main goals are to develop fine scale forest age and annual biomass change products across the conterminous U.S. (CONUS) and to incorporate these products in a carbon accounting model to improve U.S. carbon estimates. The outcomes of this project will greatly improve current understanding of the role of forest disturbance in the North American carbon cycle beyond what has been possible through the synthesis of previously existing understanding. The research team includes Drs. Chengquan Huang, Sam Goward, Aron Feng Zhao, and Khaldoun Rishimawi, with collaborators from NASA/GSFC, the U.S. Forest Service, and the Woods Hole Research Center.