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Collaborative Research on Desertification between the Jornada Basin and Mongolian LTER

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The Jornada Basin and Mongolian LTER program both focus on desertification processes. Due to past contacts and an informal meeting with Dr. Chadraa (President of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences) at the LTER ASM, Jornada Basin scientists were invited by representatives of the Mongolian and Swiss governments to meet in Ulan Baatar with scientists and… Read more »

Trends in Long Term Ecological Data Working Group

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Long term data are invaluable in both understanding the properties and dynamics of ecological systems as well as in forecasting future system dynamics. Trends in long term data are critical to the ability to: (1) distinguish temporal variability from directional changes, (2) relate changes in response variables to changes in drivers or other response variables,… Read more »

Workshop to define quality management standards for data completeness in derived data products

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Integration of data sets from multiple sources is an important prerequisite for network level and cross-site synthesis studies in LTER, and scaling or re-sampling of primary data is often performed as part of this process. In the EcoTrends project, for example, fine-scale (e.g. hourly) measurements collected by LTER sites are rescaled to monthly or yearly… Read more »

Characterizing the nature of the LTER network

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How does the LTER network in fact act as a functioning network? What properties of sites promote their contribution to network function? Answering these questions can help in decision making to (1) increase the integration of the US LTER network and (2) promote the LTER as a paradigm for scientific research coordination. We have begun… Read more »