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Project • ARCP2006-06NMY, ARCP2007-01CMY, ARCP2008-01CMY

Sediment Dynamics and Downstream Linkages in Tropical Streams as Affected by Projected Land-Cover/Land-Use and Climatic Change

Through field measurements and computer modeling this project attempted to understand how headwater streams in mainland SE Asia would be affected by plausible changes in both climate and land-cover/land-use. Fieldwork was conducted for several years in Thailand; two years in China. Analyses performed at these sites are some of the most comprehensive ever performed in the region. In collaboration with other international projects, the modeling component involved the prediction of land-cover/land-use change and climate change for the entire SE Asia region. Advances were also made on developing a model for simulating sediment and nutrient dynamics in headwater catchments; however, the end goal of predicting changes in sediment with a changing climate was not fully achieved. Collectively, the various phases of the project have led to nearly 30 publications in international journals. In addition, follow-on work has already been started on a few important issues in the region, for example (1) studying the the impact of uncontrolled expansion of rubber plantations in mainland SE Asia; and (2) determining the anthropogenic and natural controls on stream chemistry.

Project publications

Peer-reviewed publication • 2015

How do rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) plantations behave under seasonal water stress in northeastern Thailand and central Cambodia?

Peer-reviewed publication • 2013

Simulation of canopy CO2/H2O fluxes for a rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) plantation in central Cambodia: The effect of the regular spacing of planted trees

Peer-reviewed publication • 2012

Estimation of Root Zone Soil Moisture Using Apparent Thermal Inertia With MODIS Imagery Over a Tropical Catchment in Northern Thailand

Report • 2012

Project Final Report: ARCP2008-01-Ziegler

Peer-reviewed publication • 2012

Simulating Land-Cover Change in Montane Mainland Southeast Asia

Peer-reviewed publication • 2012

Organic carbon fluxes from the upper Yangtze basin: an example of the Longchuanjiang River, China

Peer-reviewed publication • 2012

Water management: Reduce urban flood vulnerability

Peer-reviewed publication • 2012

Carbon outcomes of major land-cover transitions in SE Asia: great uncertainties and REDD+ policy implications

Peer-reviewed publication • 2011

Distributed-Hydrology-Soil-Vegetation Model Parameter Sensitivity Analysis

Peer-reviewed publication • 2011

Daily CO2 partial pressure and CO2 outgassing in the upper Yangtze River basin: a case study of Longchuanjiang, China

Peer-reviewed publication • 2011

Major element chemistry in the upper Yangtze River: A case study of the Longchuanjiang River

Peer-reviewed publication • 2011

Seasonal changes of nutrient fluxes in the Upper Changjiang basin: An example of the Longchuanjiang River, China

Conference material • 2011

Sediment load monitoring in the Mae Sa catchment in northern Thailand

Peer-reviewed publication • 2011

Recognizing Contemporary Roles of Swidden Agriculture in Transforming Landscapes of Southeast Asia

Peer-reviewed publication • 2010

Hydrologic effects of the expansion of rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) in a tropical catchment

Peer-reviewed publication • 2010

Elephant trail runoff and sediment dynamics in northern Thailand

Peer-reviewed publication • 2009

Environmental Consequences of the Demise in Swidden Cultivation in Montane Mainland Southeast Asia: Hydrology and Geomorphology

Peer-reviewed publication • 2009

Environmental Consequences of the Demise in Swidden Agriculture in SE Asia: Soil Nutrients and carbon stocks

Peer-reviewed publication • 2008

Local hydrologic effects of introducing non-native vegetation in a tropical catchment

Peer-reviewed publication • 2008

Floodplain deposits, channel changes and riverbank stratigraphy of the Mekong River area at the 14th-Century city of Chiang Saen, Northern Thailand