Open AccessUnderstanding climate policy data needs
Author(s) -
Brown Molly E.,
Macauley Molly
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2012eo340007
Subject(s) - greenhouse gas , earth system science , renewable energy , climate change , environmental science , climate policy , process (computing) , environmental resource management , carbon dioxide removal , environmental economics , carbon dioxide , computer science , engineering , economics , operating system , ecology , electrical engineering , biology
NASA Carbon Monitoring System: Characterizing Flux Uncertainty; Washington, D. C, 11 January 2012 Climate policy in the United States is currently guided by public‐private partnerships and actions at the local and state levels that focus on energy efficiency, renewable energy, agricultural practices, and implementation of technologies to reduce greenhouse gases. How will policy makers know if these strategies are working, particularly at the scales at which they are being implemented? The NASA Carbon Monitoring System (CMS) will provide information on carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) fluxes derived from observations of Earth's land, ocean, and atmosphere used in state‐of‐the‐art models describing their interactions. This new modeling system could be used to assess the impact of specific policy interventions on reductions of atmospheric CO 2 concentrations, enabling an iterative, results‐oriented policy process.