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Carbon Management Application
The Carbon Management application extends the use of current NASA Earth science capabilities and integrates observations from experimental missions as inputs to decision support systems of operational agencies responsible for measurement, monitoring, and validation of carbon emissions and sequestration. The application draws on data related to global climate and climate change, ocean and land cover change, and atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations in addressing issues related to terrestrial and aquatic carbon sequestration.
In the near term, the application is validating and benchmarking the use of NASA Earth science data products and model outputs for use in partner-led carbon management decision support tools, such as CQUEST. Future Earth science instruments, such as OCO, have the potential to further improve the predictive power of such tools by providing more precise measurements of carbon fluxes.
NASA partners with federal, state, and local agencies responsible for carbon management. Primary partners include USDA, NOAA, and the Department of Energy (DOE).
Point of Contact for NASA Carbon Management Applied Sciences Program:
Woody Turner
Program Scientist, Carbon Management, Acting
NASA Headquarters
Earth Science Division, Science Mission Directorate
Mail Suite 3H78
300 E Street, SW
Washington, DC 20546-0001
Telephone: +1 202 358-1662
Facsimile:1 202 358-2770
woody.turner@nasa.gov
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