Dear Colleagues, Please come help celebrate 100 years of AGU in Washington, DC (December 10-14, 2018) by submitting an abstract to the following session.
To submit an abstract, click: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm18/prelim.cgi/Session/47301 Session Title: New Drylands Pulse Regime Paradigm Session Description: Emerging research suggests that drylands dictate the interannual variability and the size of the terrestrial carbon sink and thus an improved understanding of the factors that control dryland functioning spans numerous AGU fields. By definition, drylands are limited by water and past research has focused on how the amount and timing of precipitation affects the structure and function of arid and semiarid ecosystems. Precipitation pulse regimes are defined by the frequency, magnitude, and distribution of events. Here we propose a session focusing on how variation in pulse regimes across geographic and climate space affect processes ranging from the microbial to the landscape scale. We envision talks that explore global analyses of pulse regimes, as well as the impacts of these regimes on the functioning of drylands. We encourage submissions of theoretical, empirical, and modeling approaches. Abstract deadline: Wednesday, August 1st 2018, 11:59pm EDT. We hope to see you there! Osvaldo Sala (Arizona State University) Sasha Reed (US Geological Survey)
