An airborne regional carbon balance for Central Amazonia

An airborne regional carbon balance for Central Amazonia

1 Earth and Biosphere Institute, School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK 2 Max-Planck-Institut für Biogeochemie, Postfach 100164, 07701 Jena, Germany 3 Departamento de Ciências Atmosféricas, Instituto de Astronomia Geof́ısica e Ciências Atmosféricas, Univ. de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, 1226, 05508-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil 4 Centro de Previsão do Tempo e Estudos Climaticos, I...

Grant Number : NCC 5 - 707 Investigation Group : CD - 01 Title : Spatial integration of Regional Carbon Balance in Amazonia

1.1 Summary of Activities We have completed a three-year investigation of land-atmospheric CO 2 exchange over Amazon Basin. During the project time span, we have implemented and evaluated a new version of ecophysiology model SiB that is capable of realistically representing seasonal drought in surface fluxes of carbon, energy, and water. Significant modifications have been made to the calculati...

The carbon balance from an atmospheric perspective Inverse modeling of regional biospheric CO2 fluxes

The climate system is warming, and a key factor in this change of the climate system is the increase of atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gasses, which alter the balance of incoming and outgoing energy at the surface (Solomon et al., 2007). The most important anthropogenic greenhouse gas is carbon dioxide (CO2) and the uptake of carbon by the biosphere is a substantial component affectin...

Isoprene and monoterpene fluxes from Central Amazonia

Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) Density in Central Amazonia

Ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) are presumed to be the most abundant of the wild cats throughout their distribution range and to play an important role in the dynamics of sympatric small-felid populations. However, ocelot ecological information is limited, particularly for the Amazon. We conducted three camera-trap surveys during three consecutive dry seasons to estimate ocelot density in Amanã Re...