Develop improved technologies and systems for direct measurements of soil and vegetation carbon at reference sites selected within Southwest Carbon Partnership region.

Develop remote sensing and classification protocols to improve mesocsale (km²) soil and vegetation carbon estimates.

Construct ecological process (State and Transition) models that reflect soil/vegetation changes resulting from current land use and land use associated with implementation of programs to sequester carbon or reduce carbon losses.

Develop a regional inventory and decision support tool that integrates information gathered during the course of the Phase I investigation and from #1-3 above.