Development of a Framework and Modeling Tool for Spatially-Explicit Full Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Accounting at the Regional to National Scale: Estimating Net C-Equivalent Flux from U.S. Agriculture
The overall purpose of this research is to develop a framework and modeling tool for estimating and monitoring changes in carbon stocks and net greenhouse gas emissions caused by changes in land use and land management. We are combining ongoing research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory on terrestrial carbon dynamics with current socioeconomic and l ... [more]
Measurement Approaches:
Remote Sensing
Science Questions:
Diagnosis
Prediction
Decision Support
GHG Compounds:
Carbon Dioxide
Spatial Extents of Study:
Subregional Intensive
Region
Air
Land
US
Funding Agencies:
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Description: Estimates of annual soil carbon flux; fossil-fuel emissions on agricultural lands;livestock emissions; carbon transported off-site from agricultural lands; and human respiration (to compliment CO2 from livestock)
Expected Users: Expected use in bottom-up vs. top-down comparisons of CO2 flux.
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Publications:
Nelson, R.G., C.M. Hellwinckel, C.C. Brandt, T.O. West, D.G. De La Torre Ugarte, G. Marland. 2009. Energy use and carbon dioxide emissions from cropland production in the United States, 1990-2004. Journal of Environmental Quality 38: 418-425.
West, T.O., N. Singh, G. Marland, B.L. Bhaduri, A. Roddy. 2009. The human carbon budget: spatial estimates of carbon consumption and release in the United States. Biogeochemistry DOI 10.1007/x10533-009-9306-z.
West, T.O., C.C. Brandt, B.S. Wilson, C.M. Hellwinckel, D.D. Tyler, G. Marland, D.G. De La Torre Ugarte, J.A. Larson, R. Nelson. 2008. Estimating regional changes in soil carbon with high spatial resolution. Soil Science Society of America Journal 72: 285-294.
2nd NACP All-Investigators Meeting Posters:
Predicting Net Carbon Flux with Expected Changes in U.S. Agriculture: Some Potential Impacts of Bioenergy Crops in the U.S. Carbon Budget -- (Tristram O West, Craig C Brandt, Chad M Hellwinckel, Robert D Perlack, Latha M Baskaran, Daniel G De La Torre Ugarte, Mark E Downing, Bradly S Wilson, Richard G Nelson) [abstract]
