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  • Biogeosciences: Carbon cycling (4806)
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Abstract

EOS, TRANSACTIONS AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION, VOL. 88, NO. 49, PAGE 542, 2007
doi:10.1029/2007EO490008

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Research needs for finely resolved fossil carbon emissions

Kevin Gurney

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

William Ansley

Rosen Center for Advanced Computing, Purdue University

Daniel Mendoza

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Broc Seib Rosen Center for Advanced Computing, Purdue University

Gabrielle Petron

System Research Laboratory and Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder

Greg Frost

System Research Laboratory and Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder

Jay Gregg

Department of Geography, University of Maryland at College Park

Marc Fischer

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, Calif.

Diane Pataki

Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine

Kate Ackerman

U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, Mass.

Sander Houweling

Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Utrecht, Utrecht

Kathy Corbin

Department of Atmospheric Science, University of Colorado, Fort Collins

Robert Andres

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn.

T. J. Biasing

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn.

Scientific research on the global carbon cycle has emerged as a high priority in biogeochemistry, climate studies, and global change policy. The emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) from fossil fuel combustion is a dominant driver of the current net carbon fluxes between the land, the oceans, and the atmosphere, and it is a key contributor to the rise in modern radiative forcing. Contrary to a commonly held perception, our quantitative knowledge about these emissions is insufficient to satisfy current scientific and policy needs. A more highly spatially and temporally resolved quantification of the social and economic drivers of fossil fuel combustion, and the resulting CO2 emissions, is essential to supporting scientific and policy progress. In this article, a new community of emissions researchers called the CO2 Fossil Fuel Emission Effort (CO2FFEE) outlines a research agenda to meet the need for improved fossil fuel CO2 emissions information and solicits comment from the scientific community and research agencies.

Citation: Gurney, K., et al. (2007), Research needs for finely resolved fossil carbon emissions, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(49), 542, doi:10.1029/2007EO490008.

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