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Butterworth, B. J., A. R. Desai, D. Durden, H. Kadum, D. LaLuzerne, M. Mauder, S. Metzger, S. Paleri, and L. Wanner, 2024: Characterizing energy balance closure over a heterogeneous ecosystem using multi-tower eddy covariance. Front. Earth Sci., Volume 11, doi: 10.3389/feart.2023.1251138.
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Butterworth, B. J., A. R. Desai, S. Metzger, P. A. Townsend, M. D. Schwartz, G. W. Petty, M. Mauder, H. Vogelmann, C. G. Andresen, T. J. Augustine, T. H. Bertram, W. O.J. Brown, M. Buban, P. Cleary, D. J. Durden, C. R. Florian, E. R. Guzman, T. J. Iglinski, E. L. Kruger, K. Lantz, T. R. Lee, T. P. Meyers, J. K. Mineau, E. R. Olson, S. P. Oncley, S. Paleri, R. A. Pertzborn, C. Pettersen, D. M. Plummer, L. Riihimaki, J. Sedlar, E. N. Smith, J. Speidel, P. C. Stoy, M. Sühring, J. E. Thom, D. D. Turner, M. P. Vermeuel, T. J. Wagner, Z. Wang, L. Wanner, L. D. White, J. M. Wilczak, D. B. Wright, and T. Zheng, 2020: Connecting Land-Atmosphere Interactions to Surface Heterogeneity in CHEESEHEAD 2019. Earth and Space Science Open Archive, doi: 10.1002/essoar.10503532.1. Preprint at https://www.essoar.org/doi/10.1002/essoar.10503532.1 (2020).
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Butterworth, B. J., A. R. Desai, S. Metzger, P. A. Townsend, M. D. Schwartz, G. W. Petty, M. Mauder, H. Vogelmann, C. G. Andresen, T. J. Augustine, T. H. Bertram, W. O.J. Brown, M. Buban, P. Cleary, D. J. Durden, C. R. Florian, T. J. Iglinski, E. L. Kruger, K. Lantz, T. R. Lee, T. P. Meyers, J. K. Mineau, E. R. Olson, S. P. Oncley, S. Paleri, R. A. Pertzborn, C. Pettersen, D. M. Plummer, L. D. Riihimaki, E. Ruiz Guzman, J. Sedlar, E. N. Smith, J. Speidel, P. C. Stoy, M. Sühring, J. E. Thom, D. D. Turner, M. P. Vermeuel, T. J. Wagner, Z. Wang, L. Wanner, L. D. White, J. M. Wilczak, D. B. Wright, and T. Zheng, 2021: Air—Surface Exchange in CHEESEHEAD19: Food for Machine Learning To Scale Energy Fluxes. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 102, 973–982, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0346.A.
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Butterworth, B.J., Desai, A.R., Metzger, S., Townsend, P.A., Schwartz, M.D., Petty, G.W., Mauder, M., Vogelmann, H., Andresen, C.G., Augustine, T.J., Bertram, T.H., Brown, W.O.J., Buban, M., Cleary, P., Durden, D.J., Florian, C.R., Ruiz, E.G., Iglinski, T.J., Kruger, E.L., Lantz, K., Lee, T.R., Meyers, T.P., Mineau, J.K., Olson, E.R., Oncley, S.P., Paleri, S., Pertzborn, R.A., Pettersen, C., Plummer , D.M., Riihimaki, L., Sedlar, J., Smith, E.N., Speidel, J., Stoy, P.C., Sühring, M., Thom, J.E., Turner, D.D., Vermeuel, M.P., Wagner, T.J., Wang, Z., Wanner, L., White, L.D., Wilczak, J.M.M., Wright, D.B., and Zheng, T., 2021. Connecting Land-Atmosphere Interactions to Surface Heterogeneity in CHEESEHEAD19, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0346.1
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Desai, A. R., 2014: Influence and predictive capacity of climate anomalies on daily to decadal extremes in canopy photosynthesis. Photosynthesis Research, 119, 31-47, doi: 10.1007/s11120-013-9925-z.
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Desai, A. R., A. M. Khan, T. Zheng, S. Paleri, B. Butterworth, T. R. Lee, J. B. Fisher, G. Hulley, T. Kleynhans, A. Gerace, P. A. Townsend, P. Stoy, and S. Metzger, 2021: Multi-Sensor Approach for High Space and Time Resolution Land Surface Temperature. Earth and Space Science, 8, e2021EA001842, doi: 10.1029/2021EA001842.
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Desai, A. R., K. Xu, H. Tian, P. Weishampel, J. Thom, D. Baumann, A. E. Andrews, B. D. Cook, J. Y. King, and R. Kolka, 2015: Landscape-level terrestrial methane flux observed from a very tall tower. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 201, 61-75, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.10.017.
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Desai, A. R., S. Paleri, J. Mineau, H. Kadum, L. Wanner, M. Mauder, B. J. Butterworth, D. J. Durden, and S. Metzger, 2022: Scaling land-atmosphere interactions: Special or fundamental? Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 127, e2022JG007097, doi: 10.1029/2022JG007097.
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Desai, A. R., S. Wiesner, J. E. Thom, B. J. Butterworth, N. Koupaei-Abyazani, A. Merrelli, B. Murphy, A. S. Muttaqin, S. Paleri, A. Talib, J. Turner, J. Mineau, and P. C. Stoy, 2022: Drivers of decadal carbon fluxes across temperate ecosystems. Earth and Space Science Open Archive, doi: 10.1002/essoar.10511485.1.
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Duncan Jr., J. B., L. Bianco, B. Adler, T. Bell, I. V. Djalalova, L. Riihimaki, J. Sedlar, E. N. Smith, D. D. Turner, T. J. Wagner, and J. M. Wilczak, 2022: Evaluating convective planetary boundary layer height estimations resolved by both active and passive remote sensing instruments during the CHEESEHEAD19 field campaign. Atmos. Meas. Tech., 15, 2479–2502, doi: 10.5194/amt-15-2479-2022.
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Durden, D, J., S. Metzger, H. Chu, N. Collier, K. J. Davis, A. R. Desai, J. Kumar, W. R. Wieder, M. Xu, and F. M. Hoffman, 2020: Automated Integration of Continental-Scale Observations in Near-Real Time for Simulation and Analysis of Biosphere–Atmosphere Interactions. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1315. Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-63393-6_14.
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Fischer, E. V., B. Bloodhart, K. Rasmussen, I. B. Pollack, M. G. Hastings, E. Marin-Spiotta, A. R. Desai, J. P. Schwarz, S. Nesbitt, and D. Hence, 2021: Leveraging Field-Campaign Networks to Identify Sexual Harassment in Atmospheric Science and Pilot Promising Interventions. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 102(11), E2137-E2150, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0341.1.
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Fisher, J., Lee, B., Purdy, A.J., Halverson, G.H., Cawse-Nicholson, K., Wang, A., Anderson, R.G., Aragon, B., Altaf Arain, M., Baldocchi, D.D., Baker, J.M., Barral, H., Bernacchi, C., Bernhofer, C., Biraud, S.C., Bohrer, G., Brunsell, N., Cappelaere, B., Castro-Contreras, S., Chun, J., Conrad, B.J., Cremonese, E., Demarty, J., Desai, A.R., De Ligne, A., Foltýnová, L., Goulden, M.L., Griffis, T.J., Grünwald, T., Johnson, M.S., Kang, M., Kelbe, D., Kowalska, N., Lim, J.-H., Maïnassara, I., McCabe, M.F., Missik, J.E.C., Mohanty, B.P., Moore, C.E., Morillas, L., Morrison, R., Munger, J.W., Posse, G., Richardson, A.D., Russell, E.S., Ryu, Y., Sanchez-Azofeifa, A., Schmidt, M., Schwartz, E., Sharp, I., Šigut, L., tang, Y., Hulley, G., Anderson, M., Hain, C., French, A., Wood, E., Hook, S., 2020: ECOSTRESS: NASA’s next generation mission to measure evapotranspiration from the International Space Station. Water Resources Research, 56, 56, e2019WR026058, doi: 10.1029/2019WR026058.
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Helbig, M., T. Gerken, E. R. Beamesderfer, D. D. Baldocchi, T. Banerjee, S. C. Biraud, W. O. J. Brown, N. A. Brunsell, E. A. Burakowski, S. P. Burns, B. J. Butterworth, W. S. Chan, K. J. Davis, A. R. Desai, J. D. Fuentes, D. Y. Hollinger, N. Kljun, M. Mauder, K. A. Novick, J. M. Perkins, D. A. Rahn, C. Rey-Sanchez, J. A. Santanello, R. L. Scott, B. Seyednasrollah, P. C. Stoy, R. C. Sullivan, J. V.-G. de Arellano, S. Wharton, C. Yi, and A. D. Richardson, 2021: Integrating continuous atmospheric boundary layer and tower-based flux measurements to advance understanding of land-atmosphere interactions. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 307, doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108509.
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Lin, G., Z. Wang, Y. Chu, C. Ziegler, X. Hu, M. Xue, B. Geerts, S. Paleri, A. R. Desai, K. Yang, M. Deng, and J. DeGraw, 2023: Airborne Measurements of Scale-Dependent Latent Heat Flux Impacted by Water Vapor and Vertical Velocity over Heterogeneous Land Surfaces During the CHEESEHEAD19 Campaign. ESS Open Archive, preprint, doi: 10.22541/essoar.168869292.23688953/v1.
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Liu, H., C. Liu, J. Huang, A. R. Desai, Q. Zhang, K. Ghannam, and G. G. Katul, 2023: Scalar Flux Profiles in the Unstable Atmospheric Surface Layer Under the Influence of Large Eddies: Implications for Eddy Covariance Flux Measurements and the Non-Closure Problem. Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2023GL106649, doi: 10.1029/2023GL106649.
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Liu, Y., C. Wu, S. Sonnentag, A. R. Desai, and J. Wang, 2020: Using the red chromatic coordinate to characterize the phenology of forest canopy photosynthesis. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 258-286, 107910, doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2020.107910.
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Metzger, S., D. Durden, S. Paleri, M. Sühring, B. J. Butterworth, C. Florian, M. Mauder, D. M. Plummer, L. Wanner, K. Xu, and A. R. Desai, 2021: Novel approach to observing system simulation experiments improves information gain of surface–atmosphere field measurements. Atmos. Meas. Tech., 14, 6929–6954, doi: 10.5194/amt-14-6929-2021.
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Metzger, S., D. Durden, S. Paleri, M. Sühring, B. J. Butterworth, C. R. Florian, M. R. Mauder, D. M. Plummer, L. Wanner, K. Xu, and A. R. Desai, 2021: Observing System Simulation Experiments double scientific return of surface-atmosphere synthesis. Earth and Space Science Open Archive, doi: 10.1002/essoar.10505931.1.
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Murphy, B. A., J. A. May, B. J. Butterworth, C. G. Andresen, and A. R. Desai, 2022: Unraveling Forest Complexity: Resource Use Efficiency, Disturbance, and the Structure-Function Relationship. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 127, e2021JG006748, doi: 10.1029/2021JG006748.
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Murphy, B., J. A. May, B. J. Butterworth, C. G. Andresen, and A. R. Desai, 2022: Unravelling Forest Complexity: Resource Use Efficiency, Disturbance, and the Structure-Function Relationship. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 127, e2021JG006748, doi: 10.1029/2021JG006748.
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Paleri, S., A. R Desai, S. Metzger, D. Durden B. J. Butterworth, M. Mauder, K. Kohnert, and A. Serafimovich, 2022: Space-Scale Resolved Surface Fluxes Across a Heterogeneous Mid-Latitude Forested Landscape. JGR Atmospheres, 127, doi: 10.1029/2022JD037138
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Petty, G. W., 2020: Sampling Error in Aircraft Flux Measurements Based on a High-Resolution Large Eddy Simulation of the Marine Boundary Layer. Boundary Layer, Atmos. Meas. Tech., doi: 10.5194/amt-2020-235.
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Sedlar, J., L. D. Riihimaki, D. D. Turner, J. Duncan, B. Adler, L. Bianco, K. Lantz, J. Wilczak, E. Hall, C. Herrera, and Gary B. Hodges, 2022: Investigating the Impacts of Daytime Boundary Layer Clouds on Surface Energy Fluxes and Boundary Layer Structure During CHEESEHEAD19. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127, e2021JD036060, doi: 10.1029/2021JD036060.
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Shveyster, V., P. C. Stoy, B. Butterworth, S. Wiesner, T. H. Skaggs, B. Murphy, T. Wutzler, T. S. El-Madany, and A. R. Desai, 2024: Evaporation and Transpiration From Multiple Proximal Forests and Wetlands. Water Resources Research, 60, e2022WR033757, doi: 10.1029/2022WR033757.
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Shveytser, V, P. C. Stoy, B. J. Butterworth, S.. Wiesner, T. Skaggs, B. Murphy, T. Wutzler, T. S. El-Madany, and A. R. Desai, 2022: Evaporation and transpiration from multiple proximal forests and wetlands. ESS Open Archive, preprint, doi: 10.1002/essoar.10511759.1.
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Sühring, M., S. Metzger, K. Xu, D. Durden, and A. Desai, 2019: Trade-Offs in Flux Disaggregation: A Large-Eddy Simulation Study. Boundary Layer Meteorology, 170, 69–93, doi:10.1007/s10546-018-0387-x.
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Vermeuel, M. P., G. A. Novak, D. B. Kilgour, M. S. Claflin, B. M. Lerner, A. M. Trowbridge, J. Thom, P. A. Cleary, A. R. Desai, and T. H. Bertram, 2023: Observations of biogenic volatile organic compounds over a mixed temperate forest during the summer to autumn transition, Atmos. Chem. Phys. 23, 4123–4148, doi: 10.5194/acp-23-4123-2023.
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Vermeuel, M. P., G. A. Novak, D. B. Kilgour, M. S. Claflin, B. M. Lerner, A. M. Trowbridge, J. Thom, P. A. Cleary, A. R. Desai, and T. H. Bertram, 2023: Observations of biogenic volatile organic compounds over a mixed temperate forest during the summer to autumn transition. Atmos. Chem. Phys., doi: 10.5194/acp-23-4123-2023.
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Vermeuel, M. P., P. A. Cleary, A. R. Desai, and T. H. Bertram, 2021: Simultaneous measurements of O3 and HCOOH vertical fluxes indicate rapid in‐canopy terpene chemistry enhances O3 removal over mixed temperate forests. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, 2020GL090996, doi: 10.1029/2020GL090996.
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Wanner, L., F. D. Roo, M. Sühring, and M. Mauder, 2022: How Does the Choice of the Lower Boundary Conditions in Large-Eddy Simulations Affect the Development of Dispersive Fluxes Near the Surface? Boundary-Layer Meteorol, 182, 1–27, doi: 10.1007/s10546-021-00649-7.
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Wanner, L., M. Calaf, and M. Mauder, 2022: Incorporating the effect of heterogeneous surface heating into a semi-empirical model of the surface energy balance closure. PLOS ONE 17(6): e0268097, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268097.
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Xu, K., M. Sühring, S. Metzger, D. Durden, and A. R. Desai, 2020: Can data mining help eddy-covariance see the landscape? A large-eddy simulation study, Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 176, 85-103, doi: 10.1007/s10546-020-00513-0.
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Xu, K., S. Metzger, and A. R. Desai, 2017: Upscaling tower-observed turbulent exchange at fine spatio- temporal resolution using environmental response functions. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 232, 10-22, doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2016.07.019.
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Xu, K., S. Metzger, and A. R. Desai, 2018: Surface-atmosphere exchange in a box: Space-time resolved storage and net vertical fluxes from tower-based eddy covariance. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 255, 81-91, doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.10.011.
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Andresen, C. G., J. A. May, P. A. Townsend, and A. R. Desai, 2019: Forest canopy structure characterization using high-density UAV LiDAR. Presented at American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2019, abstract #B41K-2505.
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Butterworth, B., A. Desai, S. Paleri, S. Metzger, D. Durden, C. Florian, M. Mauder, L. Wanner, M. Sühring, and K. Xu, 2020: Using Spatial Eddy Covariance to Investigate Energy Balance Closure over a Heterogeneous Ecosystem. EGU General Assembly 2020, virtual, 4-8 May 2020.
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Butterworth, B., A. R. Desai, S. Metzger, and S. Paleri, 2019: Impact of the Spatial Distribution of Surface Fluxes on Energy Balance Closure over a Heterogeneous Ecosystem. Presented at American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2019, abstract #B41K-2496.
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Butterworth, B., A. R. Desai, S. Paleri, L. Wanner, and M. Mauder, 2020: Influence of Mesoscale Eddies on Energy Balance Closure over a Heterogeneous Ecosystem. AGU Fall Meeting 2020, December 2020.
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Cleary, P. A., J. Radtke, W. Mottishaw, G. W. Petty, M. Vermeuel, and T. Bertram, 2019: Using an unmanned aerial system to characterize low altitude ozone gradient measurements in a northern Wisconsin forest. Presented at American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2019, abstract #A13T-3000.
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Desai, A. R., 2019: Biogeoscience observing system deluge: Are we ready for the flood? Presented at American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2019, abstract #B14B-02.
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Desai, A. R., B. Butterworth, Z. Wang, S. Oncley, and P. A. Townsend, 2019: Can satellite greenhouse gas remote sensing capture regional spatial variability in fluxes, drivers, and atmospheric response? Presented at American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2019, abstract #A51E-03.
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Desai, A. R., D. E. Reed, B. Butterworth, P. C. Stoy, Z. Taebel, and J. Mineau, 2019: Inland water bodies as surface energy hotspots. Presented at American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2019, abstract #B32B-02.
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Desai, A.R., G.W. Petty, P. Townsend, S. Metzger, M.D. Schwartz, K. Xu, and M. Mauder, 2019: Integrating Fine-Scale Surface Flux Heterogeneity into Observations and Land Surface Models. Proc. 99th AMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ., American Meteorological Society.
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Desai, A.R., K. Xu, M. Sühring, S. Metzger, D. Durden, G.W. Petty, P.A. Townsend, J.E. Thom, M.D. Schwartz, and M. Mauder, 2018: The infinite flux tower project: Contribution of land surface energy-balance heterogeneity to mesoscale circulations and flux tower biases. Proc. AGU Fall Meeting 2018, Washington, D.C., American Geophysical Union.
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Desai,A.R, Don't we have enough flux towers already? UC-Davis ATM290 Seminar.
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Desai,A.R.,Z. Hansen and K. Xu, 2016:How many flux towers are enough?
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Metzger, S., D. Durden, S. Paleri, M. Sühring, B. Butterworth, A. R. Desai, C. Florian, M. Mauder, D. M. Plummer, Z. Wang, L. Wanner, K. Xu, and E. Sigel, 2019: Numerical experiment design doubles scientific return of surface-atmosphere synthesis. Presented at American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2019, abstract #B22D-01.
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Murphy, B., C. Rollinson, M. Dietze, and A. R. Desai, 2019: Assessing Management Impacts and Representation of Ecosystem Heterogeneity in Northern Wisconsin Forests: Modeling for Better Stewardship. Presented at American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2019, abstract #B41L-2457.
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Paleri, S., A. R. Desai, S. Metzger, M. Mauder, D. M. Plummer, and L. Wanner, 2019: Mesoscale Flux Contributions to Surface-Atmosphere Interactions Across a Heterogeneous Mid-latitude Landscape. Presented at American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2019, abstract #B21C-06.
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Reed, D. E., J. M. Poe, M. Abraha, J. Chen, and A. R. Desai, 2019: Geospatial Coherence and Modelling of Land-Surface Fluxes. Presented at American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2019, abstract #B41K-2491.
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Vermeuel, M., A. R. Desai, P. A. Cleary, and T. Bertram, 2019: Summertime Observations of Ozone Deposition to a Mixed Temperate Forest. Presented at American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2019, abstract #A23M-2868.
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Vermote, E., J. McCorkel, W. H. Rountree, A. E. Santamaría-Artigas, S. Skakun, B. Franch, and J. Roger, 2019 Validation of high spatial resolution surface reflectance using a camera system (CAMSIS). Presented at American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2019, abstract #B11P-2320.
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Wanner, L., F. D. Roo, and M. Mauder, 2019: Optimizing Large-eddy Simulations for Investigating the Energy-balance Closure Problem at Typical Eddy-covariance Measurement Heights. Presented at American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2019, abstract #B41K-2497.
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Wanner, L., M. Calaf, S. Paleri, H. Kadum, B. Butterworth, A. Desai, and M. Mauder, 2022: A Model of the Energy Balance Gap Based on Atmospheric Stability and Surface Heterogeneity. The 24th EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 23-27 May 2022.
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Wanner, L., S. Paleri, J. Speidel, A. R. Desai, M. Sühring, H. Vogelmann, T. J. Wagner, S. Oncley, W. O. J. Brown, and M. Mauder, 2020: On the way to realistic large eddy simulations - A comparison of virtual measurements with CHEESEHEAD19 field measurements. AGU Fall Meeting 2020, December 2020.
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Zheng, T., P. A. Townsend, E. L. Kruger, and A. R. Desai, 2019: Integrating Imaging Spectroscopy, Eddy Flux and Ground-based Vegetation Measurements to Assess Relationships Between Gross and Net Primary Productivity in Northern Forests. Presented at American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2019, abstract #B53J-2533.
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Meister, Nolan, 2022: Evaluating Boundary Layer Features in the CHEESEHEAD Campaign and Their Contribution to Convection Evolution During the 19-20 July 2019 Severe Weather Outbreak. University of Oklahoma, thesis.
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Mineau, J., 2022. Refining Areal Quantification of Inland Waters and Assessing the Impact on Regional Carbon Budgets, Undergraduate senior thesis, , University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
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Murphy, B. A., 2023: A Macrosystems Approach Towards Improved Understanding of Interactions Between Forest Management, Structure, Function and Climate Change, and Implications for the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle. University of Wisconsin-Madison, dissertation.
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Paleri, S., 2023: Role of heterogeneous ecosystems in modulating surface-atmosphere transport. University of Wisconsin-Madison, dissertation.
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van Soest, M. P., 2022: Connecting Spatial Variability in Surface Forcing and Boundary Layer Height with a 1D Advection-Resolved Model in CHEESEHEAD19.
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