From small streams to the sea: a multi-scale synthesis of Carbon and Hydrological dynamics across the Amazon landscape.

J. E. Richey, R. Victoria

Relevancy to LBA

Background support important Very good summary of past

achievements Deals with relevant topics of LBA

agenda: carbon & hydrologic dynamics and supported with high quality modeling tools.

Overall objective: find the sequence of processes to define the role of fluvial systems in the C cycle in the Amazon: from small to large scales.

South American counter-parts

Emphasis is given to Brazilian and US students both in field and modeling purposes.

No chances are given to other South American students nor to other Amazon countries students.

Training and education plan

Full partnership between USA and Bazil, UW & CENA, other Amazonian Institutions.

PIs come from two leading universities in field and modeling activities and long research experience.

No specific mention is done to other South American institutions / partners.

Training and education plan

It shows an strong training (workshops) and education plan, but it lacks identifying specific number of events.

AREAS: data synthesis, modeling, analytic environmental chemistry.

Strong statement on the importance of “water” within the Amazon but no efforts are given by high education institutions.

LBA Data Policy

Clear descriptions of data management according to LBA policies. It refers to 4 tasks:

1. Project management: direction and coordination.

2. Data management: data quality control, need to meet LBA-DIS metadata standards

3. System management: adequate connectivity between team members, data collections and LBA-DIS.

4. Product management: track completeness of data collection.