CARBOEUROPE: Assessment of the European terrestrial carbon balance

• Unité de recherche: PCRD EU
• Numéro de projet: 03.0350-2
• Titre du projet anglais: CARBOEUROPE: Assessment of the European terrestrial carbon balance

Mots-clé (Anglais)

Carbon balance; carbon dioxide; CO2 emissions

Autre Numéro de projet (Anglais)

EU project number: 505572

Programme de recherche (Anglais)

EU-programme: 6. Frame Research Programme - 1.6.3 Urspr. Progr. Global change and ecosystems

Description succincte (Anglais)

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Résumé des résultats (Abstract) (Anglais)

The overarching aim of the CarboEurope-IP is to understand and quantify the present terrestrial carbon balance of Europe and the associated uncertainty at local, regional and continental scale. In order to achieve this, the project addresses the three major topics:
1. Determination of the carbon balance of the European continent, its geographical patterns, and changes over time.
2. Enhanced understanding of the controlling mechanisms of carbon cycling in European ecosystems, and the impact of climate change and variability, and changing land management on the European carbon balance.
3. Design and development of an observation system to detect changes of carbon stocks and carbon fluxes related to the European commitments under the Kyoto Protocol.
CarbonEurope-IP integrates and expands the research efforts of 67 European contractors and around 30 associated
institutes. CarboEurope-IP addresses basic scientific questions of high political relevance.

Références bases de données (Anglais)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
Tel. [phone]
Swiss Project-Number: 03.0350-2