Skip to main content
ARS Home » Pacific West Area » Tucson, Arizona » SWRC » Research » Publications at this Location » Publication #375393
Research Project: Understanding Water-Driven Ecohydrologic and Erosion Processes in the Semiarid Southwest to Improve Watershed Management

Location: Southwest Watershed Research Center

Title: COSORE: A community database for continuous soil respiration and other soil-atmosphere greenhouse gas flux data

Author
item BOND-LAMBERTY, B. - University Of Maryland
item CHRISTIANSON, D.S. - Berkeley National Laboratory
item MALHOTRA, A. - Stanford University
item PENNINGTON, S.C - University Of Maryland
item SIHI, D. - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
item AGHAKOUCHAK, A. - University Of California
item ANJILELI, H. - University Of California
item ARAIN, M.A. - McMaster University
item ARMESTO, J.J, - University Of Santiago
item ASHRAF, S. - Concordia University
item ATAKA, M. - Kyoto University
item BALDOCCHI, D - University Of California
item BLACK, T.A. - University Of British Columbia
item BUCHMANN - Eth Zurich
item CARBONE, M.S. - Northern Arizona University
item CHANG, S-C - National Taiwan University
item CRILL, P. - Stockholm University
item CURTIS, P.S. - The Ohio State University
item DAVIDSON, E.A. - University Of Maryland
item DESAI, A.R. - University Of Wisconsin
item DRAKE, J. - State University Of New York (SUNY)
item EL-MADANY, T.S. - Max Planck Institute For Biogeochemistry
item GAVAZZI, M. - Us Forest Service (FS)
item GÖRRES, C-M - University Of Antwerp
item GOUGH, C.M. - Virginia Commonwealth University
item GOULDEN, M. - University Of California
item GREGG, J. - Oregon State University
item GUTIÉRREZ DEL ARROYO, O. - University Of California
item HE, J-S - Peking University
item HIRANO, T. - Hokkaido University
item HOPPLE, A. - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
item HUGHES, H. - University Of Maine
item JÄRVEOJA, J. - Swedish University Of Agricultural Sciences
item JASSAL, R. - University Of British Columbia
item JIAN, J. - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
item KAN, H. - Beijing Academy Of Agricultural Sciences
item KAYE, J. - Pennsylvania State University
item KOMINAMI, Y. - Japan Grassland Agriculture And Forage Seed Association
item LIANG, N. - National Institute Of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS)
item LIPSON, D. - San Diego State University
item MACDONALD, C. - Western Sydney University
item MASEYK, K. - The Open University
item MATHES, K. - Virginia Commonwealth University
item MAURITZ, M. - University Of Texas - El Paso
item MAURITZ, M.A. - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
item MCNULTY, S. - Us Forest Service (FS)
item MIAO, G. - Quanzhou Normal University, Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China
item MIGLIAVACCA, M. - Max Planck Institute For Biogeochemistry
item MILLER, S. - State University Of New York (SUNY)
item NIETZ, J.G. - The Ohio State University
item NILSSON, M.B. - Swedish University
item NOORMETS, A. - West Texas A & M University
item NOROUZ, H. - City University Of New York
item O’CONNELL, C.S. - University Of California
item OSBORNE, B. - University College Dublin
item OYONARTE, C. - University Of Almeria
item PANG, Z. - Beijing Academy Of Agricultural Sciences
item PEICH, M. - Swedish University Of Agricultural Sciences
item PENDALL, E. - Western Sydney University
item PEREZ-QUEZADA, J.F. - University Of Chile
item Phillips, Claire
item PHILLIPS, R.P. - Indiana University
item RAICH, J.W. - Iowa State University
item RENCHON, A.A. - Western Sydney University
item RUEHR, N.K. - Kitami Institute Of Technology
item SANCHEZ-CANETE, E.P. - University De Granada
item SAUNDERS, M. - Trinity College Dublin
item SAVAGE, K.E. - Woods Hole Research Center
item SCHRUMPF, M. - Max Planck Institute For Biogeochemistry
item Scott, Russell - Russ
item SEIBT, U. - University Of California (UCLA)
item SILVER, W.L. - University Of California
item SUN, T. - Beijing Academy Of Agricultural Sciences
item SUN, W. - Carnegie Institute - Stanford
item SZUTU, D. - University Of California
item TAKAGI, K. - Hokkaido University
item TAKAGI, M. - University Of Miyazaki
item TERAMOTO, M. - Tottori University
item TJOELKER, M.G. - Western Sydney University
item TRUMBORE, S. - Max Planck Institute For Biogeochemistry
item UEYAMA, M. - Osaka Prefecture University
item UEYAMA, R. - University Of Delaware
item VARNER, R.K. - University Of New Hampshire
item VERFAILLIE, J. - University Of California
item VOGEL, C. - University Of Michigan
item WANG, J. - Chinese Academy Of Sciences
item WINSTON, G. - Cypress Ag Consulting
item WOOD, T. - Us Forest Service (FS)
item WU, J. - Beijing Research Center For Information Technology In Agriculture, Beijing Academy Of Agriculture A
item WUTZLER, T. - Max Planck Institute For Biogeochemistry
item ZENG, J. - National Institute Of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS)
item ZHA, T. - Beijing Forestry University
item ZHANG, Q. - Wuhan University
item ZOU, J. - Beijing Research Center For Information Technology In Agriculture, Beijing Academy Of Agriculture A

Submitted to: Global Change Biology
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 9/4/2020
Publication Date: 12/1/2020
Citation: Bond-Lamberty, B., Christianson, D., Malhotra, A., Pennington, S., Sihi, D., Aghakouchak, A., Anjileli, H., Arain, M., Armesto, J., Ashraf, S., Ataka, M., Baldocchi, D., Black, T., Buchmann, Carbone, M., Chang, S., Crill, P., Curtis, P., Davidson, E., Desai, A., Drake, J., El-Madany, T., Gavazzi, M., Görres, C., Gough, C., Goulden, M., Gregg, J., Gutiérrez Del Arroyo, O., He, J., Hirano, T., Hopple, A., Hughes, H., Järveoja, J., Jassal, R., Jian, J., Kan, H., Kaye, J., Kominami, Y., Liang, N., Lipson, D., Macdonald, C., Maseyk, K., Mathes, K., Mauritz, M., Mauritz, M., Mcnulty, S., Miao, G., Migliavacca, M., Miller, S., Nietz, J., Nilsson, M., Noormets, A., Norouz, H., O’Connell, C., Osborne, B., Oyonarte, C., Pang, Z., Peich, M., Pendall, E., Perez-Quezada, J., Phillips, C.L., Phillips, R., Raich, J., Renchon, A., Ruehr, N., Sanchez-Canete, E., Saunders, M., Savage, K., Schrumpf, M., Scott, R.L., Seibt, U., Silver, W., Sun, T., Sun, W., Szutu, D., Takagi, K., Takagi, M., Teramoto, M., Tjoelker, M., Trumbore, S., Ueyama, M., Ueyama, R., Varner, R., Verfaillie, J., Vogel, C., Wang, J., Winston, G., Wood, T., Wu, J., Wutzler, T., Zeng, J., Zha, T., Zhang, Q., Zou, J. 2020. COSORE: A community database for continuous soil respiration and other soil-atmosphere greenhouse gas flux data. Global Change Biology. 26:7268-7283. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15353.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15353

Interpretive Summary: Globally, soils store two to three times as much carbon as currently resides in the atmosphere, and it is critical to understand how soil carbon dioxide and methane gas emissions and uptake will respond to ongoing climate change. An increasing number of soil respiration measurements have been made over the last two decades; an increasing number of methane measurements are being made with such systems as well. Such data are an invaluable resource for understanding greenhouse gas cycling, but they lack a central database or repository. Here we describe an open source database and software, that focuses on automated, continuous and long-term GHG flux datasets, and is intended to serve as a community resource for earth sciences, climate change syntheses, and model evaluation. The design emphasizes the importance of reproducibility, scientific transparency, and open access to data. We give brief examples of the types of analyses possible using this new community resource and describe its accompanying software package.

Technical Abstract: Globally, soils store two to three times as much carbon as currently resides in the atmosphere, and it is critical to understand how soil greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and uptake will respond to ongoing climate change. In particular, the soil-to-atmosphere CO 2 flux–commonly though imprecisely termed soil respiration, R S –is one of the largest carbon fluxes in the Earth system. An increasing number of high frequency R S measurements (typically, from an automated system with hourly sampling) have been made over the last two decades; an increasing number of methane measurements are being made with such systems as well. Such high frequency data are an invaluable resource for understanding GHG fluxes, but lack a central database or repository. Here we describe the lightweight, open source COSORE (COntinuous Soil REspiration) database and software, that focuses on automated, continuous and long-term GHG flux datasets, and is intended to serve as a community resource for earth sciences, climate change syntheses, and model evaluation. Contributed datasets are mapped to a single, consistent standard, with metadata on contributors, geographic location, measurement conditions, and ancillary data. The design emphasizes the importance of reproducibility, scientific transparency, and open access to data. While oriented towards continuously measured R S , the database design accommodates other soil-atmosphere measurements (e.g. ecosystem respiration, chamber-measured net ecosystem exchange, methane fluxes) as well as experimental treatments (heterotrophic only, etc.). We give brief examples of the types of analyses possible using this new community resource and describe its accompanying R software package.