Dear Colleagues, We would like to draw your attention to the following 2017 AGU Fall Meeting session on “Science at the frontier: Using multi-method research to create new knowledge and assess tools across spatial and temporal scales”. We encourage you to submit an abstract to our session by the final deadline of August 2nd. You can directly submit your abstract using this link: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/preliminaryview.cgi/Session26818
GC069: Science at the frontier: Using multi-method research to create new knowledge and assess tools across spatial and temporal scales<https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/preliminaryview.cgi/Session26818> Session ID#: 26818 Session Description: Within a given research approach – for example, remote sensing, field experimentation, modeling – science promotes the continued advancement of tools and techniques. Less often, however, do we simultaneously use multiple approaches to address a research question or to assess the utility of approaches across spatial and temporal scales. Nonetheless, there is substantial power in integrating distinct approaches, particularly for research associated with the multifaceted nature of ecosystem responses to global change. In this session, we will i) explore novel ways in which distinct approaches have been combined to enhance our understanding of complex ecosystem processes, and ii) evaluate the strengths/weaknesses of varied approaches for different processes and scales. As technical advancements continue at an unprecedented rate, new opportunities for integrated, multi-approach research emerge, which could more effectively capture the mechanisms and patterns that drive ecosystem structure and function, particularly in the context of global change. Confirmed invited speakers: Beverly Law<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=J2KWqAoAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra> (OSU) and Scott Goetz<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=86BSe2oAAAAJ&hl=en> (NAU). Primary Convener: William Kolby Smith<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=KZoNTJcAAAAJ&hl=en>, University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States Conveners: Sasha Reed<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=axZRzeUAAAAJ&hl=en>, U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Moab, UT, United States and Stan D Wullschleger<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=f4E6GmsAAAAJ&hl=en>, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States — William Kolby Smith Assistant Professor, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, N417 Environment & Natural Resources 2, University of Arizona Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Phone: (520)621-1056 Skype: wkolby | Twitter: @wkolby snre.arizona.edu/people/william-smith<https://snre.arizona.edu/people/william-smith> wkolby.org/<https://wkolby.org/>
