Welcome to the page on all things AMP Webinar. The AmeriFlux Management Project (AMP) series focuses on sharing a wide range of information relevant to the AmeriFlux community (e.g., website updates, tutorials on accessing AmeriFlux data, etc.). We want to provide helpful tools for flux scientists, every step of the way – from generating flux data to using them in cool science! To this end, once a month, AMP members will walk you through various aspects of AmeriFlux and answer your questions.
The series will kick off with a discussion of the AmeriFlux onboarding process led by AmeriFlux Lead PI Margaret Torn. Similar presentations about various related topics are scheduled through April 2021.
The AmeriFlux Management Project team designed its webinar series in response to the impacts of COVID-19 on AmeriFlux work and operations, out of a desire to strengthen information sharing between the AMP project team and members of the AmeriFlux community. While most AmeriFlux activities and services have gone on interrupted amid the pandemic, some activities and services were paused or rescheduled.
While this series focuses on practical tutorials, also keep an eye on the associated science seminar series that we are co-sponsoring with the FLUXNET Early Career Network!
Our webinars are open to all, access is free, and registration is required. We will use virtual meeting software zoom for live webinars and provide links to recordings after the event.
Contact AMP-Webinars@lbl.gov with any questions.
Upcoming AMP Webinars
currently none scheduled. Check back soon or follow @AmeriFlux on Twitter!
Past AMP Webinars
October 29, 12-1:30 PM Pacific Time: Year of Water webinar – Soil water potential and Soil water content
The Year of Water Committee is pleased to announce a new webinar series for the Ameriflux community to enhance discussion of several topics identified from the Year of Water kickoff meeting survey and discussion this past spring. The overall goal of these webinars is to provide background material and stimulate discussion around specific measurements related to water that are being made at many flux sites including: basics of making these measurements, and specific applications and uses of data in remote sensing and modeling.
Confirmed speakers:
1) Kim Novick (University of Indiana)/Russ Scott (USADA-ARS, Southwest Watershed Research Center): “Emerging opportunities for in-situ soil water monitoring”
2) Mike Cosh (USDA-ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory): “Soil moisture sensing and sparse networks”
3) Andrew Fedlman (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center): “Remote sensing of soil/vegetation water content – Examples of what can be learned”
4) Nina Raoult (LSCE, Department of Modeling the Climate and Biogeochemical Cycles): “Using soil water potential and soil moisture to optimize land surface model performance”
This is a 90-minute webinar on zoom! You do not need a zoom account to join; you can join from the desktop client OR the web client. The webinar will be recorded and available on our youtube channel later.
Look for upcoming webinars in the spring: Sap flux, and Water in Arid/Semi-Arid Environments
We are also open to suggestions for upcoming webinars, please let us know if you are interested in suggesting a topic or helping to organize one.
A recording of the webinar can be found here.
October 13, 1PM Pacific Time: Onboarding and Orientation for new sites
This webinar is aimed at new flux tower teams – those who joined the network in the last 1-3 years or are thinking about joining! Learn about the resources and advantages of being a member of the AmeriFlux network, and meet the team members who are available for tech and data support. Ask your burning questions and leave with the knowledge of what it means to be an AmeriFlux member site!
Download the slide deck here. A recording of the webinar can be found here.
August 25, 2 PM Pacific Time: Exploring modern timeseries analysis techniques with FLUXNET data
Speaker: John Zobitz, Augsburg University, MN
Curious about Granger Causality, transfer entropy, convergent cross mapping, and how to use them? Well so am I! These timeseries analysis tools provide powerful methods to analyze flux data and to probe causal effects between fluxes and environmental variables. This “how-to” seminar will provide a brief introduction to these techniques, build out a use-case scenario with sites from the FLUXNET 2015 dataset, and provide you with usable code (in R) to continue your own exploration with these techniques.
A recording of the webinar can be found here. Find John’s slides and code used in the presentation here.
July 20 1 PM Pacific Time: Early Career Researchers Spotlight 3/3: español
- Samuel Villarreal (Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, México) – Fluxnet representativeness across Latin América / Representatividad de Fluxnet en Latinoamérica.
- Susana Alvarado-Barrientos (Instituto de Ecología, México) – Ecohydrology and surface-atmosphere fluxes in non- water limited ecosystems: mangrove and cloud forest zone / Ecohidrología y flujos superficie-atmósfera en ecosistemas no limitados por agua: manglar y zona de bosque nuboso
- Eli R. Perez-Ruiz (Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, México) – Seasonal Water-Carbon Dynamics in Dryland Landscapes of Southwestern USA and Northwestern Mexico.
- Dulce Flores-Rentería (CINVESTAV Saltillo, México) – Experiences in the implementation of an Eddy covariance station in the semi-arid scrub of the Chihuahuan desert, Coahuila, México / Experiencias en la implementación de una estación de flujos turbulentos en el matorral xerófilo del Desierto Chihuahuense, Coahuila, México.
A recording of the webinar can be found here.
July 6 11AM Pacific Time: Early Career Researchers Spotlight 2/3: English presentations
Speakers:
- Bhaskar Mitra, Texas A&M University
- Lisa Haber, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Steve Kannenberg, University of Utah
- André Santos, PPGEA/UFPR
A recording of the webinar can be found here.
June 29 2021, 11 AM Pacific Time: Early Career Researchers Spotlight 1/3: English presentations
- Sophie Ruehr, UC Berkeley
- Tonantzin Tarin, The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
- Donovan Davis, Texas A&M University
- Victor Hugo da Motta Paca, UFPA – Universidade Federal do Pará
A recording of the webinar can be found here.
May 19 2021, 2 PM Pacific Time: Fieldwork Safety (AMP Tech Team)
This webinar will be all about fieldwork safety. We invite all AmeriFlux stakeholders to participate to contribute to the discussion, although it is aimed at individuals who manage or conduct fieldwork. The main topic will be developing a site safety plan but we will include discussions on specific topics including working alone and working at height. We will encourage audience engagement by using small breakout rooms, so come prepared to interact.
Download the slide deck here. A recording of the webinar can be found here.
April 27 2021, 11 AM Pacific Time: Webinar for data users: how to use AmeriFlux data
AmeriFlux data has many uses, from understanding carbon cycling and ecophysiology to benchmarking models and remote sensing observations. In this webinar we will explore different approaches to using AmeriFlux data, and learn from the experiences of other data users and providers.
Download the slide deck here. A recording of the webinar can be found here.
March 23 2021, 11 AM Pacific Time: Submitting BADM in CSV format
BADM (Biological, Ancillary, Disturbance, and Metadata) can now be submitted using CSV files! In this webinar, we will describe the BADM CSV reporting format and how site teams can use new online BADM resources to customize their submission. Community members using BADM may also find this webinar helpful as we explain new online resources, which include BADM organization, definitions, and examples.
Download the slide deck here. A recording of the webinar can be found here.
January 27 2021, 2 PM Pacific Time: Post-submission data life cycle: FP-In to BASE publishing
This webinar is aimed at flux tower teams — those who plan to submit or have been submitting flux-met data to AmeriFlux. We will describe what happens to your flux-met data after you submit it for publication as the AmeriFlux BASE data product. We will highlight pointers for efficient data submission, including pitfalls to avoid. Additionally, we will explain the AmeriFlux QA/QC process and review schedules. Finally, we will talk briefly about versioning and DOIs as well as post-publishing tools for tracking downloads of your BASE data.
Download the slide deck here. A recording of the webinar can be found here.
January 8 2020, 10 AM Pacific Time: The New Site Visit Lite (AMP Tech Team)
The Site Visit webinar is designed for all tower teams and for people who would like to learn about the AmeriFlux network approach to site visits for measurement quality and inter-comparability. The purpose of this webinar is to introduce the Site Visit 2.0 framework and get your feedback on the new remote-interaction components (also known as Site Visit Lite). Please join the AmeriFlux Management Project’s Tech Team (Sebastien Biraud, Stephen Chan, Housen Chu, and Sigrid Dengel) for this presentation and discussion!
Download the slide deck here. A recording of the webinar can be found here.
November 16 2020, 1:30 PM Pacific Time: DOI authorship form and data policy (Deb Agarwal and You-Wei Cheah)
In this seminar, we will discuss current approaches to how data for AmeriFlux sites are assigned DOIs, and the tools available to maintain DOIs. In addition, we will also discuss improvements/changes towards the data usage policy and assigning DOIs for both current and future data products.
Download the slide deck here. A recording of the webinar can be found here.
October 19 2020, 9AM Pacific Time: Requirements for processing a site using ONEFlux (AMP Team)
In this webinar we’ll present key requirements for processing AmeriFlux site data with the ONEFlux pipeline, generating a set of products compatible with FLUXNET2015. We will discuss the process starting from AmeriFlux data (BASE) and metadata (BADM) available for a site, generating a configuration for running ONEFlux, and the execution of the pipeline, finally generating the product with gap-filled micromet and flux variables, partitioned CO2 fluxes, estimates of energy-balance-closure coefficients, and estimates of uncertainties. We’ll also cover aspects such as: required and suggested variables for the processing, the QA/QC process for BASE, upcoming metadata collection on how to select and aggregate variables representative of tower footprint for the processing, future regional and global flux products.
Download the slide deck here. A recording of the webinar can be found here.
September 25 2020, 11AM Pacific Time: Measurement Best Practices (AMP Tech Team)
- How to ensure data quality
and minimize data gaps (lead panelist: Russ Scott) - Field Safety and Field work
during the COVID-19 era (lead panelist: Kim Novick) - Dataset supporting Flux
observations (lead panelist: Gil Bohrer
Download the slide deck here. A recording of the webinar can be found here.
August 17 2020, 10AM Pacific Time: On-boarding process (Margaret S. Torn)
Our first seminar is aimed at new flux tower teams – those who joined the network in the last 1-2 years or are thinking about joining! Learn about the resources and advantages of being a member of the AmeriFlux network, and meet the team members who are available for tech and data support. Ask your burning questions and leave with the knowledge of what it means to be an AmeriFlux member site!
Download the slide deck with links to all resources here. A recording of the webinar can be found here.