2019 AmeriFlux Annual Meeting: September 18th – September 19th
Millennium Harvest House Boulder
1345 28th Street
Boulder, Colorado 80302
303-443-3850
- 2019 AmeriFlux Annual Meeting Overview
- 2019 AmeriFlux Annual Meeting Participants (posted after August 16th)
- 2019 AmeriFlux Annual Meeting Abstracts (posted after August 16th)
The themes for this year’s AmeriFlux Annual Meeting are:
- Mountain Systems/Complex Terrain (Niwot Ridge turns 21)
- Year of Methane
- Beyond Forests: Other systems such as Lakes, Reservoirs, Ag, Urban
- Data synthesis ideas, such as drought and other disturbances
- New Tools and products: Remote Sensing (eg SIF), gap-filling, partitioning, data infrastructure, and other new instrumentation, products, and tools
Tuesday, September 17th:
| 4p | Tour at NEON HQ (open to all) but must sign-up; please email Susan Sprinkle (ssprinkle@lbl.gov) by Thursday, 9/12. NOTE: NEON has a strict dress code. Please wear closed shoes and full-length clothing. |
| 5:30p | SOCIAL No-Host (open to all): at Sanitas Brewing, 3550 Frontier Ave Unit A (near NEON HQ) |
Wednesday, September 18th: Canyon Ballroom
| 8a | B R E A K F A S T |
| 8;30a | Welcome: Peter Blanken, Chair |
| 8:40a | Update from the AmeriFlux network (Trevor Keenan) |
Session Theme #1: Mountain Systems/Complex Terrain (Niwot Ridge turns 21)
Chair: Peter Blanken
| 9a | [KEYNOTE] Russ Monson: Niwot Ridge AmeriFlux: An Opportunity to Distinguish the Flux Exchanges of Complicated versus Complex Terrain |
| 9:25a | Sean Burns: Characteristics of Airflow and Turbulence Just-Above and Within a Subalpine Forest in Complex Terrain |
| 9:40a | John Knowles: Evidence for non-steady-state carbon emissions from snow-scoured alpine tundra |
| 9:55a | Ankur Desai: Twenty-nine towers, twenty-nine stories: The ChEAS core site cluster journey |
| 10:10a | B R E A K |
Session Theme #2: Year of Methane
Chair: Gavin McNicol
| 10:30a | [KEYNOTE] David Hollinger: Large Interannual variability of forest site CH4 sink strength |
| 10:45a | Alex Valach: Managing Marsh Hydrology to reduce Methane Emissions |
| 11:00a | Paul Stoy: Methane efflux from an American bison herd |
| 11:15a | Gil Bohrer: Process-scale observations of methane fluxes in a mineral soil marsh |
Session Theme #3: Beyond Forests: Other systems such as Lakes, Reservoirs, Ag, Urban
Chair: Manuel Helbig
| 11:30a | [KEYNOTE] Lisamarie Windham-Myers: Pacific coast tidal marshes – a tale of 3 towers |
| 11:45a | Kai Wu: Evaluating emissions inventory using atmospheric CO2 measurements and source partitioning in a suburban environment |
| Noon | Ammara Talib: Field-scale mapping and forecasting of water budgets in intensively irrigated agricultural regions through an advanced ensemble modeling framework |
| 12:15p | L U N C H |
Session Theme #4: Data synthesis ideas, such as drought and other disturbances
Chair: Tara Hudiburg
| 1:35p | Mallory Barnes: A century of reforestation in the Southeastern United States Caused Widespread near-surface Cooling |
| 1:50p | Jorge Perez-Quezada: Decreasing trend of ecosystem water use efficiency in an old-growth forest and an anthropogenic peatland in southern Chile |
| 2:05p | Marcy Litvak: Semi-arid biome vulnerability to nearly two decades of uncharacteristic drought in the Southwestern US |
Breakout & Poster Session
Chair: Trevor Keenan
| 2:20p | Intro to Breakout Sessions |
| 2:25p | Breakout Session #1:
A. New methane sites and measurements – Leads: Gavin McNicol; Benjamin Runkle B. Beyond NEE: What practical problems can be addressed with AmeriFlux data, and how do we do it? Leads: Kim Novick C. The connection between flux tower data and atmospheric inversions: ACT-America- Leads: Ken Davis |
| 3:30p | Breakout Session #2:
D. Methane biogeochemistry and ecological interactions across scales – Leads: Rodrigo Vargas E. State-Factors and Interactive Controls as a Framework for Synthesis – Leads: Dave Moore F. International cooperation and the future of FLUXNET – Leads: Dario Papale |
| 4:30p | Early Career Poster Lightening Talks |
| 5:00p | Poster Session / Vendor Displays |
| 7:00p | D I N N E R (sign-up for pre-made reservations made at local restaurants around town) |
Thursday, September 19th: Canyon Ballroom
| 7:30a | B R E A K F A S T |
| 7:45a | AmeriFlux Core Site PI Meeting |
| 8:40a | Quick Announcements |
Session Theme #5: New Tools and products: Remote Sensing (eg SIF), gap-filling, partitioning, data infrastructure, and other new instrumentation, products, and tools
Chair: Cove Sturtevant
| 8:45a | [KEYNOTE] Shelley Stall, Director, AGU Data Programs: Open science, open data, FAIR data |
| 9:05a | Ken Davis: Integration of atmospheric observing networks to evaluate regional ecosystem flux models |
| 9:20a | Simone Sabbatini: Impact of standardization on eddy covariance measurements |
| 9:35a | Lianhong Gu: Research priorities in integrated SIF/EC studies |
| 9:50a | Breakout Session #3:
G. Methane synthesis activities – Leads: Gavin McNicol H. Extending atmospheric boundary layer observations across the AmeriFlux network – Leads: Manuel Helbig I. Open breakout session (topic to be voted on by meeting attendees) – Leads: TBD |
| 10:50a | B R E A K |
| 11a | World Cafe (Chair: Tara Hudiburg) |
| 12:30p | L U N C H (AmeriFlux SSC Meeting) |
Wrap-up Session
Chair: Margaret Torn
| 1:30p | Brief awards announcements/raffle |
| 1:40p | Forward! AmeriFlux Town Hall |
| 2:30p | Breakout Session Panel Discussions |
| 3:30p | Meeting Adjourns |
Friday, September 20th: OPTIONAL (CONFIRMED)
Lead: Peter Blanken
| 8a | SITE VISIT: Niwot Ridge (for those registered for the trip) – vans depart from front entrance of the hotel promptly @ 8a |