CarbonTracker

Background

CarbonTracker is a CO2 measurement and modeling system developed by NOAA to keep track of sources (emissions to the atmosphere) and sinks (removal from the atmosphere) of carbon dioxide around the world. CarbonTracker uses atmospheric CO2 observations from a host of collaborators and simulated atmospheric transport to estimate these surface fluxes of CO2. The current release of CarbonTracker, CT2013, provides global estimates of surface-atmosphere fluxes of CO2 from January 2000 through December 2012. Policy makers, industry, scientists, and the public need CarbonTracker information to make informed decisions about greenhouse gases.

AC4 activities

AC4 supports research towards improvements of CarbonTracker. Following FY13 program announcement, AC4 funded 6 projects focused on CarbonTracker development. AC4 PIs along with colleagues as ESRL/GMD and under leadership of Pieter Tans form a CarbonTracker Science Team. AC4 funded projects can be found on the Funded Projects page.

AC4 Program Information

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Atmospheric Chemistry Carbon Cycle and Climate

Dr. Ken Mooney
Program Manager, Atmospheric Chemistry, Carbon Cycle, & Climate (AC4)
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E: kenneth.mooney@noaa.gov

Dr. Monika Kopacz (UCAR)
Program manager, Atmospheric Chemistry, Carbon Cycle and Climate (AC4)
P: (301) 734-1208
E: monika.kopacz@noaa.gov

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