GC11B-1027
Understanding user needs for carbon monitoring information
Monday, 14 December 2015
Poster Hall (Moscone South)
Riley M Duren1, Molly Macauley2, Kevin R Gurney3, Sassan S Saatchi1, Christopher W Woodall4, Kate Larsen5, David Reidmiller6, Leif Hockstad7, Melissa Weitz7, Bart Croes8, Adrian Down9,10, Tris West11 and Michael Mercury1, (1)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)Resources for the Future, Washington, DC, United States, (3)Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, (4)US Forest Service St. Paul, St. Paul, MN, United States, (5)Rhodium Group, Oakland, CA, United States, (6)US Department of State, Washington, DC, United States, (7)Environmental Protection Agency Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States, (8)California Environmental Protection Agency Air Resources Board, Sacramento, CA, United States, (9)Department of Energy Washington DC, Energy Policy and Systems Analysis, Washington, DC, United States, (10)Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge, TN, United States, (11)White House Council on Environmental Quality, Washington, DC, United States
Abstract:
The objectives of the Understanding User Needs project for NASA’s Carbon Monitoring System (CMS) program are to: 1) engage the user community and identify needs for policy-relevant carbon monitoring information, 2) evaluate current and planned CMS data products with regard to their value for decision making, and 3) explore alternative methods for visualizing and communicating carbon monitoring information and associated uncertainties to decision makers and other stakeholders. To meet these objectives and help establish a sustained link between science and decision-making we have established a multi-disciplinary team that combines expertise in carbon-cycle science, engineering, economics, and carbon management and policy. We will present preliminary findings regarding emerging themes and needs for carbon information that may warrant increased attention by the science community. We will also demonstrate a new web-based tool that offers a common framework for facilitating user evaluation of carbon data products from multiple CMS projects.
