The Coastal Carbon Atlas: Understanding, Using, and Contributing

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET | Sunday, 9 November | E11-C

$75 Regular Price | $52 Student Price

Researchers are gradually building a rich global dataset of sediment blue carbon data useful for coastal management, restoration, and policy. Much of this data now resides in the Coastal Carbon Atlas hosted by the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. This workshop will introduce participants to this dataset, help users work through basic data queries (in R), and walk attendees through standardized approaches to calculating carbon stocks and carbon accumulation rates.

Speaker(s)

Andre Rovai, Jaxine Wolfe, James Holmquist, and Christopher Janousek

The Coastal Carbon Network (CCN) is a consortium of biogeochemists, ecologists, pedologists, and coastal land managers with the goal of accelerating the pace of discovery in coastal wetland carbon science by providing our community with access to data, analysis tools, and synthesis opportunities.

Our Network seeks to catalyze scientific discovery, advance science-informed policy, and improve coastal ecosystem management by: (1) developing a community dedicated to coastal wetland carbon science for basic research, policy development, and management, (2) exploring the ecological links between coastal wetlands, estuaries, and the atmosphere, and (3) sharing data and analysis tools that support the diverse needs of scientists, policy makers and managers.

We accomplish this goal by growing iteratively with community feedback, facilitating the sharing of open data and analysis products, offering training in data management and analytics, and leading topical working groups aimed at quantitatively reducing uncertainty in coastal greenhouse gas emissions and storage. This workshop will be convened by CCN staff Andre Rovai, Jaxine Wolfe, Jim Holmquist and CCN Soil Working Group member Chris Janousek.