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The Continental-Scale Greenhouse Gas Balance of Europe

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Editors:
  1. A. Johannes Dolman

    1. VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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  2. Riccardo Valentini

    1. University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy

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  3. Annette Freibauer

    1. Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany

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  • Provides thorough assessment of the current greenhouse gas (GHG) monitoring capabilities of Europe
  • Makes practical recommendations for the development of a continental-scale GHG monitoring network
  • A unique synthesis of carbon cycle science

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies (ECOLSTUD, volume 203)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction: Observing the Continental-Scale Greenhouse Gas Balance

    • A. Johannes Dolman, Riccardo Valentini, Annette Freibauer
    Pages 1-4

  3. Observing a Vulnerable Carbon Cycle

    • Michael R. Raupach, Joseph G. Canadell
    Pages 5-32

  4. Assimilation and Network Design

    • Thomas Kaminski, Peter J. Rayner
    Pages 33-52

  5. Quantifying Fossil Fuel CO2 over Europe

    • Ingeborg Levin, Ute Karstens
    Pages 53-72

  6. Temporal and Spatial Distribution of Carbon Emissions

    • Stefan Reis, Heiko Pfeiffer, Jochen Theloke, Yvonne Scholz
    Pages 73-90

  7. Issues in Establishing In Situ Atmospheric Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Networks in Europe and in Regions of Interest to Europe

    • Euan Nisbet, Phillip O’Brien, C. Mary R. Fowler, Aodhagan Roddy
    Pages 91-111

  8. Estimating Sources and Sinks of Methane: An Atmospheric View

    • Peter Bergamaschi, Philippe Bousquet
    Pages 113-133

  9. Designing an Observation Strategy for N2O

    • Annette Freibauer
    Pages 135-151

  10. Monitoring Carbon Stock Changes in European Soils: Process Understanding and Sampling Strategies

    • Marion Schrumpf, Jens Schumacher, Ingo Schöning, Ernst-Detlef Schulze
    Pages 153-189

  11. Monitoring Carbon Stock Changes in European Forests Using Forest Inventory Data

    • Raisa Mäkipää, Aleksi Lehtonen, Mikko Peltoniemi
    Pages 191-214

  12. Flux Tower Sites, State of the Art, and Network Design

    • A. Johannes Dolman, Riccardo Valentini, Margriet Groenendijk, Dimmie Hendriks
    Pages 215-242

  13. Observations and Status of Peatland Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Europe

    • Matthias Drösler, Annette Freibauer, Torben R. Christensen, Thomas Friborg
    Pages 243-261

  14. Towards a Full Accounting of the Greenhouse Gas Balance of European Grasslands

    • Jean-François Soussana
    Pages 263-283

  15. Regional Measurements and Modelling of Carbon Exchange

    • A. Johannes Dolman, Joel Noilhan, Lieselotte Tolk, Thomas Lauvaux, Michiel van der Molen, Christoph Gerbig et al.
    Pages 285-307

  16. Using Satellite Observations in Regional Scale Calculations of Carbon Exchange

    • Shaun Quegan, Philip Lewis, Tristan Quaife, Gareth Roberts, Martin Wooster, Mathias Disney
    Pages 309-339

  17. The Lateral Carbon Pump, and the European Carbon Balance

    • Philippe Ciais, Alberto V. Borges, Gwenael Abril, Michel Meybeck, Gerd Folberth, Didier Hauglustaine et al.
    Pages 341-360

  18. Multiple Constraint Estimates of the European Carbon Balance

    • Martin Heimann, Christian Rödenbeck, Galina Churkina
    Pages 361-375

  19. A Roadmap for a Continental-Scale Greenhouse Gas Observing System in Europe

    • A. Johannes Dolman, Philippe Ciais, Riccardo Valentini, Ernst-Detlef Schulze, Martin Heimann, Annette Freibauer
    Pages 377-386

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 387-390
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The human interference with the climate system, the perturbation of the carbon cycle through massive release of greenhouse gases, caused by fossil fuel burning and land-use change, is threatening society and represents a key challenge for research and policies in the twenty-first century. Growing evidence of hum- induced climate change has raised public concern calling for urgent international policy actions. Initiatives culminated in the establishment of the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol (1997), where Parties for the first time agreed on legally binding commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It is worth noting that the unfinished ‘sink’ business, the Articles in the Kyoto Protocol dealing with terrestrial biospheric carbon dioxide sources and sinks, gave carbon cycle research a real boost. In the 1990s, the regional carbon balance and how the different ecosystems contribute at different timescales under different environmental conditions were hardly known. During the fourth Framework Programme (1994–1998), the European Union supported more than 20 research projects studying the components of the carbon cycle. These projects provided a solid basis for a more integrated attempt to tackle the research challenges and demands imposed by the Kyoto Protocol at European scale. Both the European Commission and the scientific community felt that it was time to develop an integrated carbon cycle research programme taking the new challenges on board.

Editors and Affiliations

  • VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    A. Johannes Dolman

  • University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy

    Riccardo Valentini

  • Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany

    Annette Freibauer

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