Carbon Cycle Science Planning for the Next Decade

Relevant Documents

U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Program Documents

• Carbon Cycle Science Program

  • A U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Plan (2011): A Report of the Carbon Cycle Science Steering Group and Subcommittee, Anna Michalak, Rob Jackson, Gregg Marland, Chris Sabine, Co-Chairs. [PDF] (New!) (Link to the news release and summary of recommendations)

  • U.S. carbon cycle science plan (1999): Report of the Carbon and Climate Working Group for the U.S. Global Change Research Program, Sarmiento, J.L. and S.C. Wofsy. U.S. Global Change Research Program. Washington, DC. [PDF]

  • Climate Change Science Program. The First State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR): The North American carbon budget and implications for the global carbon cycle. A Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research [King, A.W., L. Dilling, G.P. Zimmerman, D.M. Fairman, R.A. Houghton, G. Marland, A.Z. Rose, and T.J. Wilbanks (eds.)]. Asheville, NC: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Climatic Data Center. [pdf] [document homepage]

  • Hales, B. et al. [eds.]. 2008. North American Continental Margins: a synthesis and planning workshop. Report of the North American Continental Margins Working Group for the U.S. Carbon Cycle Scientific Group and Interagency Working Group. Washington, DC: U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Program. [pdf]

• North American Carbon Program
  • Wofsy, S.C. and R.C. Hariss. 2002. The North American Carbon Program (NACP). Report of the NACP Committee of the U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Program. Washington, DC: U.S. Global Change Research Program. [pdf]
  • Denning, A.S. et al. 2005. Science implementation strategy for the North American Carbon Program. Report of the NACP Implementation Strategy Group of the U.S. Carbon Cycle Interagency Working Group. Washington, DC: U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Program. [pdf]
• Ocean Carbon and Climate Change
  • Doney, S.C. et al. 2004. Ocean Carbon and Climate Change: an implementation strategy for U.S. ocean carbon research. Report of the Carbon Cycle Science Ocean Interim Implementation Group for the U.S. Carbon Cycle Scientific Steering Group and Inter-Agency Working Group. Washington, DC: U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Program. [pdf]

Carbon Cycle Science Planning Working Group Documents

• Carbon Cycle Science Working Group. 2009. Recommendations summary. White paper, November 6, 2009. [pdf]

• Carbon Cycle Science Working Group. 2009. Scoping paper. White paper, March 27, 2009. [pdf]

• Michalak, A.M., R. Jackson, G. Marland, and C. Sabine. 2009. A U.S. carbon cycle science plan: First meeting of the Carbon Cycle Science Working Group; Washington, D.C., 17-18 November 2008. EOS, Trans. American Geophys. Union, 90(12), 102-103. [pdf]

• Sarmiento, J. 2008. The 1999 US carbon cycle science plan: history and outcomes. Presentation given at the November 17-18 working group meeting. [pdf]

Additional documents may be found on the Documents page.