A science plan for carbon cycle research in North American coastal waters. Report of the Coastal CARbon Synthesis (CCARS) community workshop, August 19-21, 2014
Year: 2016
Type: book
Abstract: Relative to their surface area, continental margins represent some of the largest carbon fluxes in the global ocean, but sparse and sporadic sampling in space and time makes these systems difficult to characterize and quantify. Recognizing the importance of continental margins to the overall North American carbon budget, terrestrial and marine carbon cycle scientists have been collaborating on a series of synthesis, carbon budgeting, and modeling exercises for coastal regions of North America, which include the Gulf of Mexico, the Laurentian Great Lakes (LGL), and the coastal waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans. The Coastal CARbon Synthesis (CCARS) workshops and research activities have been conducted over the past several years as a partner activity between the Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB) Program and the North American Carbon Program (NACP) to synthesize existing data and improve quantitative assessments of the North American carbon budget.
DOI: 10.1575/1912/7777
Authors: Heather M. Benway, Simone R. Alin, Elizabeth Boyer, Wei-Jun Cai, Paula G. Coble, Jessica N. Cross, Marjorie A. M. Friedrichs, Miguel Goni, Peter Griffith, Maria Herrmann, Steven E. Lohrenz, Jeremy T. Mathis, Galen A. McKinley, Raymond G. Najjar, Cynthia H. Pilskaln, Samantha A. Siedlecki, Richard A. Smith
Institutions: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, Pennsylvania State University, University of Georgia, United States Geological Survey, Earth Resources Observation and Science Center, Oregon State University, Stennis Space Center, University of Southern Mississippi, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Wisconsin–Madison, University of Washington
Language: English
Subfield: Oceanography
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Climate action
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2276340546