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VALIDATION OF DATABASES FOR MODELING BIOGENIC VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND EMISSIONS IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FINAL REPORT Contract No. 00-16CCOS Prepared for the San Joaquin Valleywide Air Pollution Study Agency, the California Air Resources Board and the California Environmental Protection Agency Principal Investigator John F. Karlik, D.Env. University of California Cooperative Extension Bakersfield, California November 22, 2002 DISCLAIMER The statements and conclusions in this report are those of the Contractor and not necessarily those of the California Air Resources Board, the San Joaquin Valleywide Air Pollution Study Agency, or its Policy Committee, their employees or their members. The mention of commercial products, their source, or their use in connection with material reported herein is not to be construed as actual or implied endorsement of such products. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The contribution of several members of the California Air Resources Board staff, particularly Michael Benjamin and Klaus Scott were greatly appreciated. We thank the field technicians assigned to this project, who gathered data with the portable analyzer, traversed many canyons and hills to measure plant cover, and handled hundreds of kilograms of leaves, branches and tree trunks for our leafmass studies. Team leaders for the sub-projects were Eugene Albertson, Alistair H. McKay, and Jason Welch. They were assisted by Christina Abe, Matthew Bates, Joseph Loehner, Michael Mauro, Laurel Morgan, and Jason Robbins, as well as by Jina Ayers and Tonya Spier. We thank all of them for their work in the field and for assistance with compilation and analysis of the data. Ricardo Ramirez provided transportation of tree biomass to the laboratory, and gave other logistical support. Brian Marsh and John Peterson of the UC Shafter Research and Experiment Station provided laboratory space and drying facilities for t