1 / 10

4 Themes

LBA-IGBP SYNTHESIS VOLUME Amazonia and the Earth System Editors Pedro Dias John Gash Michael Keller. 4 Themes. People Air Land Water. People PartA2. The Changing Rate and Pattern of Deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia

paige
Télécharger la présentation

4 Themes

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. LBA-IGBP SYNTHESIS VOLUME Amazonia and the Earth System EditorsPedro DiasJohn GashMichael Keller

  2. 4 Themes • People • Air • Land • Water

  3. People • PartA2. The Changing Rate and Pattern of Deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia • PartA3. Selective Logging and its relation to Deforestation • PartA4. The Spatial Distribution and Inter-Annual Variability of Fire in Amazonia • PartA5. The Expansion of Intensive Agriculture and Ranching in Amazonia • PartA6. Scenarios of Future Amazonian Landscapes: Econometric and Dynamic Simulation Models • PartA7. The Impact of Roads in the Process of Deforestation • PartA8. Deforestation and Small Holders in Amazônia • PartA9. People and Environment in Amazonia: the LBA Experience and other Perspectives

  4. Air • PartB2. Characteristics of Amazonian Climate: Main Features • PartB3. The Amazonian Boundary Layer and Mesoscale Circulations • PartB4. Natural Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Emissions from Plants and their Roles in Oxidant Balance and Particle Formation • PartB5. Biomass burning, Long Range Transport of Products, and Regional and Remote Impacts • PartB6. Aerosol Particles: Their Composition, Role in Radiation Balance, Cloud Formation, and Nutrient Cycles • PartB7. Modeling the Regional and Remote Climatic Impact of Deforestation • PartB8. Evapotranspiration • PartB9. Global Warming and Climate Change: Impacts in Amazonia and Climate-Vegetation Feedbacks

  5. Land • PartC2. Nutrient Limitations to Secondary Forest Regrowth • PartC3. The Maintenance of Soil Fertility in Managed Systems • PartC4. Sources and Sinks of Trace Gases in Amazonia and the Cerrado • PartC5. The Storage and Flow of Carbon in Amazonian Forests • PartC6. Recent Changes in Amazon Forest Biomass, Dynamics, and Composition • PartC7. Ecosystem Carbon Fluxes and Amazon Forest Metabolism • PartC8. The Regional Carbon Budget • PartC9. Forest Responses to Drought and the Prospects for the Savannaization of Amazonia • PartC10. Soil Carbon Dynamics • PartC11. Biogeography, Plant Ecophysiology and Water Relations

  6. Water • PartD2. The Role of Rivers in the Regional Carbon Balance • PartD3. Water and Chemical Budgets at the Catchment Scale Including Nutrient Exports from Intact Forests and Disturbed Landscapes • PartD4. Floodplain Ecosystem Processes • PartD5. Effects of Climatic Variability and Deforestation on Surface Water Regimes

  7. Status • 31 Chapters • Submitted: All – 3. • 2 Might be dropped. • 1 Will be completed by Friday • Completed revision process: 3 • Under revision: 16 • Starting review process: 10

  8. AGU Critical Dates • April 30: Deadline for submissions – (Apologies for nagging… but I will continue nagging!!) • 13 weeks: Final files • 3 weeks: Approval • 8 weeks: To publisher • Release: Tentative February 2009?

  9. Challenges: pro • Finding reviewers – if invited, please accept and give us a quick turn around • Authors: Need rapid turn-around. • Portuguese version: • Funds??

  10. HUGE CHALLENGE!!Thanks for your hard work!!

More Related