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| + | '''Issue Breakout 3''' - Carbon Cycle Cluster Meeting | ||
| − | + | Carbon in the atmosphere is increasing because of emissions from power plants and transportation and changes in land cover and land use. The increase in atmospheric carbon, especially carbon dioxide and methane, is the primary contributor to the rise in global temperatures and climate change. Policy decisions are being made now on how to mitigate the changing carbon regime by reducing emissions and increasing carbon sequestration in geologic structures and in terrestrial and oceanic ecosystems. Actions taken to reduce emissions and increase or stimulate carbon sequestration assume the capability to measure, monitor and verify the results in the near term and long term. For example, existing carbon trading approaches assume that the amount of carbon absorbed from the atmosphere and stored in forests or agricultural soils can be easily and accurately measured, and that the carbon, once stored, will remain out of the atmosphere indefinitely. Similarly, carbon dioxide scrubbed from the atmosphere or removed from stack emissions and stored underground must be monitored to assure that the carbon is stable and not leaking into the atmosphere. | |
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| + | Tools and systems to assist resource managers make decisions regarding the potential for carbon management and to monitor the results are becoming more prevalent and accurate. These systems usually involve a combination of in situ measurements with geo-spatial and geo-statistical methodologies that extend site specific measurements over large areas. This session will examine issues related to carbon management and consider the goals and objectives for an ESIP Federation cluster – a cluster that would help decision makers implement policies to reduce carbon emissions and facilitate carbon sequestration. Time permitting, the session will also consider expanding the purview of the cluster to regional climatology i.e., how to provide decision makers with information on changes in regional climates in a manner and time frame that would support major decisions on land use, resource management, and other regional planning issues. | ||
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| + | Moderator: Ed Sheffner – Deputy Chief, Earth Science Division, NASA Ames Research Center, former Program Manager for Carbon Management, NASA HQ. | ||
=== Breakout Sessions #2, 3:45-4:45 p.m.=== | === Breakout Sessions #2, 3:45-4:45 p.m.=== | ||
Committee Meetings | Committee Meetings | ||
Revision as of 14:43, December 26, 2007
January 10, 2008
Breakout Sessions #1, 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Techncial Breakout 3a - Development of Interoperable Application Components Through JSR-168 Standard
| Time | Session | Leader | |
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| 1:30-2:15 | UAH Portal Development/Interoperability | Ken Keiser or other UAH Rep. | |
| 2:30-3:15 | EIE Portal Development/Interoperability | Phil Yang |
Techncial Breakout 3b - TBA
Issue Breakout 3 - Carbon Cycle Cluster Meeting
Carbon in the atmosphere is increasing because of emissions from power plants and transportation and changes in land cover and land use. The increase in atmospheric carbon, especially carbon dioxide and methane, is the primary contributor to the rise in global temperatures and climate change. Policy decisions are being made now on how to mitigate the changing carbon regime by reducing emissions and increasing carbon sequestration in geologic structures and in terrestrial and oceanic ecosystems. Actions taken to reduce emissions and increase or stimulate carbon sequestration assume the capability to measure, monitor and verify the results in the near term and long term. For example, existing carbon trading approaches assume that the amount of carbon absorbed from the atmosphere and stored in forests or agricultural soils can be easily and accurately measured, and that the carbon, once stored, will remain out of the atmosphere indefinitely. Similarly, carbon dioxide scrubbed from the atmosphere or removed from stack emissions and stored underground must be monitored to assure that the carbon is stable and not leaking into the atmosphere.
Tools and systems to assist resource managers make decisions regarding the potential for carbon management and to monitor the results are becoming more prevalent and accurate. These systems usually involve a combination of in situ measurements with geo-spatial and geo-statistical methodologies that extend site specific measurements over large areas. This session will examine issues related to carbon management and consider the goals and objectives for an ESIP Federation cluster – a cluster that would help decision makers implement policies to reduce carbon emissions and facilitate carbon sequestration. Time permitting, the session will also consider expanding the purview of the cluster to regional climatology i.e., how to provide decision makers with information on changes in regional climates in a manner and time frame that would support major decisions on land use, resource management, and other regional planning issues.
Moderator: Ed Sheffner – Deputy Chief, Earth Science Division, NASA Ames Research Center, former Program Manager for Carbon Management, NASA HQ.
Breakout Sessions #2, 3:45-4:45 p.m.
Committee Meetings
