Global Patterns of CO2 Emissions from Soils on a 0.5 Degree Grid Cell Basis

Raich, J. W.; Potter, C. S.

doi:10.3334/CDIAC/LUE.DB1015

Title: Global Patterns of CO2 Emissions from Soils on a 0.5 Degree Grid Cell Basis

Dataset
Other Related Research

Abstract

We use semi-mechanistic, empirically based statistical models to predict the spatial and temporal patterns of global carbon dioxide emissions from terrestrial soils. Emissions include the respiration of both soil organisms and plant roots. At the global scale, rates of soil CO2 efflux correlate significantly with temperature and precipitation; they do not correlate well with soil carbon pools, soil nitrogen pools, or soil C:N. Wetlands cover about 3% of the land area but diminish predicted CO2 emissions by only about 1%. The estimated annual flux of CO2 from soils to the atmosphere is estimated to be 76.5 Pg C yr-1, 1-9 Pg greater than previous global estimates, and 30-60% greater than terrestrial net primary productivity. Historic land cover changes are estimated to have reduced current annual soil CO2 emissions by 0.2-2.0 Pg C yr-1 in comparison with an undisturbed vegetation cover. Soil CO2 fluxes have a pronounced seasonal pattern in most locations, with maximum emissions coinciding with periods of active plant growth. Our models suggest that soils produce CO2 throughout the year and thereby contribute to the observed wintertime increases in atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Our derivation of statistically based estimates of soil CO2 emissions at a 0.5-degree latitude-by-longitude spatial and monthlymore »« less

Authors:

Raich, J. W.; Potter, C. S.

Iowa State University, Dept. of Botany
NASA Ames Research Center

Publication Date:: Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1996

Other Number(s):: cdiac:doi 10.3334/CDIAC/lue.db1015

Research Org.:: Environmental System Science Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem (ESS-DIVE) (United States)

Collaborations:: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC)

Subject:: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Keywords:: CO2; Carbon Dioxide; Emissions; Microbes; Respiration; Roots; Soil; Carbon Release; Climate Change; Global Patterns; CO2 flux (100g C/m2); land; lsea

Geolocation:: 90.0,180.0|-90.0,180.0|-90.0,-180.0|90.0,-180.0|90.0,180.0

OSTI Identifier:: 1389494

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.3334/CDIAC/LUE.DB1015

Project Location:

Citation Formats


                    Raich, J. W., and Potter, C. S. Global Patterns of CO2 Emissions from Soils on a 0.5 Degree Grid Cell Basis.  United States: N. p., 1996. 
        Web.  doi:10.3334/CDIAC/LUE.DB1015.

Copy to clipboard


                    Raich, J. W., & Potter, C. S. Global Patterns of CO2 Emissions from Soils on a 0.5 Degree Grid Cell Basis.  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.3334/CDIAC/LUE.DB1015

Copy to clipboard


                    Raich, J. W., and Potter, C. S. 1996.  
"Global Patterns of CO2 Emissions from Soils on a 0.5 Degree Grid Cell Basis".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.3334/CDIAC/LUE.DB1015.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1389494. Pub date:Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1996

Copy to clipboard


                    
@article{osti_1389494,

  title        = {Global Patterns of CO2 Emissions from Soils on a 0.5 Degree Grid Cell Basis},

  author       = {Raich, J. W. and Potter, C. S.},

  abstractNote = {We use semi-mechanistic, empirically based statistical models to predict the spatial and temporal patterns of global carbon dioxide emissions from terrestrial soils. Emissions include the respiration of both soil organisms and plant roots. At the global scale, rates of soil CO2 efflux correlate significantly with temperature and precipitation; they do not correlate well with soil carbon pools, soil nitrogen pools, or soil C:N. Wetlands cover about 3% of the land area but diminish predicted CO2 emissions by only about 1%. The estimated annual flux of CO2 from soils to the atmosphere is estimated to be 76.5 Pg C yr-1, 1-9 Pg greater than previous global estimates, and 30-60% greater than terrestrial net primary productivity. Historic land cover changes are estimated to have reduced current annual soil CO2 emissions by 0.2-2.0 Pg C yr-1 in comparison with an undisturbed vegetation cover. Soil CO2 fluxes have a pronounced seasonal pattern in most locations, with maximum emissions coinciding with periods of active plant growth. Our models suggest that soils produce CO2 throughout the year and thereby contribute to the observed wintertime increases in atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Our derivation of statistically based estimates of soil CO2 emissions at a 0.5-degree latitude-by-longitude spatial and monthly temporal resolution represents the best-resolved estimate to date of global CO2 fluxes from soils and should facilitate investigations of net carbon exchanges between the atmosphere and terrestrial biosphere.},

  doi          = {10.3334/CDIAC/LUE.DB1015},

  journal      = {},

  number       = ,

  volume       = ,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1996},

  month        = {Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1996}

}

Copy to clipboard

Dataset:

View Dataset

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3334/CDIAC/LUE.DB1015

Save / Share:

Export Metadata

Save to My Library

Similar records in DOE Data Explorer and OSTI.GOV collections:

Interannual Variability in Global Soil Respiration on a 0.5 Degree Grid Cell Basis (1980-1994)

Dataset Raich, J. W. ; Potter, C. S. ; Bhagawati, D.

The Principal Investigators used a climate-driven regression model to develop spatially resolved estimates of soil-CO2 emissions from the terrestrial land surface for each month from January 1980 to December 1994, to evaluate the effects of interannual variations in climate on global soil-to-atmosphere CO2 fluxes. The mean annual global soil-CO2 flux over this 15-y period was estimated to be 80.4 (range 79.3-81.8) Pg C. Monthly variations in global soil-CO2 emissions followed closely the mean temperature cycle of the Northern Hemisphere. Globally, soil-CO2 emissions reached their minima in February and peaked in July and August. Tropical and subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests contributedmore »« less
Global patterns of carbon dioxide emissions from soils on a 0.5-degree-grid-cell basis

Journal Article Raich, J W ; Potter, C S - CDIAC Communications

Semimechanistic, empirically based statistical models were used to predict the spatial (0.5-degree grid cells) and temporal (monthly and annual) patterns of global carbon emissions form terrestrial soils. Emissions include the respiration of both soil organisms and plant roots. Geographically referenced data of mean monthly air temperature and precipitation, soil organic carbon and nitrogen content, soil type and natural vegetation type were used in the model development. It was found that, at the global scale, the rates of soil CO{sub 2} efflux correlate significantly with temperature and precipitation, have a pronounced seasonal pattern in most locations, and contribute to observed wintertimemore » increases in atmospheric CO{sub 2}.« less
Geographic Patterns of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Fossil-Fuel Burning\, Hydraulic Cement Production\, and Gas Flaring on a One Degree by One Degree Grid Cell Basis: 1950 to 1990 (NDP:058) (Issued March, 1997)

Dataset Andres, R.J. ; Marland, G. ; Fung, I. ; ...

This data package presents data sets recording 1° latitude by 1° longitude CO2 emissions in units of thousand metric tons of carbon per year from anthropogenic sources for 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, and 1990. Detailed geographic information on CO2 emissions can be critical in understanding the pattern of the atmospheric and biospheric response to these emissions. Global, regional, and national annual estimates for 1950 through 1992 were published previously. Those national, annual CO2 emission estimates were based on statistics about fossil-fuel burning, cement manufacturing and gas flaring in oil fields as well as energy production, consumption, and trade data, usingmore »« less
Carbon Dioxide Emission Estimates from Fossil-Fuel Burning\, Hydraulic Cement Production\, and Gas Flaring for 1995 on a One Degree Grid Cell Basis

Dataset Andres, R. J. ; Boden, T. A. ; Marland, G.

The 2016 version of this database presents a time series recording 1° latitude by 1° longitude CO2 emissions in units of million metric tons of carbon per year from anthropogenic sources for 1751-2013. Detailed geographic information on CO2 emissions can be critical in understanding the pattern of the atmospheric and biospheric response to these emissions. Global, regional, and national annual estimates for 1751 through 2013 were published earlier (Boden et al. 2016). Those national, annual CO2 emission estimates were based on statistics about fossil-fuel burning, cement manufacturing and gas flaring in oil fields as well as energy production, consumption, andmore »« less
Global Population Distribution (1990),Terrestrial Area and Country Name Information on a One by One Degree Grid Cell Basis

Dataset Li, Y.-F.

This data base contains gridded (one degree by one degree) information on the world-wide distribution of the population for 1990 and country-specific information on the percentage of the country's population present in each grid cell (Li, 1996a). Secondly, the data base contains the percentage of a country's total area in a grid cell and the country's percentage of the grid cell that is terrestrial (Li, 1996b). Li (1996b) also developed an indicator signifying how many countries are represented in a grid cell and if a grid cell is part of the sea; this indicator is only relevant for the land,more »« less

Similar Records