TM1 | Building international collaboration through FLUXNET
Building international collaboration through FLUXNET
Conveners: David Moore, Jacob Nelson | Co-conveners: Kim Novick, Natalia Kowalska, Dario Papale
Mon, 15 Apr, 19:00–20:00 (CEST)
 
Room F2
Mon, 19:00
"Session goal and FLUXNET overview: FLUXNET is a global collaboration of scientists who study carbon, water and energy cycling between the Earth and the atmosphere. Eddy covariance observations measure ecosystem processes at hundreds of research sites across six continents. Aggregation, standardization and sharing of data across regions enables understanding of global patterns in ecological response to climate and environmental change. The FLUXNET community, through its volunteers, provides free, accessible and open access to data to inform biogeosciences and ecology, bio-meteorology, trends in greenhouse gasses, climate science, Earth system science, Earth System Modelling, air pollution, agriculture, nature based climate solutions and a range of practical land management applications. FLUXNET promotes early career scientists and international collaborations, scientific workshops, training and networking opportunities as well as opportunities to participate in collaborative working groups and scientific investigations. In the last year FLUXNET volunteers have created many new initiatives in data harmonization, education and community building. These include targeting data products to new stakeholders, building community in key portions of the world and hosting educational materials in different languages. The goal of this townhall is to engage a wide range of disciplines and stakeholders in shaping the future of FLUXNET and how to make data more accessible and useful.
Session description: After a brief overview of activities from flux networks around the world including opportunities to participate in working groups that focus on scientific collaboration, data availability, education and early career development. We will also highlight opportunities to host international exchange students and to propose and participate in formal workshops and training. These updates will be followed by a structured, open question and answer discussion focused around 1) Informing global carbon, water and energy budgets and climate models 2) data quality, availability and usability by different scientific disciplines and user groups, 3) Fostering international collaboration through collaborative working groups, international exchange and partnerships, 4) opportunities for early career engagement."