Synthesis and Assessment Product 2.2

The First State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR): The North American Carbon Budget and Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle

Lead Agency: NOAA

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How to cite this report: CCSP, 2007. The First State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR): The North American Carbon Budget and Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle. A Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research [King, A.W., L. Dilling, G.P. Zimmerman, D.M. Fairman, R.A. Houghton, G. Marland, A.Z. Rose, and T.J. Wilbanks (eds.)]. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC, USA, 242 pp.

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Complete Report [7.4 Mb]

Part I: The Carbon Cycle in North America

Entire Part I [2 Mb]

Chapter 1: What Is the Carbon Cycle and Why Care? [417 Kb]
Chapter 2: The Carbon Cycle of North America in a Global Context [645 Kb]
Chapter 3: The North American Carbon Budget Past and Present [551 Kb]
Chapter 4: What Are the Options That Could Significantly Affect the North American Carbon Cycle? [533 Kb]
Chapter 5: How Can We Improve the Usefulness of Carbon Science for Decision Making? [438 Kb]

Part II: Energy, Industry, and Waste Management Activities

Entire Part II [2 Mb]

Overview: An Introduction to CO₂ Emissions From Fossil Fuels [517 Kb]
Chapter 6: Energy Extraction and Conversion [384 Kb]
Chapter 7: Transportation [729 Kb]
Chapter 8: Industry and Waste Management [705 Kb]
Chapter 9: Buildings [598 Kb]

Part III: Land and Water Systems

Entire Part III [3 Mb]

Overview: The Carbon Cycle in Land and Water Systems [162 Kb]
Chapter 10: Agricultural and Grazing Lands [483 Kb]
Chapter 11: North American Forests [662 Kb]
Chapter 12: Carbon Cycles in the Permafrost Regions of North America [855 Kb]
Chapter 13: Wetlands [569 Kb]
Chapter 14: Human Settlements and the North American Carbon Cycle [537 Kb]
Chapter 15: Coastal Oceans [779 Kb]

Supporting Materials

Appendices A through G [628 Kb]

Appendix A: Historical Overview of the Development of United States, Canadian, and Mexican
Ecosystem Sources and Sinks for Atmospheric Carbon [130 Kb]
(Supplemental to Chapter 3)
Appendix B: Eddy-Covariance Measurements Now Confirm Estimates of Carbon Sinks From
Forest Inventories [130 Kb]
(Supplemental to Chapter 3)
Appendix C: Industry and Waste Management - Supplemental Material [166 Kb]
(Supplemental to Chapter 8)
Appendix D: Ecosystem Carbon Fluxes [112 Kb]
(Supplemental to Chapter 11)
Appendix E: Principles of Forest Management for Enhancing Carbon Sequestration [140 Kb]
(Supplemental to Chapter 11)
Appendix F: Wetlands - Supplemental Materials [337 Kb]
(Supplemental to Chapter 13)
Appendix G: New pCO_² Database for Coastal Ocean Waters Surrounding North America [81 Kb]
(Supplemental to Chapter 15)