Martin D. Tumutungire: A Preliminary Assessment of the Effects of Land Use on the Water Yield

The study to be carried out is entitled, “The role of land use on water and carbon balances in a tropical rainforest”.

The main objective of the study is to estimate the water and carbon balances in a tropical rainforest and assess how changing land use and climate impact on them. The specific objectives include:

  • Making use of various sub models for estimation of the model input parameters.
  • Testing and calibrating the CoupModel to describe water and carbon systems in atropical rain forest.
  • Developing a simple annual water and carbon budget for the forest catchment.
  • Estimating the changes in hydrologic conditions for postulated land uses e.gdeforestation, sugarcane and palm oil plantations.
  • Estimation of changes in the carbon balance for the same land use scenarios as listed above.

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