Members of QUEST held a two hour workshop entitled
“Quantifying Uncertainty in Ecosystem Studies” at the 2012 LTER All Scientists
Meeting. The two hour discussion-based
workshop started with a round of introductions in which the 40 participants
identified their system of study, and the biggest source of uncertainty they face. The rest of the time was devoted by ten
“lightening round” presentations on uncertainty in different ecosystem
components (see presenters below). Each
five minute talk was followed up by a group discussion. We received positive feedback from many of
the workshop participants, and a proposal has been submitted for an organized
oral session at next years ESA conference in Minneapolis. Full meeting notes are available for download below
List of presenters:
John
Campbell: Intro to QUEST, Participant introductions (what's your biggest
uncertainty?)
Harmon: Intro to sources of uncertainty
Adam Skibbe: Precipitation Uncertainty
Xuesong
Zhang: Precipitation Uncertainty
John
Battles: Biomass Uncertainty
Mark Green: Streamflow Uncertainty
Ruth Yanai: Uncertainty in Soils
Jeff Taylor: NEON products and their uncertainty
Craig See:
Uncertainty in Data Gaps
Carrie Rose
Levine: Monitoring Uncertainty
