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Amazonian deforestation and climate

Title: Amazonian deforestation and climate / edited by J.H.C. Gash [and others].
Publication: Chichester ; New York : John Wiley, ©1996.

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Gash, J. H. C.

Description

xviii, 611 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 25 cm

Summary

"Results of Anglo-Brazilian Climate Observation Study (ABRACOS), which sought to improve climate model predictions. Significant 29 chapter contribution provides a technical examination of the multifaceted environmental topics: soils, water storage, pastures, forest canopy, leaf dynamics, biomass, radiation, and carbon dioxide"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

Subject

Note

Based on a symposium held in Brasilia on 19 to 21 September, 1994.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language (note)

Summaries in Portuguese.

Contents

1. An overview of ABRACOS / J.H.C. Gash, C.A. Nobre, J.M. Roberts and R.L. Victoria -- 2. Predicting the hydrological impacts of land cover transformation in the humid tropics: the need for integrated research / L.A. Bruijnzeel -- 3. Comparisons of long-term soil water storage behaviour under pasture and forest in three areas of Amazonia / M.G. Hodnett, M.D. Oyama, J. Tomasella and A. de O. Marques Filho -- 4. Deep soil water uptake by forest and pasture in central Amazonia: predictions from long-term daily rainfall data using a simple water balance model / M.G. Hodnett, J. Tomasella, A. de O. Marques Filho and M.D. Oyama -- 5. Soil hydraulic properties and van Genuchten parameters for an oxisol under pasture in central Amazonia / J. Tomasella and M.G. Hodnett -- 6. Temperature and moisture profiles in soil beneath forest and pasture areas in eastern Amazonia / J.R.S. de Souza, F.M.A. Pinheiro, R.L.C. de Araujo, H.S. Pinheiro, Jr. and M.G. Hodnett -- 7. Thermal diffusivity of Amazonian soils / R.C.S. Alvala, R. Gielow, I.R. Wright and M.G. Hodnett -- 8. Observation and modelling of rainfall interception loss in two experimental sites in Amazonian forest / V.N. Ubarana -- 9. The isotopic composition of atmospheric water vapour inside a canopy in Amazonian forest: vertical and diurnal variation / A. Ribeiro, R.L. Victoria, L.A. Martinelli, M.Z. Moreira and J.M. Roberts -- 10. Radiation, temperature and humidity over forest and pasture in Amazonia / A.D. Culf, J.L. Esteves, A. de O. Marques Filho and H.R. da Rocha -- 11. The climate of a riverside city in the Amazon basin: urban-rural differences in temperature and humidity / G.T. Maitelli and I.R. Wright -- 12. In-canopy microclimate of Amazonian forest and estimates of transpiration / O.M.R. Cabral, A.-L.C. McWilliam and J.M. Roberts.
13. Biomass production and accumulation in nutrient-limited rainforests: implications for responses to global change / E. Medina and E. Cuevas -- 14. Forest and pasture conductances in southern Para, Amazonia / T.D. de A. Sa, J. de P.R. da Costa and J.M. Roberts -- 15. Forest and pasture leaf-gas exchange in south-west Amazonia / A.-L.C. McWilliam, O.M.R. Cabral, B.M. Gomes, J.L. Esteves and J.M. Roberts -- 16. An overview of the leaf area index and physiological measurements during ABRACOS / J.M. Roberts, O.M.R. Cabral, J.P. da Costa, A.-L.C. McWilliam and T.D. de A. Sa -- 17. Carbon dioxide flux over Amazon rainforest in Rondonia / J. Grace, J. Lloyd, J. McIntyre, A.C. Miranda, P. Meir and H.S. Miranda -- 18. Soil respiration in a rainforest in Amazonia and in cerrado in central Brazil / P. Meir, J. Grace, A.C. Miranda and J. Lloyd -- 19. Sources and sinks of CO[subscript 2] in Rondonia tropical rainforest / B. Kruijt, J. Lloyd, J. Grace, J.A. McIntyre, G.D. Farquhar, A.C. Miranda and P. McCracken -- 20. Carbon dioxide fluxes over a cerrado sensu stricto in central Brazil / A.C. Miranda, H.S. Miranda, J. Lloyd, J. Grace, J.A. McIntyre, P. Meir, P. Riggan, R. Lockwood and J. Brass -- 21. Estimation of the leaf area index and total biomass of tropical regenerating forests: comparison of methodologies / M. Honzak, R.M. Lucas, I. do Amaral, P.J. Curran, G.M. Foody and S. Amaral -- 22. Disturbance and recovery of tropical forests: balancing the carbon account / R.M. Lucas, P.J. Curran, M. Honzak, G.M. Foody, I. do Amaral and S. Amaral -- 23. Advances in land surface parameterisations for GCMs / R.E. Dickinson -- 24. Observations of the atmospheric boundary layer in Rondonia / C.A. Nobre, G. Fisch, H.R. da Rocha, R.F. da F. Lyra, E.P. da Rocha, A.C.L. da Costa and V.N. Ubarana.
25. Modelling convective boundary layer growth in Rondonia / G. Fisch, A.D. Culf and C.A. Nobre -- 26. Modelling surface conductance for Amazonian pasture and forest / I.R. Wright, J.H.C. Gash, H.R. da Rocha and J.M. Roberts -- 27. Calibration and use of the SiB2 model to estimate water vapour and carbon exchange at the ABRACOS forest sites / H.R. da Rocha, P.J. Sellers, G.J. Collatz, I.R. Wright and J. Grace -- 28. Towards a GCM surface parameterisation for Amazonia / I.R. Wright, C.A. Nobre, J. Tomasella, H.R. da Rocha, J.M. Roberts, E. Vertamatti, A.D. Culf, R.C.S. Alvala, M.G. Hodnett and V.N. Ubarana -- 29. Calibration of a GCM using ABRACOS and ARME data and simulation of Amazonian deforestation / O. Manzi and S. Planton -- 30. Simulation of mesoscale circulations in a deforested area of Rondonia in the dry season / M.A.F.S. Dias and P. Regnier -- 31. The simulated impact of Amazonian deforestation on climate using measured ABRACOS vegetation characteristics / J. Lean, C.B. Bunton, C.A. Nobre and P.R. Rowntree -- 32. The conclusions from ABRACOS / C.A. Nobre, J.H.C. Gash, J.M. Roberts and R.L. Victoria.

ISBN

0471967343
9780471967347

LCCN

96015918

OCLC

ocm34564829
34564829
SCSB-13553338

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