Baseline and projected future carbon storage and greenhouse-gas fluxes in ecosystems of Alaska

Professional Paper 1826
Edited by: Zhiliang Zhu and A. David McGuire

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Abstract

This assessment was conducted to fulfill the requirements of section 712 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 and to contribute to knowledge of the storage, fluxes, and balance of carbon and methane gas in ecosystems of Alaska. The carbon and methane variables were examined for major terrestrial ecosystems (uplands and wetlands) and inland aquatic ecosystems in Alaska in two time periods: baseline (from 1950 through 2009) and future (projections from 2010 through 2099). The assessment used measured and observed data and remote sensing, statistical methods, and simulation models. The national assessment, conducted using the methodology described in SIR 2010-5233, has been completed for the conterminous United States, with results provided in three separate regional reports (PP 1804, PP 1797, and PP 1897).

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Zhu, Zhiliang, and McGuire, A.D., eds., 2016, Baseline and projected future carbon storage and greenhouse-gas fluxes in ecosystems of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1826, 196 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/pp1826.

ISSN: 2330-7102 (online)

ISSN: 1044-9612 (print)

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Baseline and projected future carbon storage and greenhouse-gas fluxes in ecosystems of Alaska
Series title Professional Paper
Series number 1826
DOI 10.3133/pp1826
Year Published 2016
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, National Research Program - Central Branch, Land Change Science
Description Report: viii, 196 p.
Country United States
State Washington
Online Only (Y/N) N
Additional Online Files (Y/N) Y
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