| Mississippi Basin Carbon Project Science Plan | 
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Anticipated products
The activities outlined in this plan are very ambitious.
Limitations of time and resources will necessarily determine the level of detail
to which the project can be carried. Essential goals of the project are testing
the two central hypotheses, estimating whole-basin carbon budgets, and linking
these estimates to global processes and the global CO2 budget. Studies of carbon,
sediment, and nutrient budgets in the Mississippi Basin will also provide
valuable information relevant to many other problems associated with human land
use. Attaining these goals will require many innovations in the application of
existing data and models, and in the development of new tools and concepts.
Project participants will need to extend the scope of their learning and
expertise beyond traditional technical disciplines and interests. Goals and
priorities must be set, but flexibility must be maintained to allow for the
learning and innovation that are inherent in this project. Accordingly, the
following paragraphs focus primarily on products anticipated in the near term,
and on some of the more important long-term products.
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Collaborative activities |
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Summary products |