Dear Colleague,
We are writing to call your attention to a special session at the AGU
Fall Meeting titled, “Understanding phenological responses and feedback
in terrestrial vegetation: patterns, mechanisms, and consequences”. This
session will highligh trecent advances in characterizing the
spatio-temporal patterns in vegetation phenology with traditional and/or
novel monitoring approaches (e.g., satellite, drones, webcams,
fluorescence), and underlying mechanistic processes. Please consider
submitting a contributed abstract to this session from the AGU Fall
Meeting website at
https://fallmeeting.agu.org/2018/abstract-submissions/. The deadline for
abstract submissions is August 1, 2018.
Full details of the session are described here:
*B091: Understanding phenological responses and feedback in
terrestrial vegetation: patterns, mechanisms, and consequences*
*Session ID#:* 52969
*Conveners:* Jitendra Kumar (ORNL), Xiangtao Xu (Princeton U.),
Forrest M. Hoffman (ORNL), and Min Chen (Harvard U.)
Vegetation phenology is an integrated and sensitive indicator of
ecosystem health and function that responds to growing conditions,
disturbance, and climate change. Changes in phenology can also exert
feedbacks on ecosystems and to the climate system by regulating
vegetation dynamics and key land surface processes. This symposium
draws upon recent advances in characterizing the spatio-temporal
patterns in vegetation phenology with traditional and/or novel
monitoring approaches (e.g., satellite, drones, webcams,
fluorescence), and underlying mechanistic processes. In addition,
the session is looking forward to studies targeting accurate model
representations of vegetation phenology at all scales, and/or
investigating the phenological implications to key land surface
processes and the societal sector. Abstracts reflecting the
increasing research efforts across diverse biomes, including
tropical forests, tundra and terrestrial-aquatic systems in addition
to the temperate biome, are encouraged.
*SWIRL Theme:* Climate
*Cross-Listed:* GC - Global Environmental Change
*Index Terms:*
0414 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling
0439 Ecosystems, structure and dynamics
0476 Plant ecology
0480 Remote sensing
*Confirmed Invited Presenters:*
William W. Hargrove, USDA Forest Service
Matteo Detto, Princeton University
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm18/prelim.cgi/Session/52969
Please forward this message to others who may be interested in
participating in this session. We hope to see you in Washington in December!
Thank you!
Jitendra, Xiangtao, Forrest, and Min
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Forrest M. Hoffman
Senior Computational Earth System Scientist
Computational Earth Sciences Group
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
Building 4500N, Room F106, MS 6301
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6301
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