dMRV for cropland burning informatics

This SBIR builds and deploys digital Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (dMRV) science and technology for Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory and Voluntary Carbon Markets (VCM). The Phase 2 prototype will track and quantify cropland burning emissions using remote sensing, physical models, and field data with a ‘Geo-AI’ architecture. Phase 2 will be deployed over 3 burning hot-spot geographic domains: Arkansas, Dakotas, and northwest India. This SBIR will deliver data products that characterize field scale cropland residue management practices and emissions informatics for 2025-2028, wall-to-wall, at field scale. Multi-source remote sensing (Landsat, MODIS/VIIRS, Sentinels, L-band, Planet) are used for physical retrievals and driving deep learning models. The SBIR improves NASA's Global Cropland Burned Area (GloCAB) and Global Fire Emissions Database (GFED) products with high resolution analytics and precise emissions quantification (burn area x burn type x combustion efficiency x emission factors) and further supports NASA Carbon Monitoring System (CMS) activities. Commercial applications are geared at generating high integrity carbon credit by integrating burning emissions and residue into ‘carbon credits’ for Voluntary Carbon Markets (VCM) and Article 6 compliance.

Improve NASA's Global Cropland Burned Area (GloCAB) and Global Fire Emissions Database (GFED) products Enhance NASA's Carbon Monitoring System (CMS) program activities Support NASA’s broader priorities around carbon (GHG) emissions monitoring, air quality, health, and sustainable agriculture Support USDA MRV science team Improve EPA's national inventory Enhance 'carbon credit' markets and nature-based solutions with VCM and compliance Grow adoption of climate smart agriculture and soil health programs Drive 'green loans' for financial institutions Inform supply chains and Scope 3 tracing

This is a mature technology (TRL 7+) — the realistic path in is usually NASA's Technology Transfer Program: licensing an existing NASA patent, or a Space Act Agreement to use NASA facilities/expertise directly. NASA also runs a startup licensing program with no upfront fee for companies formed to commercialize a specific NASA technology.

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