Characterizing Thawing Permafrost Carbon Emissions: An Integrated Pilot Study in Support of Satellite Evaluation/Design and Earth System Modeling Capabilities

Emily Lynn Wilson1, Lesley E Ott2, AJ DiGregorio3, Bryan N Duncan4, Eugenie Susanne Euskirchen5, Lynn M Carter1, Compton J Tucker6, John Houston Miller7, Qing Liang8, Yasin F Elshorbany9, Colin Edgar10, Katherine A Melocik11, Anand K Ramanathan12, Jianping Mao13, Diana Michelle Bailey14, Erin M Adkins14 and Hilary Melroy15, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)American University, Washington, DC, United States, (4)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (5)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Arctic Biology, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (6)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Earth Science Division, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (7)The George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States, (8)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory, Greenbelt, United States, (9)University of South Florida, Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Laboratory, College of Arts and Sciences, St. Petersberg, Florida, United States, (10)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Arctic Biology, Fairbanks, United States, (11)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Greenbelt, MD, United States, (12)Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, COLLEGE PARK, MD, United States, (13)University of Maryland and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (14)George Washington University, Washington DC, DC, United States, (15)American University, Physics, Washington, DC, United States