A.5
Carbon Cycle Science (NNH20ZDA001N-CARBON); September 28, 2020
Agency
National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Description
This
announcement offers opportunities for Carbon Cycle Science investigations within
the NASA Earth Science Division Research and Analysis Program. NASA seeks
proposals that make significant use of remote sensing data to improve
understanding of changes in the distribution and cycling of carbon among the
active land, ocean, coastal, and atmospheric reservoirs, and how that
understanding can be used to establish a scientific foundation for societal
responses to environmental change.
The
NASA Earth Science Program goals for Carbon Cycle Science are to improve
understanding of the global carbon cycle and to quantify changes in atmospheric
CO2 and CH4 concentrations, as well as terrestrial and aquatic carbon fluxes and
storage in response to fossil fuel combustion, land use and land cover change,
and other human activities and natural events. NASA carbon cycle research
encompasses multiple temporal and spatial scales and addresses atmospheric,
terrestrial, and aquatic carbon stocks and fluxes, their coupling within the
global carbon cycle, and interactions with climate and other aspects of the
Earth system.
The
research topics of interest for this program element are summarized below and
described in detail in subsequent sections. They are divided into two
sub-elements, which are further divided into five research topics.
Carbon
Fluxes between and within Land, Freshwater, and Marine
Systems
·
The
Land-Ocean Continuum
·
Carbon
Cycle of Critical Ecosystems: Vulnerability of Tropical
Forests
·
Fluxes
and Biogeochemistry of Carbon within Oceans
Carbon
Fluxes between Ecosystems and the Atmosphere
·
Carbon
Fluxes between Terrestrial Ecosystems and the Atmosphere
·
Carbon
Fluxes between Oceans and the Atmosphere
Proposers
will be asked in NSPIRES to identify a primary, and if appropriate, a secondary
research topic for their proposal.
Announcement
Number:
NNH20ZDA001N-CARBON
Closing
Date:
Notice
of Intent: September 28, 2020
Full
Proposal: December 3, 2020
Link
to Full Announcement
Contact
Information
Laura
Lorenzoni
(202)
358-0197