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Investigation Abstracts and Profiles

Codes are used to organize the LBA-ECO investigations by science theme:

CD - Carbon Dynamics
LC - Land Cover and Land Use Change
ND - Nutrient Dynamics and Surface Water Chemistry
PC - Physical Climate
TG - Trace Gas and Aerosol Fluxes

Investigation Profiles contain the following information:

Participant List
Abstracts
Research Areas
Scheduled STI Site Visits
Training and Education Activities
Dataset Profiles
Publications

LBA-ECO Carbon Cycle and Terrestrial Ecology Awards (2008 - 2011)

Investigations Investigation Titles
(view profile) Duration

CD-40: Keller Historical Reconstruction of Vegetation Change and a Carbon Budget for the Brazilian Cerrado Using Multiple Satellite Sensors and Historical Aerial Photography 2008-2011

CD-41: Palace Scaling Forest Biometric Properties Derived From High Resolution Imagery To The Amazon Basin Using Moderate Resolution Spectral Reflectance Data 2008-2011

LBA-ECO Synthesis, Integration and Modeling (Phase 3): 2005 - 2009

Participation of designated Phase 3 investigations (*) is pending approval of the LBA Science Steering Committee.

Investigations	Investigation Titles (view profile)	Duration
CD-30: Fitzjarrald / Morães / Acevedo / Cohen / M. Silva Dias / Manzi	Mesoclimate and Land Use Change Effects on Carbon Exchange in Amazonia	03/2006-03/2008
CD-31: Miller, S. / da Rocha	The Effects of Selective Logging on Carbon Dioxide and Energy Exchange in Tapajos National Forest	02/2006-02/2008
CD-32: Saleska / da Rocha / Artaxo / Nobre / Shimabukuro	Carbon Balance in Amazon Forests from Site to Region: Integrating Remote Sensing from Satellites and Aircraft with Ground-based Tower and Biometric Data	01/2006-06/2009
CD-33: Richey / Victoria	From Small Streams to the Sea: A Multi-Scale Synthesis of Carbon and Hydrological Dynamics across the Amazon Landscape	01/2006-01/2008
CD-34: Chambers / Higuchi / J. dos Santos / Camargo	Disturbance Effects on Carbon Dynamics in Old-Growth Amazon Forest: Model Algorithm Development and Synthesis from Individual Trees to Landscapes	01/2006-01/2008
CD-35: Wofsy / Camargo / Artaxo / M. Silva Dias	Fluxes and Budgets of CO2 and H2O in the Amazon Basin	04/2006-10/2007
CD-36: Bastidas / Shuttleworth / Nobre	Analyzing and Synthesizing LBA Field Data to Improve the Performance of Land Surface Models	05/2006-05/2008
CD-37: Lefsky / ??	Spatially-explicit Estimates of Forest Biomass in the Amazon Basin using MODIS and the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System	01/2006-01/2009
LC-30: Walsh / Manosalvas	Multi-Agent Models of Land Cover/Land Use Dynamics in the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon: Coupling Human & Natural Systems through Pattern-Process Relations and Spatial Simulations	01/2006-01/2008
LC-31: Foley / Costa	Evaluating Changes in Regional- to Global-Scale Ecosystem Services Provided by Amazonian Rainforests	04/2006-01/2009
LC-32: Melack / Novo	Linking Remote Sensing of Variations in Inundation and Aquatic Vegetation with Regional Analyses of Carbon Dynamics in Amazon Wetlands.	04/2006-03/2008
LC-33: Asner / Bustamante	Integrating Satellite, Modeling and Synthesis Approaches to Understand the Role of Selective Logging on Biogeochemical Cycles in Amazonia	10/2005-10/2007
LC-34: Moran / Batistella	Human and Physical Dimensions of Land Use/Cover Change In Amazonia: Phase III - Towards Sustainability	02/2006-02/2008
LC-35: Csiszar / Longo / Setzer	Analysis of Long-term fire Dynamics and Impacts in the Amazon Using Integrated Multi-source Fire Observations	01/2006-01/2009
LC-36: Walker / Reis	Spatially Specific Land Cover Econometrics & Integration With Climate Prediction: Scenarios of Future Landscapes and Land-climate Interactions	02/2006-02/2008
LC-37: Nepstad / Soares-Filho / Almeida	Integration of Land Use, Fire, and Carbon Flux in Critical Amazon Landscapes: the Xingu River Headwaters and the BR163 Highway Corridor	10/2005-10/2007
LC-38: Melillo / Cerri	Land-atmosphere Exchanges of Carbon Dioxide and Nitrous Oxide Associated with Agricultural Expansion in the Brazilian Amazon	10/2005-10/2007
LC-39: DeFries / Shimabukuro	Reducing Uncertainties of Carbon Emissions from Land Use-Related Fires with MODIS Data: From Local to Global Scale	02/2005-01/2008
ND-30: Davidson / Carvalho / Figueiredo / Vieira	Synthesis of Nutrient Interactions in Secondary Vegetation in Amazonia	03/2006-03/2008
ND-31: Deegan / Victoria	Quantifying and Scaling Land-Water Connections and River-Channel Biogeochemistry in Amazon River Networks	01/2006-01/2008
PC-30: Avissar / Pedro Silva Dias	How Resilient is the Hydrometerology of the Amazon Basin to Human Pressure?	12/2005-12/2008
TG-30: Potter / Bustamante / Ferreira / Cosme de Oliveira	Modeling and Synthesis of the Effects of Land Use Change on Carbon and Trace Gas Budgets over the Amazon Region	10/2005-10/2007
TG-31: Miller, J. / Gatti / M. Silva Dias	Evaluation and Estimation of Surface Trace Gas Fluxes from Aircraft Measurements Above the Amazon	02/2006-02/2009
TG-32: Keller / Oliveira	Synthesis and Integration of Ecological Research within the Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA) and Science Support for LBA-ECO	01/2006-12/2008

LBA-ECO Field Investigations (Phase 1 and 2): 1998 - 2005

Investigations	Investigation Titles (view profile)	Duration
CD-01: Denning / Dias	Spatial Integration of Regional Carbon Balance in Amazonia	07/1998-12/2005
CD-02: Ehleringer / Martinelli	Carbon and Oxygen Isotope Ratio CO2 Flux Analyses at the Soil, Canopy, and Landscape Scales	07/1998-12/2005
CD-03: Fitzjarrald / Moraes	Periodic, Transient, and Spatially Inhomogeneous Influences on Carbon Exchange in Amazonia	07/1998-01/2007
CD-04: Goulden / Rocha	Measuring the Effects of Logging on the CO2 and Energy Exchange of a Primary Forest in Tapajós National Forest	07/1998-02/2007
CD-05: Nepstad / Klink / Moutinho	Amazon Scenarios: Modeling Interactions Among Land Use, Fire, and Climate	07/1998-01/2007
CD-06: Richey / Victoria	Carbon and Moisture Fluxes along the LBA Transects: Data Assimilation and Modeling	07/1998-12/2005
CD-07: Smith / Cooper / Dias	High Resolution Carbon Exchange Over Large-Scale Amazonia Based on Modeling and GOES Satellite-Derived Radiation Inputs	07/1998-12/2002
CD-08: Trumbore / Camargo	Carbon Dynamics in Vegetation and Soils Along the Eastern LBA Transect	07/1998-12/2005
CD-09: Rastetter / Shimabukuro	A Modeling Synthesis of the Impacts of Tropical Forest Conversion on Carbon Fluxes and Storage, and on Nutrient Dynamics in Amazonia	07/1998-05/2002
CD-10: Wofsy / Kirchhoff / Camargo / A. Nobre	Ecosystem Carbon Balance in a Primary Tropical Forest in Central Amazonia: Integrating Long-term Eddy Covariance with Comprehensive Ecological Methods	07/1998-12/2005
CD-11: Houghton / Alencar	Selective logging, fire, and biomass in Amazonia	03/1999-08/2003
CD-12: Vourlitis / Priante	A Pilot Study for Assessing the Carbon and Energy Balance of a Transitional Tropical Forest in Southwest Amazonia	08/1999-12/2005
CD-15: Cohen / Costa	BigFoot II: In situ Measurements, Remote Sensing, and Models to Validate MODIS Products Related to the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle	09/2001-02/2005
CD-17: Ducey / Alves	Validating, Scaling and Parameterizing a Forest Regrowth Model for the Amazon Region Using Aircraft and Spaceborne Sensors and GIS	09/2001-08/2004
CD-18: Shuttleworth / Nobre	Modeling Amazonian Carbon Release with Calibrated SVAT Models	01/2003-10/2006
LC-01: Walsh / Bilsborrow / Manosalvas	Modeling the Scale Dependent Drivers of LCLU Dynamics in Northeastern Ecuador: Simulating Patterns of Landscape Change and Assessing their Cause and Consequence through Multi-Level Models and Cellular Automata	06/1998-12/2005
LC-02: Brown / Silveira / Esteves	Land-Cover/Land-Use Change and Carbon Dynamics in an Expanding Frontier in Western Amazonia: Acre, Brazil	07/1998-12/2005
LC-03: Dobson / Soares	Radar Remote Sensing of Land Cover and Biomass in the Amazon	07/1998-12/2002
LC-04: Foley / Costa	Exploring Interactions Among the Ecological, Hydrological and Climate Systems of Amazonia	07/1998-01/2007
LC-05: Laurance / Mesquita	Anthropogenic Land-use Change and the Dynamics of Amazon Forest Biomass	07/1998-12/2005
LC-06: Huete / Shimabukuro	Validation and Evaluation of MODIS Data Products in the Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA)	07/1998-12/2002
LC-07: Melack / Novo / Forsberg	Multi-Scale Analysis of Inundation with Microwave and Optical Remote Sensing in the Amazon Basin: Applications to Biogeochemical Measurements and Modeling	07/1998-01/2007
LC-08: Moore / Nobre	Modeling the Biogeochemical System of the Terrestrial Amazon: Issues for Sustainability	07/1998-12/2002
LC-09: Moran / Batistella	Human and Physical Dimensions of Land Use/Cover Change in Amazonia: Towards a Multiscale Synthesis	06/1998-01/2007
LC-10: Skole / Pedlowski	Measurement and Modeling of the Inter-Annual Dynamics of Deforestation and Regrowth in the Brazilian Amazon: Land Use Control on the Annual Net Flux of Carbon	07/1998-12/2002
LC-11: Chapman / Dutra	JERS1 Amazon Multi-Season Mapping Study (JAMMS)	03/1999-12/2001
LC-12: Tucker / Rudorff / Shimabukuro	Near-Real Time South American GAC Data Production in Support of the Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia	10/2000-12/2001
LC-13: Asner / Silva	Low-Cost Evaluation of EO-1 Hyperion and ALI for Detection and Biophysical Characterization of Forest Logging in Amazonia	05/2000-08/2003
LC-14: Nepstad / Moutinho	The Effects of Partial Throughfall Exclusion on Forest Flammability, Productivity, Metabolism and Nutrient Cycling in an Amazon Forest	07/1998-12/2005
LC-15: Saatchi / Alvala	Mapping Global Aerodynamic Roughness Length of Land Surface at 1 km Scale (Aerodynamic Roughness and Vegetation Structure of Amazon Basin)	05/2000-04/2001
LC-16: Davidson / Klink	The Effects of Rainfall Exclusion on Canopy Phenology, Water Dynamics, Carbon, Nutrients, and Survival of Plants of the Cerrado Projeto Seca-Cerrado	07/1998-12/2005
LC-21: Asner / Bustamante / Silva	Regional Effects of Selective Logging on Canopy Damage and Nutrient Dynamics in Amazonia: Linking Landsat ETM+ and Field Biogeochemical Studies	01/2003-09/2006
LC-22: DeFries / Shimabukuro	Integrating Coarse and Fine Resolution Satellite Data to Monitor Land Cover Change throughout Amazônia	01/2003-12/2005
LC-23: Morisette / Schroeder / Pereira	Quantifying the Accuracy of MODIS Fire Products and Establishing Their Relationship with Land Cover Dynamics	01/2003-12/2005
LC-24: Walker / Reis	A Basin-Scale Econometric Model for Projecting Future Amazonian Landscapes	01/2003-01/2007
ND-01: Roberts / Barreto / Soares	Land Cover Conversion in Amazonia, the Role of Environment and Substrate Composition in Modifying Soil Nutrient Cycling and Forest Regeneration	04/1998-12/2006
ND-02: Davidson / Stone / Markewitz / Carvalho / Sa / Vieira / Moutinho / Figueiredo	Dynamics of Biogeochemical Cycles in Secondary Vegetation of Amazonia	07/1998-12/2005
ND-03: Deegan / Victoria / Krusche / Ballester	Key Connections in Amazonian Stream Corridors	07/1998-01/2007
ND-04: Fernandes / Wandelli	Carbon and Nutrient Stocks, Soil Water Dynamics, and Trace Gas Fluxes in Abandoned Pastures and Agroforestry Systems in the Central Amazon	07/1998-12/2002
ND-06: Gholz / Oliveira	Nitrogen and Phosphorus Dynamics in Forests and Converted Forest Sites in the Amazon Basin: A Review and Synthesis of Previous Research	07/1998-12/2000
ND-07: Zepp / Bustamante	Effects of Land Use Changes on the Functioning of Soils and Watersheds of Central Brazil Savannas: Impacts on Nutrient and Carbon Cycles and Trace Gas Exchange	07/1998-01/2006
ND-08: McNabb / Costa	Soil Organic Matter Fluxes in Amazonian Forests: Natural Vs Intensively Managed Systems	07/1998-12/2002
ND-09: Richey / Victoria	Biogeochemical Dynamics in River Corridors of the Amazon Basin and Their Response to Anthropogenic Change	07/1998-12/2002
ND-10: Townsend / Asner / Bustamante	An Integrated Use of Experimental Modeling and Remote Sensing Techniques to Study Carbon and Nutrient Dynamics During Tropical Land Use Change	03/1999-12/2000
ND-11: Lehmann / Passos / Couto	Carbon and Nutrient Stocks and Regrowth in Reduced Impact and Conventionally Logged Forests and Settlements in NW Mato Grosso, Brazil	01/2003-02/2007
TG-01: Chatfield / Silva Dias	Cooperative Regional Transport Modeling of C and N for Amazonia	07/1998-12/2002
TG-02: Guenther / Gatti	Influence of Amazonia Land-Use Change on Chemical Constituents in the Atmosphere	07/1998-12/2002
TG-03: Schafer / Artaxo / Duarte / Setzer	Characterization of Aerosol Optical Properties and Solar Flux for LBA-ECO	10/1998-12/2005
TG-04: Martens / Moraes / Victoria / Moreira	Radon-222 and Stable Carbon Isotope Tracing of Carbon Exchange and Trace Gas Fluxes in Old Growth and Selectively Logged Amazonian Forests	07/1998-03/2007
TG-05: Potter / Carvalho / Oliveira	Modeling the Effects of Land Use Change and Surface Hydrology on Carbon and Trace Gas Fluxes for the Amazon Region	07/1998-12/2005
TG-06: Tans / Miller / Artaxo / Gatti / Martinelli	Vertical Profiles of Carbon Dioxide and Other Trace Gas Species Over the Amazon Basin Using Small Aircraft	07/1998-06/2007
TG-07: Keller / Oliveira	Soil Biogeochemistry of Carbon, Nutrients, and Trace Gases in the Amazon Region of Brazil: Field and Model Studies of Natural and Managed Conditions	07/1998-12/2005
TG-08: Melillo / Cerri	Biogeochemical Consequences of Agricultural Intensification in the Amazon Basin	07/1998-05/2004
TG-09: Trumbore / Perez / Camargo	Stable isotopes of N2O emitted from tropical soils: causes of spatial variability and implications for constraining the global N2O budget	07/1998-12/2002
TG-10: Yokelson / Artaxo	Tropical Biomass Fires and Tropospheric Chemistry: Chemistry and Production of Smoke in Brazil (CAPOS-2004-BRASIL)	01/2003-12/2005