U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): The Aging of Aerosol Nitrate and Implications for the Global Nitrogen Cycle - Data Assimilation to leverage diverse Datasets for Improved CO2 & CH4 Flux Estimation and Future Observing System Design

$317.2K USD

Funder	Department of Commerce
Recipient Organization	University of Toronto
Country	World
Start Date	Feb 26, 2019
End Date	Feb 15, 2022
Duration	1,085 days
Number of Grantees	7
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`8631-12`

Grant Description

U.S.

Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): The Aging of Aerosol Nitrate and Implications for the Global Nitrogen Cycle - Data Assimilation to leverage diverse Datasets for Improved CO2 & CH4 Flux Estimation and Future Observing System Design.

The goal of this project is to investigate how best to incorporate ground-based and airborne in situ Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and Methane (CH4) data into inverse modeling and data assimilation frameworks along with satellite and ground-based remotely sensed carbon dioxide observations, and to understand and reduce the uncertaintirs of top-down estimates of emissions and removals at global to sub-continental scales.