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Fact sheets

Global Carbon Monitoring System - 2008
National Carbon Accounting System - 2008
National Carbon Accounting Toolbox and Data Viewer - March 2005
Satellite Monitoring of Land-Based Sources and Sinks of Greenhouse Gases - July 2003
Land Use Change Emissions Results 1988-2001 - August 2003
Methods for Estimating Land Use Change Emissions - August 2002
NCAS - A Progress Report - May 2001 (DCC0003)
The NCAS Accounting Framework - May 2001 (DCC0004)

Strategic reports

The FullCAM Carbon Accounting Model (Version 3.0) User Manual - March 2005
NCAS Development Plan 2004-8 - January 2005
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Land Use Change in Australia: Results from the National Carbon Accounting System 1988-2003 - May 2005
Evaluation of the National Carbon Accounting System (Phase 1) - November 2002
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Land Use Change in Australia: An Integrated Application of the National Carbon Accounting System (GH314) - May 2002
NCAS - A Progress Report - Informing Policy and Facilitating Markets - June 2001 (DCC0034)
The NCAS Accounting Framework (DCC0035) - June 2001
Strategic Plan for the National Carbon Accounting System for Land Based Sources and Sinks

Technical Report Series 1

1. Setting the Frame (DCC0015) - October 1999
2. Estimation of Changes in Soil Carbon due to Changed Land Use (DCC0017) - November 1999
3. Woody Biomass: Methods for Estimating Change (DCC0018) - August 1999
4. Land Clearing: A Social History - (DCC0041) December 2001
5A. Review of Allometric Relationships for Estimating Woody Biomass for Qld, the NT and WA (DCC0024) - August 2000
5B. Review of Allometric Relationships for Estimating Woody Biomass for NSW, the ACT, Vic, Tas and SA (DCC0023) - August 2000
6. The Decay of Coarse Woody Debris (DCC0019) - November 1999
7. (Revision 1) Carbon Content of Woody Roots: Revised Analysis and a Comparison with Woody Shoot Components (DCC0020) - October 2000
8. Usage and Life Cycle of Wood Products (DCC0021) - November 1999
9. Land Cover Change: Specification for Remote Sensing Analysis (DCC0057) - November 2002
10. National Carbon Accounting System: Phase 1 Implementation Plan for the 1990 Baseline (DCC0016) - October 1999
11. International Review of the Implementation Plan for the 1990 Baseline (DCC0022) - 13-15 December 1999

Technical Report Series 2

12. Pre-Clearing Soil Carbon Levels in Australia (DCC0058) - March 2002
13. Agricultural Land Use and Management Information (DCC0049) - Aug 2002
14. Sampling Measurement and Analytical Protocols for Soil Carbon Estimation (DCC0030) - Sep 2000
15. Carbon Conversion Factors for Historical Soil Carbon Data (DCC0025) - Sep 2000
16. Pilot Testing Of Remote Sensing Methodology For Mapping Land Cover Change (DCC0053) - October 2002
17. Synthesis of Allometrics, Review of Root Biomass and Design of Future Woody Biomass Sampling Strategies (DCC0036) - Sep 2000
18. Wood Density Phase 1 (GDCC0031) - Oct 2000
19. Wood Density Phase 2 - in preparation
20. Change in Soil Carbon following Afforestation or Reforestation (DCC0027) - October 2000
21. NCAS System Design (DCC0029) - September 2000
22. Carbon Contents of Above-Ground Tissues of Forest and Woodland Trees (DCC0026) - September 2000
23. Developing a National Forest Productivity Model - May 2004
24. Analysis of Wood Product Accounting Options for the NCAS (DCC0032) - September 2000
25. Review of Unpublished Biomass-Related Information: WA, SA, NSW and Qld (DCC0033) - October 2000
26. CAMFor Users Manual (DCC0037) - November 2000

Technical Report Series 3

27. Biomass Estimation: Approaches for Assessment of Stocks and Stock Change (DCC0047) - August 2002
28. The FullCAM Carbon Accounting Model: Development, Calibration and Implementation for the National Carbon Accounting System (DCC0038) - February 2001
29. Modelling change in soil carbon following afforestation or reforestation: Preliminary simulations using GRC3, and sensitivity analysis (DCC0043) - April 2002
30. Sensitivity Analysis of the RothC Soil Carbon Model (Ver. 26.3 Excel ©) (DCC0055) - October 2002
31. Protocol for Sampling Tree and Stand Biomass (DCC0048) - August 2002
32. Forest Management in Australia: Implications for Carbon Budgets - in preparation
33. Allometric Relationships and Community Biomass Stocks in White Cypress Pine (Callitris glaucophylla) and Associated Eucalypts of the Carnarvon Area - South Central Queensland (with Additional Data for Scrub Leopardwood - Flindersia dissosperma) (DCC0042) - February 2001

Technical Report Series 4

34. Paired Site Sampling for Soil Carbon Estimation NSW (DCC0059)
35. Emission Sources of Nitrous Oxide from Australian Agriculture and Mitigation Options (DCC0070)
36. Integrated Soils Modelling for the NCAS (DCC0061)
37. Paired Site Sampling for Soil Carbon (and Nitrogen) Estimation - Qld (DCC0077)
38. Paired Site Sampling for Soil Carbon Estimation - WA (DCC0067)

Technical Report Series 5

Technical Report Series 6

46. Update on the National Carbon Accounting System Continuous Improvement and Verification Program - May 2004 (DCC0075 )
47. Total Biomass Measurement and Recovery of Biomass in Log Products in Spotted Gum (Corymbia maculata) Forests of SE NSW - July 2004
48. Recovery of Biomass as Green Sawn Boards after Milling of Spotted Gum (Corymbia maculata) Sawlogs from NSW South Coast Forests - November 2004
49. The Decay of Coarse Woody Roots Following Harvest in a Range of Forest Types - March 2006