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Currently Funded Projects

Primary Investigators	Project Title	Year Funded
Projects by Start Date (FY): 2003 \| 2004 \| 2005 \| 2007 \| 2008
FY 2009		Back
Bryne, Robert, University of South Florida	Development of a novel sensor for in situ measurements of carbonate ion concentration in seawater	2009
Cassar, Nicolas, Princeton University; Wanninkhof, Rik, NOAA/AOML	Method development: Continuous underway DIC, CO₂ and O₂/Ar measurements by membrane equilibrator dual inlet mass spectrometry (MEDIMS)	2009
Follows, Michael, Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Modeling ecological regulation of the ocean carbon cycle	2009
Ito, Takamitsu, Colorado State University	Future changes of the Southern Ocean CO₂ fluxes	2009
Jiang, Mingshun, University of Massachusetts	Iron sources and transport in the Southern Drake Passage	2009
McNeil, Craig, University of Washington	The APEX Gas Float	2009
Schaefer, Kevin, University of Colorado	Exploring the dynamics of high latitude carbon balance	2009
Stephens, Britton, National Center for Atmospheric Research	A regional atmospheric continuous CO₂ observing network in the Rocky Mountain: Understanding drivers of flux variability and optimizing regional observations	2009
FY 2008		Back
Primary Investigators	Project Title	Year Funded
Bullister, John, NOAA/PMEL	Changing ventilation timescale and anthropogenic CO₂ in the subtropical North Pacific	2008
Davis, Kenneth, Pennsylvania State University	Data fusion to determine North American sources and sinks of carbon dioxide at high spatial and temporal resolution from 2004 to 2008	2008
Goetz, Scott, Woods Hole Research Center	Carbon implications of ecosystem responses to North American climate change	2008
Hedin, Lars, Princeton University	Improving climate predictions by reducing uncertainties about CO₂ fertilization in the terrestrial biosphere	2008
Ho, David, University of Hawaii	Quantifying air-sea gas exchange at high wind speeds using a dual gas tracer (³He/SF₆) technique during the Southern Ocean Gas Exchange experiment	2008
Jacobson, Andy, University of Colorado	Constraining interannual variability of air-sea gas exchange in atmospheric inversion models using surface ocean and satellite observations	2008
Key Robert, Princeton University	Carbon in the North Atlantic	2008
Lehman, Scott, University of Colorado/INSTAAR	Quantifying regional emissions ratios using ¹⁴CO₂	2008
Mecking, Sabine, University of Washington	CFC mixed layer boundary conditions in the North Pacific and implication for interpretation of repeat tracer age data and carbon cycling estimates	2008
Quay, Paul, University of Washington	Role of air-sea exchange and circulation in controlling the ocean's distribution of anthropogenic CO₂: carbon isotope constraints and GCM validation	2008
FY 2007		Back
Primary Investigators	Project Title	Year Funded
Bender, Michael, Princeton University	Variations in the CO₂/N₂ ratio of air: Implications for the global carbon cycle	2007
Fairall, Christopher, NOAA/ESRL	Measurement and parameterization of air-sea gas transfer over the Southern Ocean in GasEX-III	2007
Feely, Richard, NOAA/PMEL	CO₂ and hydrographic measurements during the GasEX III experiment	2007
Hales, Burke, Oregon State University	Closing the carbon budget in the mixed layer during Southern Ocean GasEx	2007
Huebert, Barry, University of Hawaii	Measurements and parameterization of air-sea DMS transfer over the Southern Ocean in GasEx-III	2007
Jost, Hans-Jurg, Nova Wave Technologies	A fast, mid-infrared laster base, in-situ carbon isotope sensor to improve measurments of gross carbon fluxes	2007
Keeling, Ralph, University of California, San Diego	Atmospheric constraints on carbon exchange and related processes based on measurements of atmospheric CO₂/N₂ and Ar/N₂ ratios and CO₂ concentrations	2007
Peters, Wouter, NOAA/ESRL	A high-resolution re-analysis of North American net carbon exchange for 2000-2008 from a multi-species ensemble data assimilation system	2007
Sabine, Christopher, NOAA/PMEL	Autonomous multi-parameter measurements from a drifting buoy druing the SO gas experiment	2007
Sarmiento, Jorge, Princeton University	A climate process team on Southern Ocean water mass transformation and the carbon cycle	2007
Wanninkhof, Rik, NOAA/AOML	Observation-based quantification of seasonal to interannual change in air-sea CO₂ fluxes	2007
Zhang, Jia-Zhong, NOAA/AOML	Measurement of Nutrients During the Southern Ocean Gas Exchange Experiment (GasEx III)	2007
FY 2005		Back
Primary Investigators	Project Title	Year Funded
Brown, Chris, NOAA/NESDIS; Murtugudde, Ragu, UMCP	Assessing the impact and variability of coccolithophorid blooms in the ocean carbon cycle	2005
Bullister, John, NOAA/PMEL	Changing ventilation timescales in the subtropical N. Pacific Ages based on multiple transient tracer observations	2005
Conte, Maureen, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	Application of the leaf wax-aerosol method to assess spatial and temporal patterns of carbon isotopic fractionation of atmospheric CO₂ by terrestrial photosynthesis
Dickson, Andrew, Scripps Institution of Oceanography	Oceanic measurements of total alkalinity	2005
Dittmar, Thorsten, Florida State University; Cooper, William, Florida State University	Does the ice-covered Southern Ocean act as a "dissolved organic matter pump" to the abyssal ocean and so sequester carbon from active cycles?	2005
Feely, Dick, NOAA/PMEL	Workshop on the Impacts of Increasing Atmospheric CO₂ on Coral Reefs and Other Marine Calcifiers	2005
Feely, Richard, NOAA/PMEL; Cai, Wei-Jun, University of Georgia; Hales, Burke, Oregon State University; Hankin, Steve, NOAA/PMEL; Peng, TS, NOAA/AOML; Sabine, Chris, NOAA/PMEL; Wanninkhof, Rik, NOAA/AOML; Zhang, Jia-Zhong, NOAA/AOML	Coastal CO₂ Measurements and databases for the North American Carbon Program	2005
Fung, Inez, University of California, Berkeley	Carbon Dynamics in Changing Hydrologic Regimes	2005
Grachev, Andrey, CIRES/University of Colorado; McGillis, Wade, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; Fairall, Chris, NOAA/ETL	Development of an autonomous system for direct measurement of the flux of CO₂ over the ocean	2005
Guilderson, Tom, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory	Ultra-precision 14CO₂ measurements in clean-air samples a record of the carbon cycle and anthropogenic influences	2005
McGillis, Wade, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory	Support for the 2nd International SOLAS Summer School	2005
McMillan, Wallace, University of Maryland	Monitoring tropospheric CO₂, CH₄ and CO profiles using a distributed network of high resolution infrared spectrometers
McNeil, Craig, University of Rhode Island	Gas Profiler for Real-time CO₂, N₂ and O₂ Measurements	2005
Sañudo-Wilhelmy, Sergio, SUNY Stony Brook	Global Carbon Cycling Impact of surface-bound andinternal iron levels in phytoplankton on surface ocean CO₂ concentrations	2005
Yvon-Lewis, Shari, NOAA/AOML; Saltzman, Eric, University of California, Irvine	Development of HCFCs as new transient tracers
FY 2004		Back
Primary Investigators	Project Title	Year Funded
Bender, Michael, Princeton University	Variations in the Oxygen/Nitrogen Ratios of Air Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle	2004
Berry, Joseph, Carnegie Institution of Washington	Monitoring CO₂ Flux and isotope exchange between the atmosphere and the terrestrial biosphere from tall towers, PDF version shows images.	2004
Bishop, James, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	Exploration, assessment, and understanding of oceanic particulate inorganic and organic carbon	2004
Byrne, Robert, University of South Florida	Collaborative study/ testing and deployment of CO₂ measurement systems	2004
Davis, Kenneth, Penn State; Denning, Scott, Colorado State University	Data fusion to determine North American sources and sinks of carbon dioxide at high spatial and temporal resolution	2004
DeGrandpre, Michael, University of Montana	Autonomous underway pCO₂ sensors for VOS Applications	2004
Dilling, Lisa, CIRES- University of Colorado	Scales of decision-making and the carbon cycle	2004
Goni, Miguel, Oregon State University;,Voulgaris, George, University of South Carolina	Acoustic measurements of particulate organic carbon concentrations in the coastal ocean	2004
Hall, Timothy, Columbia University	Anthropogenic carbon in the oceans estimated using transit time distribution	2004
Houghton, R.A. , Woods Hole Research Center	The spatial distribution of carbon sources and sinks in the US from changes in land use and management	2004
Keeling, Ralph, Scripps Institution of Oceanography	Changes in atmospheric O₂, CO₂ and Ar concentrations in Relation to the Carbon Cycle and Climate	2004
MacDonald, Alison, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Peng, TS, NOAA/AOML; Wanninkhof, Rik, NOAA/AOML; Key, Robert, Princeton University	Assessment of air-sea CO₂ exchange rates in the world's oceans using bomb 14C inventories derived from WOCE global survey	2004
McGillis, Wade, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Sweeney, Colm, NOAA/CMDL	Atmosphere and coastal ocean CO₂ measurement platform SABSOON	2004
Marland, Gregg, Oak Ridge National Laboratory	Lateral and temporal displacement of terrestrial carbon by humans	2004
Quay, Paul, JISAO/University of Washington	Surface ocean ¹³C/¹²C measurements a tracer of anthropogenic CO₂ uptake	2004
Wanninkhof, Rik, NOAA/AOML; Feely, Richard, NOAA/PMEL; Hughes, Kent, NOAA/NESDIS	Ocean carbon watch improving air-sea CO₂ flux estimates through remote sensing	2004
Zeng, Ning, University of Maryland	Modeling and analysis of the spatiotemporal variability of terrestrial and oceanic carbon fluxes	2004
FY 2003		Back
Primary Investigators	Project Title	Year Funded
Goetz, Scott, Woods Hole Research Center	North American Boreal Forest Carbon Dynamics of Regrowth	2003