The Clean Development Mechanism and Forest Sink Potentials

Below are links to documents prepared by Alterra and others for the COP-6 meetings upon request of the Dutch Government. These documents date from October 2001 and have not been published.

Click here to download the report on CDM sink potentials and costs (PDF file, 1 MB).
Click here to download the user guideline of the CDMFSM model used to do all calculations (PDF file, 577 KB). This document also describes the methodology.
Click here to download the CDMFSM model, version 2.01. The file has been zipped (4.2 MB). The model was written in MicroSoft Excel 97.

Carbon cycling studies in Amazonia

The TOPOG model and its implementation for the Igarape Asu catchment near Manaus

TOPOG Online is the official distribution site for the TOPOG model developed by CSIRO in Australia. You can find the source code here, manuals as well as examples and publications.
A short manual for TOPOG groundwater modelling (.pdf file, 81 KB). This document is written by Maarten Waterloo based on information provided by Richard Silberstein from CSIRO Land and Water. It describes how to implement the groundwater model in TOPOG.
TOPOG input files for the Cuieiras catchment, includes groundwater (.tar.gz file, size 1.1 MB), These have been prepared by M.J. Waterloo and Ivar Langedijk in December 2003 and cover the whole Asu catchment area. It also includes the finite element files required for groundwater modelling. The program _dynamic_mjw should be used to model with these files. Several simulations are included.
The original source code of the dynamic model was modified by M.J. Waterloo to include additional rainfall interception routines more appropriate for forest vegetation. The methodology for the interception modelling can be viewed by in my modified version of Chapter 5- Section 5.1 and 5.2 of the TOPOG user manual, whereas the changes required in the 'basename.veg' file can be viewed in the modified Chapter 5 - section 5.8 of the user manual. The original user manual can be obtained at http://www.per.clw.csiro.au/topog/.
The graphic programs of topog (e.g. _display, _chart, etc.) need the OSF/Motif (or the free GNU LessTif software) libraries to be installed. These libraries can be downloaded from www.lesstif.org.

Student reports

Several students have worked in the Asu catchment since 1999. Their reports are listed below.

Drucker, Debora P., 2000. Modelagem Hidrológica de uma Microbacia em Manaus, AM. (in Poruguese, zipped Word file, size 0.7 MB)
Heijmenberg, J.M., 2002. Hydrological observations in a micro-scale rainforest catchment in Central Amazonia, Brazil (zipped Word file, size 1.7 MB)

Fiji hydrology and nutrient study

A study on the water and nutrient cycling of Pinus caribaea plantation forests in comparison to Pennisetum polystachyon grassland in Viti Levu, Fiji was carried out between 1989 and 1991. The PhD thesis resulting from this study and published in 1994 can be downloaded below.

Download the complete PhD thesis:

Water and Nutrient Dynamics of Pinus caribaea plantation forests on former grassland soils in SW Viti Levu, Fiji. (pdf file, 7.5 MB).

Or, alternatively, you can download only parts of the thesis. This is a good option if you are only interested in certain aspects, or if your internet connection is slow, causing time-outs:

Part I (pdf file, 1.6 MB): Introduction, climate, research sites descriptions, soils.
Part II (pdf file, 1.3 MB): Hydrology and micro-meteorology
Part III (pdf file, 1.7 MB): Nutrient dynamics of grass and pine vegetation
Part IV (pdf file, 0.8 MB): Impact of harvesting and burning (catchment study)
Part V (pdf file, 0.3 MB): Conclusions and recommendations
Part VI (pdf file, 0.9 MB): References and Appendices

Dr. M.J. Waterloo
VU University
De Boelelaan 1085
1081HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 20 5987319
e-mail: m.j.waterloo@vu.nl

Last modified: Fri Sep 21 12:15:56 CEST 2012