Archived December 2018
2018 AmeriFlux PI Meeting (overview)
2018 AmeriFlux PI Meeting Participants
2018 AmeriFlux PI Meeting Abstracts
All are welcome!
Optional Field Trip Tuesday afternoon, October 23, 2018
Wednesday, Oct 24–Thursday, Oct 25, 2018
Monroe Convention Center, 302 S. College Avenue, Bloomington IN
Tuesday, October 23
| 12:30 p | Shuttle leaves Courtyard Marriott Lobby for the Morgan-Monroe State Forest field trip |
| 1-4:30 p | Field Trip to Morgan-Monroe State Forest tower site (US-MMS) |
| 8-10p | After-dinner social at Function Brewing, 108 E 6th Street, Bloomington (no host) |
Wednesday, October 24
Abstracts and presentations are now being assembled; check back to see updates.
| 8a | B R E A K F A S T (provided) |
| 8:30a | Welcome: Russ Scott and Kim Novick (co-chairs); Margaret Torn (AmeriFlux Management Project) Presentation 15MB |
Session Theme: Morgan Monroe—Duke West/East Room
Chair: Kim Novick
| 9a | Keynote: HaPe Schmidt, 20 Years of MMSF Flux Observations: Turbulence and Tall Tower Tales Presentation 18MB |
| 9:25a | Koong Yi, Linking variation in intrinsic water-use efficiency to isohydricity: a comparison at multiple spatiotemporal scales Abstract | Presentation 47MB |
| 9:40a | Benjamin Sulman, Why (and how) to determine soil water retention curves for AmeriFlux sites Abstract | Presentation 6MB |
| 9:55a | Gordon Bonan, From leaf to canopy to global: using flux data to test and improve terrestrial biosphere models across scales Abstract | Presentation 4MB |
| 10:10a | B R E A K |
Session Theme: Year of Methane—Duke West/East Room
Chair: Ben Runkle
| 10:30a | Gavin McNicol, FLUXNET methane synthesis activity: Objectives, Observations, and Future Directions Abstract | Presentation 3MB |
| 10:45a | Malte Julian Deventer, GEM: New Constraints on the Methane Budget for the US Corn Belt and Upper Midwest: Initial Results from the GEM Project Abstract | Presentation 4MB |
| 11:00a | Camilo Rey-Sanchez, An upscaling framework for methane emissions in an ombrotrophic peat bog in Ohio Abstract | Presentation 4MB |
Session Theme: North American Forests—Duke West/East Room
Chair: Asko Noormets
| 11:15a | Altaf Arain, Carbon and water exchanges in managed forests in North American cold region Abstract | Presentation pending |
| 11:30a | Hyojung Kwon, Influence of concurrence of extreme drought and heat events on carbon and energy fluxes in dominant ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest region Abstract | Presentation pending |
| 11:45a | John Frank, Recovery of subalpine forest ecosystems following insect and fire disturbance Abstract | Presentation 18MB |
| Noon | L U N C H |
Session Theme: Beyond Carbon—Duke West/East Room
Chair: Ankur Desai
| 1:10p | Keynote: Angela Rigden, Estimating evapotranspiration from weather station data Abstract | Presentation 16MB |
| 1:35p | Gil Bohrer, The role of tree hydraulic traits in response to soil water availability Abstract | Presentation 25MB |
| 1:50p | Tomer Duman, The effect of land-cover conversions on surface temperature in semi-arid ecosystems at the Southwestern United States Abstract | Presentation 3MB |
| 2:05p | Natasha MacBean, Testing conceptual and mechanistic soil hydrology model simulations against observed water and carbon fluxes across semi-arid sites in the southwestern US Abstract | Presentation 25MB |
| 2:20p | B R E A K |
Breakout and poster session
| 2:35p | Intro to Breakout sessions |
| 2:45p | Breakout session #1—Zebendon Room |
| 3:45p | Breakout session #2—Hansen Room |
| 4:45p | Poster session / vendor displays—The Great Room Poster Ignite Sessions [One minute each] Keynote Poster: Susana Alvarado, “First results & challenges of a new MexFlux site: Puerto Morelos Mangrove” |
| 7p | D I N N E R (sign up for pre-made reservations around town) |
Thursday, October 25
Abstracts and presentations are now being assembled; check back to see updates.
| 7:30a | B R E A K F A S T (provided) |
| 7:45a | Core Site Meeting—Duke West/East Room |
| 8:40a | Quick Announcements • Solicit Suggestions • Concerns for the AmeriFlux Townhall (AGU Dec 2018)—Duke West/East Room |
Session Theme: Regional Studies—Duke West/East Room
Chair: Marcy Litvak
| 8:45a | Keynote: Alessandro Carioca de Araujo, Accessing carbon, water and energy land-atmosphere exchanges in wet and seasonally dry forests in the Amazon Abstract | Presentation pending |
| 9:05a | Mallory Barnes, Flashy, patchy and coupled: refined dryland carbon flux predictions developed from the North American Southwest reveal altered global dryland dynamics Abstract | Presentation pending |
| 9:20a | Ankur Desai, The infinite flux tower project: Introducing the Chequamegon Heterogeneous Ecosystem Energy-balance Study Enabled by a High-density Extensive Array of Detectors (CHEESEHEAD19) Abstract | Presentation 50MB |
| 9:35a | Breakout session #3—Cook East |
| 10:40a | B R E A K |
Wrap-up session—Duke West/East Room
Chair: Trevor Keenan
| 11a | Breakout session reports to group, panel discussion |
| Noon | L U N C H (provided) [AmeriFlux SSC meeting] |
| 1:30p | Nikolay Balashov, The Indianapolis Flux Experiment (INFLUX): A city-sized, flow-through flux chamber Abstract | Presentation pending |
| 1:45p | Forward! Action items for AmeriFlux Network and AmeriFlux Management Project |
| 3:00p | Instrument Demos (vendors and community scientists) |
| 4p | Meeting adjourns! |