News
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Caroline's paper on C flux prediction accuracy using environmental filtering is in press at Global Change Biology
We used satellite-derived environmental filtering to parametrize CARDAMOM across the globe and compared the accuracy of flux predictions against a conventional PFT approach.
December 29, 2022
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We are hiring a new postdoc
Please check out the ad for a new postdoc in microwave remote sensing of vegetation water content/leaf water potential. Please apply by January 10th for full consideration
November 23, 2022
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Meng's paper on surprisingly-common positive ET anomalies during drought is now out in Nature Climate Change.
We show missing soil structure effects are part of the reason models get this very wrong. The paper also has a News & Views highlight from Madeleine Pascolini-Campbell (JPL).
October 27, 2022
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Erica McCormick joins the group as a PhD student
Erica joins the group after an extended time as a researcher at University of Texas-Austin in Daniella Rempe's group. Welcome, Erica!
September 22, 2022
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Former postdoc Greg Quetin's paper on the total power associated with sap ascent is featured in EOS
Greg's paper (which Alex co-authored) finds that the energy harvested passively by sap ascent is equivalent to the world's hydropower production and ~14% of photosynthetic energy
September 16, 2022
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Review paper on soil hydrology within the earth system now published at Nature Reviews Earth & Environment.
Alex contributed to the paper, which covers the impacts of soil hydrological processes on ecosystems and climate.
August 02, 2022
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July 18, 2022
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Nathan's paper on climate change effects on soil moisture and fire risk in Southeast Asian peatlands is now out in ERL
We find that soil moisture reductions (and associated increases in fire risk) due to climate change are significant relative to current ENSO-related interannual variability.
June 30, 2022
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Krishna wins the ESS Department Graduate Student Award for Scholarly/Research Achievement
Congratulations, Krishna!
June 12, 2022
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Check out the group's work at the EGU general assembly!
Matthew and Nathan will present in person, and Meng, Caroline, and Alex will deliver virtual presentations.
May 23, 2022
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Meng Zhao will start as assistant professor at University of Idaho in January 2023
We are lucky that he will continue to work with the group for the remainder of the year. Congratulations, Meng!
May 18, 2022
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Olivia Flournoy successfully presents her master’s thesis on potential improvements to SAR-derived LFMC data.
Congratulations, Olivia! We’ll miss you and good luck at Indeed!
May 16, 2022
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Krishna Rao successfully defends his PhD dissertation: "Parched Plants to Flaming Forests: Understanding Tree Mortality and Wildfires with Microwave Remote Sensing of Vegetation Water Stress"!
Congratulations, Krishna! We’ll miss you and good luck at Watershed!
May 13, 2022
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Nathan Dadap successfully defends his PhD dissertation on “Quantifying Hydrologic Change in Tropical Peatlands”!
Congratulations, Nathan! We’ll miss you next year and good luck with your AGU Congressional Fellowship!
May 04, 2022
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Jinshi Jian’s (PNNL) paper on inconsistency between best estimates of global GPP and global soil respiration is now out in Nature Communications.
The paper suggests substantial uncertainty in our understanding of the terrestrial carbon cycle. Alex is a co-author.
April 01, 2022
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Kim Novick's (IU) article on the utility of water potential data is now in press at Nature Geoscience
Alex is a co-author.
March 14, 2022
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Krishna's article in The Conversation is now out.
The paper discusses the findings and implications of our recent Nature Ecology & Evolution for the public.
February 07, 2022
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Krishna's paper showing plant water sensitivity significantly affects burned area sensitivity to VPD now published Open Access in Nature Ecology & Evolution
We also show a disproportionate number of regions have both high plant water sensitivity and VPD trends, and that WUI population growth is fastest in highly sensitive ecosystems.
February 07, 2022
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Check out the group's work at AGU!
Alex, Caroline, Krishna, Meng, Matt, Natan, Nathan and Paula are all presenting, and many of us will attend in person.
December 12, 2021
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Trent Robinett joins the group as a PhD student
Trent recently completed his undergraduate degree at Notre Dame, where he worked (among others) on plant hydraulics modelling with Prof. David Medvigy. Welcome, Trent!
September 20, 2021