Soils and the greenhouse effect : the present status and future trends concerning the effect of soils and their cover on the fluxes of greenhouse gasses, the surface energy balance, and the water balance

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Soils and the greenhouse effect : the present status and future trends concerning the effect of soils and their cover on the fluxes of greenhouse gasses, the surface energy balance, and the water balance

edited by A.F. Bouwman

Wiley, c1990

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"Proceedings of the International Conference Soils and the Greenhouse Effect"

"Organized by: International Soil Reference and Informaation Centre (ISRIC)"

"This publication is sponsored by: the Commission of the European Communities (CEC), the United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP)

"Conference on Soils and the Greenhouse Effect, 14-18 August 1989 in Wageningen, the Netherlands" -- T. p. verso

Includes bibliographical references and index

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The present book is the result of an international conference on "Soils and the Greenhouse Effect", 14-18 August 1989 in Wageningen, the Netherlands. It was organized by the International Soil Reference and Information Centre (ISRIC) on behalf of the Netherlands ministry of housing, physical planning and environment (VROM) as a contribution to the IGBP-global change programme. The conference included soil scientists and researchers from many other fields. Its aim was to identify research gaps in the field of the geographic distribution of the world soils and land cover types (natural vegetation, cropland or grazing land) and trends in land use on the one hand, and of greenhouse gas fluxes, evapotranspiration and albedo, on the other hand. The conference resulted in a number of conclusions towards further reseach on soil and land use related processes involved in the emission of greenhouse gases, and also land use policies which may contribute to reduced emissions. These conclusions are summarized in chapter 1. The organization of the conference was made possible through funds of VROM. Financial support for the publication of this book and the conference background paper was received from the Commission of the European Community (CEC) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Additional financial support was received from the Netherlands Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). Cooperating organizations were IGBP-global change, the International Society of Soil Science (ISSS) and the Unesco Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB).

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Background: global distribution of the major soils and land cover types
  • exchange of greenhouse gases between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere
  • estimating the effect of changing land use on transpiration and evaporation
  • the effect of changing land cover on the surface energy balance
  • remote sensing techniques for monitoring of vegetation, and for estimating evapotranspiration and phytomass production. Part 2 Soils: soil processes and properties involved in the production of greenhouse gases, with special relevance to soil taxonomic systems, N.Van Breemen and T.C.J.Feijtel
  • geographic quantification of soils and changes in their properties, W.G.Sombrock. Part 3 Sources and sinks of greenhouse gases: modelling global terrestrial sources and sinks of CO2 with special reference to soil organic matter, G.Esser
  • biotic sources of nitrous oxide (N2O) in the context of the global budget of nitruous oxide, M.M.Umarov
  • soil and land use related sources and sinks of methane (CH4) in the context of the global methane budget, H.Schutz et al. Part 4 Methods: gas flux measurement techniques with special reference to techniques suitable for measurements over large ecologically uniform areas, A.R.Mosier
  • analysis of vegetation changes using satellite data, F.Blasco and F.Achard
  • global data bases for evaluating trace gas sources and sinks, E.Matthews. Part 5 Partitioning of solar energy: the effect of land use change on net radiation and its partitioning into heat fluxes, H.J.Bolle
  • quantification of regional dry and wet canopy evaporation, A.Henderson-Sellers and A.J.Pitman. Part 6 Extended abstracts: soils
  • greenhouse gas fluxes, carbon dioxide
  • greenhouse gas fluxes, methane
  • greenhouse gas fluxes, nitrous oxide
  • partitioning of solar energy
  • soil moisture.

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