IRCEB: Interannual climate variability and ecosystem processes: A quantitative assessment combining models with field and mesocosm experiments

Research Projects

PI: Jay Arnone

Project Period: October 2000 - August 2005

Funding: This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DEB- 0078325

Right: Project PI Jay Arnone (left) and Co-PI Paul Verburg inspecting one of the pots containing native Oklahoma prairie.

Jay Arnone and Paul Verburg inspecting pots of Oklahoma prarie

Keywords: ecosystem processes, atmospheric CO2, mesocosm experiment, interannual climate variability

Project Summary

Images

Gallery 1: Soil monolith excavation from native Oklahoma tallgrass prairie
Gallery 2: Soil monolith installation into EcoCELL facility in Reno, Nevada

Posters

Poster 1: Weatherly et al. 2003: Interannual climate variability and ecosystem processes in an intact tallgrass prairie ecosystem in EcoCELLs: controls on litter decomposition (PDF file 478 KB)

Poster 2: Arnone et al. 2003: Using EcoCELL technology to quantify the effects of intra-and interannual climate variability on NEE and NEP of intact tallgrass prairie ecosystems: some patterns and relationships after one year (PDF file 743 KB)

Project Participants and Role
Dr. Jay Arnone, DRI (PI)	Project Director; EcoCELL oversight and management
Dr. Paul Verburg, DRI	Soil carbon and isotope experiments
Dr. Yiqi Luo, University of Oklahoma	Ecosystem simulation modeling and integration
Dr. Linda Wallace, University of Oklahoma	Oversight and day-to-day management of field experiments
Dr. Dale Johnson, University of Nevada Reno	Nitrogen analyses
Dr. Dave Schimel, NCAR Dr. Rob Braswell, University of New Hampshire	Statistical modeling and integration and conducting isotope analyses
Mr. Dave Schorran, DRI	Day-to-day operation of EcoCELLs
Dr. Paul Buck, DRI	K-12 Education consultant

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