There is no evidence that NASA has anything to do with this research. This was a speculative presentation in an assembly called "Aviation Unleashed":
http://nia-webdev.nianet.org/aviation-unleashed/index.php?p=presentations Dr. Zawodny's expertise is "Ozone trends; remote sensing technology; statistical analysis; solar occultation specialist." http://experts.nasa.gov/get_expert.php?id=1528 His presentation makes no citations; however, I am curious about the source of the image on slide 16. Anyone recognize it? http://newenergytimes.com/v2/news/2011/36/2010-Zawodny-AviationUnleashed.pdf or: http://nia-webdev.nianet.org/aviation-unleashed/assets/PRESENTATIONS/zawodny.pdf T

