Andes-Amazon Meeting: Belem and Caxiuana, Brazil
May 17-24, 2011
*May 17th: There will be a sub-meeting with the Caxiuana project collaborators at the Museu Goeldi
*May 18th & 19th: Moore Project Meeting held at Hotel Regente
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Attendees and Presenters
Rafael Bras
Andrea Castanho
Bradley Christoffersen
Mike Coe
Marcos Heil Costa
Chris Doughty
David Galbraith
Naomi Herra
Hewlley Imbuzeiro
Yadvinder Malhi
Patrick Meir
Daniel Metcalfe
Paul Moorcroft
Gabriel Moreno
Laszlo Nagy
Tom Powell
Scott Saleska
Abigail Swan
Ke Zhang
Lodging
Reservations have been made at the Regente Hotel.
Transportation and Directions
Val de Cães International Airport Belém - PA Brazil
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Head southwest |
170 m |
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Turn right |
17 m |
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Turn left |
400 m |
4. |
Turn left |
33 m |
5. |
Turn right toward Rod. Artur Bernardes |
600 m |
6. |
Continue straight onto Rod. Artur Bernardes |
400 m |
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Turn right to stay on Rod. Artur Bernardes |
4.4 km |
8. |
Turn right at Av. Pedro Álvares Cabral |
1.7 km |
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Turn right at Av. Doca/Av. Visc. de Souza Franco |
110 m |
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Turn left at Av. Mal. Hermes |
22 m |
11. |
Turn left at Av. Doca/Av. Visc. de Souza Franco |
1.2 km |
12. |
Turn left at R. Boaventura da Silva |
140 m |
13. |
Take the 1st right onto Tv. Alm. Wandenkolk |
280 m |
14. |
Turn right at Av. Gov. José Malcher Destination will be on the right |
73 m |
Hotel Regente Av. Governador José Malcher, 485 - Nazaré Belém - Para, 66035-100, Brazil
Price for taxi from airport to the Regente Hotel is R$35 wich is about $22-24 USD
Meeting Agenda
Andes-Amazon Project Meeting Schedule
May 17-19, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 Museu Geoldi | |
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9.00am-5.30pm |
Caixuana project science sub-meeting |
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011 Hotel Regente, Belem |
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9.00 am |
Welcome (Paul) |
9.15 am |
Prof. Antonio Carlos Lola da Costa (UFPA) |
10.00 am |
Results of the Drought Simulation Experiments (Tom, David and Hewelley) |
10:45 am |
Morning Coffee Break |
11:00 am |
Results of the Drought Simulation Experiments continued. (Tom, David and Hewelley) |
12:00 pm |
Lunch |
1.30 pm |
Analysis of the short-term ecosystem dynamics at the 10priority sites (Naomi) |
3:00 pm |
Afternoon Coffee Break |
3.30pm |
Results of the regional model simulations (Ke and Andrea) |
4:45 pm |
End of the Day Wrap-up (Paul) |
5.00 pm |
Meeting Adjourns |
7:00 pm |
Dinner |
Thursday, May 19, 2011 Hotel Regente, Belem | |
7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast |
9.00 am |
Dr. Lazslo Nagy (LBA/INPA) |
9:30 am |
Results of long-term simulations of above-ground biomass and NPP model data comparisons (Naomi & David) |
10.45 am |
Morning Coffee Break |
11.15 am |
Hydrologic dynamics model-data comparison (Brad) |
12:00 pm |
Lunch |
1.30 pm |
Scientific consensus paper regarding the vulnerability of different Amazonian ecosystems to climate change (Mike Coe) |
2.15 pm |
Site-level and Regional level meteorological driver (Bras) |
3:00 pm |
Afternoon Coffee Break |
3.30pm |
Break-out groups: (1) future work plans for the site-level simulations, (2) experimental manipulations and (3) regional simulations |
4.15pm |
Reports from the breakout groups |
4:30 pm |
End of the Day Wrap-up (Paul) |
4.45 pm |
Meeting Adjourns |
5:30 pm |
Travel by taxi to the Port of Belem to catch the ferry to Breves |
Meals
Complementry breakfast,coffee breaks and lunch will be provided at Hotel Regente
Caxiuana Field Visit Itinerary
May 19 (travel)
Evening: Take commercial passenger boat from Belem to Breves (~12 hours)
May 20 (travel)
Morning: Arrive in Breves/Travel to Caxiuana; on the Ferreira Pena (owned by the Museu Goeldi, ~9 hours)
Late afternoon/Evening: Arrive in Caxiuana
May 21 (Field visit)
Morning: Visit ESECAFLOR (drought experiment) plots
Afternoon: Visit TOWER plot and TEAM plot:
Click here for more details on the TEAM project
May 22 (Field Visit)
Morning:Visit Terra Preta plot
Afternoon: Visit site of archaeological interest (Ilha da Terra'- about 1 hour away from the research station);
May 23 (travel)
Morning (~7:00): leave Caxiuana for Breves on the Ferreira Pena
Evening (~18:00): take commercial passenger boat from Breves to Belem/arrive in Belem early on May 24
Stay tuned for more details.
updated 5/15/11