Carbon Dynamics of Peatswamp Forest
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Carbon Dynamics in Bruneiʼs Peat ForestsCharles Harvey, MIT
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SMART/Brunei Forestry Collaboration
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Pro#les ofhydraulic andbiogeochemicalcharacterization
Solar-poweredresearch station
Automatedriver gages
Piezometers withpressure transducers
Automatedrain gages
Eddy-#uxtowers
Transmissionline
Foot print of #uxmeasurements
River carbon#ux stations
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Mendaram study area
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SarawakLabiHills
Baram
Kuala Belait
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Operat ional 2011-09 Under developm entSite overview
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Damit River
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(3) How does deforestation affect peat?
(2) How does peat accumulate?
Chicken-or-egg conundrumLocal dynamics in peat domes
(1) What are the carbon fluxes to and from peat lands?
Questions:
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1. Power supply and infrastructure2. Small-scale characterization Soil chambers Meter-scale hydrology Core analysis3. Large-scale fluxes River fluxes Atmospheric fluxes4. Biogeochemical Characterization 5. Hydrologic models6. Ecosystem models
Project Components
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Solar-powered research station
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Project Components1. Power supply and infrastructure2. Small-scale characterization Soil chambers Meter-scale hydrology Core analysis3. Large-scale fluxes River fluxes Atmospheric fluxes4. Biogeochemical Characterization 5. Hydrologic models6. Ecosystem models
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Soil gaschambers
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Project Components1. Power supply and infrastructure2. Small-scale characterization Soil chambers Meter-scale hydrology Core analysis3. Large-scale fluxes River fluxes Atmospheric fluxes4. Biogeochemical Characterization 5. Hydrologic models6. Ecosystem models
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Meter Scale Hydrology
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Project Components1. Power supply and infrastructure2. Small-scale characterization Soil chambers Meter-scale hydrology Core analysis3. Large-scale fluxes River fluxes Atmospheric fluxes4. Biogeochemical Characterization 5. Hydrologic models6. Ecosystem models
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CoreAnalysis
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Project Components1. Power supply and infrastructure2. Small-scale characterization Soil chambers Meter-scale hydrology Core analysis3. Large-scale fluxes River fluxes Atmospheric fluxes4. Biogeochemical Characterization 5. Hydrologic models6. Ecosystem models
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River Fluxes
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Project Components1. Power supply and infrastructure2. Small-scale characterization Soil chambers Meter-scale hydrology Core analysis3. Large-scale fluxes River fluxes Atmospheric fluxes4. Biogeochemical Characterization 5. Hydrologic models6. Ecosystem models
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Atmospheric Exchange
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Fieldwork
Helicopter drop of field equipment
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Project Components1. Power supply and infrastructure2. Small-scale characterization Soil chambers Meter-scale hydrology Core analysis3. Large-scale fluxes River fluxes Atmospheric fluxes4. Biogeochemical Characterization 5. Hydrologic models6. Ecosystem models
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Biogeochemical sampling
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Chloride
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Project Components1. Power supply and infrastructure2. Small-scale characterization Soil chambers Meter-scale hydrology Core analysis3. Large-scale fluxes River fluxes Atmospheric fluxes4. Biogeochemical Characterization 5. Hydrologic models6. Ecosystem models
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Project Components1. Power supply and infrastructure2. Small-scale characterization Soil chambers Meter-scale hydrology Core analysis3. Large-scale fluxes River fluxes Atmospheric fluxes4. Biogeochemical Characterization 5. Hydrologic models6. Ecosystem models
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Ecological modeling
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• Brunei’s peat forest are a unique and valuable resource
• We are building novel sensors that quantify carbon fluxes into and out of the peat lands and are designed to work in the peat forest
• We are combing data with models to better understand how peat is created and destroyed
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Thank You