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Net Carbon Balance for the Brazilian AmazonThe general purpose of this research was to use recent satellite-based estimates of deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia to calculate the net flux of carbon associated with deforestation and subsequent regrowth of secondary forests. We have made such a calculation, in the process comparing two estimates of deforestation and two estimates of biomass for the region. Both estimates were based on the RADAMBRASIL survey. They differed in the equations used to convert wood-volumes to total biomass. The net flux of carbon from changes in land use seems to vary from year to year, perhaps by as much as a factor of 4.
Document ID
19990113162
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Other
Authors
Houghton, R. A.
(Woods Hole Research Center MA United States)
Date Acquired
August 19, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1998
Subject Category
Environment Pollution
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGw-5231
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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