REgional Carbon Cycle Assessment and Processes (RECCAP) Special Issue
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 (slides from Global Carbon Project) and The European Space Agency Site on RECCAP-2
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.
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
