Terrestrial Carbon Flux Upscaling Synthesis Effort

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Mission: To organize a national research team and engage in discussing a multi-group experiment to test the terrestrial carbon flux upscaling methods. This workshop will provide a platform to brainstorming the critical upscaling issues and a working group for model intercomparison and synthesis efforts.

Meeting Goals:

1. Discussion about developing a proposal or organizing a working group for model intercomparison and synthesis effort to address the terrestrial carbon upscaling question.
2. Selecting a test bed-e.g. a data rich region (e.g., ChEAS) or conterminous United States.
3. Identifying potential models (diagnostic and prognostic).
4. Discussing protocols for input data and output formats.
5. Discussing the utilization of currently available driver data sets and/or developing new one.
6. Identifying current practices for the terrestrial carbon flux upscaling.
7. Collecting feedback from modeling community about critical upscaling issues.