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GHG Data & Tools

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NASA, NOAA, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) teamed up to develop the U.S. Greenhouse Gas Center – a new web portal designed to make it easier to find data, information, and computer models from multiple agencies in one location. The site offers a curated catalog of GHG datasets and analysis tools.

U.S. Greenhouse Gas Center

Read more at Nasa.gov


GFDL Earth System Models

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NOAA Earth system models (ESMs) simulate the global cycles, distributions, and trends of GHGs, including carbon dioxide, methane, and ozone. These models are used to understand the drivers of historical trends and to project future changes in GHGs and climate.

View the GFDL Earth System models


Global Greenhouse Gas Reference Network

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The Global Greenhouse Gas Reference Network (GGGRN) provides extremely precise measurements of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and many other greenhouse gases.

View the data visualization at the NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory


Carbon Cycle Greenhouse Gas Data

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Measurements from the GGGRN represent the longest ongoing calibrated record of global GHG levels. These measurements are used to track year-to-year changes and long-term trends.

Visit the NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory


Urban GHG Emissions Measurement and Monitoring System (Urban-GEMMS)

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A GHG emissions monitoring system for the DC-Baltimore area is being developed based on the inversion of GHG measurements in collaboration with NIST as part of the National Strategy to Advance an Integrated U.S. Greenhouse Gas Measurement, Monitoring, and Information System. The plans for this collaborative project include extending this system to other urban areas.

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SOCAT

A graphic of the Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas

The Surface Ocean CO₂ Atlas (SOCAT) enables quantification of the ocean carbon sink and ocean acidification and evaluation of ocean biogeochemical models.

Visit SOCAT.info


Global Ocean Data Analysis Project

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The Global Ocean Data Analysis Project (GLODAP) is a synthesis activity for ocean surface to bottom biogeochemical data collected through chemical analysis of water samples. GLODAP is publicly available, discoverable, and citable. GLODAP enables quantification of the ocean carbon sink, ocean acidification and evaluation of ocean biogeochemical models.

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Ocean Carbon and Acidification Data System

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The Ocean Carbon and Acidification Data System (OCADS) provides data management services that facilitate and support research on ocean carbon cycling and ocean acidification.

Read more at the NOAA National CEnters for Environmental Information


TOAR Data Portal

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The TOAR (Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report) data portal collates global tropospheric ozone data sets from ground sites, aircraft, balloon-sondes, satellites, and models.

Visit the TOAR Data Portal


Greenhouse Gas Concentrations - Graphing Tool

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The Interactive Data Visualization tool gives users a way to explore the abundance of different gases and how they have changed over time at more than 200 NOAA sampling sites around the world.

View the Greenhouse Gas Concentrations graphing tool


Global Greenhouse Gas Trends

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NOAA tracks trends in atmospheric carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and sulfur hexafluoride.

Read more at the NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory


NOAA Annual Greenhouse Gas Index

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NOAA's Annual Greenhouse Gas Index, known as the AGGI, tracks increases in the warming influence of heat-trapping gases generated by human activity.

Read more at the NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory


HYSPLIT

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The HYSPLIT model simulates the transport and dispersion of air pollution throughout the atmosphere over local to global scales and is used to link observations with source locations.

Read more at the NOAA Air Resources Laboratory


Greenhouse Gas And Air Pollutants Emissions System (GRA2PES)

A map depicting the Greenhouse Gas And Air Pollutants Emissions System

This joint activity between NOAA's Chemical Sciences Laboratory and NIST's Greenhouse Gas Measurements Program aims to enhance modeling and mapping capabilities for GHG and air pollutant emissions and their associated uncertainties across the continental U.S.

View the Greenhouse Gas And Air Pollutants Emissions System


The Ocean Carbon and Acidification Data System (OCADS)

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NOAA works closely with data partners to provide data management services that facilitate and support research on ocean carbon cycling and ocean acidification.

Read more at NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information


Coastal Ocean Data Analysis Product in North America (CODAP-NA)

A map depicting the Coastal Ocean Data Analysis Product in North America

This data package contains an internally consistent data product for discrete inorganic carbon, oxygen, and nutrients on the U.S. North American ocean margins.

Read more at NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information