[YSN Toolbox] is a series of blogs designed to share, distribute and archive useful information for young and early-career Fluxneters. The resource lists are voluntarily and collectively maintained by FLUXNET YSN members. We would like to keep the lists evolving over time and we welcome you to contribute to the list. Life as a PhD student… More
Blog – What’s New
We are very happy to announce the release of the “FLUXNET2015 Dataset”, a new synthesis dataset that is available for global synthesis studies. You can find the instructions to download the data, the data policy, all the information in the new website here. This flux/met data release follows the Technical Release that was published in August…. More
A large contingent of Fluxnet scientists made the new 2015 Thomson Reuters lis of Highly Cited Researchers, http://highlycited.com In Agriculture the list includes Anders Lindroth, Alan Barr, Andrew Richardson, David Hollinger, Dennis Baldocchi, Ivan Janssens, Kai Morgenstern, Steve Wofsy, Andy Black, and Zoran Nesic. In Environment and Ecology the list includes Andrew Richardson, Dennis Baldocchi, Marcus Reichstein,… More
In recent years Australia has undergone reductions in science funding, but there are positive signs that support will increase following recent changes in both the political and research infrastructure funding landscapes. This makes us hopeful that OzFlux, the Australian and New Zealand Flux tower network will only need to get through a period of restricted… More
Smith, N. G., S. L. Malyshev, E. Shevliakova, J. Kattge, and J. S. Dukes. 2015. Foliar temperature acclimation reduces simulated carbon sensitivity to climate. Nature Clim. Change advance online publication.
Kondo, M., Ichii, K., Takagi, H. and Sasakawa, M., 2015. Comparison of the data-driven top-down and bottom-up global terrestrial CO2 exchanges: GOSAT CO2 inversion and empirical eddy flux upscaling. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 120(7): 1226-1245.
This is the start of a series to interview scientists in FLUXNET. Today, we start with Marta Galvagno, whom I met this summer and who was gracious to give me a tour of her field sites. Marta works for the Environmental Protection Agency of the Aosta Valley in Italy. She is PI of the Torgnon alpine… More
Campioli, M. et al., 2015. Biomass production efficiency controlled by management in temperate and boreal ecosystems. Nature Geosci, 8(11): 843-846.
In the context of the ICOS (Integrated Carbon Observation System) Reseach Infrastructure, the equivalent of the American NEON in Europe, the 10 year-old Fontainebleau-Barbeau (FR-Fon site) forest station has been upgraded to comply with the ICOS Class 1 mandatory requirements. These improvements consisted in the installation of new ICOS standardized sensors and instruments as well as the… More
Inspired by Ray Leuning’s lecture on ‘flux towers I have seen’ at the Colorado Flux short course, I thought I’d offer a contribution to the new FLUXNET blog with a short essay on the flux towers I have had the privilege to visit the past two years during trips to meetings and while on sabbatical in Europe. We intend… More