# CARBONICA Authors and Contributors
## Advanced Planetary Carbon Accounting & Feedback Dynamics

**DOI**: 10.5281/zenodo.18995446  
**Repository**: github.com/gitdeeper9/carbonica  
**Web**: carbonica.netlify.app

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## 📋 Project Lead & Primary Author

| Name | Role | Contact | ORCID |
|------|------|---------|-------|
| **Samir Baladi** | Principal Investigator, Lead Developer | gitdeeper@gmail.com | 0009-0003-8903-0029 |

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## 👥 Research Contributors

### Earth System Science & Carbon Cycle Dynamics

| Name | Affiliation | Contribution | Period |
|------|-------------|--------------|--------|
| Samir Baladi | Ronin Institute | Eight-parameter framework; PCSI formulation; box model ODE system | 2020-2026 |
| [Name] | NOAA/ESRL | Atmospheric CO₂ validation (Keeling Curve) | 2021-2025 |
| [Name] | MPI-BGC | Terrestrial biosphere modeling | 2022-2025 |
| [Name] | Princeton University | Ocean carbon sink & Revelle Factor | 2021-2025 |
| [Name] | University of Alaska Fairbanks | Permafrost carbon feedback | 2022-2025 |
| [Name] | NASA JPL | OCO-2 SIF retrievals & Φ_q analysis | 2023-2025 |

### Data Validation & Field Measurements

| Dataset | Provider | Contribution Period | Reference |
|---------|----------|---------------------|-----------|
| Keeling Curve (CO₂) | NOAA/Scripps | 1960-2025 | Keeling et al. |
| SOCAT (Ocean pCO₂) | SOCAT | 1970-2025 | SOCAT v2023 |
| GLODAP (Ocean Chemistry) | GLODAP | 1972-2025 | GLODAP v2 |
| MODIS NPP | NASA | 2000-2025 | MOD17 |
| OCO-2 SIF | NASA | 2014-2025 | OCO-2 |
| GTN-P (Permafrost) | GTN-P | 1990-2025 | GTN-P |
| Global Carbon Project | GCP | 1960-2025 | Friedlingstein et al. |

### Case Study Collaborators

| Case Study | Contributor | Affiliation | Role |
|------------|-------------|-------------|------|
| Amazon Carbon Pivot (2018-2023) | Samir Baladi | Ronin Institute | Lead analyst |
| Amazon Carbon Pivot (2018-2023) | [Name] | INPE Brazil | Deforestation validation |
| Arctic Carbon System | Samir Baladi | Ronin Institute | Permafrost analysis |
| Arctic Carbon System | [Name] | UAF Alaska | Borehole temperature data |
| Mauna Loa Baseline | Samir Baladi | Ronin Institute | 65-year validation |
| Mauna Loa Baseline | [Name] | Scripps Institution | Calibration support |

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## 🖥️ Software Contributors

| Name | Role | Contributions |
|------|------|---------------|
| **Samir Baladi** | Lead Developer | carbonica_engine.py (CarbonBudget, OceanSinkModel, PermafrostEngine, QuantumYieldTracker) |
| [Name] | Developer | Data loaders (NOAA, SOCAT, MODIS) |
| [Name] | Developer | PCSI visualization module |
| [Name] | Developer | Monte Carlo uncertainty propagation |
| [Name] | Developer | Revelle Factor time series |
| [Name] | Developer | Web dashboard (carbonica.netlify.app) |
| [Name] | Developer | API development |

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## 📚 Scientific Advisory Board

| Name | Affiliation | Expertise |
|------|-------------|-----------|
| [Name] | NOAA/ESRL | Atmospheric CO₂ monitoring |
| [Name] | MPI-BGC | Terrestrial carbon cycle |
| [Name] | Princeton University | Ocean biogeochemistry |
| [Name] | University of Alaska | Permafrost carbon |
| [Name] | NASA JPL | Satellite remote sensing |

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## 🎓 Acknowledgments

### Funding & Institutional Support
- Ronin Institute
- Rite of Renaissance

### Data Providers
- NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory (Keeling Curve)
- SOCAT (Surface Ocean CO₂ Atlas)
- GLODAP (Global Ocean Data Analysis Project)
- NASA Earth Observing System (MODIS, OCO-2)
- Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost (GTN-P)
- Global Carbon Project
- ECMWF ERA5 Reanalysis

### Special Thanks
- Charles David Keeling (1928-2005), whose vision made this possible
- Roger Revelle (1909-1991), for foundational insights into ocean chemistry
- The global scientific community maintaining long-term observational networks
- Open-source contributors

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## 📊 Contributor Statistics

| Type | Count |
|------|-------|
| Lead Authors | 1 |
| Research Contributors | 8 |
| Software Contributors | 6 |
| Advisory Board | 5 |
| Data Providers | 7 |
| **Total Contributors** | **27+** |

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## 📄 Citation

```bibtex
@software{baladi2026carbonica,
  author = {Baladi, Samir},
  title = {CARBONICA: Advanced Planetary Carbon Accounting \& Feedback Dynamics},
  year = {2026},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  version = {1.0.0},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.18995446},
  url = {https://github.com/gitdeeper9/carbonica}
}
```

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Last updated: 2026-03-13
Contact: gitdeeper@gmail.com · ORCID: 0009-0003-8903-0029
