We need your input! As many of you are aware, a large, multinational, multidisciplinary investigation of Amazonia is currently being planned. This investigation is the Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA). This field experiment will study the current functioning of Amazonia and effects of changes in land use and climate on this unique tropical ecosystem. LBA will also address sustainable development of the Amazon region.

Several members from various organizations within Brazil, Europe and the U.S.A. have been given the task of compiling existing datasets from studies conducted in Amazonia. These data are to be made available to the scientific community prior to the start of LBA. These existing data would be useful to the modeling community as well as those investigators considering conducting research during LBA. With your imput, we hope to make this "PRE-LBA" database available on CDROM and the World Wide Web by mid to late 1997 (i.e. before the main phase of the experiment).

Please look over the attached questionnaire and respond at your earliest convenience so that we may further identify relevant datasets.We are looking for existing Amazonian data sets from natural and social sciences for incorporation into the pre-LBA database. If you know of any data that may be of interest for LBA, please fill out the questionaire and mail it back to us. If you have any questions that we can answer, please send an email ( lbadis@cptec.inpe.br ).The Amazon Basin has been a region of intense scientific investigation for many years. Please let us know if you are aware of any existing studies, where those studies occurred and where the resulting data resides (i.e., with the PI, in a datacenter etc).

Also, if you are interested further in being included in an LBA Contacts database to learn more about the LBA experiment, please fill out page 3, with name, affiliation, address, email, phone and fax numbers as well as details on your field of research and particular interest in LBA. If you know of any colleagues that are working in the Amazon region, please inform us about their address and if possible their field of research.

LBA-DIS

Fax (+55)012 5612835 E-mail: lbadis@cptec.inpe.br 

Request for Information regarding existing datasets for Amazonia

Personal Informational

Name:
Institution :
Address:
Phone :	Fax :
E-mail:





Please, fill out the questions below as detailed as possible




1. What is the name of any project(s)/investigation(s) containing datasets from Amazonia that you are familiar with?




2. Who were the principal investigators on the above indicated project(s)/investigation(s)?




3. What parameters were measured during the above indicated project(s)/investigation(s)?




4. What type of data are represented (check all that apply)

Point measurements (i.e., tabular data) Spatial data (i.e., GIS coverages/image data) Continuous monitoring measurements One-time experimental measurements Census data Interview data Modeling results


5. What coverage exists for the above mentioned data?

Spatial
Temporal




6. What resolution exists for the above mentioned data?

Spatial
Temporal




7. Who owns the data or to whom one should contact for questions regarding the data?




8. Is the data freely available?

yesno


From where the data can be obtained?

Universities or research centers Government institutions Individual scientists Non Government Institutions Others


How can the data be obtained from? (Please, provide names and complete address including fax number of a contact person, and if applicable e-mail and WWW site (URL))

Please, provide any additional information or comments regarding existing Amazonian data sets.




Your interest in LBA


If you are interested in LBA, please indicate your area of expertise:

Hydrology and water chemistry LUCC (Land use and Land Cover Change) Atmospheric Chemistry Biogeochemistry Carbon storage and exchange Physical Climate Remote Sensing Other:


What specific knowledge would you like to contribute to LBA?:

List publications from you and/or your colleagues related to Amazonia




Which computer platform do you regularly use?

UNIX IBM PC/Compatible McIntosh


If UNIX Workstation, please indicate type: Sun, HP, Dec, Silicon Graphics, IBM, Others




Do you have an Internet link? If so, what type of browser are you using?







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Bugs/Comments/Suggestions/Flames should go to lbadis@cptec.inpe.br