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Title: Report of a workshop on climate feedbacks and the role of peatlands, tundra, and boreal ecosystems in the global carbon cycle

Abstract

A workshop held in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, assembled leading North American researchers to discuss recent research results and accomplish three goals: (1) estimate, given current knowledge, the net flux of carbon cycle gases between northern ecosystems and the atmosphere under projected climates for atmospheric CO{sub 2} concentrations approaching 580 ppmv; (2) determine the key uncertainties in such a calculation and the short-term research necessary to significantly reduce these uncertainties; and (3) identify long-term research objectives that will increase our confidence in the accuracy of carbon cycle gas flux estimates in northern ecosystems. The research summaries included studies to (1) understand the relationships between climate, direct effects of increased CO{sub 2}, nutrient cycling and organic matter production and accumulation in peatland, tundra, and boreal ecosystems; and (2) extend current experimental methods of using remote sensing for the difficult task of extrapolating stand or subsystem processes over regional or global scales. 169 refs., 4 figs., 2 tabs.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. ed.
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
DOE/ER
OSTI Identifier:
7107024
Report Number(s):
ORNL/TM-11457; CONF-8804321-Summ.
ON: DE90008081
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-84OR21400
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Workshop on climate feedbacks and the role of peatlands, tundra, and boreal ecosystems in the global carbon cycle, Oak Ridge, TN (USA), 4-6 Apr 1988; Other Information: Environmental Sciences Division Publication No. 3289
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; CARBON CYCLE; GLOBAL ASPECTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; CLIMATES; FEEDBACK; DATA COVARIANCES; MINIMIZATION; ECOSYSTEMS; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; BOREAL REGIONS; CALCULATION METHODS; DECOMPOSITION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDROLOGY; METHANE; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC MATTER; PEAT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TUNDRA; ALKANES; CARBON COMPOUNDS; CARBON OXIDES; CHALCOGENIDES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ENERGY SOURCES; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; HYDROCARBONS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; 540120* - Environment, Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)

Citation Formats

Post, W. M. Report of a workshop on climate feedbacks and the role of peatlands, tundra, and boreal ecosystems in the global carbon cycle. United States: N. p., 1990. Web.
Post, W. M. Report of a workshop on climate feedbacks and the role of peatlands, tundra, and boreal ecosystems in the global carbon cycle. United States.
Post, W. M. 1990. "Report of a workshop on climate feedbacks and the role of peatlands, tundra, and boreal ecosystems in the global carbon cycle". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/7107024.
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abstractNote = {A workshop held in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, assembled leading North American researchers to discuss recent research results and accomplish three goals: (1) estimate, given current knowledge, the net flux of carbon cycle gases between northern ecosystems and the atmosphere under projected climates for atmospheric CO{sub 2} concentrations approaching 580 ppmv; (2) determine the key uncertainties in such a calculation and the short-term research necessary to significantly reduce these uncertainties; and (3) identify long-term research objectives that will increase our confidence in the accuracy of carbon cycle gas flux estimates in northern ecosystems. The research summaries included studies to (1) understand the relationships between climate, direct effects of increased CO{sub 2}, nutrient cycling and organic matter production and accumulation in peatland, tundra, and boreal ecosystems; and (2) extend current experimental methods of using remote sensing for the difficult task of extrapolating stand or subsystem processes over regional or global scales. 169 refs., 4 figs., 2 tabs.},
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