Advancing scientific understanding of climate, improving society’s ability to plan and respond
Advancing scientific understanding of climate, improving society’s ability to plan and respond
A new study on air quality impacts from wildfires funded by AC4 provides improved satellite observations and a characterization of how smoke pollution evolves as it travels to urban areas.
Enhancing Satellite Data to Get a Full Picture of California Wildfire Smoke Impacts Read More »
NBC Today Show weatherman and NOAA emissary Al Roker tagged along with scientists carrying air pollution sensors for a day of data collection in New York City.
NBC’s Al Roker Highlights CPO- and CSL-Supported Air Quality Research in New York Read More »
Last month, scientists from NOAA, NASA and 21 universities from three countries deployed state-of-the-art instruments in multiple, coordinated research campaigns to investigate how air pollution sources have shifted over recent decades.
NBC’s Al Roker Highlights CPO- and CSL-Supported Air Quality Research in New York Read More »
A research team supported by AC4 investigates poorly understood pollution impacts from common household products and determines that the amount of carbon in each chemical is a determining factor of how much air pollution it can produce.
Improving Our Understanding of Urban Pollution from Common Household Products Read More »
CPO attended an open house with media representatives at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio on August 3 showcasing three research aircraft used in the NOAA- and NASA-led research campaigns as part of a coordinated nationwide effort to study air quality this summer.
A new fire emissions inventory supported by AC4 provides publicly available data on trace gases and aerosols from global fires for the years 2002 through 2021.
Updated Global Fire Emissions Model Read More »
New research on the key role of phytoplankton in the global carbon cycle was supported by a joint COM, CVP, and GOMO grant.
A new study supported by AC4 investigates nitrogen cycling between air, plants, and soil, finding variability in cycling rates that is not currently represented in atmospheric chemical transport models.
Complexities in Nitrogen Cycling are Not Captured in Widely Used Atmospheric Models Read More »
This year’s notice of funding opportunity consists of six competitions to advance understanding of Earth’s climate system through interdisciplinary, integrated scientific research.
Climate Program Office seeks proposals to advance climate science, resilience Read More »
CPO is seeking applications for six individual competitions in FY24. Several of these competitions are relevant to the suite of urgent climate-driven societal challenges and risks faced by our Nation that CPO aims to address. Approximately $9 million will be available for approximately 90 new awards pending budget appropriations.
FY24 CPO Notice of Funding Opportunity Read More »