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* * | SCIENCE TEAM SITE * Home * Data * Publications * Resources About Us CMS Policy Speaker Series Reports Presentations Phase 2 Report Phase 3 Hyperwall Presentation * News * Contact WE DEVELOP THE CAPABILITIES FOR MONITORING, REPORTING, AND VERIFICATION OF CARBON STOCKS AND FLUXES. REMOTE SENSING EARTH OBSERVATION (EO) REFERS TO THE USE OF SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGIES TO MONITOR LAND, WATER AND ATMOSPHERE DYNAMICS. CMS PROJECTS INCORPORATE A SUITE OF NASA MISSIONS AND INSTRUMENTS IN THEIR PROTOTYPING OF CARBON MONITORING SYSTEMS. REMOTE SENSING DATA FROM SATELLITES, AIRBORNE INSTRUMENTS, AND DRONES PROVIDE ESSENTIAL INFORMATION SUCH AS: OCEAN SALINITY, FOREST DISTURBANCES, WETLAND INUNDATION, CROP HEALTH, ATMOSPHERIC GREENHOUSE GASSES, AND AIR QUALITY. EXAMPLES OF SATELLITE IMAGERY USED BY CMS PROJECTS CAN BE FOUND HERE. SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE INITIATED IN 2010, CMS IS AN AMBITIOUS AND RELEVANT SCIENCE INITIATIVE THAT GENERATES SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND PROTOTYPING CAPABILITIES ACROSS A DIVERSITY OF SYSTEMS, SCALES, AND REGIONS, INCLUDING RESEARCH FOCUSED ON MONITORING, REPORTING, AND VERIFICATION (MRV) SYSTEMS. SCIENTISTS FUNDED BY CMS ARE EXPLOITING THE REMOTE SENSING RESOURCES, COMPUTATIONAL CAPABILITIES, SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE, AND END-TO-END SYSTEM EXPERTISE THAT ARE MAJOR STRENGTHS OF THE NASA EARTH SCIENCE PROGRAM. THE RESULT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST COLLECTIONS OF APPLIED CARBON MONITORING RESEARCH TO DATE, EVIDENCED BY NUMEROUS PUBLICATIONS, CITATIONS, PRODUCTS, AND PRODUCT DOWNLOADS. OPERATIONAL PRODUCTS SEVERAL NASA CMS PROJECTS HAVE CREATED MODELS AND DATA THAT INFORM OPERATIONAL DECISIONS FOR CARBON MANAGEMENT, AND MANY MORE ARE IN DEVELOPMENT. DATA PRODUCTS SPAN A RANGE OF THEMES (LAND, ATMOSPHERE, OCEAN) AND SPATIAL SCALES (SITES, REGIONAL, NATIONAL, AND GLOBAL). FOR EXAMPLE, NASA CMS PROJECTS ARE USED IN STATE FOREST MANAGEMENT, CARBON BUDGET DEVELOPMENT AND ACCOUNTING, AND ARE FOUNDATIONAL CONTRIBUTORS TO THE US GREENHOUSE GAS CENTER, WHICH IS PILOTING 3 AREAS OF STUDY: GLOBAL GRIDDED ANTHROPOGENIC GAS EMISSIONS, NATURAL SOURCES AND SINKS, AND HIGH RESOLUTION METHANE EMISSIONS. MODELING EXPERTISE MODELS ALLOW CMS SCIENTISTS TO TRANSFORM SATELLITE DATA INTO INFORMATION THAT INFORMS DECISION MAKING ABOUT POLICY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. SCIENTISTS USE MODELS TO STUDY THINGS THAT ARE VERY SMALL, LIKE THE MOVEMENT OF SMOKE MOLECULES FROM A FIRE TO A DISTANT CITY, OR TO STUDY THINGS THAT ARE VERY LARGE, LIKE THE IMPACT OF AGRICULTURE ON THE CLIMATE ACROSS A CONTINENT. SOME SCIENTISTS USE MODELS TO PREDICT THINGS THAT HAVEN’T HAPPENED YET, OR TO STUDY EVENTS THAT HAPPENED LONG AGO. CMS USES ALL THESE APPROACHES TO TRANSFORM SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS OF OCEAN PHYTOPLANKTON PHOTOSYNTHESIS, FOREST AND CROP CANOPIES, NIGHTTIME LIGHTS FROM CITIES, AND OBSERVATIONS OF FOREST FIRES INTO INFORMATION THAT CAN INFORM DECISION MAKING. BY LEVERAGING REMOTE SENSING RESOURCES, SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE, AND MODELING EXPERTISE, CMS DEVELOPS USABLE PRODUCTS FOR A RANGE OF STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE INVOLVED WITH CARBON MONITORING AND CLIMATE MITIGATION. STAKEHOLDERS The CMS program has a unique orientation towards engaging with users of carbon data that support decision making across a range of scales and institutions. CMS scientists actively engage with stakeholders at the federal, state, and local level, as well as with international partners. The CMS program funds basic and applied research that is created while engaging with user communities in a way that better serves societal needs. By connecting carbon cycle science research to stakeholders and decision makers, NASA CMS contributes to understanding and meeting the needs of the climate data user community. Learn More CMS CONTRIBUTES DATA, SCIENCE AND MODELS ACROSS THREE SCIENTIFIC AREAS: LAND, ATMOSPHERE & WATER LAND Tracking and mapping changes to characterize uncertainties of plant biomass in terrestrial ecosystems. Learn More ATMOSPHERE Modeling and monitoring atmospheric processes in order to estimate change in greenhouse gasses. Learn More WATER Characterizing marine, freshwater, coastal, and wetland ecosystems’ contribution to carbon budgets. Learn More CMS BY THE NUMBERS 189 Total number of data products published 160000+ Total number of of data products downloaded 698 Total number of publications 56555 Total number of citations featured in high impact publications 25 publications | cited by 6038 11 publications | cited by 8584 17 publications | cited by 1529 View Publications CMS IN THE NEWS Methane Emissions from the Oil and Gas Industry Are Triple Current Estimates 2024-04-15 Read story Methane emissions from U.S. oil and gas operations cost the nation $10 billion per year 2024-03-13 Read story New Analysis Shows Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry Investments Can Help Cut Net Emissions From Forests and Farmland by 72 Percent by 2035 2024-01-24 Read story NASA Helps Find Thawing Permafrost Adds to Near-Term Global Warming 2024-10-29 Read story Canada’s Wildfires Were a Top Global Emitter Last Year, Study Says 2024-08-28 Read story GEOG Team Presents 'Deep-ED,' an AI-Powered Ecosystem Modeling of Forest Carbon Dynamics 2024-06-24 Read story Methane Emissions from the Oil and Gas Industry Are Triple Current Estimates 2024-04-15 Read story Methane emissions from U.S. oil and gas operations cost the nation $10 billion per year 2024-03-13 Read story New Analysis Shows Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry Investments Can Help Cut Net Emissions From Forests and Farmland by 72 Percent by 2035 2024-01-24 Read story NASA Helps Find Thawing Permafrost Adds to Near-Term Global Warming 2024-10-29 Read story Canada’s Wildfires Were a Top Global Emitter Last Year, Study Says 2024-08-28 Read story GEOG Team Presents 'Deep-ED,' an AI-Powered Ecosystem Modeling of Forest Carbon Dynamics 2024-06-24 Read story Methane Emissions from the Oil and Gas Industry Are Triple Current Estimates 2024-04-15 Read story Methane emissions from U.S. oil and gas operations cost the nation $10 billion per year 2024-03-13 Read story New Analysis Shows Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry Investments Can Help Cut Net Emissions From Forests and Farmland by 72 Percent by 2035 2024-01-24 Read story View News Archive * NASA Official: Jon Ranson * Web Curator: Leanne Kendig * Help | Privacy Policy