GC21F:
Science at the Frontier: Using Multimethod Research to Create New Knowledge and Assess Tools Across Spatial and Temporal Scales II Posters

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Session ID#: 26818

Session Description:
Within a given research approach – for example, remote sensing, field experimentation, modeling – science promotes the continued advancement of tools and techniques. Less often, however, do we simultaneously use multiple approaches to address a research question or to assess the utility of approaches across spatial and temporal scales. Nonetheless, there is substantial power in integrating distinct approaches, particularly for research associated with the multifaceted nature of ecosystem responses to global change. In this session, we will i) explore novel ways in which distinct approaches have been combined to enhance our understanding of complex ecosystem processes, and ii) evaluate the strengths/weaknesses of varied approaches for different processes and scales. As technical advancements continue at an unprecedented rate, new opportunities for integrated, multi-approach research emerge, which could more effectively capture the mechanisms and patterns that drive ecosystem structure and function, particularly in the context of global change.
Primary Convener:  William Kolby Smith, University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States
Conveners:  Sasha Reed, U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Moab, UT, United States and Stan D Wullschleger, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
Chairs:  William Kolby Smith, University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States, Sasha Reed, USGS, Moab, UT, United States and Stan D Wullschleger, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
OSPA Liaison:  William Kolby Smith, University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • A - Atmospheric Sciences
  • B - Biogeosciences
  • H - Hydrology
Index Terms:

1615 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1631 Land/atmosphere interactions [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1694 Instruments and techniques [GLOBAL CHANGE]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Recent Responses of Western North American Forests and Hydroclimate to Pacific Storm Track Position and Intensity (242185)
Matthew P Dannenberg, University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States and Erika Wise, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Geography and Environment, Chapel Hill, United States
Assessing spatiotemporal changes in forest carbon turnover times in observational data and models (262549)
Kailiang Yu, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, William Kolby Smith, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, Anna T Trugman, University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Geography, Santa Barbara, United States, Phillip van Mantgem, USGS Western Ecological Research Center, Arcata, CA, United States, Changhui Peng, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China, Richard Condit, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancon, Panama and William Anderegg, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States
Reconciling top-down and bottom-up estimates of CO2 fluxes to understand increased seasonal exchange in Northern ecosystems (234328)
Ana Bastos1, Philippe Ciais2, Dan Zhu3, Fabienne Maignan3, Xuhui Wang4, Frederic Chevallier5 and Ashley Ballantyne6, (1)Leipzig University, Institute for Earth System Science and Remote Sensing, Leipzig, Germany, (2)LSCE Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, Gif-Sur-Yvette, France, (3)CEA Saclay DSM / LSCE, Gif sur Yvette, France, (4)CNRS, Paris Cedex 16, France, (5)LSCE Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, Gif-Sur-Yvette Cedex, France, (6)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
Understanding the relationship between vegetation phenology and productivity across key dryland ecosystem types through the integration of PhenoCam, satellite, and eddy covariance data (282261)
Dong Yan1, Russell L Scott2, David JP Moore3, Dr. Joel A Biederman, PhD4 and William Kolby Smith3, (1)University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Tucson, United States, (2)Agricultural Research Service Tucson, Tucson, AZ, United States, (3)University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States, (4)Agricultural Research Service Tucson, Southwest Watershed Research Center, Tucson, AZ, United States
Spatial distribution and influence factors of interprovincial terrestrial physical geographical names in China (215038)
Shengrui Zhang, IGSNRR Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing, China; UCAS University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Yingjie Wang, Centre d'Etudes Spatiales de la Biosphere, Toulouse Cedex 9, France and Hongrun Ju, RADI Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Gauging leaf-level contributions to landscape-level water loss within a Western US dryland fores (266588)
Patrick Murphy1, Daniel L Potts2, Rebecca L. Minor3, Erik P Hamerlynck4, Leland Sutter Jr3 and Greg Barron-Gafford5, (1)University of Arizona, Geosciences, Tucson, AZ, United States, (2)SUNY Buffalo State, Buffalo, NY, United States, (3)University of Arizona, School of Geography & Development, Tucson, AZ, United States, (4)USDA-ARS, Tucson, AZ, United States, (5)University of Arizona, School of Geography, Development & Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States
Quantifying Biomass from Point Clouds by Connecting Representations of Ecosystem Structure (268430)
Sean M Hendryx, University of Arizona, School of Information, Tucson, AZ, United States and Greg Barron-Gafford, University of Arizona, School of Geography, Development & Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States
Improving Our Ability to Assess Land Management and Disturbance by Linking Traditional Ecosystem Measurements with UAV Spectral Analysis (290207)
Leland Sutter Jr1, Greg Barron-Gafford2, William Kolby Smith3, Rebecca L. Minor1, Harrison Raub4, Jasmin Raquel Jimenez4, Sarah Kathleen Wolsiffer3, Evelin B Escobedo4 and Joe Smith5, (1)University of Arizona, School of Geography & Development, Tucson, AZ, United States, (2)University of Arizona, School of Geography, Development & Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States, (3)University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States, (4)Biosphere 2 REU Program, Tucson, AZ, United States, (5)Biosphere 2 STAR Program, Tucson, AZ, United States
The Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Advancing Innovative, Policy-Relevant Methods  (299223)
Tamee Albrecht, Arica Crootof and Christopher A Scott, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States

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