IAI Workshop: Andean Amazon Rivers Analysis and Monitoring (AARAM) Project Start-Up Activities

9529788里奇这项建议为安第斯亚马逊河分析和监测项目寻求启动资金，该项目是专门构思和组织的，旨在解决美洲全球变化研究所科学研究议程中确定的科学问题和社会经济问题，特别是在热带生态系统和生物地球化学循环的主题范围内。+安第斯亚马逊河分析和监测项目将来自玻利维亚、巴西、哥伦比亚、厄瓜多尔、秘鲁和美国的研究人员团结在一起，共同调查全球气候变化和区域土地利用变化对安第斯亚马逊盆地陆地和水生生态系统内生物地球化学和水文循环的影响。为实现这一目标，该项目将在整个安第斯亚马逊地区建立一个河流采样站网络，采用标准化方法收集在整个区域具有可比性的高质量生物地球化学和水文数据。采样站将是以下工作的重点：更详细的基于过程的研究；对当地科学家和学生的培训；以及IAI其他研究小组在更广泛的地理范围内进行的研究。该项目还将汇集和利用来自不同来源的各种数据类型，包括历史水文记录、遥感图像和标有区域内土地利用变化过程的数字化地图主题。AARAM项目将依靠基于地理信息系统的管理，将这些不同的数据集组合和组织成一个连贯的项目数据库。具体地说，这项建议寻求资金支持以召开两次工作会议：第一次会议将在秘鲁利马召集项目参与者，以制定项目研究计划，制定学生和青年研究人员参与计划，并制定参与机构之间的合作协定。第二次会议将是一次规模较小的写作+会议，项目PI聚集在华盛顿州西雅图，为该项目撰写IAI第二阶段提案。参与的机构有：圣安德烈斯大学(玻利维亚)、玻利维亚国家气象和水文局、核能和农业中心(巴西)、国家水电局(巴西)、国家环境研究所(哥伦比亚)、国家理工学院(厄瓜多尔)、厄瓜多尔国家气象和水文局、拉莫利纳国立农业大学(秘鲁)、秘鲁国家气象和水文局、秘鲁国家气象和水文局、秘鲁水文学和航海局以及西雅图华盛顿大学。提议的项目和工作会议由一群在跨国研究工作和亚马逊生态系统方面拥有丰富经验的科学家组织。对安第斯亚马逊河的生物地球化学和水文学进行定性和监测，将为研究人员和有关机构带来各种好处。安第斯地区将受益于以下方面：增加对其生态系统状况和功能的了解；项目数据有助于制定国家和区域环境政策，通过技术和财政资源的流入提高当地专门知识水平；以及增加区域合作联系。巴西和美国的研究人员将通过获得当地专家的意见以及获得实验室设施、野外站和人力资源，从他们目前的研究扩展中受益。更大的全球变化社区将从这个项目中获得与大规模水平衡研究和碳、氮、磷等生物活性元素循环相关的高质量数据基础。AARAM项目已经组建了一支高素质的研究科学家团队。PIS在项目管理方面拥有丰富的经验，包括诸如亚马逊河碳实验(CAMREX)和美国国家航空航天局+S地球观测系统区域亚马逊模型项目(EOSRAM)等重大国际努力。此外，该项目还将与下列大型国际研究计划建立联系：大型生物圈-大气层计划、国际地圈-生物圈计划+沿海地区S陆地-海洋相互作用项目、国际科学联盟理事会+S环境问题科学委员会、U NESCO+S人与生物圈计划以及法国赞助的玻利维亚亚马孙流域水文和气候学计划。AARAM项目将与这些项目共享数据，并邀请IAI的其他项目在其采样站进行研究，从而将自己整合到更大的IAI网络中。玻利维亚、巴西、哥伦比亚、厄瓜多尔、秘鲁和美国等参与PAR的国家是IAI的成员国，IAI是美国发起的一项倡议，旨在鼓励美洲科学机构之间就全球变化问题进行合作研究。美国国家科学基金会是被指定在IAI内履行美国职责的政府机构。***

9529788 Richey This proposal seeks start-up funds for the Andean Amazon Rivers Analysis and Monitoring (AARAM) Project, which was conceived and organized specifically to address scientific questions and socioeconomic issues identified in the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) scientific research agenda, particularly within the theme of -T ropical Ecosystems and Biogeochemical Cycles.+ The AARAM project unites researchers from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and the United States with the common objective of investigating the effect of global climate change and regional land use change on biogeochemical and hydrological cycles within terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems of the Andean Amazon Basin. To accomplish this objective the project will establish a network of river sampling stations throughout the Andean Amazon region, employing standardized methods to gather high-quality biogeochemical and hydrological data which is comparable over the entire region. The sampling stations will be the foci for the following: more detailed process-based studies; training of local scientists and students; and studies by other IAI research teams with broader geographic coverage. The project will also assemble and utilize diverse data types from different sources including historical hydrological records, remote sensing images, and digitized map themes which mark the course of land use change within the region. The AARAM Project will rely on Geographic Information Systems-based management to assemble and organize these varied data sets into a coherent project database. Specifically, this proposal seeks financial support to convene two working meetings: the first meeting will bring together project participants in Lima, Peru, to develop the project research plan, devise a plan for student and young researcher involvement, and work out collaborative agreements between participating institutions. The second meeting will be a smaller -writing+ meeting where the Project PIs gather in Seattle, Washington to write the IAI Phase II Proposal for the project. The institutions involved are the following: the Greater University of San Andres (Bolivia), the Bolivian National Meteorological and Hydrological Service, the Center for Nuclear Energy and Agriculture (Brazil), the National Agency for Water and Electric Power (Brazil), the National Institute for Environmental Studies (Colombia), the National Politechnical School (Ecuador), the Ecuadorean National Meteorological and Hydrological Service, the National Agrarian University at La Molina (Peru), the Peruvian National Meteorological and Hydrological S ervice, the Peruvian Hydrographic and Navigational Service, and the University of Washington at Seattle. %%% The proposed project and working meetings are being organized by a group of scientists with extensive experience in multinational research efforts and Amazon ecosystems. The characterization and monitoring of the biogeochemistry and hydrology of Andean Amazon rivers will provide a variety of benefits to the researchers and institutions involved. The benefits to the Andean region will be the following: increased knowledge of the state and functioning of their ecosystems; usefulness of the project data to the establishment of national and regional environmental policies, the raising of the level of local expertise through influx of technical and financial resources; and an increase in reg ional collaborative links. Brazilian and U.S. researchers will benefit from the expansion of their current research by gaining input from local experts and the access to laboratory facilities, field stations, and human resources. The larger global change community will gain from this project a high quality base of data relevant to large-scale st udies of water balance and cycles of bioactive elements such as carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus. The AARAM Project has assembled a highly qualified team of research scientists. The PIs have extensive experience in proje ct management, including such major international efforts as the Carbon in the Amazon River Experiment (CAMREX), and NASA+s Earth Observing System Regional Amazon Model Project (EOSRAM). Additionally, this project will have links with the following large international research programs: the Large-scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Program (LBA), the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme+s Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone project (IGBP/LOICZ), the International Council of Scientific Union+s Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (ICSU/SCOPE), U NESCO+s Man and the Biosphere Program (UNESCO/MAB), and the French sponsored Bolivian Amazon Basin Hydrological and Climatological Program (ORSTOM/PHICAB). The AARAM Project will integrate itself into the larger IAI Network by sharing data with these projects, and inviting other IAI projects to conduct research at its sampling stations. The par ticipating countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and the United States are Member States of the IAI, a U.S. initiative to stimulate cooperative research on global change issues among the scientific institutions of the Americas. The U.S. National Science Foundation is the Government agency designated to carry out U.S. responsibili ties within the IAI. ***