Projects/Programs

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Analysis and Modeling of Atmospheric Particles to Assess Effects on Climate

Ongoing

Atmospheric aerosol particles often have compositions and shapes that cannot be described as a single material phase within a simplified geometric form such as

Automotive Lightweighting

Ongoing

Our objective is to support the efforts of the US automotive industry and its suppliers to incorporate advanced lightweight materials for improving fuel economy

Carbon Capture and Carbon Sequestration

Ongoing

Illustration of satellite sensing of sunlight reflected by buildings, roads, water and trees to assess radiative warming of the earth.

Climate Science

Ongoing

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is working to advance measurement capabilities needed to study the world’s climates. Climate Science

Coastal Inundation: Hazard Characterization and Structural Design

Ongoing

The project develops next-generation procedures for achieving designs that are safe, sustainable, and economical under coastal inundation, consistent with

Community Resilience Program

Ongoing

Community resilience has emerged as a way to reduce the direct and indirect costs due to natural, technological, and human-caused hazard events. There continues

Data Tools for Environmental Metrology

Ongoing

A major goal of the NIST Biorepository is to address large scale interdisciplinary questions about the environment. Each sample contained in the bank can be

Design Methods for Resilient Community Systems

Ongoing

The Community Resilience Program is developing resilience metrics and integrated models of physical, social, and economic systems at the community scale. These

Detecting Change Points in Surface Temperature Records

Ongoing

The long records (sometimes over 100 years) of surface temperatures available from meteorological monitoring stations in the Unites States can be a valuable

Developing Cost-Effective Resource Allocation Strategies to Enhance Community Resilience

Ongoing

Advancements in measurement science are needed to estimate the economic impact from planned community resilience enhancements that address natural and human

Development of a First-Generation Community-Resilience Systems Model

Ongoing

Community resilience is a complex, multi-dimensional problem that relies on engineering, earth sciences, social sciences, and other disciplines to improve the

Development of a First-Generation Community Resilience Assessment Methodology

Ongoing

Community resilience is a complex, multi-dimensional problem that relies on engineering, social sciences, earth sciences, and other disciplines to improve the

Development and Implementation of the Community Resilience Planning Guides

Ongoing

Community resilience is a complex, multi-dimensional problem that relies on the intersection of social science, engineering, economics, and other disciplines to

Development of Standards for the World Meteorological Organization, Global Atmosphere Watch Program

Ongoing

The presence of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which include hydrocarbons, monoterpenes and oxygenates, in the atmosphere has become important to climate

Differential absorption LIDAR for the detection and quantification of greenhouse gases

Ongoing

We are developing a method for accurately quantifying greenhouse gas emissions from natural and anthropogenic sources and sinks to meet the requirements for

Disaster and Failure Studies & Disaster Metrology Studies

Ongoing

Extreme events test buildings and infrastructure in ways and on a scale that cannot be easily replicated in a laboratory – buildings and infrastructure are

Electron-Beam Irradiation of Solar Cells

Ongoing

The Dosimetry Group operates a system capable of performing electron beam processing, which consists of a Van de Graaff electron accelerator and a sample

Embedded Intelligence in Buildings Program

Ongoing

The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 established a national goal of achieving net-zero energy buildings by 2030. Industry groups including the

Ember Exposure Characterization in WUI Fires

Ongoing

The Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) is defined as the location where structures and communities meet or intermingle with undeveloped wildland. In the U.S., over

Fire Risk Reduction in Communities Program

Ongoing

This program reduces community fire risk by 1) increasing the fire resilience of wildland-urban interface (WUI) communities and 2) enhancing the safety and

Flammability Metrics for New Low-GWP Refrigerants

Ongoing

In response to worldwide initiatives to phase down working fluids that have a high global warming potential if accidentally released, the refrigeration and air

FOREST

Ongoing

The NIST Headquarters in Gaithersburg, MD also provides a convenient testbed to evaluate the current state of knowledge relating optical remote sensing to

Gas Concentration Standards Supporting Atmospheric Monitoring

Ongoing

Monitoring of Earth’s atmosphere for trace and greenhouse gases relies upon a system of high accuracy gas concentration standards. Greenhouse gases

Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Transport

Ongoing

The capabilities of the NIST National Fire Research Laboratory (NFRL) will be extended to provide a test bed for performance evaluation of instruments and test

High Temperature Performance of Fire Fighter Equipment

Ongoing

The performance of fire fighting equipment and gear is critical for the safety and effectiveness of fire fighters. Current equipment standards and test methods

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