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From Long-Term Data to Understanding: Toward a Predictive Ecology
2015 LTER ASM Estes Park, CO - August 30 - September 2, 2015
 

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Sources of Uncertainty in Ecosystem Monitoring

Long-term ecological research relies on many types of measurements, which are subject to many types of uncertainty.Working Group Reports Final reports:  Final Report: Sources of Uncertainty in Ecosystem Monitoring Session:  Tuesday September 1 - Working Group Session 4 Room Assignment:  Ruesch Auditorium - Dodge (Capacity 50)

Graduate Student Working Group: Investigating precipitation anomalies using multiple site long-term data

The effects of anthropogenic-associated activities on the global climate system over the past two centuries have become undeniable, and supported by a vast body of scientific literature (IPCC, 2014Working Group Reports Final reports:  Precipitation Anomalies Working Group_Summary Report.docx Participant list:  Precip Anomalies WG Participants.xlsx Session:  Wednesday September 2 - Working Group Session 7 Room Assignment:  Ruesch Auditorium - Hobbs (Capacity 50)

Synergies Between NEON and LTER

The LTER network has received funding for a synthesis working group to explore synergies between the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) and the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Netw Session:  Wednesday September 2 - Working Group Session 8 Room Assignment:  Ruesch Auditorium - Hobbs (Capacity 50)

Long-term, international collaborative research to achieve global ecological solutions

The rapid pace of large-scale environmental changes around the globe has underscored the value of long-term data sets for understanding the context of scientific observations and forecasting future Session:  Tuesday September 1 - Working Group Session 4 Room Assignment:  Emerald Mountain Aspen Glenn – (Capacity 90)

Improving discovery of carbon cycling data with semantic annotation

LTER has a wealth of carbon cycling data from many biomes, and its diversity sometimes hampers effective discovery for synthesis or reuse.  The semantic web offers mechanisms to attach rich co Session:  Monday August 31 - Working Group Session 1 Room Assignment:  Longs Peak Chasm Lake – (Capacity 110)