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James Whetstone (Assoc)

James R. Whetstone, Ph.D., is Special Assistant to the Director for Greenhouse Gas Measurements Program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and is responsible for the NIST-wide research program in greenhouse gas measurements. This program seeks to advance the measurement science, standards, and measurement methodologies supporting greenhouse gas measurements. He has established multinational collaborations and investigations in partnership with other federal agencies, industry and academic institutions, and is active within the greenhouse gas measurements communities both in the United States and abroad. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and enables dialog among a wide range of communities with research interests in measurements. 

Prior to this appointment, he was Chief of NIST's Process Measurements Division, where he was responsible for research ranging from advances in contact and remote sensing technologies to development of new approaches to the realization of measurement standards for temperature, pressure, relative humidity, and flow rate. During his career at NIST, he has received numerous awards for his technical achievements, leadership, and innovation.

Dr. Whetstone received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Physics and Mathematics from Texas Western College, now the University of Texas at El Paso, and his Ph. D. in Physics from Vanderbilt University in high energy particle interactions. He then joined the National Bureau of Standards, now NIST. His early developments in frequency-stabilized laser technology and measurement standards for mass and fluid density, fluid flow rate, and moisture in gases lead to many publications and new research opportunities relevant to greenhouse gases 

Publications

Data and Software Publications

A high-resolution sectoral inventory for use in inverse modelling of New York City methane emissions

Author(s)
Joseph R. Pitt, Israel Lopez Coto, Anna Karion, Kristian D. Hajny, Conor K. Gately, Lucy R Hutyra, Kevin R. Gurney, Geoffrey S. Roest, Jianming Liang, Sharon Gourdji, Kimberly L. Mueller, James R. Whetstone, Paul B. Shepson
These files represent four different versions of a high resolution (0.02° x 0.02°) methane emissions inventory covering the New York-Newark urban area and its surroundings. Each specific inventory

In situ methane mole fraction observations from three sites in the Washington DC region from the NIST Northeast Corridor Project: January 2015 - December 2022

Author(s)
Anna Karion, Elizabeth DiGangi, Steve Prinzivalli, Charlie Draper, Seth Baldelli, Clayton Fain, Bryan Biggs, Michael Stock, Ben Michalak, Peter Salameh, Jooil Kim, William Callahan, James Whetstone
Methane (CH4) mole fraction data collected from three tower sites in the Washington DC area: Bucktown, MD (BUC, ghg01), Stafford, VA (SFD, ghg65), and Thurmont, MD (TMD, ghg61), as part of NIST's

Observations of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and carbon monoxide (CO) mole fractions from the NIST Northeast Corridor urban testbed

Author(s)
Anna Karion, Elizabeth DiGangi, Steven Prinzivalli, Charles Draper, Seth Baldelli, Clayton Fain, Bryan Biggs, Michael Stock, Ben Michalak, Peter Salameh, Kim Jooil, Timothy Lueker, James Whetstone
March 2025 Update. Here we provide hourly observations of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and (for a few sites) carbon monoxide (CO) from tower-based sites in the NIST Northeast
Created May 31, 2018, Updated May 9, 2025
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