H021
Advancing Science through Long-Term Monitoring, Observation, and Experimentation in Catchment, Critical Zone, and Ecosystem Studies
Advancing Science through Long-Term Monitoring, Observation, and Experimentation in Catchment, Critical Zone, and Ecosystem Studies
Session ID#: 85497
Session Description:
Across scales, watershed, critical zone, and ecosystem studies are vital to expanding theory and discovery in hydrological, biogeochemical, and ecological process understanding. Well-studied sites provide context, especially when coupled with land management and environmental change experiments. Long-term studies and monitoring at sentinel sites have proved invaluable for detecting, documenting, and understanding fundamental processes and effects of environmental change on ecosystems. New technologies, sites, and field experiments are feeding the innovation and closing knowledge gaps. Multi-site comparisons at various temporal and spatial scales provide information needed to build theory, manage ecosystems, and inform modeling efforts. We seek contributions on these efforts, and especially encourage submissions that demonstrate societal relevance.
Co-Organized:
- B - Biogeosciences
Index Terms:
1804 Catchment [HYDROLOGY]
1806 Chemistry of fresh water [HYDROLOGY]
1848 Monitoring networks [HYDROLOGY]
1895 Instruments and techniques: monitoring [HYDROLOGY]
Primary Convener: Stephen D Sebestyen, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Vallejo, CA, United States
Conveners: James B Shanley, USGS, Montpelier, VT, United States, Jonathan M Duncan, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Ecosystem Science and Management, University Park, PA, United States and Taehee Hwang, Indiana University Bloomington, Department of Geography, Bloomington, IN, United States
Primary Liaison: Stephen D Sebestyen, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Vallejo, CA, United States
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