Patterns and processes of carbon and water budgets across northern Australian landscapes: From point to region

量化碳源和碳汇并了解其基本过程是做出知情政策决定的前提，特别是在各国寻求制定管理碳排放和碳固存的战略之际。 澳大利亚是独一无二的，因为它的土壤贫瘠，气候多变，很可能有全球不同的碳模式和过程。 我们专注于澳大利亚的高端地区，但将开发可应用于澳大利亚其他重要热点的工具/方法。 该项目将支持现有的国家碳核算体系，提供关于进程和空间变异性以及碳和水预算区域预算的新信息，支持我们的国际承诺。

Quantifying carbon sources and sinks and understanding the underlying processes are pre-requisites to informed policy decisions, especially as nations seek to develop strategies to manage carbon emissions and sequestration. Australia is unique because of its poor soils and high climate variability and is likely to have patterns and process of carbon that are globally different. We focus on Australia's Top-End region, but will develop tools/methods that can be applied to other important Australian hot-spots. This project will support the existing National Carbon Accounting System by providing new information on processes and spatial variability and regional budgets of carbon and water budgets that underpin our international commitments.