Primary Convener:
Grant Domke, USDA Forest Service

Convener:
Stephen Ogle, National Resource Ecology Laboratory

Chair:
Grant Domke, USDA Forest Service
Stephen Ogle, National Resource Ecology Laboratory
Kelly Heilman, USDA Forest Service

Demand continues for spatially and temporally resolved activity data, along with improved measurement and modeling approaches to estimate GHG emissions and removals from the land sector, and assessments using that information to determine future GHG mitigation potentials. The need is driven by carbon markets, international reporting requirements, and GHG mitigation initiatives. This session focuses on advances in support of estimating and reconciling past and projecting future natural and anthropogenic GHG emissions and removals for the land sector. Advancements will improve reporting and planning of activities associated with reducing GHG emissions and enhancing sinks, informing scientists, policy makers, and land managers about the contribution of land use to current emission patterns and the potential role in future GHG mitigation programs.

Index Terms
0430 Computational methods and data processing
1615 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling
1632 Land cover change
1926 Geospatial

Cross-Listed:
IN - Informatics
SY - Science and Society
A - Atmospheric Sciences
B - Biogeosciences

Suggested Itineraries:
Climate Change and Global Policy
Open Science and Open Data
Global Impacts‚ Solutions‚ & Policies

Neighborhoods:
3. Earth Covering