Jen and Andrew are coauthors on a new paper out in PNAS, “Cooling outweighs warming across phenological transitions in the Northern Hemisphere”. Led by collaborator Lin Meng and her student Yizhuo Li at Vanderbilt, the paper shows that vegetation exerts a dominant surface cooling effect during phenological transitions in mid- to high-latitude forests, with amplified cooling under climate warming in many regions. Andrew’s PhenoCam data were used to identify phenological transition dates at 17 AmeriFlux sites, and Jen analyzed long-wave radiation data from those tower sites to develop a land surface temperature dataset used to ground-truth patterns that had been initially identified from satellite remote sensing.
Lab members participate in the 17th Biennial Conference
It’s been three years since the last Biennial Conference of Science & Management, but this year the meeting was back and better than ever! Hosted at NAU, the conference focuses work related to the ecosystems of the Colorado Plateau and Southwestern United States. The meeting is attended by resource managers and research scientists whose work specifically focuses on the Southwest’s natural and cultural resources. Darby, Jacob and Mostafa led a workshop on “Using open-source PhenoCam imagery and data to monitor vegetation change in drylands and beyond”, and then Jacob and Mostafa chaired an organized session, “Understanding the Ecological Impacts of Climate Change on Colorado Plateau Drylands Using Field-Based Approaches”. Thanks everyone for your participation in this fantastic event, and especially to our collaborators and friends who made the effort to travel here from Albuquerque, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Tucson.
The photo below shows the speakers and audience from the organized session led by Jacob and Mostafa. The session was hugely popular — standing room only!
Congratulations on a highly successful event!
Lab compiles guide for visitors
Where should I eat when I am in Flagstaff? Where should I stay? What brewery has the best beer? What are the can’t-miss scenic highlights? Richardson Lab members get these kinds of questions from both short- and long-term visitors to the lab, as well as family and friends who may be just passing through town quickly, or here for a longer vacation.
We therefore decided to compile a guide, “The Richardson Lab’s Guide for Visitors to Flagstaff: Restaurants, Coffeehouses, Bars & Breweries, Things to See & Do, Hotels, and Medical Facilities.” An initial version of the Guide was assembled last summer by Jen for participants in the Great Thermal Bake-off Workshop. Updates and new entries were added this year by Jen, Jacob, Oscar, Yujie, and Darby.
You can download a copy of the guide below, or through the “Information For Visitors” tab under the dropdown Menu at the top of this page.