Objective
The overarching aim of the CarboEurope-IP is to understand, quantify and predict the terrestrial carbon balance of Europe and the uncertainty at local, regional and continental scale. This is achieved by
(1) executing a strategically focussed set of surface based ecological measurements of carbon pools and CO2 exchange,
(2) further enhancement of an atmospheric high precision observation system for CO2 and other trace gases,
(3) execution of a regional high spatial resolution experiment and
(4) integration of these components by means of innovative data assimilation systems and modelling. The key innovation of the CarboEurope-IP is solving the scientific challenge of quantifying the terrestrial carbon balance at different scales and with known, acceptable uncertainties. The increase in spatial and temporal resolution of the observational and modelling program will allow for the first time a consistent application of a multiple constraint approach of bottom-up and top-down estimates to determine the terrestrial carbon balance of Europe with the geographical patterns and variability of sources and sinks. CarboEurope-IP aims at providing a system for carbon accounting for the European continent, and it will further investigate the main controlling mechanisms of carbon cycling in European ecosystems. CarboEurope-IP integrates and expands the research efforts of 95 European institutes. CarboEurope-IP addresses basic scientific questions of high political relevance.
Call for proposal
FP6-2002-GLOBAL-1
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Funding Scheme
IP - Integrated ProjectCoordinator
München
Germany
Participants (67)
Krakow
Bologna
Wageningen
Paris
Solsona
Milano
Milano
Paris
Bruxelles
Roma
Zurich
Petten
Rome
Joensuu
Budapest
Gembloux
San Michele All'adige (Tn)
Barcelona
Valencia
Hannover
Helsinki
Helsinki
Paris
Brno
Lisboa
Lisboa
Graz
Lund
Halle
Exeter, Devon
Paris
Roskilde
Swindon
Roskilde
Postdam
Bolzano
Groningen
Heidelberg
Veynes
Caserla
Utrecht
Stockholm
Uppsala
Gödöllõ
Dresden
Muenchen
Poznan
Dublin
Aberdeen
Gotha
Aveiro
Bern
Hamburg
Barcelona
Wilrijk
Cork
Dublin
Copenhagen K
Norwich
Edinburgh
Viterbo
Bayreuth
Stuttgart
Liège
Orsay
Amsterdam
Wageningen