Methods for Remote Determination of CO2 Emissions

Abstract

JASON was asked to assess U.S. capabilities for estimating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in support of monitoring international agreements. In particular, JASON was asked: (1) What are the current and future capabilities for estimating GHG emissions using direct measurements of GHG atmospheric concentrations? (2) How do direct measurements compare to indirect ("proxy") methods for monitoring emissions? (4) What are the capabilities for estimating emissions from non-cooperating countries i.e. those for which access to in country measurements is impeded or denied?

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA535408

Entities

People

  • Daniel Mcmarrow

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Chemistry
  • Climate Change
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Electric Power
  • Geography
  • Greenhouse Effect
  • Greenhouse Gases
  • Mathematical Filters
  • Measurement
  • Metal Matrix Composites
  • Meteorology

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Systems Analysis and Design