DOE Terrestrial Ecosystem Science at American Geophysical UnionRecap of Town Hall Meeting held December 8, 2011 |
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The Terrestrial Ecosystem Science (TES) program within the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science supports basic research to improve representation of critical terrestrial ecosystem processes in Earth System Models. This town hall meeting presented a vision and funding strategy while highlighting the Next-Generation Ecosystem Experiment (NGEE) project, a major 10-year research effort in the Arctic. | |
Presentations:Overview (Michael Kuperberg, TES Program Manager) Arctic Science Needs (Larry Hinzman; UAF) Climate Modeling Needs (Peter Thornton; ORNL) NGEE Arctic Project (Stan Wullschleger; ORNL) |
NGEE Review
The Next-Generation Ecosystems Experiment (NGEE) project was recently reviewed by a national and international panel of experts. Participants in the NGEE projects presented their concepts for using field, laboratory, and modeling studies to address how permafrost degradation in a warming Arctic, and the associated changes in landscape evolution, hydrology, soil biogeochemical processes, and plant community succession, will affect feedbacks to the climate system. Read more...
Seminar: Spatial patterns, recent temporal dynamics, and future projections of arctic tundra vegetation
By: Howard E. Epstein, Ph.D. Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
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