We examined the carbon stock and rate of carbon sequestration in a tropical deciduous forest dominated by Dipterocarpus tuberculatus in Manipur,North East India.Estimation of aboveground biomass was determined by harv...We examined the carbon stock and rate of carbon sequestration in a tropical deciduous forest dominated by Dipterocarpus tuberculatus in Manipur,North East India.Estimation of aboveground biomass was determined by harvest method and multiplied with density of tree species.The aboveground biomass was between18.27–21.922 t ha-1and the carbon stock ranged from9.13 to 10.96 t C ha-1across forest stands.Aboveground biomass and carbon stock increased with the increase in tree girth.The rate of carbon sequestration varied from1.4722 to 4.64136 t ha-1year-1among the dominant tree species in forest stands in tropical deciduous forest area.The rate of carbon sequestration depends on species composition,the density of large trees in different girth classes,and anthropogenic disturbances in the present forest ecosystem.Further work is required to identify tree species having the highest potential to sequester CO2 from the atmosphere,which could lead to recommendations for tree plantations in a degraded ecosystem.展开更多
As in the case of the expression for enstrophy (1/2ζ~2) and equations for barotropic and baroclinic enstrophy,this paper presents an expression of divergence assumed to have its quasi energy because of flows (DQE,or ...As in the case of the expression for enstrophy (1/2ζ~2) and equations for barotropic and baroclinic enstrophy,this paper presents an expression of divergence assumed to have its quasi energy because of flows (DQE,or 1/2 D^2) with which to establish the equations of barotropie and baroclinic DQE,each consisting of five factors responsible for changes in these equations:the terms of energy flux,production,conversion,geostrophic effect and dissipation,and also a case study of a blocking event over the Sea of Okhotsk whose development is characterized largely by changes in barotropic and baroclinic DQE's on the strength of upper-level strong divergence and low-level vigorous convergence.During the event's strengthening,the baroclinic net production (inclusive of geostrophie effect) mechanism acts as the dominant factor for the enhancement of the baroclinic DQE,with its net transport outward offsetting part of its growth but the conversion mechanism augmenting its growth,and during the weakening the outward net transport of baroclinic DQE is the predominant factor of its enfeebling,baroclinic net DQE production (inclusive of geostrophic effect) and the conversion mechanisms make the baroclinic DQE increased,thereby alleviating the weakening in intensity.展开更多
基金Department of Science and Technology,Government of India,New Delhi for providing me financial assistance
文摘We examined the carbon stock and rate of carbon sequestration in a tropical deciduous forest dominated by Dipterocarpus tuberculatus in Manipur,North East India.Estimation of aboveground biomass was determined by harvest method and multiplied with density of tree species.The aboveground biomass was between18.27–21.922 t ha-1and the carbon stock ranged from9.13 to 10.96 t C ha-1across forest stands.Aboveground biomass and carbon stock increased with the increase in tree girth.The rate of carbon sequestration varied from1.4722 to 4.64136 t ha-1year-1among the dominant tree species in forest stands in tropical deciduous forest area.The rate of carbon sequestration depends on species composition,the density of large trees in different girth classes,and anthropogenic disturbances in the present forest ecosystem.Further work is required to identify tree species having the highest potential to sequester CO2 from the atmosphere,which could lead to recommendations for tree plantations in a degraded ecosystem.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(49975015)
文摘As in the case of the expression for enstrophy (1/2ζ~2) and equations for barotropic and baroclinic enstrophy,this paper presents an expression of divergence assumed to have its quasi energy because of flows (DQE,or 1/2 D^2) with which to establish the equations of barotropie and baroclinic DQE,each consisting of five factors responsible for changes in these equations:the terms of energy flux,production,conversion,geostrophic effect and dissipation,and also a case study of a blocking event over the Sea of Okhotsk whose development is characterized largely by changes in barotropic and baroclinic DQE's on the strength of upper-level strong divergence and low-level vigorous convergence.During the event's strengthening,the baroclinic net production (inclusive of geostrophie effect) mechanism acts as the dominant factor for the enhancement of the baroclinic DQE,with its net transport outward offsetting part of its growth but the conversion mechanism augmenting its growth,and during the weakening the outward net transport of baroclinic DQE is the predominant factor of its enfeebling,baroclinic net DQE production (inclusive of geostrophic effect) and the conversion mechanisms make the baroclinic DQE increased,thereby alleviating the weakening in intensity.
