After a summber break, we start a new semester with a seminar by Clare Webster (Postdoc, UiO) and Cassie Lumbrazo (PhD candidate, University of Washington). Cassie is currently a guest researcher at GEO, UiO and working closely with Clare. They will present their research on snow-forest interactions and modeling on the 31st of August 2022 at 14:00.
The title of this joint seminar is : "Why do individual trees matter when modelling forest microclimates and snow processes across land surface scales?". A short description about their presentation :
Heterogeneous forest cover creates complex patterns in sub-canopy micrometeorology, subsequently controlling snow cover dynamics, water resources and habitat suitability in forested environments. Recent model developments are facilitating increasingly detailed forest structure representations to physically resolve sub-canopy environments relevant to larger scale ecohydrological processes. These recent developments have been made possible through sophisticated and novel field measurement methods, combining drone measurements, time-lapse photography, moving sub-canopy micrometeorology stations and traditional stationary measurements. We will present
- how we measure forest structure (drones/airborne lidar), energy balance and microclimate (drones, cable car, stations), and forest snow mass balance processes (drones, airborne lidar, time-lapse cameras), and
- how we use these data to improve our models predicting snow mass balance in forests, canopy energy balance and forest microclimates.