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

OISE-0703946（Huete，亚利桑那大学）美国-热带森林生态系统通过其在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，构成了全球地球系统的主要和关键组成部分。尽管热带森林的运作机制非常重要，但人们对它们的了解仍然很少。在亚洲季风区，鉴于该区域人口众多且不断增长，而且他们越来越多地利用重要的可再生和不可再生资源，了解环境（如光照和湿度）和人为因素对热带森林可持续性的影响变得尤为紧迫。该奖项支持2.5天的美国- 2007年秋季，在日本京都的人类与自然研究所举办了JPAAN讲习班，召集科学家和学生就亚洲季风区热带森林的功能和人与自然的动态互动交流信息，并制定跨学科研究方向。随后将对泰国的两个通量塔和一个实时卫星处理中心进行实地访问。这项工作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作用（野外地块，塔，卫星和建模）。它将汇集参与新热带和季风亚洲热带森林研究的主要专家和学生。

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.