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Investigations in Surface-Atmosphere Exchange over a Mixed Deciduous Forest in the Southern Appalachians

Location

Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Air Resources Laboratory

opportunity location
26.04.79.C0806 Oak Ridge, TN 378312456

Advisers

name email phone
Rick Davis Saylor rick.saylor@noaa.gov 678.984.4373

Description

The exchange of energy, momentum, water vapor and trace gases and particles between the earth's surface and the atmosphere have significant impacts on the dynamics and composition of the atmosphere. Terrestrial ecosystems, and forests in particular, play a critical role in these surface-atmosphere exchange processes and thereby greatly influence weather, climate and air quality. An AmeriFlux site in the southern Appalachians has obtained nearly three decades of forest micrometeorological and carbon flux observations and is undergoing a major upgrade to enhance its ability to characterize the carbon budget and increase scientific understanding of surface-atmosphere exchange processes.  Research topics for this project could include: (1) analysis of historical data from the site focused on trends in net ecosystem exchange (NEE) and evapotranspiration (ET), and the impact of climate change on those trends; (2) evaluation of the representativeness of the site's measurements at the landscape scale; (3) implementation, quality control and analyses of enhanced multi-layer forest micrometeorological and CO2/CH4 flux measurements; or (4) modeling to account for complex terrain effects in land-atmosphere interactions and landscape-scale fluxes.

key words
carbon budget; eddy covariance; air-surface exchange; net primary productivity

Eligibility

Citizenship:  Open to U.S. citizens, permanent residents and non-U.S. citizens
Level:  Open to Postdoctoral and Senior applicants

Stipend

Base Stipend Travel Allotment Supplementation
$70,000.00 $2,000.00
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