Modeling the transport of greenhouse gases under different deforestation scenarios in the Amazon using the WRF-GHG regional model

• Grant number: 24/01369-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: March 01, 2024
• End date: December 25, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences - Meteorology
• Agreement: National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
• Principal Investigator: Luiz Augusto Toledo Machado
• Grantee: Noelia Rojas Benavente
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física (IF). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 22/07974-0 - Synergistic effects of climate change and land use on carbon source and sink of Amazon forest ecosystem, AP.PFPMCG.TEM
• Associated scholarship(s): 24/17124-9 - Modelling the transport of CO2 under various deforestation scenarios in the Amazon using the WRF-GHG model, BE.EP.PD

Abstract

This research plan is part of the FAPESP/NSFC 2022/07974-0, entitled: "Synergistic effects of climate change and land use on carbon source and sink of Amazon Forest ecosystem". The main goal is to investigate the climate feedbacks of land use change in the Amazon Forest and its impact on the carbon budget and climate extremes. Multi-source remote sensing data, ground based observations and meteorological data will be integrated. A multi-scale modeling framework will be applied, using Earth system, regional weather and ecological process models, as well as data-driven models.