1. Alachua County Carbon Sequestration Rapid Assessment Brian Becker, PhD Student School of Natural Resources and Environment University of Florida

2. CQ Rapid Assessment My research interests Carbon sequestration Two phase rapid assessment approach

3. CQ Rapid Assessment My research interests: Biomass availability for bioenergy How much, where, when Effects of land use change on productivity Where, extent, and what form Metrics of sustainability Energy ratio $ Carbon

4. CQ Rapid Assessment Quantifying carbon Wood biomass is approximately 50% carbon Below-ground may be a larger pool depending on soil type Key Concepts not addressed here: Additionally Leakage Permanence

5. CQ Rapid Assessment Phase One Quick and dirty Provide ballpark baseline Based on publicly available data Phase Two Field plot measurements Remote sensing Time, $$$

6. CQ Rapid Assessment 2003 Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission land cover map

7. CQ Rapid Assessment Alachua County Forever Overlays

8. CQ Rapid Assessment Millcreek

9. CQ Rapid Assessment Lake Alto

10. CQ Rapid Assessment

11. Phase Two Field measurement plots 45 m/148 ft radius for overstory Subplots for understory 30 plots per landcover type Remote Sensing 3 pixel diameter Landsat ETM+ 30m x 30m pixels Relate what is on the ground to what is in the image

12. CQ Rapid Assessment Two phase baseline carbon assessment Phase One: Ballpark ranges of potential carbon sequestration Based on productivity of land cover Phase Two: Field plot measurements of existing above and below ground carbon Correlate remotely-sensed images with field plot measurements to develop regional models

13. Questions?