Active Research Contracts 2023-2024
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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) sponsors a research program that is guided by the mission of providing sound and timely scientific results to support CARB’s policies and programs. CARB’s research goals of informing health-based air quality standards, reducing air pollution exposures, and protecting California from the potential impacts of climate change have been met through a diverse portfolio of projects. CARB's Research Division oversees and completes 20 or more projects each year. A list of active and recently completed research contracts sorted by category can be found below. Environmental justice and economics are included in all research categories.
Air Quality
Title | Start Date | PI (Author) | Institution | Contract No. |
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Leveraging Existing Data to Evaluate Nitrogenous Emissions in California's San Joaquin Valley | 05/01/24 | Andrew Rollins | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | 23RD020 |
Using Integrated Observations and Modeling to Better Understand Current and Future Air Quality Impacts of Wildfires and Prescribed Burns | 05/01/24 | Michael Kleeman | University of California, Davis | 23RD006 |
Scientific Evaluation of Nitrogenous Emissions from Soils | 03/01/24 | William Horwath | University of California, Davis | 23RD017 |
Long-Term Chemical Characterization and Source Apportionment of PM2.5 in the San Joaquin Valley | 06/30/23 | Qi Zhang | University of California, Davis | 22RD038 |
Data Analysis of Organics and Other Sources (Volatile Chemical Products) in the California South Coast Air Basin | 06/30/23 | John Seinfeld | California Institute of Technology | 22RD015 |
Quantifying and Identifying the Potential Causes of Nitrous Oxide Emissions in California Soils under Fumigation (Phase 1) | 06/01/23 | Jorge L. Mazza Rodrigues | University of California, Davis | 22RD036 |
Community Engagement and Community Centric Research Roadmap: Focus on Metals-Related Toxic Emissions | 04/15/23 | Anthony Orlando | Cal Poly Pomona Foundation | 22RD012 |
Testing Messaging Strategies for Air Quality Programs | 03/20/23 | Burkhard Schipper | University of California, Davis | 22RD021 |
Understanding and Characterizing Emission Factors from Burning Structures in California Due to Wildfires | 11/01/22 | Allen Goldstein | University of California, Berkeley | 22RD004 |
Analysis of Particulate Matter Composition Measured in Los Angeles during RECAP-LA | 06/30/22 | John Seinfeld | Caltech | 21RD017 |
TARTA-XACT Comparison | 05/01/22 | Anthony Wexler | University of California, Davis | 21RD020 |
Understanding the Sources and Formation Regimes of Present-day PM2.5 to Mitigate Particulate Pollution in California | 02/15/22 | Don Collins | University of California, Riverside | 21RD010 |
Framework for Collecting and Updating Time-Activity Patterns | 02/01/22 | Cesunica E. Ivey | University of California, Berkeley | 21RD011 |
Imperial Valley Community-Focused Collaborative Research Plan | 02/01/22 | Miguel Zavala | San Diego State University | 21RD013 |
Measurements of VOCs in the SoCAB: Chemical Characterization and Impacts on Potential Ozone and PM Formation | 04/01/21 | Jessica Gilman | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association | 20RD002 |
Decision Drivers to Facilitate Lower-Polluting Products Choices by Consumers | 11/01/20 | Magali Delmas | University of California, Los Angeles | 20RD008 |
Airborne Flux Measurement of Volatile Organic Compounds and Oxides of Nitrogen in California | 10/01/20 | Allen Goldstein | University of California, Berkeley | 20RD003 |
Direct Measurements of Ozone Sensitivity to Oxides of Nitrogen and Volatile Organic Compounds in the South Coast Air Basin | 01/01/19 | Michael Kleeman | University of California, Davis | 19RD012 |
Climate
Health
Sustainable Transportation & Communities
Mobile Sources
Other
Title | Start Date | PI (Author) | Institution | Contract No. |
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A Mixed Method Assessment of Equity in the California Air Resources Board Research Program | 06/01/24 | Georgios Karavalakis | University of California, Berkeley | 23RD022 |