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Breakout Session II - Disturbance monitoring and assessment for C-cycle science Thanks to Rappoteur: Kirsten Barrett ~ 35-40 participants.

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1 Breakout Session II - Disturbance monitoring and assessment for C-cycle science Thanks to Rappoteur: Kirsten Barrett ~ 35-40 participants

2 In the context of CarboNA, how is disturbance defined? A disturbance is an event or process that results in a significant redistribution of carbon between its major reservoirs.

3 Live biomass Dead woody debris Surface organic matter ATMOSPHERE Mineral soil Anthropogenic TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS FW AQUATIC SYSTEMS MARITIME SYSTEMS FW sedimentsSW sediments Floods Fire Logging

4 Ways to classify disturbances 1.Forcing process resulting in the disturbance 2.How the disturbance results in transfers of carbon between pools 3.Biome or system in which the disturbance occurs 4.Time period over which the disturbance occurs

5 Carbo NA Disturbance Synthesis Goal - Generate the Missing Chapter 16 of the SOCCR Report - The Role of Disturbance in the North American Carbon Budget

6 Synthesis Elements 1.Review the role of disturbance in the NA carbon budget 2.Evaluate how major forest-disturbances (forest clearing, fire, insects, storms) have impacted the NA carbon budget over the 2000-2005 time period in order to provide inputs to other ongoing synthesis activities 3.Assess the current status of modeling the impacts of disturbance on carbon cycling 4.Assess the current status of monitoring disturbance and its impacts, with a focus on remote sensing products 5.Identify key areas where disturbances have the potential to significantly impact the carbon cycle in the future 6.Provide recommendations for the New Carbon Cycle Science Plan 7.Develop plan for providing inputs for other synthesis activities

7 Timeline/Outcomes of Synthesis Effort 1.Generate synthesis white paper by 1 April 2.Organize working groups focused on the synthesis elements by mid-April 3.Overview paper presented at the CarboNA special session of the Spring Joint Assembly (May 2009) 4.Organize special session at the Fall AGU Meeting to present the results of the synthesis efforts (Dec) 1.Oral sessions focused on the synthesis elements 2.Poster papers presenting results that support synthesis efforts 5.Generate manuscripts summarizing the synthesis findings to be submitted to a special issue of a journal – special issue would also contain papers on disturbance research from CarboNA (Jan 2010) 6.Provide recommendations to the Carbon Cycle Science Plan Working Group (Jan 2010 or earlier if needed) 7.Develop plan for providing inputs for other synthesis activities (Feb 2010)

8 Those interested in joining this synthesis activity please contact Eric Kasischke ekasisch@umd.edu


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