Standard Operating Procedures for Terrestrial Carbon Measurement Manual

S.M. Walker, T.R.H. Pearson, F.M. Casarim, N. Harris, S. Petrova, A. Grais, E. Swails, M. Netzer, K.M. Goslee and S. Brown. 2012. Standard Operating Procedures for Terrestrial Carbon Measurement: Version February 2018. Winrock International.

The purpose of this document is to provide standard field measurement approaches to assist in quantifying the amount of carbon stored within the various organic pools found within a landscape. The methods presented in each Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) have been developed over time by foresters and ecologists to accurately and efficiently estimate carbon stocks.