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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Birdsey, Richard
• Bates, Nick
• Behrenfeld, Mike
• Davis, Kenneth
• Doney, Scott C.
• Feely, Richard
• Hansell, Dennis
• Heath, Linda
• Kasischke, Eric
• Kheshgi, Haroon
• Law, Beverly
• Lee, Cindy
• McGuire, A. David
• Raymond, Peter
• Tucker, Compton J.

Titel

Carbon Cycle Observations: Gaps Threaten Climate Mitigation Policies

Ist Teil von

• Eos (Washington, D.C.), 2009-08, Vol.90 (34), p.292-292

Ort / Verlag

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2009

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Successful management of carbon dioxide (CO2) requires robust and sustained carbon cycle observations. Yet key elements of a national observation network are lacking or at risk. A U.S. National Research Council review of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program earlier this year highlighted the critical need for a U.S. climate observing system to meet requirements of mitigation policies for improved carbon cycle observations. This Forum highlights the most significant gaps and threats to carbon cycle observations—including observations from satellites; in situ observations of land, ocean, and aquatic systems; and direct atmospheric measurements—and suggests ways to improve the U.S. national effort.