Dear Colleague Please consider submitting an abstract to the AGU Fall Meeting's Biogeosciences session B20,"Carbon Monitoring Systems".
We seek submissions that report efforts to monitor carbon stocks from vegetation. We welcome studies that integrate multiple tools (GIS, remote sensing, and field surveys) to scale up aboveground as well as belowground carbon measurements. We will provide a broad overview of the theme to highlight current challenges. We are keen on hearing more about the lessons learned by members of academia, government agencies, and NGOs. Submissions from sites in data-poor, biomass-rich tropical countries are encouraged but not required. Go to http://sites.agu.org/fallmeeting/ to submit your abstract to the session, described below: B20: Carbon Monitoring Systems Sponsor: Biogeosciences (B) Co-Sponsor(s): Global Environmental Change (GC) Improved constrains on carbon emission models require that we estimate forest carbon stocks at multiple scales. Furthermore, policies such as the UN-REDD initiative require the development of regional or national carbon maps, carbon monitoring systems and MRV methods. This session aims at assessing how carbon monitoring systems can be operationalized at different scales. We encourage submission on regional/national carbon stock and change estimation that integrate remote sensing, ecosystem modeling and field measurements. In particular, we encourage authors to describe their approaches in terms of (1) biomass modeling and estimation, (2) error estimation and propagation and, (3) relating regional to national/continental datasets. Session sponsors: Temilola Fatoyinbo (NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center) and Naiara Pinto (University of Maryland - Dept. Geography). Temilola E. Fatoyinbo PhD Biospheric Sciences Branch, Code 614.4 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 8800 Greenbelt Road Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA PHONE: (301)614-6660, FAX: (301)614-6695 [email protected]<x-msg://94/[email protected]>
