Next Generation Ecosystem Experiment

Characterized by vast amounts of carbon stored in permafrost and a rapidly evolving landscape, the Arctic is an important focal point for the study of climate change. These are sensitive systems, yet the mechanisms responsible for those sensitivities remain poorly understood and inadequately represented in Earth System Models. The NGEE Arctic project seeks to reduce uncertainty in climate prediction by better understanding critical land-atmosphere feedbacks in terrestrial ecosystems of Alaska.

Monday, May 6, 2013

Training at LI-COR

This past week I traveled to a snowy Lincoln, Nebraska to take part in LI-COR’s training course on the LI-6400XT. Alistair and I will be taking four LI-6400XTs up to Barrow this summer to measure gas exchange. At the three day course I learned the basics of the 6400, took the entire instrument apart (and then put it back together) and took my first measurements. The course taught me a lot about the things we can achieve this summer in Barrow and with some more practice over the next two months I will be ready to clamp on to my first Arctic plant and start collecting data.