Division: SSSA Division: Soil Physics and Hydrology

Title: Symposium--Long-Term Terrestrial Observatories: Outdoor Laboratories for Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Interactions: I

Lead Community Sponsor:
Cosponsor: Soil Chemistry, Pedology, Soil Biology & Biochemistry, Soil Mineralogy, Wetland Soils, Soil & Water Management & Conservation
Community Cosponsor: Soil Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Community
Format: Oral Symposium
Keywords: data sharing, monitoring, observatories and sensors

Session Description: Scientific advances in research of soil-plant-atmosphere interactions demand strong integration of monitoring, modeling, and scaling. In recent years, several terrestrial observatories have been implemented, e.g., the Critical Zone Observatory (CZO) and National Ecology Observatory networks (NEON) in the U.S., the Hydrological Observatory (HOBE) in Denmark, the Heihe Hydrological Observatory in China, the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network in Australia (TERN), and the Terrestrial Environmental Observatory network (TERENO) in Germany. This symposium will focus on long-term terrestrial observatories and how data obtained from such networks can support the understanding and prediction of the response of terrestrial systems to changing environmental conditions.