Project Number: 6235-11210-006-45
Project Type: Reimbursable

Start Date: Nov 10, 2005
End Date: Sep 30, 2009

Objective:
1) As stated in agmt. objective 2: Develop remote sensing and classification protocols to improve mesocsale (km2) soil and vegetation carbon estimates. 2) As stated in agmt. objective 3: Construct ecological process (State and Transition) models that reflect soil/vegetation changes resulting from current land use and land use associated with implementation of programs to sequester carbon or reduce carbon losses.

Approach:
1 a) Using results of the spatial characterization of carbon at the selected study sites, determine remote sensing technology(ies) capable of providing appropriate scale and frequency of imagery that could be useful in assessing changes in carbon stocks; b) Integration of remote sensing data identified above into the state and transition models and regional inventory and decision support. 2 a) Develop State and Transition Models (STMs) for the range of soil/vegetation combinations represented by the carbon management practices and land uses in the selected study areas; b) distribute STMs across appropriate soil units within the region; c) Integrate the STMs into the regional inventory and decision support system.