Carbon Research with ARM Data
One of the challenges in
carbon cycle
research is the vast range of scales, from plant to global atmosphere, which must be bridged by measurements and models. A second major challenge is understanding the strong coupling among the
fluxes
of carbon, water and energy, and how these link to land use and climate. Spanning the broad range of scales and land uses requires integrating
ecosystem
processes over heterogeneous surfaces and coupling them with hydrological and meteorological processes. The ARM/LBNL Carbon project aims to study three important aspects of the carbon cycle: fluxes, concentrations (stocks), and processes that control fluxes and stocks.
Keywords | carbon, carbon dioxide, energy, energy flux, flux, land-atmosphere interactions, methane, water |
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TYPE | Project |
The eddy covariance system deployed at the ARM Central Facility and operated under the ARM Carbon Project umbrella at LBNL. (Image credit: Sebastien Biraud, LBNL)