The links below are intended to provide an overview of on-line research efforts and resources related to the carbon cycle and global environmental change.

By Geographic Region

United States & North America

AmeriFlux

Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Global Change National Program

Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (BOREAS)

Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC)

CarboNA

Carbon Mitigation Initiative (CMI)

Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) Global Change & Climate Program

Department of Energy Terrestrial Carbon Processes

Fluxnet-Canada

Free Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment (FACE)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems

National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

• Annual Greenhouse Gas Index (AGGI)
• Carbon Cycle Greenhouse Gases Group
• Carbon Tracker
• Climate Program Office - Global Carbon Cycle

National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Geosciences

North American Carbon Program (NACP)

Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemicstry (OCB)

• Data Management Office (OCB DMO)

State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR)

US Climate Change Science Program (CCSP)

US Forest Service (USFS) Research and Development - Climate Change

US Geological Survey (USGS) Global Change Research

US Global Change Research Information Office (GCRIO)

US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP)

US Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study (US-SOLAS)

 

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Europe

CarboEurope Cluster

CarboEurope IP

CarboOcean IP

European Project on Ocean Acidification

 

International Partnerships

Analysis, Integration and Modeling of the Earth System (AIMES)

• Builds on the foundation of Global Analysis, Integration, and Modelling (GAIM)

Atmospheric Tracer Transport Model Intercomparison Project (Transcom)

Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR)

Earth System Science Partnership

FLUXNET

Global Carbon Project (GCP)

• Project-wide high-level synthesis effort: REgional Carbon Cycle Assessment and Processes (RECCAP)

Global Climate Observation System (GCOS)

Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX)

Integrated Global Carbon Observation (IGCO)

Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research (IMBER)

International Geosphere - Biosphere Programme (IGBP)

International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP)

International Ocean Carbon Coordination Project (IOCCP)

Ocean Carbon-Cycle Model Intercomparison Project (OCMIP)

Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS)

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC)

World Climate Research Program (WCRP)

 

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By Discipline

Carbon Cycle

Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (BOREAS)

Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC)

CarboNA

Carbon Mitigation Initiative (CMI)

FLUXNET

• AmeriFlux
• Fluxnet-Canada

Free Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment (FACE)

Global Carbon Project (GCP)

Integrated Global Carbon Observation (IGCO)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Program Office - Global Carbon Cycle

North American Carbon Program (NACP)

State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR)

Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS)

US Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study (US SOLAS)

 

Atmospheric Carbon

Atmospheric Tracer Transport Model Intercomparison Project (Transcom)

National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
http://www.ncar.ucar.edu

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

• Annual Greenhouse Gas Index (AGGI)
• Carbon Cycle Greenhouse Gases Group
• Carbon Tracker

 

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Ocean Carbon

Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemicstry (OCB)

• Data Management Office (OCB DMO)

Ocean Carbon-Cycle Model Intercomparison Project (OCMIP)

CarboOcean IP

European Project on Ocean Acidification

Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research (IMBER)

International Ocean Carbon Coordination Project (IOCCP)

 

Terrestrial Carbon

CarboEurope Cluster

CarboEurope IP

Department of Energy Terrestrial Carbon Processes (DOE TCP)

 

Global Change

Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Global Change National Program

Analysis, Integration and Modeling of the Earth System (AIMES)

• Builds on the foundation of Global Analysis, Integration, and Modelling (GAIM)

Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR)

Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) Global Change & Climate Program

Earth System Science Partnership

Global Climate Observation System (GCOS)

Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX)

International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP)

National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Geosciences

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC)

US Climate Change Science Program (CCSP)

US Forest Service (USFS) Research and Development - Climate Change

US Geological Survey Global Change Research

US Global Change Research Information Office (GCRIO)

US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP)

World Climate Research Program (WCRP)

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