Forest Monitoring - Science topic

Recent works point to the hypothesis that global climate change will lead to the decline of cloud forests due to persistent cloudiness occurring only at higher altitudes; therefore, precluding the presence of hight levels of humidity, horizontal precipitation, and increased solar radiation. Some ongoing experiments consist in installing barriers blocking the passing of clouds in a tract of forest and monitoring the effects of such barriers in the forest behind them. On the other hand, the main cause of decline of cloud forests is deforestation for land change uses which could be a faster process than the potential effects of climate change. So, at least at local scale, destruction of cloud forest could have an effect on climatic conditions, increasing the impact of the effects of climate change. For example, what could happen with the persistence of cloudiness, temperature, and effect of winds if we suppress the cloud forest from a given place?. It will the desaparition of the forests affect the patterns of cloudiness, maybe by effects of the wind not having a forest barrier, increased temperatures, or changes in evapotranspiration? I would like to discuss this topic, putting aside, if possible, the other negative impacts of deforestation.

What if current practice of National Forest Inventory switches to National Tree Inventory, considering the importance of Trees outside forests and their impact on livelihood of local people and potential carbon trade? 

What information should be included in a National REDD+ registry?.How should it interact with other databases like National Forest Monitoring System?

I am working currently in one project connected with forest monitoring and to answer this question I could not find a publication jet.

I've been search any literatur that support our question. But until now i'm not ye find it.

I hope the radar backscatter is influenced by moisture content, orientation of the object and di-electric properties of the objects under study. I exactly would like to calculate the two way attenuation of the radar backscatter. 

I am trying to understand the interaction of SAR waves with the natural phenomenon, i would like to know quantitatively how much of the energy is attenuated?

I am working on forest monitoring dynamics.

Both vegetation canopy characteristics and environmental conditions drive ET and weighing lysimeter are appropriated for water balance studies. However, there are some practical issues in the method when lysimeters are used in sites under grazing management. Under such conditions, animals may produce disturbances either on the lysimeter or eventually on the data. Then, fencing the lysimeter and proceed with manual clipping could be an appropriate alternative.

Have you managed lysimeters under similar conditions?

Can you give some feedbacks based on your experience?

I am working on some plant species from high altitude Himalayan region. I have done soil moisture content test, organic carbon, nitrogen test for those plants. I think there is a relation between organic carbon, nitrogen and different forest type. How to measure the aspect value?

I have a set of questions regarding equipment for sampling tree cores (dendrochronology).

So to those with experience in dendrochronology, I ask the following:

1-The Haglöf increment borer seems to be a popular choice, would you recommend it?

2-What length of the instrument is desirable, I see options ranging from 4inch to 28 inch. I would need to be able to properly sample tress at least 60 years old (eastern Canada, Balsam fir, spruces, red maple, tamarack, etc...).

3-What width of bit/core would I need if it is important for me to be able to not only count growth rings, but measure the perpendicular width of grow rings? I see options ranging from 0.169 inch (4.3mm) to 0.2 inch (5.15mm)?

4-For a scenario where 2 borers would be used almost daily over a 3-month field seasons, what types and quantities of spare parts would be needed. I was thinking maybe a third unit to serve as spare, but are there specific parts that tend to break or wear more quickly, like the bit for example?

5-What is better for the bit, 3- or 2-thread? If we need to core in both hard and soft wood, which of the two would be preferable?

I have questions concerning reparative action taken after having taken cores from trees, using things like increment borers.

Some advocate to plug the hole with a cylinder piece of wood that has been disinfected with fungicide, and then seal the hole with some kind of healant formula for trees.

Is this becoming common practice?

It seems there is no clear consensus as to whether taking these measures has a considerable impact on a trees health and survival?

Any viewpoints by dendrochronologists would be most welcome.