ChEAS meeting presentations
Chequamegon Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (ChEAS) 2003 Meeting
Kemp Natural Resources Station, Woodruff, WI
June 29 - July 2, 2003

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 Monday, 30 June

Background/introduction

9-9:30                      Ken Davis, Penn State  <PowerPoint presentation>
                                               
Welcome, logistics.
                                                A brief history of the ChEAS
                                                Scope of the ChEAS – participants, projects/funds, sites, measurements.
                                                Broader context – AmeriFlux, NACP, global flux network.
                                                Goals for this meeting

9:30-10                    Ken Davis, Penn State  <PowerPoint presentation>
                                               
A summary of major results from ChEAS. 
                                                Open discussion – impromptu contributions welcome
                                                Draft ChEAS publications list.

Research results

A. Flux site results (including eddy covariance, chamber flux, biometric measurements and sap flux studies)

10:40-11                  Dan Ricciuto, Penn State (G)  <PowerPoint presentation>
                                                Interannual variability at WLEF – why is there a source of carbon?

11-11:20                  Chuixiang Yi, Penn State  <PowerPoint presentation>
                                                Estimates of horizontal advection from WLEF

11:20-11:40             Bruce Cook, University of Minnesota  <Acrobat PDF document>
                                                Willow Creek update/caterpillars discussion

1-1:20                      Eileen Carey, University of Minnesota
                                                Sylvania flux tower site update

1:20-1:40                 Ankur Desai, Penn State (G)  <PowerPoint presentation>
                                               
Sylvania flux measurements, research plans.

1:40-2                      Leslie Kreller, University of Minnesota (G)
                                                Grad research plans

2:40-3                      Asko Noormets, University of Toledo  <PowerPoint presentation>
                                                Carbon fluxes in a managed Northern Wisconsin landscape (Chequamegon National Forest, Washburn Ranger District)

3-3:20                      Jiquan Chen, University of Toledo  <PowerPoint presentation>
                                               
Carbon Flux & Cumulative NEP of Disturbed Land Mosaics in a Changing Climate

3:20-3:40                 Brent Ewers, University of Wyoming
                                               
Sap flux and transpiration studies at ChEAS

B. Down-scaling and atmospheric modeling:

4:20-4:40                 Ned Patton, NCAR  <PowerPoint presentation>
                                               
Influence of Large Scale Heterogeneity on Scalar Transport in the Free-Convective PBL

4:40-5                      Joanne Skidmore, Colorado State (G)
                                                Using virtual tall tower measurements in global inversion models

5-5:20                      Aaron Wang, Colorado State (G)  <PowerPoint presentation>
                                                CO2 Mixing/Advection by Fronts - Graduate research plans

5:20-5:40                 Weiguo Wang, Penn State (G)  <PowerPoint presentation>
                                               
Inferring regional fluxes of CO2 - thesis plan and progress

Tuesday, 1 July

B. Down-scaling and atmospheric modeling, continued.

8:40-9:00                 Julie Styles, Oregon State
                                                Inferring regional CO2 fluxes from surface concentration measurements

9:00-9:20                 Joe Berry, Carnegie Institution of Stanford
                                                Relating CO2 and H2O in the ABL to surface fluxes

9:20-9:40                 Ken Davis, Penn State  <PowerPoint presentation>
                                                A summary of results from Bakwin and Hurwitz, in their absence

9:40-10                    Martha Butler, Penn State (G)  <PowerPoint presentation>
                                                Spatial Coherence of NEE Response of Different Ecosystems to the Same Climate Anomaly (A Spring 1998 Case Study)

10:40-11                  Scott Denning, Colorado State  <Acrobat PDF document>
                                                Reflections on inverse modeling remote locations like
N. Wisconsin

11-11:20                  Marek Uliasz, Colorado State  <Acrobat PDF document>
                                                Mesoscale CO2 inversions and tower network design - 3D RAMS and Influence functions

11:40-12                  Scott Richardson and Tasha Miles, Penn State  <JPEG>
                                                ChEAS regional flux experiment.  The
Wisconsin cuvette.

C. Up scaling and ecosystem modeling:

1-1:20                      Yiqi Luo, University of Oklahoma
                                               
Inverse analysis of eddy flux data

1:20-1:40                 Defeng Hui, University of Oklahoma
                                                Partitioning interannual variability in NEE into climatic variability and functional change

1:40-2                      Chuixiang Yi, Penn State
                                                Interannual variability of fluxes, atmospheric co2, climate

2-2:20                      Faith Ann Heinsch, University of Montana  <PowerPoint presentation>
                                                Use of Biome-BGC with the ChEAS flux tower network to address scaling issues

3-3:20                      Ian Baker, Colorado State (G)  <PowerPoint presentation>
                                                Simple Biosphere Model (SiB) Results from WLEF: Motivation for Wetlands Module

3:20-3:40                 Scott Mackay, SUNY Buffalo  <PowerPoint presentation>
                                                Interannual Variability of Water Fluxes in Northern Wisconsin

3:40-4                      Sudeep Samanta (G)  <PowerPoint presentation>
                                               Uncertainty Estimation of a Transpiration Model Using Data from ChEAS

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