Carbon and biogeochemistry
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
- Carnegie Inst. of Washington, Stanford, CA (United States)
The central issue in global biogeochemistry is understanding the processes that result in flow, storage, and transformation of carbon in the atmosphere, terrestrial vegetation and soil, and oceans. To understand the terrestrial biogeochemistry of carbon it is also necessary to know the dynamics of N in particular, and also P and S. N and S also have important trace gas components in their biogeochemical cycles. In all these activities, remote sensing can play several valuable roles. In order to identify these roles and provide information that can lead to future remote sensing developments that can aid investigations into global biogeochemistry, we need to (a) identify important phenomena, (b) define measures and concepts needed to model and understand them, and (c) clarify the role that remote sensing can play.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- OSTI ID:
- 10186365
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9206303-1; ON: DE93001368; CNN: Grant NAGW-2660
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: International satellite and land surface characterization program Americas,Columbia, MO (United States),23-24 Jun 1992; Other Information: PBD: [1992]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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