Global Carbon Cycle

OGP's Global Carbon Cycle (GCC) program seeks to improve our ability to predict the fate of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) and future atmospheric CO2 concentrations using a combination of atmospheric and oceanic global observations, process-oriented field studies and modeling. The GCC program is a part of the newly formed interagency Carbon Cycle Science initiative of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). Background information on the scientific justification for the integrated carbon cycle program can be found in the Carbon Cycle Science Plan (1999).

GCC research is integrated across four over-riding themes:

1. Global Location, Magnitude and Dynamics of Carbon Sources and Sinks
2. Northern Hemisphere Carbon Sinks
3. Causes of Variability in Sources and Sinks
4. Future Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Concentrations 

• GCC Information Sheet

GCC Projects

• Project Abstracts

The GCC Program

• Carbon Cycle Science Breakthroughs. . . at NOAA and Beyond
• A Plan for Data Management of Oceanic Observations Within the NOAA Global Carbon Cycle Program, 10/25-26/02
• A Large-Scale CO2 Observing Plan: In Situ Oceans and Atmosphere, 06/11/02

OGP-Funded Research Publications 2004

Sabine, C.L., R.A. Feely, N. Gruber, R.M. Key, K. Lee, J.L. Bullister, R. Wanninkhof, C.S. Wong, D.W.R. Wallace, B. Tilbrook, F.J. Millero, T.-H. Peng, A. Kozyr, T. Ono, and A.F. Rios (2004): The oceanic sink for anthropogenic CO2. Science.

Feely, R.A., C.L. Sabine, K. Lee, W. Berelson, J. Kleypas, V.J. Fabry, and F.J. Millero (2003): The impact of anthropogenic CO2 on the CaCO3 system in the oceans. Science.

Media

Study Details Distribution, Impacts of Carbon Dioxide in theWorld Oceans

Upcoming Meetings and Events

• 7/12-15/2004, US JGOFS Synthesis and Modeling Project Principal Investigator Workshop - Woods Hole, MA
• 8/20-21/2004, Remote Sensing and the NACP - Missoula, Montana
• 9/16-17/2004, Carbon Cycle Science: Reconciling Supply and Demand - Fort Collins, Colorado
• 10/24-30/2004, Airborne Flux Measurements and Remote Sensing - A CarboEurope Advanced Training Course - Rome, Italy
• 9/26-30/2005, The Seventh International Carbon Dioxide Conference, Boulder, CO

Previous Meetings

• 6/2-4/2004, Understanding North Pacific Carbon-cycle Changes: A data synthesis and modeling workshop
• 1/26-30/2004, 2004 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR
• 11/2-5/2003, GSA Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA
• 6/30-7/11/2003, SOLAS Summer School, Corsica, France
• 5/12-14/2003, NACP Joint PI Meeting, Arlington, VA
• 5/5-8/2003, USA JGOFS Final Symposium, Washington, DC
• 4/30-5/1/2003, CMDL Annual Meeting, Boulder, CO
• 4/7-11/2003, EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Nice, France
• 2/17-18/2003, SCOR - IOC International Symposium on Ocean Carbon Sequestration Science, Irvine, CA

Links

Research:

• AOML CO2 Group
• CMDL Carbon Cycle Greenhouse Gases
• PMEL Global Carbon Cycle Program
• Carbon Modeling Consortium

Data Links:

• Ocean Atmosphere Carbon Exchange Study Data
• Ferret Data Visualization and Analysis
• Global Ocean Data Analysis Project
• Joint Global Ocean Flux Study-Synthesis and Modeling Project

Other:

• USGCRP Carbon Cycle Science Program
• Ocean Carbon-Cycle Model Intercomparison Project

Our staff:
Kathy Tedesco
Program Manager
(301) 427-2089 ext. 119
(301) 427-2222 (fax)
e-mail: kathy.tedesco@noaa.gov

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