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REgional Carbon Cycle Assessment and Processes (RECCAP)
Special issues
Special issues
REgional Carbon Cycle Assessment and Processes (RECCAP)
Editor(s): J. Canadell, P. Ciais, C. Sabine, and F. Joos
The REgional Carbon Cycle Assessment and Processes (RECCAP) is an international effort to establish the mean carbon balance and change over the period 1990–2009 for all subcontinents and ocean basins. It is based on comparing and reconciling multiple bottom-up estimates, which include observations and model outputs, with the results of regional top-down atmospheric CO2 inversions (and CH4 and N2O when possible).

This special issue presents the final synthesis papers for 14 RECCAP regional carbon budgets, 10 terrestrial regions (Africa, Arctic tundra, Australia, Europe, Russia, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Central and South America, and North America) and 4 ocean regions (Atlantic and Arctic, Indian, Pacific, and Southern Ocean). In addition, 8 global syntheses support the regional budgets and their integration into the global picture.

RECCAP is an activity of the Global Carbon Project (http://www.globalcarbonproject.org/reccap), with two major sponsors: EU COCOS (Coordination Action on Carbon Observation Systems) and the US Carbon Cycle Science Program.

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10 Jun 2015
Corrigendum to "The Australian Terrestrial Carbon Budget" published in Biogeosciences, 10, 851–869, 2013
V. Haverd, M. R. Raupach, P. R. Briggs, J. G. Canadell, S. J. Davis, R. M. Law, C. P. Meyer, G. P. Peters, C. Pickett-Heaps, and B. Sherman
Biogeosciences, 12, 3603–3605, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-3603-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-3603-2015, 2015
02 Feb 2015
Recent trends and drivers of regional sources and sinks of carbon dioxide
S. Sitch, P. Friedlingstein, N. Gruber, S. D. Jones, G. Murray-Tortarolo, A. Ahlström, S. C. Doney, H. Graven, C. Heinze, C. Huntingford, S. Levis, P. E. Levy, M. Lomas, B. Poulter, N. Viovy, S. Zaehle, N. Zeng, A. Arneth, G. Bonan, L. Bopp, J. G. Canadell, F. Chevallier, P. Ciais, R. Ellis, M. Gloor, P. Peylin, S. L. Piao, C. Le Quéré, B. Smith, Z. Zhu, and R. Myneni
Biogeosciences, 12, 653–679, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-653-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-653-2015, 2015
21 Jan 2015
North America's net terrestrial CO2 exchange with the atmosphere 1990–2009
A. W. King, R. J. Andres, K. J. Davis, M. Hafer, D. J. Hayes, D. N. Huntzinger, B. de Jong, W. A. Kurz, A. D. McGuire, R. Vargas, Y. Wei, T. O. West, and C. W. Woodall
Biogeosciences, 12, 399–414, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-399-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-399-2015, 2015
03 Jul 2014
Current systematic carbon-cycle observations and the need for implementing a policy-relevant carbon observing system
P. Ciais, A. J. Dolman, A. Bombelli, R. Duren, A. Peregon, P. J. Rayner, C. Miller, N. Gobron, G. Kinderman, G. Marland, N. Gruber, F. Chevallier, R. J. Andres, G. Balsamo, L. Bopp, F.-M. Bréon, G. Broquet, R. Dargaville, T. J. Battin, A. Borges, H. Bovensmann, M. Buchwitz, J. Butler, J. G. Canadell, R. B. Cook, R. DeFries, R. Engelen, K. R. Gurney, C. Heinze, M. Heimann, A. Held, M. Henry, B. Law, S. Luyssaert, J. Miller, T. Moriyama, C. Moulin, R. B. Myneni, C. Nussli, M. Obersteiner, D. Ojima, Y. Pan, J.-D. Paris, S. L. Piao, B. Poulter, S. Plummer, S. Quegan, P. Raymond, M. Reichstein, L. Rivier, C. Sabine, D. Schimel, O. Tarasova, R. Valentini, R. Wang, G. van der Werf, D. Wickland, M. Williams, and C. Zehner
Biogeosciences, 11, 3547–3602, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-3547-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-3547-2014, 2014
06 Feb 2014
Air–sea CO2 flux in the Pacific Ocean for the period 1990–2009
M. Ishii, R. A. Feely, K. B. Rodgers, G.-H. Park, R. Wanninkhof, D. Sasano, H. Sugimoto, C. E. Cosca, S. Nakaoka, M. Telszewski, Y. Nojiri, S. E. Mikaloff Fletcher, Y. Niwa, P. K. Patra, V. Valsala, H. Nakano, I. Lima, S. C. Doney, E. T. Buitenhuis, O. Aumont, J. P. Dunne, A. Lenton, and T. Takahashi
Biogeosciences, 11, 709–734, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-709-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-709-2014, 2014
28 Jan 2014
A full greenhouse gases budget of Africa: synthesis, uncertainties, and vulnerabilities
R. Valentini, A. Arneth, A. Bombelli, S. Castaldi, R. Cazzolla Gatti, F. Chevallier, P. Ciais, E. Grieco, J. Hartmann, M. Henry, R. A. Houghton, M. Jung, W. L. Kutsch, Y. Malhi, E. Mayorga, L. Merbold, G. Murray-Tortarolo, D. Papale, P. Peylin, B. Poulter, P. A. Raymond, M. Santini, S. Sitch, G. Vaglio Laurin, G. R. van der Werf, C. A. Williams, and R. J. Scholes
Biogeosciences, 11, 381–407, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-381-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-381-2014, 2014
06 Nov 2013
Sea–air CO2 fluxes in the Indian Ocean between 1990 and 2009
V. V. S. S. Sarma, A. Lenton, R. M. Law, N. Metzl, P. K. Patra, S. Doney, I. D. Lima, E. Dlugokencky, M. Ramonet, and V. Valsala
Biogeosciences, 10, 7035–7052, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-7035-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-7035-2013, 2013
24 Oct 2013
Global atmospheric carbon budget: results from an ensemble of atmospheric CO2 inversions
P. Peylin, R. M. Law, K. R. Gurney, F. Chevallier, A. R. Jacobson, T. Maki, Y. Niwa, P. K. Patra, W. Peters, P. J. Rayner, C. Rödenbeck, I. T. van der Laan-Luijkx, and X. Zhang
Biogeosciences, 10, 6699–6720, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-6699-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-6699-2013, 2013
15 Oct 2013
Air–sea exchanges of CO2 in the world's coastal seas
C.-T. A. Chen, T.-H. Huang, Y.-C. Chen, Y. Bai, X. He, and Y. Kang
Biogeosciences, 10, 6509–6544, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-6509-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-6509-2013, 2013
19 Jun 2013
Sea–air CO2 fluxes in the Southern Ocean for the period 1990–2009
A. Lenton, B. Tilbrook, R. M. Law, D. Bakker, S. C. Doney, N. Gruber, M. Ishii, M. Hoppema, N. S. Lovenduski, R. J. Matear, B. I. McNeil, N. Metzl, S. E. Mikaloff Fletcher, P. M. S. Monteiro, C. Rödenbeck, C. Sweeney, and T. Takahashi
Biogeosciences, 10, 4037–4054, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-4037-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-4037-2013, 2013
02 Apr 2013
Global ocean storage of anthropogenic carbon
S. Khatiwala, T. Tanhua, S. Mikaloff Fletcher, M. Gerber, S. C. Doney, H. D. Graven, N. Gruber, G. A. McKinley, A. Murata, A. F. Ríos, and C. L. Sabine
Biogeosciences, 10, 2169–2191, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-2169-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-2169-2013, 2013
22 Mar 2013
Global ocean carbon uptake: magnitude, variability and trends
R. Wanninkhof, G. -H. Park, T. Takahashi, C. Sweeney, R. Feely, Y. Nojiri, N. Gruber, S. C. Doney, G. A. McKinley, A. Lenton, C. Le Quéré, C. Heinze, J. Schwinger, H. Graven, and S. Khatiwala
Biogeosciences, 10, 1983–2000, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-1983-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-1983-2013, 2013
07 Feb 2013
The Australian terrestrial carbon budget
V. Haverd, M. R. Raupach, P. R. Briggs, J. G. Canadell., S. J. Davis, R. M. Law, C. P. Meyer, G. P. Peters, C. Pickett-Heaps, and B. Sherman
Biogeosciences, 10, 851–869, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-851-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-851-2013, 2013
29 Jan 2013
An assessment of the Atlantic and Arctic sea–air CO2 fluxes, 1990–2009
U. Schuster, G. A. McKinley, N. Bates, F. Chevallier, S. C. Doney, A. R. Fay, M. González-Dávila, N. Gruber, S. Jones, J. Krijnen, P. Landschützer, N. Lefèvre, M. Manizza, J. Mathis, N. Metzl, A. Olsen, A. F. Rios, C. Rödenbeck, J. M. Santana-Casiano, T. Takahashi, R. Wanninkhof, and A. J. Watson
Biogeosciences, 10, 607–627, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-607-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-607-2013, 2013
25 Jan 2013
The carbon budget of South Asia
P. K. Patra, J. G. Canadell, R. A. Houghton, S. L. Piao, N.-H. Oh, P. Ciais, K. R. Manjunath, A. Chhabra, T. Wang, T. Bhattacharya, P. Bousquet, J. Hartman, A. Ito, E. Mayorga, Y. Niwa, P. A. Raymond, V. V. S. S. Sarma, and R. Lasco
Biogeosciences, 10, 513–527, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-513-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-513-2013, 2013
21 Dec 2012
The carbon balance of South America: a review of the status, decadal trends and main determinants
M. Gloor, L. Gatti, R. Brienen, T. R. Feldpausch, O. L. Phillips, J. Miller, J. P. Ometto, H. Rocha, T. Baker, B. de Jong, R. A. Houghton, Y. Malhi, L. E. O. C. Aragão, J.-L. Guyot, K. Zhao, R. Jackson, P. Peylin, S. Sitch, B. Poulter, M. Lomas, S. Zaehle, C. Huntingford, P. Levy, and J. Lloyd
Biogeosciences, 9, 5407–5430, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-5407-2012,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-5407-2012, 2012
20 Dec 2012
An estimate of the terrestrial carbon budget of Russia using inventory-based, eddy covariance and inversion methods
A. J. Dolman, A. Shvidenko, D. Schepaschenko, P. Ciais, N. Tchebakova, T. Chen, M. K. van der Molen, L. Belelli Marchesini, T. C. Maximov, S. Maksyutov, and E.-D. Schulze
Biogeosciences, 9, 5323–5340, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-5323-2012,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-5323-2012, 2012
13 Dec 2012
Carbon emissions from land use and land-cover change
R. A. Houghton, J. I. House, J. Pongratz, G. R. van der Werf, R. S. DeFries, M. C. Hansen, C. Le Quéré, and N. Ramankutty
Biogeosciences, 9, 5125–5142, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-5125-2012,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-5125-2012, 2012
07 Sep 2012
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The carbon budget of terrestrial ecosystems in East Asia over the last two decades
S. L. Piao, A. Ito, S. G. Li, Y. Huang, P. Ciais, X. H. Wang, S. S. Peng, H. J. Nan, C. Zhao, A. Ahlström, R. J. Andres, F. Chevallier, J. Y. Fang, J. Hartmann, C. Huntingford, S. Jeong, S. Levis, P. E. Levy, J. S. Li, M. R. Lomas, J. F. Mao, E. Mayorga, A. Mohammat, H. Muraoka, C. H. Peng, P. Peylin, B. Poulter, Z. H. Shen, X. Shi, S. Sitch, S. Tao, H. Q. Tian, X. P. Wu, M. Xu, G. R. Yu, N. Viovy, S. Zaehle, N. Zeng, and B. Zhu
Biogeosciences, 9, 3571–3586, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-3571-2012,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-3571-2012, 2012
24 Aug 2012
The European land and inland water CO2, CO, CH4 and N2O balance between 2001 and 2005
S. Luyssaert, G. Abril, R. Andres, D. Bastviken, V. Bellassen, P. Bergamaschi, P. Bousquet, F. Chevallier, P. Ciais, M. Corazza, R. Dechow, K.-H. Erb, G. Etiope, A. Fortems-Cheiney, G. Grassi, J. Hartmann, M. Jung, J. Lathière, A. Lohila, E. Mayorga, N. Moosdorf, D. S. Njakou, J. Otto, D. Papale, W. Peters, P. Peylin, P. Raymond, C. Rödenbeck, S. Saarnio, E.-D. Schulze, S. Szopa, R. Thompson, P. J. Verkerk, N. Vuichard, R. Wang, M. Wattenbach, and S. Zaehle
Biogeosciences, 9, 3357–3380, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-3357-2012,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-3357-2012, 2012
23 Aug 2012
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A synthesis of carbon in international trade
G. P. Peters, S. J. Davis, and R. Andrew
Biogeosciences, 9, 3247–3276, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-3247-2012,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-3247-2012, 2012
17 Aug 2012
An assessment of the carbon balance of Arctic tundra: comparisons among observations, process models, and atmospheric inversions
A. D. McGuire, T. R. Christensen, D. Hayes, A. Heroult, E. Euskirchen, J. S. Kimball, C. Koven, P. Lafleur, P. A. Miller, W. Oechel, P. Peylin, M. Williams, and Y. Yi
Biogeosciences, 9, 3185–3204, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-3185-2012,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-3185-2012, 2012
02 Aug 2012
Carbon Cycle Uncertainty in REgional Carbon Cycle Assessment and Processes (RECCAP)
I. G. Enting, P. J. Rayner, and P. Ciais
Biogeosciences, 9, 2889–2904, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-2889-2012,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-2889-2012, 2012
25 May 2012
A synthesis of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil-fuel combustion
R. J. Andres, T. A. Boden, F.-M. Bréon, P. Ciais, S. Davis, D. Erickson, J. S. Gregg, A. Jacobson, G. Marland, J. Miller, T. Oda, J. G. J. Olivier, M. R. Raupach, P. Rayner, and K. Treanton
Biogeosciences, 9, 1845–1871, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-1845-2012,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-1845-2012, 2012
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