Climate Sciences Department Core Capabilities
Measuring Greenhouse Gas Fluxes, Concentrations, and Transport
LBNL-Earth Sciences Division’s Climate Science Department is involved in a wide variety of measurements projects, including eddy covariance measurements, airborne and tower observations, and high-precision concentration and isotopic measurements of
CO2, CH4, CO, 13C, and 18O.... Read more »Modeling Climate Change and Climate Change Solutions
LBNL-Earth Sciences Division’s Climate Science Department is a leader in developing predictive models that reveal complex processes shaping and controlling the planet. The goal of our climate modeling research is not only to predict climate, but to predict interactions among climate, water, and energy on a global scale.... Read more »
Studying Soil Carbon Cycling
LBNL-Earth Sciences Division’s Climate Science Department is a pioneer in carbon cycle research and performs extensive work in soil carbon projects. We develop experiments that apply a combination of field and laboratory experiments with advanced analytical techniques to investigate varied aspects of soil carbon cycling and storage.... Read more »
Modeling Terrestrial Biogeochemical Processes and Ecosystem-Climate Interaction
The LBNL-Earth Sciences Division’s Climate Science Department uses several land surface models and coupled land surface-climate models. Our models include CLM, ISOLSM, WRF, MM5, coupled CLM-WRF and we are developing a fully coupled integrated assessment and Earth system model, or iESM (integrated Earth System Model)... Read more »