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Problem Statement Repository: Atmospheric Methane Research

Exploratory Grants for Atmospheric Methane Research Round 2 Submissions

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This set of problem statements is derived from submissions to the second round of the Exploratory Grants for Atmospheric Methane Research funding opportunity. Each of these problem statements isn't endorsed, edited, or corrected by Spark.

Constraining the size distribution and chlorine production of ferric chloride aerosols for quantitative atmospheric methane removal


Submitted by

Mingyi Wang (The University of Chicago)

Awarded Spark grant

Satellite observations of enhanced atmospheric methane removal


Submitted by

Jos de Laat (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI))

Awarded Spark grant

Optimizing the activity of atmospheric methane oxidizing bacteria (atmMOB) in solid-phase bioreactors


Submitted by

Lisa Y. Stein (University of Alberta)

Awarded Spark grant

Ab initio calculation of kinetic isotope effects (KIE) for reaction of CH4 with ▪OH, ▪Cl, and O(¹D)– improving the constraints needed to monitor atmospheric CH4 sinks


Submitted by

James Farquhar (University of Maryland)

Awarded Spark grant

Chlorine Enhancement by Mineral Dust and its Effect on Methane: A natural experiment at the Cape Verde Observatory (CEMDEM-CVO)


Submitted by

Lucy Carpenter (University of York)

Awarded Spark grant

Tropospheric multiphase reactive halogen evolution: CAPRAM-SPARK model development and application to field observations


Submitted by

Hartmut Herrmann (Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research)

Awarded Spark grant

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