Amendment 62: New Opportunity: A.61 INSPYRE Science Team
The INjected Smoke and PYRocumulonimbus Experiment (INSPYRE) Science Team will constrain the role of pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) in the warming climate system and characterize their physical links to extreme wildfire behavior. This new ROSES-24 program element A.61 INSPYRE Science Team (ST) solicits proposals to build the full INSPYRE Science Team, including teams that will provide airborne and ground-based measurements, key modeling capabilities, forecasting, and flight planning support.
The INSPYRE Science Team will address three science questions that establish links and feedbacks between the physical processes enabling pyroCb initiation, smoke injection into the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UTLS), and downstream consequences:
- Which fires produce pyroCbs and why?
- What mechanisms determine whether a pyroCb will inject smoke directly into the stratosphere, and what will be the magnitude of the ensuing plume?
- How do pyroCb-injected smoke plumes modify UTLS composition and radiation budget?
ROSES-2024 Amendment 62 presents a new program element in ROSES-2024: A.61 The INSPYRE Science Team. NOIs are requested by December 6, 2024, and proposals are due January 24, 2025.
On or about October, 17 2024, this Amendment to the NASA Research Announcement "Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) 2024" (NNH24ZDA001N) will be posted on the NASA research opportunity homepage at https://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2024
Questions concerning A.61 INSPYRE ST may be directed to Will McCarty at Will.McCarty@nasa.gov and David Peterson at david.a.peterson204.civ@us.navy.mil.
