Award Abstract # 0531082
Collaborative Research: Synthesis of Arctic System Carbon Cycle Research Through Model-Data Fusion Studies Using Atmospheric Inversion and Process-Based Approaches

NSF Org: OPP
Office of Polar Programs (OPP)
Recipient: THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY
Initial Amendment Date: July 29, 2005
Latest Amendment Date: March 6, 2006
Award Number: 0531082
Award Instrument: Standard Grant
Program Manager: Neil R. Swanberg
OPP  Office of Polar Programs (OPP)
GEO  Directorate for Geosciences
Start Date: August 15, 2005
End Date: July 31, 2009 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount: $0.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date: $270,538.00
Funds Obligated to Date: FY 2005 = $270,538.00
History of Investigator:
  • Jerry Melillo (Principal Investigator)
     jmelillo@mbl.edu
  • Bruce Peterson (Co-Principal Investigator)
  • James McClelland (Co-Principal Investigator)
  • David Kicklighter (Co-Principal Investigator)
Recipient Sponsored Research Office: Marine Biological Laboratory
 7 M B L ST
 WOODS HOLE
 MA  US  02543-1015
(508)289-7243
Sponsor Congressional District: 09
Primary Place of Performance: Marine Biological Laboratory
 7 M B L ST
 WOODS HOLE
 MA  US  02543-1015
Primary Place of Performance
Congressional District:		 09
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI): M2XKLRTA9G44
Parent UEI: M2XKLRTA9G44
NSF Program(s): ARCSS-Arctic System Science
Primary Program Source: 0100CYXXDB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
Program Reference Code(s): EGCH, 5219, 1079
Program Element Code(s): 521900
Award Agency Code: 4900
Fund Agency Code: 4900
Assistance Listing Number(s): 47.078

ABSTRACT

Abstract

A large release of CO2 and CH4 from high latitude terrestrial and marine systems to the
atmosphere has the potential to affect the climate system in a way that may accelerate global warming. To improve our ability to predict the dynamics of carbon in high latitudes, this team analyze comprehensively the carbon cycle of the arctic system, guided by the following general questions: What are the geographic patterns of fluxes of CO2 and CH4 over the Pan-Arctic region and how is the balance changing over time and What processes control the sources and sinks of CO2 and CH4 over the Pan-Arctic region and how do the controls change with time?

To address these general questions, the group will integrate data on CO2 and CH4 dynamics of the Arctic System using a combination of prognostic and inverse approaches and provide an integrative approach to estimating and understanding the exchanges of CO2 and CH4 from terrestrial and marine components of the system.

Because the climate system is vulnerable to significant releases of CO2 and CH4 from high latitudes, the responses of these gases to climate change have global consequences. This study will bring together diverse regional data sets and understanding in the context of a linked set of numerical model studies. It will examine, and attempt to quantify, the fluxes and links between the terrestrial, atmospheric and oceanic components of the Arctic carbon and methane cycles.

PUBLICATIONS PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF THIS RESEARCH

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Chapin, F.S. III, J. MacFarland, A.D. McGuire, E.S. Euskirchen, R.W. Ruess, and K. Kielland "The changing global carbon cycle: Linking plant-soil carbon dynamics to global consequences" Journal of Ecology , v.97 , 2009 , p.840
Balshi, M.S., A.D. McGuire, P. Duffy, D.W. Kicklighter, and J. Melillo "Vulnerability of carbon storage in North American boreal forests to wildfires during the 21st Century" Global Change Biology , v.15 , 2009 , p.1491 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01877.x
Balshi, M.S., A.D. McGuire, Q. Zhuang, J.M. Melillo, D.W. Kicklighter, E.S. Kasischke, C. Wirth, M. Flannigan, J. Harden, J.S. Clein, T.J. Burnside, J. McAllister, W.A. Kurz, M. Apps, and A. Shvidenko "The role of fire disturbance in the carbon dynamics of the pan-boreal region: A process-based analysis" Journal of Geophysical Research ? Biogeosciences , 2007 10.1029/2006JG000380
Birdsey, R., N. Bates, M. Behrenfeld, K. Davis, S. Doney, R. Feely, D. Hansell, L. Heath, E. Kasischke, H. Kheshgi, B. Law, C. Lee, A.D. McGuire, P. Raymond, and C.J. Tucker "Carbon cycle observations: Gaps threaten climate mitigation policies" EOS , v.90 , 2009 , p.292
Calef, M.P., A.D. McGuire, and F.S. Chapin III. "Human influences on wildfire in Alaska from 1988 through 2005: An analysis of spatial patterns of human impacts" Earth Interactions , 2008 10.1175/2007EI220.1
Chapin, F.S., III, G.M. Woodwell, J.T. Randerson, E.B. Rastetter, G.M. Lovett, D.D. Baldocchi, D.A. Clark, M.E. Harmon, D.S. Schimel, R. Valentini, C. Wirth, J.D. Aber, J.J. Cole, A. Giblin, M.L. Goulden, J.W. Harden, M. Heimann, R.W. Howarth, P.A. Matson "Reconciling carbon-cycle concepts, terminology, and methods" Ecosystems , 2006 10.1007/s10021-005-0105-7
Chapin, F.S. III, J.T. Randerson, A.D. McGuire, J.A. Foley, and C.B. Field "Changing feedbacks in the climate-biosphere system" Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment , v.6 , 2008 , p.313 10.1890/080005
Chapin, F.S., III, S.F. Trainor, O. Huntington, A.L. Lovecraft, E. Zavaleta, D.C. Natcher, A.D. McGuire, J.L. Nelson, L. Ray, M. Calef, N. Fresco, H. Huntington, T.S. Rupp, L. DeWilde, and R.A. Naylor. "Increasing wildfire in Alaska?s boreal forest: Causes, consequences, and pathways to potential solutions of a wicked problem" BioScience , v.58 , 2008 , p.531
Chen, Y.-H. and R.G. Prinn "Estimation of atmospheric methane emissions between 1996-2001 using a 3D global chemical transport model" Geophysics , 2006 10.1029/2005JD006058
Clein, J.S., A.D. McGuire, E.S. Euskirchen, and M.P. Calef "The effects of different climate input data sets on simulated carbon dynamics in the Western Arctic" Earth Interactions , 2007 10.1175/EI229.1
Corell, R.W., S.J. Hassol, J.M. Melillo, D. Archer, E. Euskirchen, F.S. Chapin III, A.D. McGuire, T.R. Christensen, V.P. Fichelet, K. Walter, Q. Zhuang, T. Callaghan, S. Bech, and C. McMullen. "Methane from the Arctic: Global warming wildcard." UNEP Year Book 2008 , 2008
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