News & Media: Modeling and Data

MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Daniel Varon and other researchers in the Varon Lab conducted a unique experiment with NOAA that involved operating nine satellites to observe methane emissions from a planned industry release, which enabled the first direct validation of the satellites’ methane data products (MIT AeroAstro)

A new way of simulating wind turbines in the field shows how tweaking turbine operation could unlock tens of thousands of dollars per turbine every year, finds study co-authored by MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Michael Howland (MIT News) (Related: Turning Alternative Energy Solutions into 'Economic No-Brainers' (MIT Spectrum))

The Climate Grand Challenges “New World of Weather” project, which involves several CS3-affiliated researchers, shows how modeling, planning tools, and infrastructure analysis are translating research into real-world resilience (Office of the Vice President for Energy and Climate)

MIT CS3 Principal Research Scientists Jennifer Morris and Angelo Gurgel to lead project that aims to enable decision-makers to assess potential economy-wide impacts of multiple decarbonization pathways (Schmidt Sciences)

The most comprehensive and rigorously quality-controlled ocean interior data product for marine biogeochemistry studies, GLODAPv3 enables quantitative assessment of biogeochemical changes and feedbacks between climate change and the ocean. MIT CS3 Principal Research Scientist Ryan Woosley contributed to this upgrade. (OceanICU) 

CS3-affiliated work on carbon dioxide removal and climate change uncertainty among recent titles from Institute faculty and staff (MIT News)

Climate scenarios, such as RCPs and SSPs, are tools used to explore different possible futures as the world economy evolves and the climate changes in response. MIT CS3 Principal Research Scientist Jennifer Morris explains how they can advance understanding of climate risk and inform decision-making. (MIT Climate Portal)