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Modeling and Mapping Land Management and Net Carbon Emissions: Decision Support for Biofuels and Carbon Management on US Agricultural Lands

West, Tristram (Tris): DOE (Project Lead)
Bandaru, Varaprasad (Prasad): USDA ARS (Participant)
De La Torre Ugarte, Daniel: (Participant)
Hellwinkle, Chad: (Participant)

Project Funding: 2008 - 2011

Funded by NASA

Publications:

Bandaru, V., West, T. O., Ricciuto, D. M., Cesar Izaurralde, R. 2013. Estimating crop net primary production using national inventory data and MODIS-derived parameters. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 80, 61-71. DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2013.03.005

Brown, D.J., E.R. Hunt, R.C. Izaurralde, K.H. Paustian, C.W. Rice, B.L. Schumaker, and T.O. West. 2010. Soil organic carbon change monitored over large areas. EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 91: 441-442.

Miles, N. L., Richardson, S. J., Davis, K. J., Lauvaux, T., Andrews, A. E., West, T. O., Bandaru, V., Crosson, E. R. 2012. Large amplitude spatial and temporal gradients in atmospheric boundary layer CO2mole fractions detected with a tower-based network in the U.S. upper Midwest. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 117(G1). DOI: 10.1029/2011JG001781

Huntzinger, D. N., Post, W. M., Wei, Y., Michalak, A. M., West, T. O., Jacobson, A. R., Baker, I. T., Chen, J. M., Davis, K. J., Hayes, D. J., Hoffman, F. M., Jain, A. K., Liu, S., McGuire, A. D., Neilson, R. P., Potter, C., Poulter, B., Price, D., Raczka, B. M., Tian, H. Q., Thornton, P., Tomelleri, E., Viovy, N., Xiao, J., Yuan, W., Zeng, N., Zhao, M., Cook, R. 2012. North American Carbon Program (NACP) regional interim synthesis: Terrestrial biospheric model intercomparison. Ecological Modelling. 232, 144-157. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.02.004

Hayes, D. J., Turner, D. P., Stinson, G., McGuire, A. D., Wei, Y., West, T. O., Heath, L. S., Jong, B., McConkey, B. G., Birdsey, R. A., Kurz, W. A., Jacobson, A. R., Huntzinger, D. N., Pan, Y., Post, W. M., Cook, R. B. 2012. Reconciling estimates of the contemporary North American carbon balance among terrestrial biosphere models, atmospheric inversions, and a new approach for estimating net ecosystem exchange from inventory-based data. Global Change Biology. 18(4), 1282-1299. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02627.x

Larson, J. A., English, B. C., De La Torre Ugarte, D. G., Menard, R. J., Hellwinckel, C. M., West, T. O. 2010. Economic and environmental impacts of the corn grain ethanol industry on the United States agricultural sector. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 65(5), 267-279. DOI: 10.2489/jswc.65.5.267

West, T. O., Bandaru, V., Brandt, C. C., Schuh, A. E., Ogle, S. M. 2011. Regional uptake and release of crop carbon in the United States. Biogeosciences. 8(8), 2037-2046. DOI: 10.5194/bg-8-2037-2011

West, T. O. 2011. Monitoring informs management. Nature Climate Change. 1(8), 399-400. DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1268

West, T. O., Brandt, C. C., Baskaran, L. M., Hellwinckel, C. M., Mueller, R., Bernacchi, C. J., Bandaru, V., Yang, B., Wilson, B. S., Marland, G., Nelson, R. G., Ugarte, D. G. D. L. T., Post, W. M. 2010. Cropland carbon fluxes in the United States: increasing geospatial resolution of inventory-based carbon accounting. Ecological Applications. 20(4), 1074-1086. DOI: 10.1890/08-2352.1

HELLWINCKEL, C. M., WEST, T. O., DE LA TORRE UGARTE, D. G., PERLACK, R. D. 2010. Evaluating possible cap and trade legislation on cellulosic feedstock availability. GCB Bioenergy. 2(5), 278-287. DOI: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2010.01052.x

WEST, T. O. 2010. Introduction: integrative approaches for estimating current and future feedstock availability. GCB Bioenergy. 2(5), 215-216. DOI: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2010.01057.x

ZHANG, X., IZAURRALDE, R. C., MANOWITZ, D., WEST, T. O., POST, W. M., THOMSON, A. M., BANDARU, V. P., NICHOLS, J., WILLIAMS, J. R. 2010. An integrative modeling framework to evaluate the productivity and sustainability of biofuel crop production systems. GCB Bioenergy. 2(5), 258-277. DOI: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2010.01046.x


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