Dear colleagues, We invite abstract submissions to the 2014 AGU Fall Meeting session: "Ecosystem structure: remote sensing observations and modelling of its influence on radiation regimes and gas exchanges".
The session invited authors are: * Tristan Quaife (U. Reading) * Douglas Morton (GSFC) * Fumiki Hosoi (U. Tokyo) * Mathias Disney (UCL) (to confirm) Co-conveners: Martin Beland (UC Berkeley, USA), Hideki Kobayashi (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokohama, Japan ), Brady Hardiman (Boston University, USA) Session details: Forest canopy structure influences the solar radiation measured from satellite sensors used to map essential climate variables and leaf biochemistry. It also influences nonlinear processes regulating the exchange of CO2 and water vapour with the atmosphere. Advances in remote sensing technology (e.g. LiDAR, RADAR) offer improved capacities to characterise canopy structure and examine its influence. We invite contributions investigating the retrieval of canopy structure information from remote sensing, as well as its use in radiative transfer, biophysical, vegetation dynamics, or terrestrial biosphere models. Web link: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm14/webprogrampreliminary/Session1919.html Please note the deadline for abstract submissions is August 6, 2014. Bests, Brady, Martin, and Hideki
