FoRTE team meeting 2019-01-15

[ashiklom]

Alexey

Updates

• Late November/December -- Frantically preparing for AGU
• Since AGU, mostly working (and billing) time on other project
• Created repository for first modeling paper (code and manuscript): https://github.com/ashiklom/fortebaseline

Next steps

• Run baseline ED ensemble
  • Create UMBS-specific PFTs for ED
  • Add trait data from TRY for relevant species
  • Get good soil initial conditions

[bpbond]

Minutes

AGU

• very positive for Gough group, learned a lot
• @ashiklom - went to really interesting talk by J. Matthes
• @atkinsjeff - networking/planning with Brady

UMBS Winter Meeting

• @bpbond waiting for money... I will go check with Mina about this
• Ben will prepare 2 minute update w/ a couple slides on progress so far

Manuscripts

• Chris: Kayla has FASET-related ms on soil respiration in context of resilience/recovery; all students thinking of summer data collection; Max looking high temporal resolution DBH measurements
• Jeff: thinking about how we'll do treatment; could this be turned into ms?
• Alexey: still planning on FoRTE baseline paper (see repo link above): which processes need to be in ED to capture UMBS steady state and how do they contribute to uncertainty?
• Synthesis work with Jane Foster–hopefully submitting by end of 2019

Girdling simulations

• What will second disturbance protocol be?
• @atkinsjeff has been surveying literature. Will push his local branch re testing treatment options
• CMG: are we trying to push system to unnatural disturbance, or are we trying to emulate specific disturbance type?

February FoRTE meeting

• Feb 28-March 1, we will drive down Wednesday night
• Ben and Alexey will each prepare 2-3 hour workshops on R/data topics TBA
• Chris will develop agenda
• Need to think about prioritizing year 2 measurements for modeling needs

Next year AGU - maybe Alexey/Jeff could convene a session on disturbance?