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Carbon Monitoring System NRA in ROSES 2022

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The Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences for 2022 (ROSES—2022 NNH22ZDA001N) NASA Research Announcement (NRA) is soliciting research for the Carbon Monitoring System

The Carbon Monitoring System is an innovative program focused on applying NASA Earth observing capabilities to support the national and international need for carbon monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV). Since the program began in 2010, researchers have emphasized the use of NASA satellite data and scientific expertise with ground capabilities in order to better understand the carbon cycle. To be relevant to a broad suite of stakeholders and data users, CMS projects need to engage with data users throughout their project in order to produce the most useful data products.

For those new to CMS, the following resources will provide an introduction and overview of the organization, objectives, research findings, and knowledge gaps, as of January 2022.

• CMS Review and Synthesis Papers
  • NASA Carbon Monitoring System Prototype Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification: Progress Report and Future Plans (2014). This report summarizes progress to date within the Carbon Monitoring System (CMS) project and describes NASA's longer-term strategy for CMS work and its vision regarding NASA's role in Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV).
  • NASA Carbon Monitoring System Phase 1 Report (2014). This document summarizes the results of CMS-Phase 1 activities and is based on the written contributions from participating investigators from the Science Definition Team, Pilot Projects, and Scoping Studies.
  • NASA Carbon Monitoring System Phase 2 Report (2022). George Hurtt, et al. (2022) The NASA Carbon Monitoring System Phase 2 Synthesis: Scope, Findings, Gaps and Recommended Next Steps. Environmental Research Letters
  • Review of Community of Practice (2020). Brown, M. E., Cooper, M. W., Griffith, P. C. (2020) NASA's Carbon Monitoring System and Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) social network and community of practice. Environmental Research Letters
  • A review of carbon monitoring in wet carbon systems using remote sensing. Campbell, A. D., Fatoyinbo, T., Charles, S. P., Bourgeau-Chavez, L. L., Goes, J., Gomes, H., Halabisky, M., Holmquist, J., Lohrenz, S., Mitchell, C., Moskal, L. M., Poulter, B., Qiu, H., Resende De Sousa, C. H., Sayers, M., Simard, M., Stewart, A. J., Singh, D., Trettin, C., Wu, J., Zhang, X., Lagomasino, D. (2022) Environmental Research Letters
• CMS Project publications can be found at:
  • Searchable database of Publications resulting from CMS projects
  • Environmental Research Letters Focus Collection on CMS

Collaborators and Stakeholders

There are many stakeholders and collaborators engaged with the NASA Carbon Monitoring System in its applications efforts, which are focused on broadening and strengthening the knowledge and engagement of institutions about carbon monitoring products and processes. The applications initiative addresses two key priorities for understanding stakeholder interests and requirements for CMS prototyping efforts: 1) to understand and engage the user community and stakeholders involved in developing carbon monitoring products, and 2) to evaluate current and planned NASA CMS products with regards to their value for decision making by appropriate users. Description of user requirements and needs will be communicated to the CMS science community to help guide prototype development and CMS product generation. The CMS Applications initiative also develops and fosters a diverse range of participatory methodologies to encourage the joint translation of science capabilities and user needs.

Scientists applying for the CMS 2022 opportunity should consider developing synergistic research collaborations with organizations developing applications before applying. Organizations using carbon data products are found at multiple scales - community, city, state, region, nation and globe.

The Stakeholder Workshop held on day 1 of the CMS Science Team meeting is a rich resource describing successful stakeholder interactions (see online agenda with presentations).

View Stakeholder Organizations

Additional information on applications and stakeholders can be found at:
https://carbon.nasa.gov/applications.html?

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