The Global Carbon Cycle

Section I. Atmospheric and global constraints.- Lecture 1: Global observations of atmospheric CO2.- Average global distributions of CO2.- Seasonal cycles in atmospheric CO2 concentrations.- What caused the glacial to interglacial CO2 change?.- The magnitude and distribution of fossil-fuel-related carbon releases.- Section II. The role of the terrestrial biosphere.- Changes in terrestrial carbon over the last 135 years.- Implications of CO2 effects on vegetation for the global carbon budget.- Modelling terrestrial carbon cycles at varying temporal and spatial resolutions.- Biome modelling and the carbon cycle.- A dynamic model of terrestrial carbon cycling.- Carbon exchange between the terrestrial biosphere and the atmosphere.- Organic carbon in soil and the global carbon cycle.- Section III. The role of the ocean.- Is the magnitude of the deep outflow from the Atlantic Ocean actually governed by southern hemisphere winds?.- New radiocarbon constraints on the upwelling of abyssal water to the ocean's surface.- Modelling the present-day oceanic carbon cycle.- Air-sea gasexchange and carbon dioxide.- Lecture 2: Surface ocean CO2.- Effects of the marine biota on global carbon cycling.- Modelling the marine biota.- Formation and composition of marine particulates.- Dynamic cycle of dissolved organic carbon and marine productivity.- Interhemispheric transport of carbon through the ocean.- Section IV. Summary of workshop discussions.- Summary of workshop on radiocarbon distributions as a constraint for global carbon cycle modelling.- Summary of workshop on inverse problems.- Summary of workshop on interannual variations in the carbon cycle.- Summary of workshop on dissolved organic carbon in the ocean.- Summary of workshop on the relative roles of physics and chemistry inthe marine carbon cycle.- Summary of workshop on terrestrial carbon cycling.- Summary of workshop on measurement and modelling of the terrestrial net carbon flux.