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Aquatic Ecology 2/19 Projects
Eddy Covariance 2/19 Projects
Global Change Biology 9/19 Projects
Microbial Ecology 5/19 Projects
Modeling 7/19 Projects
Nutrient Dynamics 6/19 Projects
Remote Sensing 1/19 Projects

Modeling Research Projects

Temperature Sensitivity of Substrate Decomposition from Enzymes to Microbial Communities

A recently funded project explores how substrate stoichiometry and architecture influence the C and N released via mineralization, and the temperature sensitivity of these fluxes. This avenue of research will ...

Date August 2010 - present
Location Northeast Kansas
Contact Sharon Billings

Linking Whole Ecosystem Stoichiometry to Individual-level Nutrient Dynamics

The availability of nitrogen (N) and/or phosphorus (P) constrains primary production in most ecosystems worldwide. As a consequence, the fluxes of N and P through ecosystems are tightly linked. Thus, ...

Date September 2009 - present
Location International
Contact Ford Ballantyne

Vegetation and Moisture Heterogeneity as Influences on Mass and Energy Fluxes and Lower Boundary Layer Turbulence

In this project we are using a large eddy simulation model under "real" conditions in which I force the model with satellite imagery coupled with a land-surface model. In order ...

Date September 2009 - present
Location Statewide
Contact Nate Brunsell

Information Theory Metrics and Land-Atmosphere Interactions

In this research, I am using a wavelet based information theory approach that I developed for many different applications. I've used this to look at the impacts of different spatial ...

Date August 2009 - present
Location Statewide
Contact Nate Brunsell

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Soil Erosion as an Influence on Atmospheric CO2

Recent studies indicate that soil erosion may serve as a net sink for carbon, though this is an unresolved controversy in the literature. We have developed a user-friendly, spreadsheet-based model ...

Date August 2009 - present
Location Statewide
Contact Sharon Billings

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Biofuel Crop Choices and Regional Carbon Cycling

Land cover in many regions of the world is changing as a result of enhanced interest in biofuels. In central North America, farmers are making different crop choices and are ...

Date June 2009 - present
Location North America
Contact Nate Brunsell

Eco-forecasting in the Great Plains

Date January 2006 - present
Location Great Plains
Contact Sharon Billings