REgional Carbon Cycle Assessment and Processes (RECCAP) Special Issue

June 30, 2015

A special issue of Biogeosciences focused on the first global REgional Carbon Cycle Assessment and Processes (RECCAP) was completed in 2015.

'The REgional Carbon Cycle Assessment and Processes (RECCAP) is an international effort to establish the mean carbon balance and change over the period 1990–2009 for all subcontinents and ocean basins.

RECCAP is based on comparing and reconciling multiple bottom-up estimates, which include observations and model outputs, with the results of regional top-down atmospheric CO₂ inversions (and CH₄ and N₂O when possible).

This special issue presents the final synthesis papers for 14 RECCAP regional carbon budgets, 10 terrestrial regions (Africa, Arctic tundra, Australia, Europe, Russia, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Central and South America, and North America) and 4 ocean regions (Atlantic and Arctic, Indian, Pacific, and Southern Ocean). Additionally, 8 global syntheses support the regional budgets and their integration into the global picture.'

RECCAP is an activity of the Global Carbon Project, with two major sponsors: E.U. COCOS (Coordination Action on Carbon Observation Systems) and the U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Program. In 2011, a joint meeting of the sponsors and all-lead authors' meeting was organized by the U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Program in West Virginia.

*2019 update: For information on RECCAP-2, see here (slides from Global Carbon Project) and here (Gotemba 2019 workshop). The European Space Agency Site on RECCAP-2 is here.*

Download citations of all RECCAP-1 papers from the special issue of Biogeosciences focused on the first global REgional Carbon Cycle Assessment and Processes (RECCAP) completed in 2015 below.

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North America's net terrestrial CO₂ exchange with the atmosphere 1990–2009. A. W. King, R. J. Andres, K. J. Davis, M. Hafer, D. J. Hayes, D. N. Huntzinger, B. de Jong, W. A. Kurz, A. D. McGuire, R. Vargas, Y. Wei, T. O. West, and C. W. Woodall. Biogeosciences, 12, 399-414, 2015. Abstract Final Revised Paper (PDF, 706 KB) Discussion Paper (BGD)

A synthesis of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil-fuel combustion. R. J. Andres, T. A. Boden, F.-M. Bréon, P. Ciais, S. Davis, D. Erickson, J. S. Gregg, A. Jacobson, G. Marland, J. Miller, T. Oda, J. G. J. Olivier, M. R. Raupach, P. Rayner, and K. Treanton. Biogeosciences, 9, 1845-1871, 2012. Abstract Final Revised Paper (PDF, 1354 KB) Discussion Paper (BGD)

An assessment of the carbon balance of Arctic tundra: comparisons among observations, process models, and atmospheric inversions. A. D. McGuire, T. R. Christensen, D. Hayes, A. Heroult, E. Euskirchen, J. S. Kimball, C. Koven, P. Lafleur, P. A. Miller, W. Oechel, P. Peylin, M. Williams, and Y. Yi. Biogeosciences, 9, 3185-3204, 2012. Abstract Final Revised Paper (PDF, 3150 KB) Supplement (288 KB) Discussion Paper (BGD)

An assessment of the Atlantic and Arctic sea–air CO₂ fluxes, 1990–2009.

U. Schuster, G. A. McKinley, N. Bates, F. Chevallier, S. C. Doney, A. R. Fay, M. González-Dávila, N. Gruber, S. Jones, J. Krijnen, P. Landschützer, N. Lefèvre, M. Manizza, J. Mathis, N. Metzl, A. Olsen, A. F. Rios, C. Rödenbeck, J. M. Santana-Casiano, T. Takahashi, R. Wanninkhof, and A. J. Watson. Biogeosciences, 10, 607-627, 2013. Abstract Final Revised Paper (PDF, 1329 KB) Supplement (245 KB) Discussion Paper (BGD)

Carbon Cycle Uncertainty in REgional Carbon Cycle Assessment and Processes (RECCAP)

I. G. Enting, P. J. Rayner, and P. Ciais. Biogeosciences, 9, 2889-2904, 2012Abstract Final Revised Paper (PDF, 438 KB) Discussion Paper (BGD)

A synthesis of carbon in international trade

G. P. Peters, S. J. Davis, and R. Andrew
Biogeosciences, 9, 3247-3276, 2012
Abstract Final Revised Paper (PDF, 4113 KB) Discussion Paper (BGD) Corrigendum

The European land and inland water CO₂, CO, CH₄ and N₂O balance between 2001 and 2005

S. Luyssaert, G. Abril, R. Andres, D. Bastviken, V. Bellassen, P. Bergamaschi, P. Bousquet, F. Chevallier, P. Ciais, M. Corazza, R. Dechow, K.-H. Erb, G. Etiope, A. Fortems-Cheiney, G. Grassi, J. Hartmann, M. Jung, J. Lathière, A. Lohila, E. Mayorga, N. Moosdorf, D. S. Njakou, J. Otto, D. Papale, W. Peters, P. Peylin, P. Raymond, C. Rödenbeck, S. Saarnio, E.-D. Schulze, S. Szopa, R. Thompson, P. J. Verkerk, N. Vuichard, R. Wang, M. Wattenbach, and S. Zaehle
Biogeosciences, 9, 3357-3380, 2012
Abstract Final Revised Paper (PDF, 1584 KB) Supplement (796 KB) Discussion Paper (BGD)

The carbon budget of terrestrial ecosystems in East Asia over the last two decades

S. L. Piao, A. Ito, S. G. Li, Y. Huang, P. Ciais, X. H. Wang, S. S. Peng, H. J. Nan, C. Zhao, A. Ahlström, R. J. Andres, F. Chevallier, J. Y. Fang, J. Hartmann, C. Huntingford, S. Jeong, S. Levis, P. E. Levy, J. S. Li, M. R. Lomas, J. F. Mao, E. Mayorga, A. Mohammat, H. Muraoka, C. H. Peng, P. Peylin, B. Poulter, Z. H. Shen, X. Shi, S. Sitch, S. Tao, H. Q. Tian, X. P. Wu, M. Xu, G. R. Yu, N. Viovy, S. Zaehle, N. Zeng, and B. Zhu
Biogeosciences, 9, 3571-3586, 2012
Abstract Final Revised Paper (PDF, 1620 KB) Supplement (108 KB) Discussion Paper (BGD)

Carbon emissions from land use and land-cover change

R. A. Houghton, J. I. House, J. Pongratz, G. R. van der Werf, R. S. DeFries, M. C. Hansen, C. Le Quéré, and N. Ramankutty
Biogeosciences, 9, 5125-5142, 2012
Abstract Final Revised Paper (PDF, 1079 KB) Discussion Paper (BGD)

An estimate of the terrestrial carbon budget of Russia using inventory-based, eddy covariance and inversion methods

A. J. Dolman, A. Shvidenko, D. Schepaschenko, P. Ciais, N. Tchebakova, T. Chen, M. K. van der Molen, L. Belelli Marchesini, T. C. Maximov, S. Maksyutov, and E.-D. Schulze
Biogeosciences, 9, 5323-5340, 2012
Abstract Final Revised Paper (PDF, 2390 KB) Discussion Paper (BGD)

The carbon balance of South America: a review of the status, decadal trends and main determinants

M. Gloor, L. Gatti, R. Brienen, T. R. Feldpausch, O. L. Phillips, J. Miller, J. P. Ometto, H. Rocha, T. Baker, B. de Jong, R. A. Houghton, Y. Malhi, L. E. O. C. Aragão, J.-L. Guyot, K. Zhao, R. Jackson, P. Peylin, S. Sitch, B. Poulter, M. Lomas, S. Zaehle, C. Huntingford, P. Levy, and J. Lloyd
Biogeosciences, 9, 5407-5430, 2012
Abstract Final Revised Paper (PDF, 1094 KB) Supplement (355 KB) Discussion Paper (BGD)

The carbon budget of South Asia

P. K. Patra, J. G. Canadell, R. A. Houghton, S. L. Piao, N.-H. Oh, P. Ciais, K. R. Manjunath, A. Chhabra, T. Wang, T. Bhattacharya, P. Bousquet, J. Hartman, A. Ito, E. Mayorga, Y. Niwa, P. A. Raymond, V. V. S. S. Sarma, and R. Lasco
Biogeosciences, 10, 513-527, 2013
Abstract Final Revised Paper (PDF, 1111 KB) Discussion Paper (BGD)

The Australian terrestrial carbon budget

V. Haverd, M. R. Raupach, P. R. Briggs, J. G. Canadell., S. J. Davis, R. M. Law, C. P. Meyer, G. P. Peters, C. Pickett-Heaps, and B. Sherman
Biogeosciences, 10, 851-869, 2013
Abstract Final Revised Paper (PDF, 4018 KB) Discussion Paper (BGD) Corrigendum

Global ocean carbon uptake: magnitude, variability and trends

R. Wanninkhof, G. -H. Park, T. Takahashi, C. Sweeney, R. Feely, Y. Nojiri, N. Gruber, S. C. Doney, G. A. McKinley, A. Lenton, C. Le Quéré, C. Heinze, J. Schwinger, H. Graven, and S. Khatiwala
Biogeosciences, 10, 1983-2000, 2013
Abstract Final Revised Paper (PDF, 2925 KB) Supplement (5446 KB) Discussion Paper (BGD)

Global ocean storage of anthropogenic carbon

S. Khatiwala, T. Tanhua, S. Mikaloff Fletcher, M. Gerber, S. C. Doney, H. D. Graven, N. Gruber, G. A. McKinley, A. Murata, A. F. Ríos, and C. L. Sabine
Biogeosciences, 10, 2169-2191, 2013
Abstract Final Revised Paper (PDF, 2674 KB) Discussion Paper (BGD)

Sea–air CO₂ fluxes in the Southern Ocean for the period 1990–2009

A. Lenton, B. Tilbrook, R. M. Law, D. Bakker, S. C. Doney, N. Gruber, M. Ishii, M. Hoppema, N. S. Lovenduski, R. J. Matear, B. I. McNeil, N. Metzl, S. E. Mikaloff Fletcher, P. M. S. Monteiro, C. Rödenbeck, C. Sweeney, and T. Takahashi
Biogeosciences, 10, 4037-4054, 2013
Abstract Final Revised Paper (PDF, 9430 KB) Discussion Paper (BGD)

Air–sea exchanges of CO₂ in the world's coastal seas

C.-T. A. Chen, T.-H. Huang, Y.-C. Chen, Y. Bai, X. He, and Y. Kang
Biogeosciences, 10, 6509-6544, 2013
Abstract Final Revised Paper (PDF, 1800 KB) Discussion Paper (BGD)

Global atmospheric carbon budget: results from an ensemble of atmospheric CO₂ inversions

P. Peylin, R. M. Law, K. R. Gurney, F. Chevallier, A. R. Jacobson, T. Maki, Y. Niwa, P. K. Patra, W. Peters, P. J. Rayner, C. Rödenbeck, I. T. van der Laan-Luijkx, and X. Zhang
Biogeosciences, 10, 6699-6720, 2013
Abstract Final Revised Paper (PDF, 874 KB) Supplement (3331 KB) Discussion Paper (BGD)

Sea–air CO₂ fluxes in the Indian Ocean between 1990 and 2009

V. V. S. S. Sarma, A. Lenton, R. M. Law, N. Metzl, P. K. Patra, S. Doney, I. D. Lima, E. Dlugokencky, M. Ramonet, and V. Valsala
Biogeosciences, 10, 7035-7052, 2013
Abstract Final Revised Paper (PDF, 4471 KB) Discussion Paper (BGD)

A full greenhouse gases budget of Africa: synthesis, uncertainties, and vulnerabilities

R. Valentini, A. Arneth, A. Bombelli, S. Castaldi, R. Cazzolla Gatti, F. Chevallier, P. Ciais, E. Grieco, J. Hartmann, M. Henry, R. A. Houghton, M. Jung, W. L. Kutsch, Y. Malhi, E. Mayorga, L. Merbold, G. Murray-Tortarolo, D. Papale, P. Peylin, B. Poulter, P. A. Raymond, M. Santini, S. Sitch, G. Vaglio Laurin, G. R. van der Werf, C. A. Williams, and R. J. Scholes
Biogeosciences, 11, 381-407, 2014
Abstract Final Revised Paper (PDF, 3138 KB) Discussion Paper (BGD)

Air–sea CO₂ flux in the Pacific Ocean for the period 1990–2009

M. Ishii, R. A. Feely, K. B. Rodgers, G.-H. Park, R. Wanninkhof, D. Sasano, H. Sugimoto, C. E. Cosca, S. Nakaoka, M. Telszewski, Y. Nojiri, S. E. Mikaloff Fletcher, Y. Niwa, P. K. Patra, V. Valsala, H. Nakano, I. Lima, S. C. Doney, E. T. Buitenhuis, O. Aumont, J. P. Dunne, A. Lenton, and T. Takahashi
Biogeosciences, 11, 709-734, 2014
Abstract Final Revised Paper (PDF, 1271 KB) Discussion Paper (BGD)

Current systematic carbon-cycle observations and the need for implementing a policy-relevant carbon observing system

P. Ciais, A. J. Dolman, A. Bombelli, R. Duren, A. Peregon, P. J. Rayner, C. Miller, N. Gobron, G. Kinderman, G. Marland, N. Gruber, F. Chevallier, R. J. Andres, G. Balsamo, L. Bopp, F.-M. Bréon, G. Broquet, R. Dargaville, T. J. Battin, A. Borges, H. Bovensmann, M. Buchwitz, J. Butler, J. G. Canadell, R. B. Cook, R. DeFries, R. Engelen, K. R. Gurney, C. Heinze, M. Heimann, A. Held, M. Henry, B. Law, S. Luyssaert, J. Miller, T. Moriyama, C. Moulin, R. B. Myneni, C. Nussli, M. Obersteiner, D. Ojima, Y. Pan, J.-D. Paris, S. L. Piao, B. Poulter, S. Plummer, S. Quegan, P. Raymond, M. Reichstein, L. Rivier, C. Sabine, D. Schimel, O. Tarasova, R. Valentini, R. Wang, G. van der Werf, D. Wickland, M. Williams, and C. Zehner
Biogeosciences, 11, 3547-3602, 2014
Abstract Final Revised Paper (PDF, 4090 KB) Discussion Paper (BGD)

Recent trends and drivers of regional sources and sinks of carbon dioxide

S. Sitch, P. Friedlingstein, N. Gruber, S. D. Jones, G. Murray-Tortarolo, A. Ahlström, S. C. Doney, H. Graven, C. Heinze, C. Huntingford, S. Levis, P. E. Levy, M. Lomas, B. Poulter, N. Viovy, S. Zaehle, N. Zeng, A. Arneth, G. Bonan, L. Bopp, J. G. Canadell, F. Chevallier, P. Ciais, R. Ellis, M. Gloor, P. Peylin, S. L. Piao, C. Le Quéré, B. Smith, Z. Zhu, and R. Myneni
Biogeosciences, 12, 653-679, 2015
Abstract Final Revised Paper (PDF, 6271 KB) Supplement (522 KB) Discussion Paper (BGD)

Corrigendum to "The Australian Terrestrial Carbon Budget" published in Biogeosciences, 10, 851–869, 2013

V. Haverd, M. R. Raupach, P. R. Briggs, J. G. Canadell, S. J. Davis, R. M. Law, C. P. Meyer, G. P. Peters, C. Pickett-Heaps, and B. Sherman
Biogeosciences, 12, 3603-3605, 2015
Abstract Final Revised Paper (PDF, 47 KB) Corresponding Article

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