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North American Carbon Balance – Results from the
Regional Synthesis Project
of the North America Carbon
Program Wilfred Post, Deborah Huntzinger, Kenneth Davis, Brett Raczka, Daniel Hayes, Anna Michalak, Yaxing Wei,
Andrew Jacobson , Robert Cook, and North American Carbon Program Regional-
Interim Synthesis Participants
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North America Carbon Program Synthesis Objectives
Identification of Sources/Sinks (regional)
– What are the magnitudes and spatial distribution of carbon sources and sinks, and their uncertainties during 2000-2005?
Characterize Interannual Variation (regional)
– What is the spatial pattern and magnitude of interannual variation in carbon fluxes during 2000-2005?
– What are the components of carbon fluxes and pools that contribute to this variation?
– Do model results and observations show consistent spatial patterns in response to interannual climate variation?
At intensively studied sites (flux towers)
– Are the various observations and modeling estimates of carbon fluxes at individual sites consistent with each other - and if not, why?
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Participating Models
19 TBMs
Models differ in:– Prognostic versus diagnostic
– Driver data
– Vegetation and soil properties
– Photosynthetic formulation
– # of carbon pools, soil carbon decomposition dynamics
– Processes included, etc.
25 Inverse Models– 20 models with TRANSCOM results
– 8 models with post-TRANSCOM results resolved to 1x1 degree
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Long-term Mean Summer (June, July, August) Net Ecosystem Productivity
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TBM Model Net Flux for North America
Across model mean net flux; 2000-2005
NEP = 0.66 PgC/yr (1.8 to -0.25 PgC/yr)
NPP = 9.2 PgC/yr (6.2 to 13.8 Pg C/yr)
GPP = 18.4 PgC/yr (9.9 to 31.7 Pg C/yr)
Rh = 8.6 PgC/yr (5.8 to 13.1 Pg C/yr)
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Long-Term Mean NEE – TBMs and Inversions
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Can we diagnose the reasons for the lack of consensus in TBM performance?
Driver data
Photosynthesis formulation
Phenology
Decomposition – N limitation
Regional differences
Missing important processes
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Net NPP over U.S. Agricultural Lands:Models Compared to NASS Inventory-Based Data
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Net NPP Satial Pattern Over U.S. Agricultural Lands: Models Compared to NASS Inventory-Based Data
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Inventory – Model Comparison
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Data Sources Years of Data Location Fluxes and Pools Available Source
Canada Mgd. Forest (CBM-CFS3) 2000 – 2006 Canada (n = 15) NEE, NPP, VegC, FE Kurz et al.
Stinson et al.
Canada Croplands 2000 – 2006 (average) Canada (n = 8) NEE, NPP McConkey
U.S. Forest (FIA / CCT) 2000 – 2006 Continental U.S. plus Alaska (n = 49) NEE, VegC Smith & Heath
U.S. Croplands 2000 – 2005 Continental U.S. (n = 49) NEE, NPP West et al.
Mexico 2000 - 2005 Mexico (n = 32) NEE, VegC, Fire deJong et al. 2010
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Accounting for Lateral Fluxes
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CO 2
CO 2
Resid
ue
VEGC
SOILC
Harvest
LivestockC
CH4
HumanC
CH4
Consumption
Imports – Exports
Land Use Change
PRODC
Fir
e
RH
NP
P
Fir
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NEE
Grasslands /
Settlements
CO
2 U
ptake
CO
2 R
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NEEForest / Cropland
Sector“Other” Lands Sector
Export
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TOTAL FORESTLAND CROPLAND OTHER LANDS
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Mean average annual NEE (Tg C yr-1), 2000 to 2006
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Summary
Regional TBM comparisons indicate a lack of consensus for NEP and component fluxes – GPP, Ra, Rh
Analyses to diagnose the causes reveal:– Model formulation plays a significant role.
– Different weather driver data sets greatly impact GPP
TBM Re tends to be tightly related to GPP – this dampens the NEE seasonal cycle and IAV
Annual NEE cycle amplitude is small for TBM compared to inversions.
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Conclusions Regional C modeling enterprise needs a more rigorous approach
to development and evaluation.
Large disparities remain in estimates based on temporal and spatial extrapolations of experimental and site based understanding.
Additional data, especially based on spatially extensive measurements, needs to be integrated into the modeling system approach.– Improve model algorithms/parameters
– Improved diagnostic and predictive usefulness
– Evaluate model skill
– Develop useful benchmarks
An transition from data-poor to data-rich approach is emerging from developing integrated observing systems and model analyses.
The NACP regional synthesis has contributed by exploring how a wider range of data sources can be used.
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Acknowledgments
NASA Terrestrial Ecology support the Modeling and Synthesis Thematic Data Center (MAST-DC)
DOE Office of Science for workshop support
NOAA support for collecting inversion model results
Generous contributions of time and resources from any modeling teams and data providers that made these analyses possible
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