GC24G:
Science at the Frontier: Using Multimethod Research to Create New Knowledge and Assess Tools Across Spatial and Temporal Scales I

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Session ID#: 32613

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:

Changes in Arctic and Boreal ecosystems of North America: Integrating Recent Results from the Field, Remote Sensing and Ecosystem Models (Invited) (211545)
Scott J. Goetz1,2, Brendan M Rogers3, Michelle C Mack4, Michael Goulden5, Neal J. Pastick6, Logan T. Berner1 and Joshua Fisher7, (1)Northern Arizona University, SICCS, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (2)Northern Arizona University, School of Informatics, Computing and Cyber Systems (SICCS), Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (3)University of California Irvine, Irvine, United States, (4)Northern Arizona University, Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (5)University of California, Irvine, CA, United States, (6)Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls, SD, United States, (7)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
Inferring biome-scale net primary productivity from tree-ring isotopes (225590)
Neil Pederson1, Mathieu Levesque2, A. Park Williams1, Martina Lena Hobi3, William Kolby Smith4 and Laia Andreu-Hayles5, (1)Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, (2)Columbia University of New York, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, United States, (3)University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States, (4)University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, (5)ICREA, Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies, CREAF, Center for Ecological research and Forestry Applications, Barcelona, Spain
Advances in Estimating Current and Future Effects of Climate and Management on Forest Ecosystem Carbon and Water Dynamics at Multiple Scales (Invited) (229732)
Beverly Elizabeth Law1, Christopher J Still2, Tara W Hudiburg3, Polly Buotte4 and Chad V Hanson1, (1)Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States, (2)Oregon State University, Forest Ecosystems and Society, Corvallis, OR, United States, (3)University of Idaho, College of Natural Resources, Moscow, ID, United States, (4)University of California, Berkeley, Energy and Resources Group, Berkeley, United States
PDO and ENSO Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies Control Grassland Plant Production across the United States Great Plains (280371)
Stephen J Del Grosso, USDA -ARS, Fort Collins, United States, William J Parton, Colorado State University, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Fort Collins, United States, William Kolby Smith, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States and Maosi Chen, Colorado State University, UV-B Monitoring and Research Program, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Fort Collins, United States
A direct estimate of evapotranspiration over the Amazon basin and implications for our understanding of carbon and water cycling (247239)
Abigail L. S. Swann, University of Washington, Department of Atmospheric and Climate Science and Department of Biology, Seattle, United States, Charles Koven, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division, Berkeley, United States, Danica Lombardozzi, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States and Gordon B Bonan, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
Predicting the size and elevation of future mountain forests: Scaling macroclimate to microclimate (255285)
Scott Thomas Cory, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, United States and William K Smith, Winston-Salem, NC, United States

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