Another December, another AGU! The lab was well-represented in Washington, D.C., for the “What’s Next for Science?” theme year, with in-person attendance by Mostafa, Jen, Yujie, and Francisco (top photo). Highlights included:
- Two sessions (bottom right photo) organized by Mostafa, “Advancing Environmental Monitoring Through Near-Surface Imaging Technologies: Capabilities, Applications, and Future Directions” and “Understanding Phenological Responses, Changes, and Feedbacks: Patterns, Mechanisms, and Consequences.”
- Two talks by Jen (AGU first-timer!), “The Great Thermal Bake–Off: A Hands-On Workshop for Enhancing TemperatureMeasurement Precision and Standardization for Improved Flux Interpretation and Application” and “Deciphering the Controls on the Canopy-to-Air Temperature Gradient Across Diverse Plant Functional Types.”
- Yujie had a talk, “Evaluating continuity of NEON and AmeriFlux data records at collocated sites from tundra to subtropics” (bottom left photo shows Yujie and Dave Moore, University of Arizona).
- Francisco had a talk, “Optimising Traffic Camera Networks for Long-Term Phenological Monitoring Via Advanced Image Clustering Techniques.”
- Mostafa also had a poster, “Tracking vegetation phenology across diverse biomes using Version 3.0 of the PhenoCam Dataset.”
Next year’s AGU meeting is in New Orleans, Louisiana — see you there!
