Global Terrestrial
Observing System1. Background, Introduction, and Objectives
2. Information Requirements for Terrestrial Carbon
2.1 Understanding the Global Carbon Cycle
2.2 Global Change Assessment
2.3 Multilateral Environmental Agreements
2.4 Environmental Management at National, Regional and Local Levels
4.1 Procedure
4.2 Synthesis: Top-down Approach
4.3 Synthesis: Bottom-up Approach
5. Present Status of Observations
5.1 Atmospheric and Meteorological Observations
5.2 Surface Fluxes and Stocks
5.3 Satellite Observations
6.1 Scaling from Point to Globe/Region
6.2 Further Analysis of Baseline Gridded Data Sets
6.3 Emissions
6.4 Transfer Between Pools
6.5 CH4 and Other Gases
7.1 Implementation Tasks
7.2 Dual constraint methodology research and development
7.3 Data and Information System Considerations
8. Conclusions and Recommendations
Appendix III. Summaries of Presentations
The IGBP Carbon Cycle Research Programme
Summary of IPCC 1996 Reporting Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
Terrestrial Carbon Observations in the context of the three Rio Conventions
Terrestrial Carbon Data Needed to Implement the Kyoto Accords
Understanding the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle
Climate-Related Global Observation Requirements for Terrestrial Carbon: Results of TOPC Analysis
The Australian Carbon Cycle Project
Canadian Terrestrial Carbon Cycle Research and Observation Requirement: A Bottom-up Perspective
Japanese Programmes in Terrestrial Carbon Observations and Research
U.S. Carbon Cycle Research and Observation
Using in situ Airborne Measurements to Infer Carbon fluxes at Regional and Continental Scales: COBRA (North America) and LARS (Brazil)
Status of Observations and Networks: Surface Fluxes and Stocks
Global Observation of Forest Cover: Synopsis of the Project and its Proposed Products for Carbon Budget Modeling