Funding-NASA -- ROSES
2013: Carbon Monitoring System: Continuing Prototype Product Development,
Research, and Scoping; June 28, 2013
Agency
NASA
Description
The
NASA Carbon Monitoring System (CMS) is a forward-looking initiative designed to
make significant contributions in characterizing, quantifying, understanding,
and predicting the evolution of global carbon sources and sinks through
improved monitoring of carbon stocks and fluxes (http://carbon.nasa.gov). Initiated and
directed through a 2010 Congressional Appropriation, the program conducts
pre-Phase A and pilot initiatives for the development of a carbon monitoring
system.
NASA’s
approach toward a carbon monitoring system emphasizes exploitation of the satellite
remote sensing resources, computational capabilities, scientific knowledge,
airborne science capabilities, and end-to-end system expertise that are major
strengths of the NASA Earth Science program. Significant effort is being
devoted to rigorous evaluation of the carbon monitoring products being
produced, as well as to the characterization and quantification of errors and
uncertainties in those products. The emphasis has been on regional, national,
and global satellite-based carbon monitoring products relevant to national
needs for completely transparent carbon and biomass inventory processes that
provide statistical precision and accuracy with geospatially explicit
associated attribute data. NASA’s approach takes into account data and
expertise that are the domain of other U.S. Government
agencies and anticipates continuing close communications and/or partnerships
with those agencies and their scientific and technical experts as U.S. national
efforts toward integrated carbon monitoring mature. NASA’s approach also
recognizes a need for complementary local-scale (airborne and in situ)
information to demonstrate quantitative remote sensing methods; to aid in
scaling up from project, county, and/or state levels; and for essential
evaluation of regional-, national-, and global-scale products.
Announcement
Number:
NNH13ZDA001N-CMS
Closing
Date:
Jun 28, 2013
Link
to Full Announcement
Contact
Information
Max
Bernstein, Lead for Research, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters,
Washington, DC 20546-0001; E-mail: sara@nasa.gov;
Telephone: 202-358-0879