Dear Colleagues,
We invite you to submit an abstract for our session at the Fall AGU
Meeting to be held December 12-16, 2016. The title of the session is:
Empirical data and model-data integration for simulating, scaling and
benchmarking key indicators of high latitude terrestrial ecosystems
under climate change. A brief description of the session is provided below.
The deadline for abstract submissions is *Wednesday, 3 August 23:59 EDT*
at fallmeeting.agu.org <http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2016/>
Sincerely,
Jennifer Talbot, Boston University
Daniel Hayes, University of Maine
Pamela Templer, Boston University
Joshua Fisher, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab
*Session ID:* 14105
*Session Title:* B039. Empirical data and model-data integration for
simulating, scaling and benchmarking key indicators of high latitude
terrestrial ecosystems under climate change
*Session Description:*
Dynamic environmental processes in the high latitudes contribute among
the largest uncertainties to global climate projections. Terrestrial
biosphere models (TBMs) vary widely in their representation of
vegetation and active layer dynamics, soil carbon stocks, ecosystem-
atmosphere carbon fluxes, disturbance impacts, freeze/thaw sensitivities
and hydrologic controls in Arctic, Boreal, and northern Temperate
biomes. Rising temperatures and changes in the winter snowpack have a
suite of direct and indirect impacts on biogeochemical cycling in these
systems. This session will synthesize empirical work examining climate
change effects and natural variation in biogeochemical cycling within
high latitude ecosystems (northern temperate forest, boreal forest,
tundra, peatland and permafrost-affected environments) and potentially
merge these data with TBMs. We seek contributions that demonstrate the
use of empirical measurements in ecosystem experiments and observational
studies, as well as in situ and remote sensing measurements to
calibrate, initialize, drive, and benchmark TBM simulations in high
latitude ecosystem studies.
Pamela Templer, PhD
Associate Professor of Biology
Director, PhD Program in Biogeoscience
Boston University
Boston, MA 02215
5 Cummington Mall
Phone 617-353-6978
http://people.bu.edu/ptempler
http://www.bu.edu/bio-geo
