Elaboration, calibration and validation of an edafoclimatological model of forest productivity integrated with geographical information system

• Grant number: 08/05744-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate (Direct)
• Start date: September 01, 2008
• End date: August 31, 2010
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Forestry Resources and Forestry Engineering - Forestry
• Principal Investigator: José Leonardo de Moraes Gonçalves
• Grantee: Clayton Alcarde Alvares
• Host Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The proposed research main goal is to develop, calibrate and validate an edafoclimatological model of forest productivity. The work will be conducted in Eucalyptus plantation in the region of Capão Bonito, southern state of Sao Paulo. The edafoclimatological model, unpublished, here called 3-PGIS, the expression acronym Physiological Processes Predicting Growth in Geographical Information System will present temporal and spatial dimension and will be written in language computing type VBA (Visual Basic for Applications), associated with the program Microsoft Excel ®, with results compatible with the software of geographical information systems. Information as soil texture, analysis of macro and micronutrients, water holding capacity, leaf analysis, data from meteorological stations and dendrometric measurements in different soil types will be evaluated and used to calibrate the model. His validation will be judged confronting simulated data with data from field. Finally, aims to compose the model in its form and control space-time, to be applied under the edafoclimatological conditions of the region Capão Bonito, becoming an essential tool in support of sustainable forest management. (AU)

Scientific publications

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ALVARES, CLAYTON ALCARDE; STAPE, JOSE LUIZ; SENTELHAS, PAULO CESAR; DE MORAES GONCALVES, JOSE LEONARDO. Modeling monthly mean air temperature for Brazil. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY, v. 113, n. 3-4, p. 407-427, AUG 2013. (08/05744-0)

ALVARES, CLAYTON ALCARDE; STAPE, JOSE LUIZ; SENTELHAS, PAULO CESAR; DE MORAES GONCALVES, JOSE LEONARDO; SPAROVEK, GERD. Koppen's climate classification map for Brazil. METEOROLOGISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT, v. 22, n. 6, p. 711-728, DEC 2013. (08/05744-0)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

ALVARES, Clayton Alcarde. Mapping and edaphoclimatic modeling of productivity of Eucalyptus plantations at south of São Paulo State. 2011. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALA/BC) Piracicaba.