U.S. - Japan Workshop on Monsoon Asia Tropical Forest Carbon Dynamics and Sustainability

OISE-0703946(亚利桑那大学惠特)亚洲季风热带森林碳动态和可持续性美日研讨会摘要热带森林生态系统通过其在生物地球化学循环和气候中的作用，以及作为地球生物多样性的主要储存库，构成全球地球系统的主要和关键组成部分。尽管它们具有巨大的重要性，但人们对热带森林功能的机制仍然知之甚少。在亚洲季风区，鉴于该地区人口众多且不断增长，而且越来越多地开发重要的可再生和不可再生资源，了解环境(例如光和湿度)和人为因素对热带森林可持续性的影响变得尤为迫切。该奖项支持2007年秋季在日本京都人类与自然研究所举行的为期2.5天的美国-日本国际森林行动研究所研讨会，目的是召集科学家和学生就亚洲季风中热带森林的功能和动态的人与自然相互作用交换信息并制定跨学科研究方向。随后将实地参观泰国的两个通量塔和一个实时卫星处理中心。这一努力将利用日本和美国目前在热带森林动态和人类-气候相互作用领域的科学努力中尚未开发的协同效应(田间小区、塔楼、卫星和建模)。它将汇集参与研究新热带和季风亚洲热带森林的顶尖专家和学生。

OISE-0703946 (Huete, University of Arizona)U.S.-Japan Workshop on Monsoon Asia Tropical Forest Carbon Dynamics and SustainabilityAbstractTropical forest ecosystems comprise a major and critical component of the global Earth system through their role in biogeochemical cycling and climate, and as principal reservoirs of the planet's biological diversity. Despite their enormous importance, the mechanisms of tropical forest functioning remain poorly understood. In Monsoon Asia, an understanding of the impact of environment (e.g. light and moisture) and human factors on tropical forest sustainability becomes particularly urgent, given the region's large and growing human population and their increasing exploitation of important renewable and non-renewable resources. This award supports a 2.5 day U.S.-Jpaan workshop in Fall 2007 at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature in Kyoto, Japan to convene scientists and students to exchange information and frame cross-disciplinary research directions on tropical forest functioning and dynamic human-nature interactions in Monsoon Asia. This will be followed by a site visit to two flux towers and a real-time satellite processing center in Thailand. This effort will capitalize on untapped synergies (field plot, tower, satellite, and modeling) in current scientific efforts in Japan and the U.S. in the area of tropical forest dynamics and human-climate interactions. It will bring together leading experts and students involved in research over neotropical and Monsoon Asia tropical forests.