Select and Upcoming Desai Lab Presentations

2013

• Drivers of Long and Short-Term Temporal Variability in Lake CO2 Flux: Analysis of Multi-Decade and High-Frequency Observations in the North Temperate Lakes
  • Malgorzata Golub, Climate, People, and the Environment Program Seminar, Madison, WI, May 3, 2013
• How will Wisconsin's forests and wetlands respond to climate change?
  • Ankur Desai, Madison Audobon Society, Madison, WI, Apr. 16, 2013 (invited)
• Long term trends in carbon emissions from the NTL-LTER lakes
  • Malgorzata Golub, North Temperate Lakes LTER Young Scientists' Meeting, Madison, WI, Apr. 10, 2013
• Moisture extremes and internal lags as controls on photosynthesis anomalies in temperate forests
  • Ankur Desai, OpenScienceConference on Climate Extremes and Biogeochemical Cycles in the Terrestrial Biosphere: Impacts and Feedbacks Across Scales, Seefeld in Tirol, Austria, Apr. 3, 2013
• Photosynthesis, flux tower data, and spectroscopy: Spring break 2013
  • Sean DuBois, Environment on Tap, Nelson Institue for Environmental Studies Informal Student Conference, Madison, WI, Mar 25, 2013
• Can we accurately derive population from satellite data?
  • Tommy Jasmin, Environment on Tap, Nelson Institue for Environmental Studies Informal Student Conference, Madison, WI, Mar 25, 2013
• Climate change and what it means for northwoods lakes, forests and outdoor recreation
  • Ankur Desai, Science on Tap, Minocqua Brewery, Minocqua, WI, Mar 6, 2013 (invited)
• When will you be on TV, Dr. Weather? Preparing for the post-PhD career
  • Ankur Desai, UW Department Seminar, Madison, WI, Feb 27, 2013
  • Some post-doc articles including ones mentioned in talk
• Vegetation and the Carbon Cycle
  • Ankur Desai, UW AOS 405 Seminar, Madison, WI, Feb 13, 2013

2012

• Fifteen years of observations from a very tall tower on the responses of landscape­ scale productivity to climate anomalies and extremes
  • Ankur Desai, AGU Fall Meeting 2012, Session B54A , San Francisco, CA, Dec 7, 2012
• Avoid holding on to ideas just because you are used to them
  • Ankur Desai, Frontiers in Ecosystem Science: Energizing the Research Agenda, AGU Fall 2012 Townhall, San Francisco, CA, Dec 7, 2012 (invited)
• Simulating the Impacts of Woody Biomass Harvesting on North Temperate Forest Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling and Storage
  • Dong Hua, Climate, People, Environment Program (CPEP) Seminar, Nov 30, 2012
• Exploring the physical drivers of lake phenology: The seasonal timing of lake processes and population dynamics in the North Temperate Lakes
  • Malgorzata Golub and Jake Walsh, NTL LTER Science Meeting, Nov 28, 2012 (invited)
• Non-linear Multiple Stable States and Chaos in Academia: Effective Time Management for Avoiding the Runaway Feedback Loops in Your Life
  • Ankur Desai, UW Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Department Seminar, Nov 28, 2012
• Are long-term trends in lake pCO2 responsive to climatic variability and change?
  • Malgorzata Golub, UW Limnology Seminar, Nov 21, 2012
• Carbon, climate, and forests: How the land links the past, present, and future
  • Ankur Desai, College of Menominee Nation seminar, Nov 2, 2012 (invited)
• Carbon: From Land to Lake to Atmosphere & Sea
  • Ankur Desai, NTL LTER Science Meeting, Oct 24, 2012 (invited)
• Methane: It's more than just cow farts
  • Ankur Desai, Wisconsin Ecology Fall Symposium Faculty Talks, Sept 21, 2012 (invited)
• Outreach in the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
  • Ankur Desai, UW Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Department Seminar, Sept 12, 2012
• Modeling the role of ecological succession in peatland carbon cycle responses to rapid and long term hydrological change
  • Ben Sulman, 30th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology/1st Conference on Atmospheric Biogeosciences, Boston, MA, May 30, 2012
• Uncovering mechanisms of episodic methane sources observed by a very tall eddy covariance tower (Video link)
  • Ankur Desai, 30th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology/1st Conference on Atmospheric Biogeosciences, Boston, MA, May 30, 2012
• Wetland carbon cycle responses to hydrological change: Impacts on regional and global carbon budget
  • Ben Sulman, University of Wisconsin, AOS Department Seminar (Ph.D. talk), April 23, 2012
• Relationship Between Snow Extent and Mid-Latitude Cyclone Centers From NARR Objectively Derived Storm Position and Snow Cover
  • Matt Rydzik, University of Wisconsin, Department Seminar (M.S. talk), April 11, 2012
• Why do ecosystem carbon cycle feedbacks matter for climate
  • Ankur Desai, University of Wisconsin, CCR-SAGE Symposium, IGNITE talk, March 20, 2012
• Relationship Between Snow Extent and Mid-Latitude Storm Tracks From NARR Objectively Derived Storm Position and Snow Cover (Video link)
  • Matt Rydzik, 26th Conference on Hydrology, American Meteorological Society Annual meeting, New Orleans, LA, Jan. 25, 2012

2011

• The Influence of Amazonian Deforestation under Varied Rainfall Regimes
  • Justin Bagley, American Geophysical Union Fall 2011 meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 9, 2011
• Ecosystem Model Performance at Wetlands: Results from the North American Carbon Program Site Synthesis
  • Ben Sulman, American Geophysical Union Fall 2011 meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 9, 2011
• The strength of contributions from topography mismatch and measurement filtering to simulated net ecosystem exchange in complex terrain
  • Bjorn Brooks, American Geophysical Union Fall 2011 meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 8, 2011
• Seasonal controls on regional methane and carbon dioxide exchange observed from a very tall eddy covariance tower in a wetland-rich landscape
  • Ankur Desai, American Geophysical Union Fall 2011 meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 5, 2011
• Ethics and International Implications of Climate Change
  • Ankur Desai, University of Wisconsin Dept of International Studies, International Studies 101, Madison, WI Dec 1, 2011 (invited)
• A dynamic boundary: The impacts & feedbacks of land cover change on atmospheric moisture and energy
  • Justin Bagley, University of Wisconsin, AOS Department Seminar (Ph.D. talk), Nov 30, 2011
• Cosmic-ray neutron probes for regional-scale soil moisture and humidity observation: Potential benefits for atmospheric science at the regional scale
  • Ankur Desai, University of Wisconsin, AOS Dept Seminar, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, Sep 14, 2011
• April showers makes May ET? Wisconsin's ecosystem water use under climatic change
  • Ankur Desai, 2nd Mini Conference of ET Trends Along the Western Great Lakes, Madison, WI, Apr 29, 2011 (invited)
• Indirect and direct effects of climate change on forest carbon cycling
  • Ankur Desai, Dept of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, Apr 20, 2011 (invited)
• Missing the "sink": What observations and models tell us about the future of land carbon dioxide uptake and why it matters for future climate change
  • Ankur Desai, University of Virginia, Dept of Environmental Sciences seminar series, Charlottesville, VA, Apr 14, 2011 (invited)
• The role of elevation on temperature trends in the United States: A comparison of three statistical methods
  • Ruben Behnke, University of Wisconsin, AOS Department Seminar (M.S. talk), March 30, 2011
• Ethics of Global Climate Change
  • Ankur Desai, Dept of Philosophy, Phil 441: Environmental Ethics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, Mar 4, 2011 (invited)
• Missing the "sink": What observations and models tell us about the future of land carbon dioxide uptake and why it matters for future climate change
  • Ankur Desai, Zoology 955: Limnology Seminar, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, Mar 1, 2011 (invited)
• Sources of variability, spatial representativeness, and filtering of mountaintop CO2 mixing ratios for application to carbon exchange inversion models
  • Bjorn Brooks, Climate, People, Environment Program Seminar Series, Madison, WI, Feb 11, 2011
• Challenges for Wetland Carbon Cycling Modeling
  • Benjamin Sulman, North American Carbon Program plenary speaker, New Orleans, LA, Feb 2, 2011
• How to Talk to An Ecologist
  • Ankur Desai, Joint Panel Discussion JPD2.1: Communicating with Each Other: The Challenges and Rewards of Expanding Atmospheric Science’s Professional Partners, 9th History Symposium, 91st American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, Jan. 25, 2011 (invited)

2010

• When is a wetland a wetland? Carbon and water cycles in north temperate fens and bogs
  • Ankur Desai, Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, Oct. 27, 2010 (invited)
• Climate change and regional carbon fluxes in heterogeneous landscapes
  • Ankur Desai, 2nd Science in the Northwoods Workshop, UW CFL, Boulder Junction, WI, Sep. 30, 2010
• Regional fluxes: Challenges and Opportunities
  • Ankur Desai, 29th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, AMS, Keystone, CO, Aug. 5, 2010
• Spatial proceses and land-atmosphere flux: Constraining regional ecosystem models with flux tower data assimilation
  • Ankur Desai, Flux Measurements and Advanced Modeling, NSF/CU Summer Course, CU Mountain Research Station, Nederland, CO, July 29, 2010 (invited)
• Quantification of regional carbon fluxes and boundary layer heights from the Airborne Carbon in the Mountains Experiment 2007
  • Will Ahue, University of Wisconsin, Department Seminar (M.S. talk), April 28, 2010
• Surprises in sensitivity of regional terrestrial carbon cycling to climate change: Implications for climate modeling and land management
  • Ankur Desai, Cornell University, Cornell Center for Sustainable Future special seminar, Apr. 22, 2010 (invited)
• Why does climate care about parts per million?
  • Ankur Desai, University of Wisconsin Communications, 5-Minute Lecture, iTunes U, Apr. 17, 2010 (invited)
• Wetland carbon dioxide flux residuals: An impact of hydrology?
  • Nicole Shroeder, University of Wisconsin Undergraduate Symposium 2010, Madison, WI, Apr. 15, 2010
• Why has wind speed increased over Lake Superior?
  • Ankur Desai, University of Wisconsin, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences Dept., Senior Capstone Seminar (405), Madison, WI, Mar 24, 2010
• Is atmospheric CO2 an environmental toxicant?
  • Ankur Desai, Colloquium in Environmental Toxicology (MET 606), UW-Madison, Madion, WI, Mar 16, 2010 (invited)
• Biogeochemical surprises in a changing climate: Learning from large lakes, northern forests, and mountains
  • Ankur Desai, University of Minnesota, Dept of Soil, Water, Climate, seminar series (invited)
• Biogeochemical surprises in a changing climate
  • Ankur Desai, Wednesday Nite @ the Lab, Wisconsin Alumni Association, UW-Madison, Madison, WI, Mar 3, 2010 (invited)
• The carbon conundrum
  • Ankur Desai, Sustainability Principles, Practices, and Paradoxes Seminar (CEE 698), UW-Madison, Madison, WI, Feb 9, 2010 (invited)
• Improved Characterization of Carbon Dioxide in the U.S. Mountain West
  • Bjorn Brooks, NOAA ESRL seminar, Boulder, CO, Jan 14, 2010

2009

• Uncertainty of regional carbon fluxes and boundary layer heights in complex terrain: The Airborne Carbon in the Mountains Experiment 2007
  • Will Ahue, American Geophysical Union Fall 2009 Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 18, 2009
• Atmospheric tracers and the Great Lakes
  • Ankur Desai, Lake Superior Biogeochemistry Workshop, Kemp Natural Resources Station, Woodruff, WI, Aug. 19, 2009
• Spatial proceses and land-atmosphere flux: Constraining regional ecosystem models with flux tower data assimilation
  • Ankur Desai, Flux Measurements and Advanced Modeling, NSF/CU Summer Course, CU Mountain Research Station, Nederland, CO, July 23, 2009 (invited)
• The impact of a declining water table on observed carbon fluxes at a northern temperate wetland
  • Ankur Desai, Society of Wetland Scientists Joint International Conference, Madison, WI, Jun 21-26, 2009.
• It's always rainy in Wisconsin, unless you're a plant?
  • Ankur Desai, University of Wisconsin, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE), Seminar Series, Madison, WI, April 16, 2009 (invited)
• Wetlands, biology, and climate in northern Wisconsin: Carbon dioxide fluxes at a drying wetland
  • Ben Sulman, University of Wisconsin, Department Seminar (M.S. talk), April 15, 2009
• Carbon cycling in a warmer, greener world
  • Ankur Desai, University of Wisconsin, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, UW Center for Climatic Research, Climate People and Environment Seminar Series, March 31, 2009 (invited).
• Phenological responses of NEE in the subboreal, OR, How not to give a talk
  • Ankur Desai, UW Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Department Seminar, March 4, 2009. (invited)

2008

• Carbon, Water, Land Use, Climate: Understanding interannual variability in surface-atmosphere greenhouse gas exchange
  • Ankur Desai, Wisconsin Ecology Group 2008 Fall Symposium, Madison, WI, Oct. 17, 2008 (invited)
• Impacts of leaf phenology and water table on interannual variability of carbon fluxes in subboreal uplands and wetlands
  • Ankur Desai, Ameriflux Meeting 2008, Boulder, CO, Oct. 15, 2008 (invited)
• Interannual variability of CO2 in the ChEAS mesonet
  • Ankur Desai, Chequamegon Ecosystem Atmosphere Study (ChEAS ) Meeting XI, UNDERC-East, Land O Lakes, WI, Aug. 12, 2008
• Lake Superior region carbon cycle: Viewed from the air
  • Ankur Desai, Lake Superior Biogeochemistry Workshop, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, Aug. 5, 2008
• Spatial process and land-atmosphere flux: Constraining ecosystem models with regional flux tower data assimilation
  • Ankur Desai, Flux Measurements and Advanced Modeling, NSF/CU Summer Course, CU Mountain Research Station, Nederland, CO, July 22, 2008 (invited)
• Wet carbon/dry carbon: Surface-atmosphere carbon exchange in subboreal uplands, lowlands, and water bodies
  • Ankur Desai, University of Wisconsin, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE), Noon Seminar Series, Madison, WI, May 7, 2008 (invited)
• Interactions of carbon and water cycles in north temperate wetlands: Modeling and observing the impact of a declining water table trend on regional biogeochemistry
  • Ben Sulman, 18th Conference of Atmospheric Biogeosciences, American Meteorological Society, Orlando, FL, Apr. 29, 2008
• From eddies to the breath of the planet: Flux towers, data assimilation, and the global carbon cycle
  • Ankur Desai, University of Wisconsin, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences Dept., Department Seminar, Madison, WI, Feb. 20, 2008
• Carbon Dioxide, Friend or Foe? The terrestrial carbon cycle and a climate for life on Earth
  • Ankur Desai, University of Wisconsin, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences Dept., Senior Capstone Seminar (405), Madison, WI, Feb. 6, 2008

2007

• Carbon Cycling in Lake Superior: Impact on Upper Midwest Regional Carbon Balance
  • Ankur Desai et al., American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 13, 2007
• Ecological Data Assimilation: The Flux Tower Story
  • Ankur Desai, Ameriflux Meeting, Boulder, CO, Oct. 18, 2007 (invited)

2006

• Towards a Robust, Generalizable Non-Linear Regression Gap Filling Algorithm (NLR_EM)
  • Ankur Desai, Gap Filling Comparison Workshop, Max-Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany, Sep. 18, 2006
• Regional Carbon Fluxes in WI: Moving Towards Synthesis
  • Ankur Desai, Chequamegon Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study Meeting, Woodruff, WI, Jun. 2, 2006
• Scaling of Regional Land-Atmosphere Fluxes of Carbon Dioxide with Mesoscale Observation Networks: Impacts of Land Cover Variability, Management & Disturbance: Tall Towers and Tall Tales in Wisconsin's Northwoods
  • Ankur Desai, Pennsylvania State University, Dept. of Meteorology, Dissertation Seminar, University Park, PA, Mar 13, 2006

2005

• What Can a Regional Observation Network Tell Us About Land-Atmosphere Exchange of Carbon Dioxide: Tall Towers and Tall Tales in Wisconsin's Northwoods
  • Ankur Desai, University of Wisconsin, Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Special Seminar, Madison, WI, Dec. 15, 2005 (invited)
• Influence of Land Cover Heterogeneity, Land-Use Change and Management on the Regional Carbon Cycle in the Upper Midwest USA as Evaluated by High-Density Observations and a Dynamic Ecosystem Model
  • Ankur Desai et al., American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 8, 2005.
• Multi-Tower Synthesis Scaling of Regional Carbon Dioxide Flux: Another Fine Mess of Observed Data, Remote Sensing and Ecosystem Model Parameterization
  • Ankur Desai et al., Chequamegon Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study Meeting, Woodruff, WI, Jun. 1, 2005

2004

2003

• Examining Changes in Forest Ecosystem Carbon Exchange in the Upper Midwest
  • Ankur Desai et al., American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 12, 2003

2002

• Old-Growth Carbon Sequestration in the Sylvania Wilderness
  • Ankur Desai et al., Chequamegon Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study Workshop''', Woodruff, WI, Aug. 19, 2002