U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Program

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U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Program

• Briefing
• for the
• Partnerships in Climate Change Science Workshop
• 24-26 October 2007
• Patricia Jellison, Co-Chair
• CCSP Carbon Cycle Interagency Working Group

http//www.carboncyclescience.gov/
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Topics

• U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Program
• Updates on Some Program Activities
• Joint (CA, MX and USA) NACP
• ESSP GCP and U.S. CCIWG
• USGS Carbon Cycle Activities
• Modes Opportunities to Engage

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U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Program A Research
Element of the U.S. Climate Change Science
Program

Participating U.S. Agencies and Departments
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U.S. Carbon Cycle Interagency Working Group
(2007)
Patricia Jellison (USGS) Roger C Dahlman (DOE)
Working Group Co-Chairs
Bontempi, Paula, NASA HQ Butler, James H,
NOAA/ESRL Cavallaro, Nancy, USDA/CSREES
Emanuel, William R, NASA HQ Hofmann, David,
NOAA/ESRL Lipschultz, Fredric, NSF/OCE Olson,
Carolyn, USDA/NRCS Pitelka, Lou,
NSF/DEB Presser, Cary, NIST (Observer)
Rice, Don, NSF/OCE Solomon, Allen M, USDA/FS
Uz, Mete, NOAA/CPO Sheffner, Ed, NASA
Ames Solomon, Allen, USDA FS Tupas, Louis,
USDA/CSREES Walthall, Charlie, USDA/ARS Wickland,
Diane E, NASA HQ Hanson, Roger B, ex officio
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U.S. Carbon Cycle Scientific Steering Group
(2007)
Richard Birdsey, Chair, USDA FS
Beverly Law, Oregon SU Cindy Lee, SUNY SB Ariel
Lugo, USDA FS A. David McGuire, UAK-FB Keith
Paustian, Colorado SU Peter Raymond, Yale
U William Schlesinger, IES James A. Yoder,
PChair, WHOI

• Nicholas Bates, BIOS
• Michael Behrenfeld, Oregon SU
• A. Scott Denning, Colorado SU
• Scott Doney, WHOI
• Jae Edmonds, PNL/UMD
• Richard A. Feely, NOAA
• Eric Kasischke, UMD (new)
• Haroon Kheshgi, ExxonMobil

NEW Chair and Members
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Update on Some U.S. Carbon Cycle Science
Activities

• NACP-US All Scientist Meeting
• Development of Joint NACP (US-CA-MX)
• Coordination with EU Carbo-Europe
• Synthesis Assessment Product 2.2

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NACP-US All-Scientist Meeting

• Second All-Scientist Meeting, January 2007
• US Scientists plus Mexico and Canada PIs (250)
• US, Canada and Mexico Government representatives
• Reviewed progress made in understanding the
  dynamics of the carbon cycle of NA and adjacent
  oceans
• Charted a course for improved integration across
  scientific disciplines, scales, and earth systems
• Recommended next steps to funding agencies

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Joint (CA, MX and USA) NACP

• Statement of Common Interest and Intent to Work
  Together (adopted late 2006)
• First Joint NACP Meeting, January 2007
• Joint Government Coordination Team (GCT)
• NA Carbon Cycle PIs (100)
• Joint Scientific Steering Group (JNACP SSG)
• Charged with development of Joint Science Plan
• First Joint SSG and GCT Meeting
• Meeting Agenda Joint Science Plan
• Expected roll-out date December 2007

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U.S. Climate Change Science Program Synthesis
Assessment Product 2.2
The First State of the Carbon Cycle Report
(SOCCR)The North American Carbon Budget and
Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle

• Assessment of the state of the science
• Expected roll-out date December 2007
• NOAAs roll-out plans include congressional
  briefings, stakeholder briefings, and press
  releases

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ESSP GCP and U.S. CCIWG
Developing Liaison and Cooperation through the
U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Program Office

• Terms of Reference for Affiliate Office (in
  progress)
• Regional, Hemispherical to Global Carbon Budgets
• Joint Regional Workshops
• Harmonize Data (observations, data sharing, and
  modeling)

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USGS / DOI

• USGS 10-year Science Strategy developed in 2007
  identifies global change as a major theme
• Global Change Activities in FY07 -- substantial
  carbon component
• Strong focus on Federal Lands
• Permafrost Fate of Carbon in Alaskan
  Landscapes
• Biotic and Biogeochemical Interactions
• High Latitude Coastal Waters
• Sediment - Water Chemistry of Large River
  Systems
• Sequestration and Biogeochemical Cycling
• Carbon Fluxes in Hydrologic and Geologic
  Processes
• Strong focus on Impacts
• Carbon Emissions from Wildfires
• Impacts of Land Management Activities on
  Sequestration Emissions
• Impacts to Arctic and Subarctic Food Web
• Permafrost Thawing -- Methane Release
• Permafrost Thawing -- Impacts to Infrastructure
• Modeling and Downscaling

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Carbon Cycle Interagency Working Group (Federal
Program Managers)
Modes of Engaging National Activities

• Governmental Bodies (official)
• U.S. Climate Change Bilaterals (vehicle)
• Canada and Mexico Carbon Cycle Programs
• European Union Carbon Cycle Programs
• Scientific Groups (unofficial liaisons)
• CarboEurope and CarboOcean
• E.g., COCOS proposal / EU Framework 7
• ESSP Global Carbon Project

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CCIWG and GCP Opportunities to Engage

• NACP and OCCC Priorities continue
• NACP OCCC on NA Coastal Margins
• Northern High-Latitude Ecosystem A U.S. CCSP
  2009 Priority
• Mid-Continent Intensive
• JNACP emphasis on NA Carbon Budget
• Northern Hemisphere Carbon Budget
• Global Carbon Budget (ESSP GCP)
• E.g., Asia, South America and Africa Carbon
  Programs

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Thank You