GC13I:
Carbon Monitoring Systems Research and Applications II
Session ID#: 10357
Session Description:
Greenhouse gas emission inventories, forest carbon sequestration programs (e.g., Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD and REDD+), cap-and-trade systems, self-reporting programs, and their associated monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) frameworks depend upon data that are accurate, systematic, practical, and transparent. For carbon, there are multiple monitoring, reporting, and verification frameworks in existence, reflecting a diversity of spatial scales, governing bodies, and relevant policies. Recently, the U.S. congress directed NASA to develop and prototype carbon monitoring system approaches in support of these and other applications. Given the scientific challenges, policy importance, and breadth of activities occurring, this session will focus on research and applications (decision support and policy) of carbon monitoring system science and its alignment with stakeholder needs.
Primary Convener: George C Hurtt, University of Maryland College Park, Department of Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States
Conveners: Sangram Ganguly, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States and Vanessa M Escobar, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/Science Systems and Applications, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Chairs: George C Hurtt, University of Maryland College Park, Department of Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States and Vanessa M Escobar, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/Science Systems and Applications, Greenbelt, MD, United States
OSPA Liaison: George C Hurtt, University of Maryland College Park, Department of Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States
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Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
George C Hurtt, University of Maryland College Park, Department of Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States and NASA-CMS Science Team
Molly Macauley, Resources for the Future, Washington, DC, United States
Richard Birdsey1, George C Hurtt2, Ralph Dubayah3, Stephen C Hagen4, Rodrigo Vargas5, Thomas Nehrkorn6, Grant M Domke7 and Richard A Houghton1, (1)Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, MA, United States, (2)University of Maryland College Park, Department of Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States, (3)University of Maryland College Park, Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States, (4)Applied Geosolutions, LLC, Durham, NH, United States, (5)University of Delaware, Newark, United States, (6)Atmospheric and Environmental Research Lexington, Lexington, MA, United States, (7)USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, St. Paul, United States
Sassan S Saatchi1,2, Alexander Fore3, Yifan Yu4, Christopher W Woodall5, Sangram Ganguly6, Ramakrishna R Nemani6, Stephen Hagen7, Nancy Harris8, Richard Birdsey9, Sandra Brown10, William Salas7 and Kristofer D Johnson11, (1)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Carbon and Climate Group, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)University of California Los Angeles, Institute of Environment and Sustainability, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (3)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (4)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (5)US Forest Service St. Paul, St. Paul, MN, United States, (6)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (7)Applied Geosolutions, LLC, Durham, NH, United States, (8)World Resources Institute, Washington DC, VA, United States, (9)Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, MA, United States, (10)Winrock, Arlington, VA, United States, (11)U.S. Forest Service, Newtown Square, PA, United States
Conor Gately, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States, Lucy Hutyra, Boston University, Earth & Environment, Boston, MA, United States, Stephen Wofsy, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States, Thomas Nehrkorn, Atmospheric and Environmental Research Lexington, Lexington, MA, United States and Ian Sue Wing, Boston University, Earth & Environment, Boston, United States
Stephen C Hagen, Applied Geosolutions, LLC, Durham, NH, United States
Hammad Gilani1, Sangram Ganguly2, Gong Zhang2, Upama Ashish Koju3, M.S.R Murthy3, Ramakrishna R Nemani2, Ugan Manandhar4 and Gokarna Jung Thapa4, (1)University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Atmospheric Sciences, Urbana, United States, (2)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (3)International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, Nepal, (4)WWF-Nepal, Nepal, Nepal
Joannes D Maasakkers1, Daniel J. Jacob2, Melissa Payer Sulprizio3, Alexander J. Turner4, Melissa Weitz5, Thomas Charles Wirth6, Cate Hight6, Mark DeFigueiredo5, Mausami Desai5, Rachel Schmeltz5, Leif Hockstad6, Anthony A Bloom7 and Kevin W Bowman8, (1)Harvard University, Cambridge, United States, (2)Harvard University, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cambridge, United States, (3)Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cambridge, United States, (4)University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States, (5)Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, United States, (6)Environmental Protection Agency Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States, (7)JPL / Caltech, Pasadena, CA, United States, (8)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
