OOS 33 - Linking Optical and Energy Fluxes Workshop

Organizer(s)

• ZP

  Zoe Pierrat

  University of California Los Angeles, United States

Co-Organizer(s)

• AK

  Anam Khan

  University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
• TM

  Troy Magney

  University of California Davis, United States

Ecologists now have access to a growing number of data sources to understand connections between scales, enabling new investigations on ecosystem structure and function from the leaf to ecosystem. Eddy covariance towers measure ecosystem carbon, water, and radiation fluxes, permitting investigations on ecosystem function such as photosynthesis, evapotranspiration, resource use efficiencies, and phenology across a wide range of ecosystems. Remote sensing can help bridge the gap across scales by linking measurements of reflectance, fluorescence and emission of radiation to data from eddy covariance towers. Together, remote sensing and eddy covariance towers allow the study of ecological phenomena that are better understood at larger scales such as recovery from large disturbances, resource distribution, ecosystem heterogeneity, and biodiversity. While satellite data enables scaling these processes across time and space, their use is hampered by large spatial scales extending beyond an eddy covariance footprint, and infrequent temporal overpass times (at one time per day). To further investigate the full potential of remote sensing data to scale ecosystem fluxes, the integration of remote sensing data from tower mounted sensors into existing networks of eddy covariance data providers such as FLUXNET will greatly facilitate the synergistic use of these data.
This session explores the intersection of remote sensing and flux data to address ecological questions. The session brings together researchers working with both data sources and discusses the unique information and ecological relevance in these data. The session will present a framework for better integration of remotely sensed data from tower mounted sensors with existing flux data provided by FLUXNET - a global network of eddy covariance towers - along with a discussion of how to access remotely sensed data through FLUXNET.

Presentations:

• 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM PDT

  Outcomes of the community workshop on linking optical and energy fluxes: opportunities, challenges, and a path forward
  

  Presenting Author: Zoe Pierrat – University of California Los Angeles

  Co-author: Troy Magney – University of California Davis

  Co-author: Loren P. Albert – Oregon State University

  Co-author: Xi Yang – University of Virginia

  Co-author: Anam Khan – University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM PDT

  Show me the light: integrating multiple remote sensing approaches for understanding ecological processes
  

  Presenting Author: Xi Yang – University of Virginia
• 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM PDT

  From signal to mechanism in remote sensing of forests
  

  Presenting Author: Loren P. Albert – Oregon State University

  Co-author: Kelvin T. Acebron – Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

  Co-author: Alessandro Araújo – EMBRAPA

  Co-author: Emmelia J. Braun – Oregon State University

  Co-author: Petya K. E. Campbell – University of Maryland baltimore County

  Co-author: Matteo Detto – Princeton University; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

  Co-author: Maquelle Neves N. Garcia – Oregon State University

  Co-author: Karl F. Huemmerich – University of Maryland Baltimore County

  Co-author: Joanna Joiner – NASA

  Co-author: Yoshiko Kosugi – Kyoto University

  Co-author: Sean M. McMahon – Smithsonian Institution

  Co-author: Natalia Restrepo-Coupe – University of Arizona

  Co-author: Scott Saleska – University of Arizona

  Co-author: Charles D. Southwick – West Virginia University; Oregon State University

  Co-author: Tomo'omi Kumagai – The University of Tokyo

  Co-author: Christiaan van der Tol – University of Twente

  Co-author: Na Wang – University of Twente

  Co-author: Peiqi Yang – University of Twente
• 4:15 PM – 4:30 PM PDT

  Linking leaf to globe with thermal remote sensing
  

  Presenting Author: Mallory Barnes, Ph.D. in watershed management and ecohydrology – Indiana University

  Co-author: Daniel P. Beverly – Indiana University, Bloomington

  Co-author: Kim A. Novick – Indiana University Bloomington

  Co-author: Kesondra B. Key – Indiana University
• 4:30 PM – 4:45 PM PDT

  Understanding patterns in CH4 emissions across natural ecosystems
  

  Presenting Author: Sparkle Malone – Yale University

  Co-author: Jaclyn H. Matthes – Harvard Forest

  Co-author: Stefan Metzger – Battelle

  Co-author: Christopher Florian – National Ecological Observatory Network, Battelle

  Co-author: Youmi Oh – NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory
• 4:45 PM – 5:00 PM PDT

  FLUXNET data products alongside Remote Sensing: a How-To
  

  Presenting Author: Gilberto Pastorello – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  Co-author: Gilberto Pastorello – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory