Carbon Sink to Carbon Pool; The Brazilian Amazon
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Basil El-Masri
Presentation Format
Poster Presentation
Abstract/Description
The Amazon region is one of the largest carbon sinks in the world covering 5.5 million kilometers but the change of landscape from jungle or rain forest to savanna or farm land causes a carbon pool due to slash and burn farming techniques, biomass buildup of dead vegetation, and the release methane, a more dangerous element to the ozone. Using MODIS and Landsat data I studied areas in Brazil most effected by deforestation and land use change (LUC) in the Brazilian Amazon and the effect it has on the Global Primary Production and CO2 uptake.
Location
Large Ballroom, Curris Center
Start Date
April 2016
End Date
April 2016
Carbon Sink to Carbon Pool; The Brazilian Amazon
Large Ballroom, Curris Center
The Amazon region is one of the largest carbon sinks in the world covering 5.5 million kilometers but the change of landscape from jungle or rain forest to savanna or farm land causes a carbon pool due to slash and burn farming techniques, biomass buildup of dead vegetation, and the release methane, a more dangerous element to the ozone. Using MODIS and Landsat data I studied areas in Brazil most effected by deforestation and land use change (LUC) in the Brazilian Amazon and the effect it has on the Global Primary Production and CO2 uptake.