ARL Weekly News – September 2, 2024
Recent Events |
2025 AiRMAPS & Northeast US Field Observations Coordination Workshop
ARL and CSL co-hosted the AiRMAPS & Northeast U.S. Field Observations Coordination Workshop in College, MD on September 3-4. The workshop brought together scientists and leaders from federal and state agencies, as well as academic institutions, to discuss several upcoming field studies in the Northeast U.S. planned for 2025. Participants included relevant program leaders from the Office of Science and Technology Policy U.S. Greenhouse Gas Measurement, Monitoring, and Information System (GHGMMIS), the U.S. Greenhouse Gas Center, NOAA, NASA, U.S. EPA, DOE, USGS, NSF, and others.
ARL Director Ariel Stein gave opening remarks and was pleased to welcome attendees and reiterate NOAA and ARL’s commitment to contributing to GHGMMIS.
NOAA’s Oceanic and Atmospheric Research Office and National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service will be jointly conducting the Baltimore Air Quality and Marcellus Methane Survey, scheduled for summer 2025, as part of the five-year AiRMAPS initiative. This effort will involve state agencies such as the Maryland Department of the Environment and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, along with the Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management. Academic partners include the University of Maryland, Harvard University, Penn State University, Johns Hopkins University, and Howard University.
The workshop provided a platform for discussing collaboration and coordination opportunities, optimizing the use of research resources across the multiple field projects planned for the region in summer 2025.
AiRMAPS & Northeast U.S. Field Observations Coordination Workshop participants.
Publications and Presentations |
Praveena Krishnan gives oral presentation at the AmeriFlux 2024 Regional Workshop
ARL scientist Praveena Krishnan attended the AmeriFlux 2024 Regional Workshop in Las Cruces, New Mexico, where she gave an oral presentation titled “NOAA/ARL’s Eddy Covariance Flux Sites”. The workshop, held at New Mexico State University and organized by the AmeriFlux network, brought together regional site teams to foster discussions on eddy covariance. The event also included visits to two nearby AmeriFlux sites.
AmeriFlux is a network of scientist-managed sites measuring the movement of ecosystem carbon dioxide, water, and energy through a given time and place in North, Central and South America. It was established to connect research on field sites representing major climate and ecological environments, including tundra, grasslands, savanna, crops, and different types of forests.