Overview
The North American Carbon Program (NACP) is a multidisciplinary research program designed to
obtain scientific understanding of North America's carbon sources and sinks and
of changes in carbon stocks needed to meet societal concerns and to provide
tools for decision makers. Successful execution of the NACP will require an
unprecedented level of coordination
among observational, experimental, and modeling efforts regarding terrestrial,
oceanic, atmospheric, and human components. NACP will rely upon a rich and diverse
array of existing observational networks, monitoring sites, and experimental field
studies in North America and its adjacent oceans.
NACP Intensive Field Campaigns
The North American Carbon Program (NACP) conducts intensive experimental field
campaigns to:
- address specific science issues, questions, and hypotheses
- develop and test methods and models
- calibrate and validate remote sensing observations relevant to NACP objectives
- produce critical data and analyses
NACP intensive campaigns address specific, challenging issues that are critical to the success of the overall program. Typically, intensive campaigns require unusual concentrations of resources, and other major program elements depend on their timely completion.
The ORNL DAAC is currently in the process of archiving initial NACP data sets. This will be a continuous process, so check here frequently for updates.
NACP Resources
The following NACP resources are available:
- NACP Web Site
- NACP Science Implementation Strategy, July 2005
- Data Management for the North American Carbon Program Workshop, January 2005
Get NACP-Related Data
- See list of data sets and download data
- Modeling and Synthesis Thematic Data Center (MAST-DC)
- Search MASTDC Metadata
- WebGIS for North America
- MODIS Subsets
- Mid-continent Site Characterization Data (AmeriFlux)
- The AmeriFlux Web Site
- Preliminary Airborne Data Acquisition, Summer 2003
- COBRA CO2 Budget and Regional Airborne Study: North America 2003
- Landsat Ecosystem Disturbance Adaptive Processing System (LEDAPS), North America
Related NACP Links
Information related to the NACP can be found at the following links: