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
CPO’s ERB, AC4, and CVP programs, in partnership with NESDIS STAR, are announcing four new 3-year projects originally funded in Fiscal Year 2023.
A new study funded by AC4 determines that records of wet and dry deposition provide an effective way to track sulfur and nitrogen compound emissions in the US, providing a better way to account for their long-term trends in accordance with regulatory policies.
Using Long-Term Monitoring Records to Track Sulfur and Nitrogen Emissions Read More »
CPO’s role in co-sponsoring greenhouse gas (GHG) research and convening stakeholders supports the National Strategy to Advance an Integrated U.S. Greenhouse Gas Measurement, Monitoring and Information Service outlines a coordinated, sustained effort to improve GHG data and information across federal agencies.
A new AC4-funded study develops a new wildfire smoke tracking and Fire Radiative Power (FRP) estimation tool using weather radar, which can fill in gaps missed by traditional satellite measurements.
A New Tool for Tracking Wildfire Smoke: Weather Radar Read More »
A new study supported by AC4 compared both aircraft and ground-based FIREX-AQ measurements to find distinct aerosol processes with height, which cannot be fully characterized by observations from the ground.
Using FIREX-AQ Data to Learn More About Aerosols from Wildfires Read More »
Apart from wildfires, air quality and health challenges are also created by planned burns in grasslands, shrublands, and farmland. Few studies have investigated how different crops or plant types may contribute to air pollution when burned. The Climate Program Office’s Atmospheric Chemistry, Carbon Cycle and Climate (AC4) Program supported a new study that looks into emissions of
Air Quality and Health Impacts from Prescribed Burns in the Eastern US Read More »
A new study supported by AC4 uses FIREX-AQ and WE-CAN field campaign observations to demonstrate pollution processes that were missing in atmospheric models.
Finding Missing Sources of Abundant Atmospheric Pollutants Formic and Acetic Acid Read More »
Environmental ecologist Lucy Hutyra of Boston University received an $800,000 “genius grant” from the MacArthur Foundation to continue work funded by AC4.
AC4-Supported Researcher Awarded Prestigious MacArthur Fellowship Read More »
Wildfire model shows that accounting for firefighting efforts is the most effective way to improve real-time fire forecasting, when AC4-funded researchers compare with observations collected during the FIREX-AQ field campaign.
Firefighting Efforts is the Key to Improving Wildfire Forecasting Read More »
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 »