The Influence of Historical and Projected Land Use and Land Cover Changes on Land Surface Hydrology and Regional Weather and Climate Variability
Project Start Date
01/01/2004
Project End Date
01/01/2007
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| Person Name | Person role on project | Affiliation |
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| Tom Loveland | Principal Investigator | U.S. Geological Survey, Sioux Falls, United States |
Abstract
The seven ecoregions we have studied so far indicated that: 1. Carbon dynamics varied greatly across ecoregions: from carbon neutral to strong carbon sinks 2. Carbon sink strength has been decreasing 3. The inter-annual variability of carbon dynamics is mainly determined by climatic variability Major uncertainties and knowledge gaps: • Uncertainty in soil database (STATSGO) at the local scale • Net primary production data of forests (MODIS and FIA) • Forest structural info (age, tree density, etc.)
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