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A Multiscale and Multidisciplinary Investigation of Ecosystem- Atmosphere CO2 Exchange over the Rocky Mountains of Colorado
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (2010)
  • Jielun Sun, National Center for Atmospheric Research
  • Steven P. Oncley, National Center for Atmospheric Research
  • Sean P. Burns, National Center for Atmospheric Research
  • Britton B. Stephens, National Center for Atmospheric Research
  • Donald H. Lenschow, National Center for Atmospheric Research
  • Teresa Campos, National Center for Atmospheric Research
  • Russell K. Monson, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
  • David S. Schimel, National Ecological Observatory Network
  • William J. Sacks, University of Wisconsin - Madison
  • Stephan F.J. DeWekker, University of Virginia
  • Chun-Ta Lai, San Diego State University
  • Brian Lamb, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
  • Dennis Ojima, Colorado State University - Fort Collins
  • Patrick Z. Ellsworth, University of Miami
  • Leonel S.L. Sternberg, University of Miami
  • Sharon Zhong, Michigan State University
  • Craig B. Clements, San Jose State University
  • David J.P. Moore, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
  • Dean E. Anderson, U.S. Geological Survey
  • Andrew S. Watt, National Center for Atmospheric Research
  • Jia Hu, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
  • Mark Tschudi, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
  • Steven Aulenbach, National Ecological Observatory Network
  • Eugene Allwine, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
  • Teresa Coons, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
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Abstract
A significant fraction of Earth consists of mountainous terrain. However, the question of how to monitor the surface–atmosphere carbon exchange over complex terrain has not been fully explored. This article reports on studies by a team of investigators from U.S. universities and research institutes who carried out a multiscale and multidisciplinary field and modeling investigation of the CO2 exchange between ecosystems and the atmosphere and of CO2 transport over complex mountainous terrain in the Rocky Mountain region of Colorado. The goals of the field campaign, which included ground and airborne in situ and remote-sensing measurements, were to characterize unique features of the local CO2 exchange and to find effective methods to measure regional ecosystem–atmosphere CO2 exchange over complex terrain. The modeling effort included atmospheric and ecological numerical modeling and data assimilation to investigate regional CO2 transport and biological processes involved in ecosystem-atmosphere carbon exchange. In this report, we document our approaches, demonstrate some preliminary results, and discuss principal patterns and conclusions concerning ecosystem-atmosphere carbon exchange over complex terrain and its relation to past studies that have considered these processes over much simpler terrain.
Keywords
  • rocky mountains,
  • atmosphere exchange
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Publication Date
February, 2010
DOI
10.1175/2009BAMS2733.1
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This article was published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, volume 91, issue 2, 2010, and can be found online at the following link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2009BAMS2733.1

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Citation Information
Jielun Sun, Steven P. Oncley, Sean P. Burns, Britton B. Stephens, et al.. "A Multiscale and Multidisciplinary Investigation of Ecosystem- Atmosphere CO2 Exchange over the Rocky Mountains of Colorado" Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Vol. 91 Iss. 2 (2010) p. 209 - 230 ISSN: 1520-0477
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/craig_clements/13/