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| | NSF Program Announcement/Solicitation: Integrated Carbon Cycle Research Program |
 | | Studies of the chemical, biological, ecological, and physical processes driving carbon distribution, transformation and transport within and between terrestrial, atmospheric, and oceanic environments are appropriate for this competition. |
 | | Process studies improve our knowledge of poorly understood chemical, biological, and physical processes operating at a variety of spatial and temporal scales within the carbon cycle by helping to define and quantify key mechanisms responsible for carbon transformations and exchanges between land, sea, and air. |
 | | One of the important lessons learned from two decades of global carbon cycle and climate research is that the utility of focused process studies can be maximized by including global data synthesis and modeling activities as integral components of the research initiative at the outset. |
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