SIBERIA-II: Multi-sensor concepts for greenhouse gas accounting of northern eurasia

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 01.0051

Key words (English)

Full carbon accounting ; multi-sensor earth observation; modeling; GHG accounting; Siberia;
Earth Sciences; Economic Aspects; Environmental Protection; Meteorology; Social Aspects

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: EVG1-2001-00048

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 1.4a.8 Generic R&D activities

Short description (English)

See abstract

Further information (English)

Full name of research-institution/enterprise:
Gamma Remote Sensing Research and Consulting AG

Partners and International Organizations (English)

Coordinator: Friedrich-Schiller-
Universität Jena (D)

Abstract (English)

The overall objective of SIBERIA-II is to demonstrate the viability of full carbon accounting (including greenhouse gases (GHGs): CO(2), CO, CH(4), N(2)O, NO(x)) on a regional basis using the environmental tools and systems available to us today and in the near future. The region under study is Northern Eurasia, covering an area of 200 million ha and representing a significant part of the Earth's boreal biome, which plays a critical role in global climate. The tools and systems to be employed include a selected yet spectrally and temporally diverse set of mainly European multi-sensor Earth Observation instruments, detailed existing databases of field information and some of the worlds most advanced climate models developed in Europe to account for fluxes between land and atmosphere.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
Tel. [phone]
Swiss Project-Number: 01.0051