HR: 1340h
AN: B23A-0930 [Abstracts]
TI: CASA-CQUEST: Decision Support Tools and Data Analysis for Ecosystem Carbon Management in the United
States
AU: * Fladeland, M
EM: mfladeland@mail.arc.nasa.gov
AF: NASA Ames Research Center, Mail Stop 242-4, Moffett Field, CA 94035
United States
AU: Potter, C
EM: cpotter@mail.arc.nasa.gov
AF: NASA Ames Research Center, Mail Stop 242-4, Moffett Field, CA 94035
United States
AU: Genovese, V
EM: vbrooks@mail.arc.nasa.gov
AF: California State University Monterey Bay, NASA/ARC, Seaside, CA 93955
United States
AU: Klooster, S
EM: sklooster@gaia.arc.nasa.gov
AF: California State University Monterey Bay, NASA/ARC, Seaside, CA 93955
United States
AU: Hiatt, S
EM: sethiatt94@yahoo.com
AF: Education Associates, NASA/ARC, Moffett Field, CA 94035
United States
AB:
Ecosystem modeling and satellite remote sensing are being used in combination to assess activities such as land use change
and afforestation on carbon pools and fluxes across the United States. The main objectives of this research and application
are to: 1) evaluate major forest and agricultural sinks of atmospheric carbon dioxide using NASA EOS satellite data and
ecosystem modeling, 2) support U. S. Government interagency programs for voluntary greenhouse gas emissions reductions, and
3) develop an internet-based decision support tools for users nationwide. A new combination of ecosystem carbon modeling
with CASA (Carnegie-Ames-Stanford Approach) and high-resolution land cover mapping of the country by the MODIS satellite
sensor was used to estimate potential carbon sequestration rates in croplands and rangelands resulting from potential future
afforestation activities. The high level of spatial detail produced from this remote sensing analysis permits state-level
(and possibly finer) assessments of the areas best suited to crop and rangeland afforestation efforts, with results relevant
to the North American Carbon Program.
UR: http://geo.arc.nasa.gov/website/cquestwebsite/index.html
DE: 1610 Atmosphere (0315, 0325)
DE: 1620 Climate dynamics (3309)
DE: 1625 Geomorphology and weathering (1824, 1886)
DE: 1640 Remote sensing
DE: 0315 Biosphere/atmosphere interactions
SC: Biogeosciences [B]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting