Hi All, I would like to bring our AGU session to your attention. Shuguang (Leo) Liu and I are convening a session on the impacts of extreme climate events (e.g., drought, heat waves, spring freeze) and disturbance (e.g., fire, hurricane, insect outbreaks, and harvesting) on carbon dynamics at the 2011 AGU Fall Meeting (San Francisco, CA, Dec 5-9, 2011). If you have been recently conducting research on this topic, please consider to submit an abstract to our session. The abstract submission will close on August 4, 2011.
Below is a brief description for our session: B37: Impacts of Extreme Climate Events and Disturbances on Carbon Dynamics Sponsor: Biogeosciences (B) Conveners: Jingfeng Xiao, Shuguang (Leo) Liu Description: Extreme climate events (e.g., drought, heat waves) and disturbances (e.g., harvesting, fire, hurricane, and insect outbreaks) substantially affect carbon cycle processes. However, their impacts on terrestrial carbon dynamics are not well understood and quantified. Accurate quantification of these impacts requires the use of ecological observations (e.g., eddy flux measurements), remotely-sensed data, modeling approaches (e.g., ecosystem modeling, upscaling methods), or the integration of these data and techniques. We invite submissions that explore the impacts of extreme climate events and disturbances on carbon dynamics over various spatial and temporal scales using observational, simulation, or integrated approaches. Please feel free to contact me ([email protected]) or Leo ([email protected]) if you have any questions and forward this message to your colleagues, students, and post-docs who might be interested in contributing to this session. I look forward to seeing you at AGU. Jingfeng -- Jingfeng Xiao, PhD Research Assistant Professor Complex Systems Research Center University of New Hampshire 449 Morse Hall, 8 College Road Durham, NH 03824 Email: [email protected] http://www.eos.unh.edu/Faculty/xiao Tel: (603) 862-1873; Fax: (603) 862-0188
