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The carbon cycle science community recently began an effort to update and revise the very successful 1999 A U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Plan – written by a committee chaired by Jorge Sarmiento and Steve Wofsy. We now have the opportunity to decide how to outline and prioritize a research agenda on the carbon cycle for the next decade. Given the 1999 Plan and 10 years of experience as a point of departure, we have the opportunity now to ask what has been completed or is no longer a high priority? Which research items need to be continued? What questions should be added? Do we need a change in emphasis or a change in priorities? How has our vision of the priority needs been altered by 10 years of activity?

In fact, this activity starts with a virtually clean slate. We can work from the 1999 Plan or begin anew. Four co-chairs have been selected for this activity and an effort has been made to select a working group that represents the breadth of the U.S. carbon cycle research community (see list below). We invite you to review the documents posted here and to share your comments on these documents and on the broader topic of planning for the future of carbon cycle science in the United States at our blog, Carbon Cycle Science Planning.

We look forward to hearing from the broader carbon cycle science community and capturing a vision that addresses a creative research program.

Sincerely,

Anna M. Michalak, amichala[at]umich.edu
Rob Jackson, jackson[at]duke.edu
Gregg Marland marlandgh[at]ornl.gov
Chris Sabine, chris.sabine[at]noaa.gov

Co-Leaders of the Carbon Cycle Science Working Group

Relevant Documents

U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Program Documents

Additional documents may be found on the Documents page.

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

Carbon Cycle Science Working Group

Working Group Co-Chairs

Anna Michalak, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Robert Jackson, Duke University
Gregg Marland, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Christopher Sabine, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Working Group Members

Robert Anderson, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Deborah Bronk, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Kenneth Davis, Pennsylvania State University
Ruth DeFries, Columbia University
Lisa Dilling, University of Colorado
Andy Jacobson, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Matthew Kahn, University of California - Los Angeles
Steve Lohrenz, University of Southern Mississippi
Galen McKinley, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Chip Miller, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Berrien Moore, University of New Hampshire
Dennis Ojima, The Heinz Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment
James Randerson, University of California - Irvine
Steven Running, University of Montana
Brent Sohngen, Ohio State University
Pieter Tans, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Peter Thornton, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Steven Wofsy, Harvard University
Ning Zeng, University of Maryland

Timeline for the Planning Process

May 2008

• Carbon Cycle Science Steering Group (CCSSG) charged with development of an updated or new U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Plan (CCS Plan)

July 2008

• Co-leaders of Carbon Cycle Science Working Group (CCSWG) appointed

September 2008

• CCSWG Planning Team members appointed

November 2008

• First meeting of CCSWG (November 17-18, Washington, DC)

December 2008

• Submit Workshop Report to Eos
• CCSWG Co-leads report on progress to the CCSSG (December 9-10, Arlington, VA)

February 2009

• CCSWG developing a Scoping Paper for revised CCS Plan
• CCSWG presentations at NACP All-Investigators' Meeting (Plenary & Breakout) (February 16-19, San Diego, CA)
• Second Meeting of CCSWG (February 19, San Diego, CA)

March 2009

• Publication of Workshop Report in Eos
• Delivery of CCSWG Scoping Paper

Spring / Summer 2009

• Third Meeting of CCSWG (TBA)

June 2009

• CCSWG Co-leads / report to the CCSSG (June 3-4, Washington, DC)

July 2009

• CCSWG presentation at Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Summer Workshop (July 20-24, Woods Hole, MA)

September 2009

• CCSWG presentation at International Carbon Dioxide Conference (September 13-18, Jena, Germany)

Fall 2009

• Fourth Meeting of CCS WG Meeting with Stakeholders (TBA)
• CCSWG Co-leads report to the CCSSG (TBA)

Fall 2009 / Winter 2010

• CCSWG Writing Team members appointed
• Fifth Meeting of CCSWG

Spring 2010

• Final draft of next CCS Plan

Summer 2010

• Complete production of the next U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Plan

Send Us Your Comments

Please share your comments on these documents and on the broader topic of planning for the future of carbon cycle science in the United States at our blog, Carbon Cycle Science Planning. You may also contact the chairs of the working group at CCSPlan[at]gmail.com.

This page last updated April 15, 2009 .

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