Next-Generation Ecosystem Experiments–Arctic Flyer

Abstract

An important challenge for Earth system models (ESMs) is to accurately represent land surface and subsurface processes and their complex interactions. This is true for all regions of the world, but is especially important for high-latitude Arctic ecosystems that are characterized by ice-rich landscapes where topography, hydrology, vegetation, and biogeochemistry are inexplicitly linked. To address this challenge, the Terrestrial Ecosystem Science (TES) program within the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) is supporting a next-generation ecosystem experiments project in the Arctic (NGEE–Arctic).