Publications

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Peer-reviewed articles

in preparation

submitted, in review

• 62 Andrews, A.E., Kofler, J.D., Trudeau, M.E., Williams, Neff, D.H., Masarie, Chao, D.Y., Kitzis, D.R., Novelli, P.C., Zhao, C.L., Dlugokencky, E.J., Lang, P.M., Crotwell, M.J., Fischer, M.L., Parker, M.J., Lee, J.T., Baumann, D.D., Desai, A.R., Stanier, C.O., de Wekker, S.F.J., Wolfe, D.E., Munger, J.W., and Tans, P.P., 2013. CO2, CO and CH4 measurements from the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory's Tall Tower Greenhouse Gas Observing Network: instrumentation, uncertainty analysis and recommendations for future high-accuracy greenhouse gas monitoring efforts. Atmos. Meas. Tech. Discuss., 6, 1461-1553, doi:10.5194/amtd-6-1461-2013.
• 61 Bagley, J.E., Desai, A.R., Harding, K.J., Snyder, P.K., and Foley, J.A., 2013. Drought and deforestation: Has land cover change influenced recent precipitation extremes in the Amazon? J. Climate, submitted.
• 60 Desai, A.R., 2013. Influence and predictive capacity of climate anomalies on daily to decadal extremes in canopy photosynthesis. Photosynthesis Research, #PRES-S-12-00139, submitted.
• 60 Rydzik, M. and Desai, A.R., 2013. Relationship between snow extent and mid-latitude cyclone centers. J. Climate, submitted.
• 59 Shen, M., Tang, Y., Richardson, A., Chen, J., and Desai, A.R., 2013. Evaluation of MODIS land surface phenology using phenology of canopy photosynthesis derived from AmeriFlux . International Journal of Remote Sensing, #TRES-PAP-2012-0429, submitted.
• 58 Tang, X., Wang, Z., Desai, A.R., Jia, M., Dong, Z., Liu, X., and Liu, B., 2013. Monitoring the seasonal and interannual variation of the carbon sequestration in a temperate deciduous forest with MODIS time series data: A novel approach. Forest Ecology and Management, #FORECO11966.

accepted

• 57 Kooper, R., McHenry , K., Dietze, M.C., LeBauer , D.S., Serbin, S., Desai, A.R., 2013: Ecological Cyberinfrastructure and HPC Towards More Accurately Predicting Future Levels of Greenhouse Gases, Proceedings of XSEDE13: Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment, accepted.

in press

• 56 Moore, D.J.P., Trahan, N.A., Wilkes, P., Quaife, T., Desai, A.R., Negron, J., Stephens, B.B., Elder, K., and Monson, R.K., 2013. Persistent reduced ecosystem respiration after insect disturbance in high elevation forests. Ecol. Letters, doi:10.1111/ele.12097, in press.
• 55 Wu, C., Chen, J. M., Black, T. A., Price, D. T., Kurz, W. A., Desai, A. R., Gonsamo, A., Jassal, R. S., Gough, C. M., Bohrer, G., Dragoni, D., Herbst, M., Gielen, B., Berninger, F., Vesala, T., Mammarella, I., Pilegaard, K. and Blanken, P. D., 2013. Interannual variability of net ecosystem productivity in forests is explained by carbon flux phenology in autumn. Global Ecology and Biogeography, doi:10.1111/geb.12044, in press.

2013

• 54 Sulman, B.N., Desai, A.R., and Mladenoff, D., 2013. Modeling Soil and Biomass Carbon Responses to Declining Water Table in a Wetland-Rich Landscape. Ecosystems, 16, 491-507, doi:10.1007/s10021-012-9624-1.
• 53 Wu, C.,Chen, J.M., Desai., A.R., LaFleur , P.M., and Verma, S.B., 2013. Positive impacts of precipitation intensity on monthly CO2 fluxes in North America. Global and Planetary Change, 100, 204-214, doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.10.019.

2012

• 52 Bagley, J.E., Desai, A.R., Dirmeyer, P., and Foley, J.A., 2012. Effects of land cover change on precipitation and crop yield in the world's breadbaskets. Environmental Research Letters, 7, 014009 doi:10.1088/1748-9326/7/1/014009.
• 51 Brooks, B.J., Desai, A.R., Stephens, B.B., Bowling, D., Burns, S.P., Watt, A., Heck, S.L., and Sweeney, C., 2012. Assessing filtering of mountaintop CO2 mixing ratios for application to inverse models of biosphere-atmosphere carbon exchange. Atmos. Chem Phys., 12, 2099-2115, doi:10.5194/acp-12-2099-2012
• 50 Grant, R.F., Desai, A.R., Sulman, B.N., 2012. Modelling contrasting responses of wetland productivity to changes in water table depth. Biogeosciences, 9, 4215-4231, doi:10.5194/bg-9-4215-2012.
• 49 Hicke, J.A., Allen, C.D., Desai, A.R., Dietze, M., Hall, R., Hogg, E.T., Kashian, D., Moore, D., Raffa, K., Sturrock, R., and Vogelmann, J., 2012. Effects of biotic disturbances on forest carbon cycling in the United States and Canada. Global Change Biology, 18, 7-34, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02543.x.
• 48 Keppel-Aleks, G., Wennberg, P.O., Washenfelder, R.A., Wunch, D., Schneider, T., Toon, G.C., Andres, R., Blavier, J.-F., Connor, B., Davis, K.J., Desai, A.R., Messerschmidt, J., Notholt, J., Roehl, C.M., Sherlock, V., Stephens, B.B., Vay, S.A., and Wofsy, S.C., 2012. The imprint of surface fluxes and transport on variations in total column carbon dioxide. Biogeosciences 9, 875-891, doi:10.5194/bg-9-875-2012.
• 47 Niu, S., et al. (64 co-authors including Desai, A.R.), 2012. Thermal optimality of net ecosystem exchange of carbon dioxide and underlying mechanisms. New Phytologist, 194(3), 775-783, doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04095.x.
• 46 Read, J.S., Hamilton, D.P., Desai, A.R., Rose, K.C., MacIntyre , S., Lenters, J.D., Smyth, R.L., Hanson, P.C., Cole, J.J., Staehr, P.A., Rusak, J.A., Pierson, D.C., Brookes, J.D., Laas, A., and Wu., C.H., 2012. Lake-size dependency of wind shear and convection as controls on gas exchange. Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L09405, doi:10.1029/2012GL051886.
• 45 Richardson, A.R., Anderson, R.S., Altaf Arain, M., Barr, A.G., Bohrer, G., Chen, G., Chen, J.M., Ciais, P., Davis, K.J., Desai, A.R., Dietze, M.C., Dragoni, D., Garrity, S., Gough, C.M., Grant, R., Hollinger, D.Y., Margolis, H.A., McCaughey , H., Migliavacca, M., Monson, R.K., Munger, J.W., Poulter, B., Raczka, B.M., Ricciuto, D.M., Sahoo, A., Schaefer, K., Tian, H., Vargas, R., Verbeeck, H., Xiao, J., and Xue, Y., 2012. Terrestrial biosphere models need better representation of vegetation phenology: results from the North American Carbon Program Site Synthesis. Global Change Biology, 18(2), 566-584, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02562.x.
• 44 Schaefer, K. et al. (50 co-authors including Desai, A.R.), 2012. A model-data comparison of gross primary productivity: Results from the North American Carbon Program Site Synthesis. J. Geophys. Res., 117, G03010, doi:10.1029/2012JG001960.
• 43 Sprintsin, M., Chen, J.M., Desai, A.R., and Gough, C.M., 2012. Evaluation of leaf-to-canopy upscaling methodologies against carbon flux data in North America. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 117, G01023, doi:10.1029/2010JG001407.
• 42 Sulman, B.N., Desai, A.R., Schroeder, N.M., Ricciuto, D.M., Barr, A., Richardson, A.D., Flanagan, L.B., LaFleur , P.M., Tian, H., Chen, G., Grant, R.F., Poulter, B., Verbeeck, H., Ciais, P., Ringeval, B., Baker, I.T., Schaefer, K., Luo, Y., and Weng, E., 2012. Impact of hydrological variations on modeling of peatland CO2 fluxes: results from the North American Carbon Program site synthesis. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 117, G01031, doi:10.1029/2011JG001862.
• 41 Tang, X., Wang, Z., Liu, D., Song, K., Jia, M., Dong, Z., Munger, J.W., Hollinger, D.Y., Bolstad, P.V., Goldstein, A.H., Desai, A.R., Dragoni, D., and Liu, X., 2012. Estimating the net ecosystem exchange for the major forests in the northern United States by integrating MODIS and AmeriFlux data. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 156, 75-84, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.01.003
• 40 Wu. C., Chen, J.M., Desai, A.R., Hollinger, D., Arain, A., Margolis, H.A., Gough, C.M., and Staebler, R., 2012. Remote sensing of canopy light use efficiency in temperate and boreal forests of North America using MODIS imagery. Remote Sensing of the Environment, 118, 60-72, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2011.11.012.

2011

• 39 Atilla, N., McKinley, G., Bennington, V., Baehr, M., Urban, N., DeGrandpre , M., Desai, A.R., and Wu, C., 2011. Observed variability of Lake Superior pCO2. Limnology and Oceanography, 53(3): 775-786, doi:10.4319/lo.2011.56.3.0775.
• 38 Bagley, J., Desai, A.R., West, P.C., and Foley, J.A., 2011. A simple, minimal parameter model for predicting the influence of changing land cover on the land-atmosphere system. Earth Interactions, 15, 1-32, doi:10.1175/2011EI394.1.
• 37 Blonquist, J.M., Montzka, S.A., Munger, J.W., Yakir, D., Desai, A.R., Dragoni, D., Griffis, T.J.,Monson, R.K., Scott, R.L., and Bowling, D.R., 2011. The potential of carbonyl sulfide as a tracer for gross primary productivity at flux tower sites. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 116, G04019, doi:10.1029/2011JG001723.
• 36 Buffam, I., Turner, M.G., Desai, A.R., Hanson, P., Rusak, J., Lottig, N.R., Stanley, E.H., and Carpenter, S.R., 2011. Integrating aquatic and terrestrial components to construct a complete carbon budget for a north temperate lake district. Global Change Biology, 17(2): 1193-1211, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02313.x.
• 35 Desai, A.R., Moore, D.J.P., Ahue, W., Wilkes, P.T.V., De Wekker, S., Brooks, B.G., Campos, T., Stephens, B.B., Monson, R.K., Burns, S., Quaife, T., Aulenbach, S., and Schimel, D.S., 2011. Seasonal pattern of regional carbon balance in the Central Rocky Mountains from the Airborne Carbon in the Mountains Experiment 2007. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 116, G04009, doi:10.1029/2011JG001655.
• 34 DiGangi , J.P., Boyle, E.S., Karl, T., Harley, P., Turnipseed, A., Kim, S., Cantrell, C., Maudlin, L., Zheng, W., Flocke, F., Hall, S., Ullmann, K., Nakashima, Y., Paul, J.B., Wolfe, G.M., Desai, A.R., Kajii, Y., Guenther, A., and Keutsch, F.N., 2011. First direct measurements of formaldehyde flux via eddy covariance: Implications for missing in-canopy formaldehyde sources. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 10565-10578, doi:10.5194/acp-11-10565-2011.
• 33 Vasys, V.N., Desai, A.R., McKinley , G.A., Bennington, V., Michalak, A.M., and Andrews, A.E., 2011. Influence of large lake carbon exchange on regional tracer transport inversions. Environmental Research Letters, 6 034016 doi:10.1088/1748-9326/6/3/034016.
• 32 Yuan, W., Luo, Y., Li, X., Liu, S., Yu, G., Zhou, T., Bahn, M., Black, A., Desai, A.R., Cescatti, A., Marcolla, B., Jacobs, C., Chen, J., Aurela, M., Berhnofer, C., Gielen, B., Bohrer, G., Cook, D.R., Dragoni, D., Dunn, A.L., Gianelle, D., Grünwald, T., Ibrom, A., Leclerc, M.Y., Lindroth, A., Liu, H., Marchesini, L.B., Montagnani, L., Pita, G., Rodeghiero, M. Rodrigues, A., Starr, G., and Stoy, P.C., 2011. Redefinition and global estimation of basal ecosystem respiration rate. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 25, GB4002, doi:10.1029/2011GB004150.
• 31 Yuan, W., Luo, Y., Liang, S., Yu, G., Niu, S., Stoy, P., Chen, J., Desai, A.R., Lindroth, A., Gough, C., Ceulemans, R., Arain, A., Bernhofer, C., Cook, B.D., Cook, D.R., Dragoni, D., Gielen, B., Janssens, I., Longdoz, B., Liu, H., Lund, M., Matteucci, G., Moors, E., Scott, R.L., Seufert, G., and Varner, R., 2011. Thermal adaptation of net ecosystem exchange. Biogeosciences, 8, 1453-1463, doi:10.5194/bg-8-1453-2011.
• 30 Zobitz, J., Desai, A.R., Moore, D.J.P., and Chadwick, M.A., 2011. A primer for data assimilation with ecological models using Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC). Oecologia, 167(3), 599-611, doi:10.1007/s00442-011-2107-9.
  • Data assimilation code: http://www.augsburg.edu/home/math/faculty/zobitz/dataAssimilation.html

2010

• 29 Amiro, B., Barr, A.G., Barr, J.G., Black, T.A., Bracho, R., Brown, M., Chen, J., Clark, K.L., Davis, K.J., Desai, A.R., Dore, S., Engel, V., Fuentes, J.D., Goldstein, A.H., Goulden, M.L., Kolb, T.E., Lavigne, M.B., Law, B.E., Margolis, H.A., Martin, T., McCaughey , J.H., Misson, L., Montes-Helu, M., Noormets, A., Randerson, J.T., Starr, G., and Xiao, J., 2010. Ecosystem carbon dioxide fluxes after disturbance in forests of North America. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 115, G00K02 , doi:10.1029/2010JG001390.
• 28 Desai, A.R., 2010. Climatic and phenological controls on coherent regional interannual variability of carbon dioxide flux in a heterogeneous landscape. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 115: G00J02 , doi:10.1029/2010JG001423.
• 27 Desai, A.R., Helliker, B.R., Moorcroft, P.R., Andrews, A.E., and Berry, J.A., 2010. Interannual variability in regional carbon fluxes from top-down and bottom-up perspectives. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 115, G02011, doi:10.1029/2009JG001122.
• 26 Hollinger, D.Y., Ollinger, S.V., Richardson, A.D., Meyers, T.P., Dail, D.B., Martin, M.E., Scott, N.A., Arkebauer, T.J., Baldocchi, D.D., Clark, K., Curtis, P.S., Davis, K.J., Desai, A.R., Goulden, M.L., Gu, L., Katul, G.G., Pallardy, S., Paw U, K.T., Schmid, H., Stoy, P.C., Suyker, A.E., and Verma, S.B., 2010. Albedo estimates for land surface models and support for a new paradigm based on foliage nitrogen concentration, Global Change Biology, 16: 696-710, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02028.x.
• 25 Schwalm, C., Williams, C., Schaefer, K., et al. (43 other co-authors including Desai, A.R.), 2010. A model-data intercomparison of CO2 exchange across North America: Results from the North American Carbon Program Site Synthesis. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 115, G00H05 , doi:10.1029/2009JG001229.
• 24 Sulman, B.N., Desai, A.R., Saliendra, N., Lafleur, P.M., Flanagan, L.B., Sonnentag, O., Mackay, D.S., Barr, A.G., and van der Kamp, G., 2010. Carbon fluxes at northern fens and bogs have opposite responses to inter-annual fluctuations in water table. Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L19702, doi:10.1029/2010GL044018.
• 23 Yi, C., et al. (151 authors include Desai, A.R.), 2010. Climate control of terrestrial carbon exchange across biomes and continents. Environmental Research Letters, 5, 034007, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/5/3/034007.
• 22 Yuan, W., Liu, S., Yu, G., Bonnefond, J-M., Chen J., Davis, K.J., Desai, A.R., Goldstein, A.H., Gianelle, D., Rossi, F., Suyker, A., and Verma, S.B., 2010. Global estimates of evapotranspiration and gross primary production based on MODIS and global meteorology data. Remote Sensing of the Environment, 114(7): 1416-1431, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2010.01.022.

2009

• 21 Desai, A.R., Austin, J.A., Bennington, V., and McKinley, G.A., 2009. Stronger winds over a large lake in response to a weakening air to lake temperature gradient. Nature-Geoscience, 2: 855-858, doi:10.1038/NGEO693.
• 20 Sulman, B.N., Desai, A.R., Cook, B.D., Saliendra, N., and Mackay, D.S., 2009. Contrasting carbon dioxide fluxes between a drying shrub wetland in Northern Wisconsin, USA, and nearby forests. Biogeosciences, 6: 1115-1126.
• 19 Urban, N.R. and Desai, A.R., 2009. Are the Great Lakes a significant net source or sink of CO2? Proceedings of the International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology, (Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung für theoretische und angewandte Limnologie), 30(8): 1283-1288.
• 18 Van Gorsel, E., Delpierre, N., Leuning, R., Black, A., Munger, J.W., Wofsy, S., Aubinet, M., Feigenwinter, C., Beringer, J., Bonal, D., Chen, B., Chen, J., Clement, R., Davis, K.J., Desai, A.R., Dragoni, D., Etzold, S., Grünwald, T., Gu, L., Heinesch, B., Hutyra, L.R., Jans, W.W., Kutsch, W., Law, B.E., Leclerc, M.Y., Mammarella, I., Montagnani, L., Noormets, A., Rebmann, C., and Whaton, S., 2009. Estimating nocturnal ecosystem respiration from the vertical turbulence flux and change in storage of CO2. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology,149(11): 1919-1930, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2009.06.020.

2008

• 17 Blankinship, J.C., Riveros-Iregui, D.A., Desai, A.R., 2008. NCAR Advanced Study Program Students "Method-Hop" Their Way to Regional Biogeochemistry. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 89(10): 1571-1573.
• 16 Cook, B.D., Bolstad, P.V., Martin, J.G., Heinsch, F.A., Davis, K.J., Wang, W., Desai, A.R., and Teclaw, R.M., 2008. Using light-use and production efficiency models to predict forest production and carbon exchange during canopy disturbance events, Ecosystems, 11: 26-44, doi:10.1007/s10021-007-9105-0.
• 15 Desai, A.R., Noormets, A.N., Bolstad, P.V., Chen, J., Cook, B.D., Davis, K.J., Euskirchen, E.S., Gough, C.M., Martin, J.G., Ricciuto, D.M., Schmid, H.P., Tang, J.W. and Wang, W., 2008. Influence of vegetation and seasonal forcing on carbon dioxide fluxes across the Upper Midwest, USA: Implications for regional scaling, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 148(2): 288-308, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2007.08.001.
• 14 Desai, A.R., Richardson, A.D., Moffat, A.M., Kattge, J., Hollinger, D.Y., Barr, A., Falge, E., Noormets, A., Papale, D., Reichstein, M., and Stauch, V.J., 2008. Cross site evaluation of eddy covariance GPP and RE decomposition techniques, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 148(6-7): 821-838, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2007.11.012.
• 13 Noormets, A.N., Desai, A.R., Cook, B.D., Euskirchen, E., Ricciuto, D.M., Davis, K.J., Bolstad, P.V., Schmid, H.-P., Vogel, C.V., Carey, E.V., Su, H.B., and Chen, J., 2008. Moisture sensitivity of ecosystem respiration: Comparison of 14 forest ecosystems in the Upper Great Lakes Region, USA, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 148(2): 216-230, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2007.08.002.
• 12 Tang, J., Bolstad, P.V., Desai, A.R., Martin, J.G., Cook, B.D., Davis, K.J., and Carey, E.V., 2008. Ecosystem respiration and its components in an old-growth northern forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 148(2): 171-185, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2007.08.008.

2007

• 11 Barkley, M.P., Monks, P.S., Hewitt, A.J., Mchida, T., Desai, A.R., Vinnichenko, N., Nakazawa, T., Yu Arshinow, M., Fedoseev, N., and Watai, T., 2007. Assessing the near surface sensitivity of SCIAMACHY atmospheric CO2 retrieved using (FSI) WFM-DOAS. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 7(13), 3597-3617.
• 10 Desai, A.R., Moorcroft, P.R., Bolstad, P.V., and Davis, K.J., 2007. Regional carbon fluxes from a biometrically-constrained dynamic ecosystem model: Impact of disturbance, CO2 fertilization and heterogeneous land cover. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences, 112(G01017), doi:10.1029/2006JG000264.
• 9 Moffat, A.M., Papale, D., Reichstein, M., Hollinger, D.Y., Richardson, A.D., Barr, A.G., Beckstein, C., Braswell, B.H., Churkina, G., Desai, A.R., Falge, E., Gove, J.H., Heimann, M., Hui, D., Jarvis, A.J., Kattge, J., Noormets, A., and Stauch, V.J., 2007. Comprehensive comparison of gap-filling techniques for eddy covariance net carbon fluxes, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 147(3-4): 209-232, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2007.08.011.

2006

• 8 Desai, A.R., Davis, K.J., Senff, C., Ismail, S., Browell, E.V., Stauffer, D.R., and Reen, B.P., 2006. A case study on the effects of heterogeneous soil moisture on mesoscale boundary layer structure in the southern Great Plains, USA. Part I: Simple prognostic model. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 119(2): 195-238, doi:10.1007/s10546-005-9024-6.
• 7 Heinsch, F.A., Zhao, M., Running, S.W., Kimball, J.S., Nemani, R.R., Davis, K.J., Bolstad, P.V., Cook, B.D., Desai, A.R., Ricciuto, D.M., Law, B.E., Oechel, W.C., Kwon, H., Luo, H., Wofsy, S.C., Dunn, A.L., Munger, J.W., Baldocchi, D.D., Xu, L., Hollinger, D.Y., Richardson, A.D., Stoy, P.C., Siqeira, M.B.S., Monson, R.K., Burns, S., and Flanagan, L.B., 2006. Evaluation of remote sensing based terrestrial productivity from MODIS using Ameriflux tower eddy flux network observations. IEEE Transactions on Geosciences and Remote Sensing, 44(7): 1908-1925, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2005.853936.
• 6 Reen, B.P., Stauffer, D.R., Davis, K.J., and Desai, A.R., 2006. A case study on the effects of heterogeneous soil moisture on mesoscale boundary layer structure in the southern Great Plains, USA. Part II: Mesoscale modeling. Boundary Layer Meteorology, 120(2): 275-314, doi:10.1007/s10546-006-9056-6.
• 5 Tang, J., Bolstad, P.V., Ewers, B.E., Desai, A.R., Davis, K.J., and Carey, E.V., 2006. Sap-flux-upscaled canopy transpiration, stomatal conductance and water use efficiency in an old-growth forest in the Great Lakes region of United States. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences, 111(G02009): doi:10.1029/2005JG000083.

2005

• 4 Desai, A.R., Bolstad, P.V., Cook, B.D., Davis, K.J., and Carey, E.V., 2005. Comparing net ecosystem exchange of carbon dioxide between an old-growth and mature forest in the upper Midwest, USA. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 128(1-2): 33-55, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2004.09.005.

2004

• 3 Cook, B.D., Davis, K.J., Wang, W., Desai, A.R., Berger, B.W., Teclaw, R.M., Martin, J.G., Bolstad, P.V., Bakwin, P.S., Yi, C., and Heilman, W., 2004. Carbon exchange and venting anomalies in an upland deciduous forest in northern Wisconsin, USA. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 126(3-4): 271-295, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2004.06.008.
• 2 Yi, C., Davis, K.J., Bakwin, P.S., Denning, A.S., Zhang, N., Desai, A.R., Lin, J.C., Gerbig, C., and Wofsy, S.C., 2004. Observed covariance between ecosystem carbon exchange and atmospheric boundary layer dynamics at a site in northern Wisconsin. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109(D08302), doi:10.1029/2003JD004164.
• 1 Yi, C., Li, R., Bakwin, P.S., Desai, A.R., Ricciuto, D.M., Burns, S., Turnipseed, A.A., Wofsy, S.C., Munger, J.W., Wilson, K., and Monson, R.K., 2004. A nonparametric method for separating photosynthesis and respiration components in CO2 flux measurements. Geophysical Research Letters, 31(L17107), doi:10.1029/2004GL020490.

Non peer-reviewed publications

Theses

• Sulman, B.N., 2012. Peatland carbon cycle responses to hydrological change at time scales from years to centuries: Impacts on model simulations and regional carbon budgets. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
• Rydzik, M., 2012. Relationship between snow extent and mid-latitude cyclone centers from NARR objectively derived storm position and snow cover. M.S. thesis, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
• Bagley, J.E., 2011. Impacts of land cover change: Energy regulation, breadbasket production, and precipitation. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. http://flux.aos.wisc.edu/~adesai/documents/theses/bagley_dissertation_2011.pdf
• Behnke, R.J., 2011. The role of elevation on temperature trends in the western United States: A comparison of two statistical methods. M.S. thesis, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. http://flux.aos.wisc.edu/~adesai/documents/theses/Behnke-thesis.pdf
• Ahue, W.K.M., 2010. Regional carbon fluxes and boundary layer heights from the Airborne Carbon in the Mountains Experiment 2007. M.S. thesis, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. http://flux.aos.wisc.edu/~adesai/documents/theses/Ahue_Thesis-Final.pdf
• Schroeder, N.M., 2010. Hydrological impacts on wetland carbon flux residuals. Senior undergraduate thesis, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
• Sulman, B.N., 2009. A comparison of carbon dioxide, water, and energy fluxes at a drying shrub wetland in northern Wisconsin, USA with nearby wetland and forest sites. M.S. thesis, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, http://flux.aos.wisc.edu/~adesai/documents/theses/Sulman-thesis-final.pdf
• Desai, A.R., 2006. Scaling regional land-atmosphere fluxes of carbon dioxide with mesoscale observation networks: Impact of land cover, management and disturbance. Ph.D. dissertation, Penn State University, University Park, PA, http://www.etda.libraries.psu.edu/theses/approved/WorldWideIndex/ETD-1277/index.html
• Desai, A.R., 2000. Plan B projects: 1.) Surface energy flux dependence on remotely-sensed soil moisture and vegetation in the Southern Great Plains; 2.) Point-source air pollution risk buffers from long-term climate data and Gaussian plume models, 3.) Interaction of resolution and classification in high-resolution urban/suburban land cover imagery, Unpublished master's thesis, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Books & Book Chapters

• Reichstein, M., Stoy, P., Desai, A.R., Lasslop, G. and Richardson, A., 2011. Partitioning net fluxes, in Aubinet, M., Vesala, T., Papale, D., eds., Eddy Covariance: A Practical Guide to Measurement and Data Analysis . Berlin, Germany: Spring Atmospheric Sciences, ISBN: 978-94-007-2350-4, 438 pages, pp. 263-289, doi:10.1007/978-94-007-2351-1_9.
• Noormets, A., Chen, J., Gu, L., and Desai, A.R., 2009. The phenology of gross ecosystem productivity and ecosystem respiration in temperate hardwood and conifer chronosequences, in Noormets, A. (Ed.), Phenology of Ecosystem Processes: Applications in Global Change Research , Springer, New York, ISBN: 978-1441900258, 299 pages, pp. 59-85.
• Desai, A.R. and Jasen, E.P. Outside Oberlin: Exploring Lorain County and Vicinity. Oberlin, OH: Oberlin College Student Union, 1997.

Select conference abstracts & posters

2013

• Desai, A.R, 2013: Moisture extremes and internal lags as controls on photosynthesis anomalies in temperate forests, Abstract 109 presented at Open Science Conference on Climate Extremes and Biogeochemical Cycles in the Terrestrial Biosphere: Impacts and Feedbacks Across Scales, Seefeld, Austria, 2-5 April, 2013.
• Desai, A.R, 2013: Evaluating large-scale models of terrestrial CH4 emission with a very tall tower, Abstract presented at North American Carbon Program All Investigators Meetings 4, Albuquerque, NM, 4-7 Feb. (poster)
• Hua, D., A.R. Desai, B. Brooks, B. Stephens, A. Jacobson, and A. Michalak, 2013: Detection of climate-driven terrestrial carbon flux anomalies in the US Mountain West through integration of CarbonTracker with Back-trajectory Models and Mountaintop CO2 observations, Abstract presented at North American Carbon Program All Investigators Meetings 4, Albuquerque, NM, 4-7 Feb. (poster)
• Phillips, C., K. McFarlane , B. LaFranchi , and A.R. Desai, 2013: How old is the carbon that forests respire? Seasonal patterns in soil and ecosystem 14CO2 from a hardwood forest in Northern Wisconsin, Abstract presented at North American Carbon Program All Investigators Meetings 4, Albuquerque, NM, 4-7 Feb. (poster)
• Thomas, A.W., and A.R. Desai, 2013: Do precipitation pulses drive anomalous carbon dioxide ecosystem exchange in temperate ecosystems? Abstract S129 presented at the 12th Annual Student Conference of the American Meteorological Society, Austin, TX, 5-10 Jan. (poster)

2012

• Bronson, D., X. Song, M. Goulden, K.L. Clark, P. Bolstad, T. Meyers, J. Chen, A. Noormets, D. Dragoni, D.Y. Hollinger, J.W. Munger, S. Wofsy, T.A. Martin, R.K. Monson, D.D. Baldocchi, A.R. Desai, E. Euskirchen, and W.J. Massman, 2012: Forest canopy temperature: A comparison between an isotopic approach, and photosynthesis-weighted air temperature, Abstract COS 68-4 presented at the 97th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR, 5-10 Aug.
• Desai, A.R., 2012: The value of place-based and in-field education for climate literacy in the Great Lakes: What role for climate and ecological researchers? Abstract ED13D -0801 presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 3-7 Dec. (invited poster)
• Desai, A.R., 2012: Fifteen years of observations from a very tall tower on the responses of landscape-scale productivity to climate anomalies and extremes, Abstract B54A -02 presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 3-7 Dec. (presentation)
• Desai, A.R. and Hua, D., 2012: Quantifying the value of long-term flux tower observations: Is a decade better than a few years?, presented at RCN FORECAST Conference 2012, Woods Hole, MA, 9-11 Oct. (poster)
• Desai, A.R., W. Wang, and B.D. Cook, 2012: Uncovering mechanisms of episodic methane sources observed by a very tall eddy covariance tower, Abstract J6.3, AMS 30th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology/1st Conference on Atmospheric Biogeosciences, Boston, MA, May 28-June 1, 2012. (abstract)
• Dietze, M., S.P. Serbin, D. LeBauer , R. Kooper, K. McHenry , and A.R. Desai, 2012: Reconciling inventory, tower, and remotely-sensed carbon estimates across northern Wisconsin through model-data fusion, Abstract COS 189-6 presented at the 97th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR, 5-10 Aug.
• Dietze, M.C., C.D. Davidson, A.R. Desai, X. Feng, R. Kelly, R. Kooper, D.S. LeBauer , J. Mantooth, K. McHenry , S. Serbin, and D. Wang, 2012: What do we need to measure, how much, and where? A quantitative assessment of terrestrial data needs across North American biomes through data-model fusion and sampling optimization, Abstract B32B -04 presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 3-7 Dec. (invited)
• Dietze, M.C., D. LeBauer , C. Davidson, A.R. Desai, R. Kooper, K. McHenry , and P. Mulrooney, 2012: The PEcAn Project: Carbon-Cycle Reanalysis Facilitated by Model-Data Ecoinformatics, Abstract 6.1, AMS 30th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology/1st Conference on Atmospheric Biogeosciences, Boston, MA, May 28-June 1, 2012. (abstract)
• Golub, M. and A.R. Desai, 2012: Are long-term trends in lake carbon dioxide flux responsive to climatic variability and change?, Abstract B13E -0580 presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 3-7 Dec. (poster)
• Grant, R.F., Desai, A.R., and B.N. Sulman, 2012: Modelling Contrasting Responses of Wetland Productivity to Changes in Water Table Depth, Abstract B51B -0506 presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 3-7 Dec. (poster)
• Hua, D., A.R. Desai, P. Bolstad, B.D. Cook, and R. Scheller, 2012: Simulating impacts of Woody Biomass Harvesting on North Temperate Forest Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling and Storage. Abstract B31A -0392 presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 3-7 Dec. (poster)
• McHenry , K., Kooper, R., Serbin, S., D.S. LeBauer , A.R. Desai, and M.C. Desai, 2012: A Web Interface for Eco System Modeling, Abstract B41C -0296 presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 3-7 Dec. (poster)
• Phillips, C.L., K. McFarlane , and A.R. Desai, 2012: How old is the carbon that forests respire? Seasonal patterns in soil and ecosystem 14CO2 from a hardwood forest in Northern Wisconsin, Abstract B12C -01 presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 3-7 Dec.
• Phillips, C.L., K.J. McFarlane , A.R. Desai, and D. Risk, 2012: Using radiocarbon as a high-frequency tracer of forest CO2 emissions sources: preliminary results from a Northern Wisconsin case study, Abstract EGU2012-11991, European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2012, Vienna, Austria, April 22-27, 2012.
• Pressel, K.G., W. Collins, and A.R. Desai, 2012: A Comparison of the Scale Invariance of the Water Vapor Field Observed by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder to the Scale Invariance of In Situ Observations from a Very Tall Tower, AGU Chapman Conference on Remote Sensing of the Terrestrial Water Cycle, Kona, HI, Feb 19-22, 2012. (poster)
• Rydzik, M. and A.R. Desai, 2012: Relationship between snow extent and mid-latitude storm tracks from NARR objectively derived storm position and snow cover, 26th Conference on Hydrology, 92nd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Abstract J11.3, New Orleans, LA, Jan. 22-26, 2012. (presentation)
• Sulman, B.N. and A.R. Desai, 2012: Modeling the role of ecological succession in peatland carbon cycle responses to rapid and long term hydrological change, Abstract 2.4, AMS 30th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology/1st Conference on Atmospheric Biogeosciences, Boston, MA, May 28-June 1, 2012. (abstract)
• Trahan, N.A., D.J.P. Moore, B. Brayden, P. Wilkes, T. Quaife, A.R. Desai, J. Negron, B. Stephens, K. Elder, and R.K. Monson, 2012: Mountain pine beetle induced mortality impacts on forest carbon balance, Abstract COS 101-4 presented at the 97th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR, 5-10 Aug.
• Trahan, N.A., D.J.P. Moore, P. Wilkes, T. Quaife, A.R. Desai, J. Negron, B.B. Stephens, K. Elder, B.H. Brayden, and R.K. Monson, 2012: Changes in carbon balance after insect disturbance in Western U.S. forests, Abstract EGU2012-2165, European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2012, Vienna, Austria, April 22-27, 2012.

2011

• Amiro, B.D., A. Barr, J. Barr, A. Black, R. Bracho, M. Brown, J. Chen, K. Clark, K. Davis, A.R. Desai, S. Dore, V. Engel, J. Fuentes, A. Goldstein, M. Goulden, T. Kolb, M. Lavigne, B.E. Law, H. Margolis, T. Martin, H. McCaughey , M. Montes-Helu, A. Noormets, J. Randerson, G, Starr, and J. Xiao, 2011: What have we learned from forest tower flux data following disturbance?, 3rd North American Carbon Program (NACP) All-Investigators Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Jan. 31- Feb 4, 2011. (presentation)
• Bagley, J., A.R. Desai, and J. Foley. Rain followed the plow: What is the potential for land cover change to impact the precipitative sources of Earth's breadbaskets?, Reid Bryson Scholarship Poster Session, Madison, WI, Apr 20, 2011. (poster)
• Bagley, J.E., A.R. Desai, K.J. Harding, P.K. Snyder, and J.A. Foley, 2011: The Influence of Amazonian Deforestation under Varied Rainfall Regimes, Abstract H54B -01 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 5-9 Dec.
• Bennington, V., G.A. McKinley , V. Vasys, A.R. Desai, and N.R. Urban, 2011: Lake Superior within the Regional Carbon Budget, ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting: Limnology and Oceanography in a Changing World, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Feb. 13-18 2011.
• Blonquist, J., S.A. Montzka, D. Yakir, A.R. Desai, D. Dragoni, T.J. Griffis, R.K. Monson, J.W. Munger, R.L. Scott, and D.R. Bowling, 2011: The Potential of Carbonyl Sulfide as a Tracer for Gross Primary Productivity at Flux Tower Sites, 3rd North American Carbon Program (NACP) All-Investigators Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Jan. 31- Feb 4, 2011. (poster)
• Brooks, B., A.R. Desai, B.B. Stephens, and NACP regional-continental synthesis participants, 2011: Multi-model regional comparison of carbon dioxide uptake between forward and inverse models over the U.S. Mountain West, 3rd North American Carbon Program (NACP) All-Investigators Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Jan. 31- Feb 4, 2011. (poster)
• Brooks, B.J., A.R. Desai, B.B. Stephens, and A.R. Jacobson, 2011: The strength of contributions from topography mismatch and measurement filtering to simulated net ecosystem exchange in complex terrain, Abstract A44A -02 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 5-9 Dec.
• Desai, A.R., 2011: Seasonal controls on regional methane and carbon dioxide exchange observed from a very tall eddy covariance tower in a wetland-rich landscape, Abstract B13J -03 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 5-9 Dec. (presentation)
• Desai, A.R., R. Henson, E. Gruntfest, and R.D. Turner, 2011: Communicating with Each Other: The Challenges and Rewards of Expanding Atmospheric Science’s Professional Partners, Paper JPD2.1, 9th History Symposium, 91st American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting Seattle, WA, Jan. 25, 2011. (invited panel)
• Desai, A.R., J.C Welch, B. Brooks, K. Jimenez, G. Keppel-Aleks, D. Wunch, P.O Wennberg, B.D Cook, 2011: Novel approaches to estimating regional CH4 fluxes from a very tall tower, Ameriflux Science Meeting and 3rd North American Carbon Program (NACP) All-Investigators Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Jan. 31- Feb 4, 2011. (poster)
• Dietze, M.C., D.S. LeBauer , C.D. Davidson, A.R. Desai, R. Kooper, K. McHenry , and P. Mulrooney, 2011: The PEcAn Project: Model-Data Ecoinformatics for the Observatory Era, Abstract B11D -0521 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 5-9 Dec. (poster)
• Hicke, J.A., C.D. Allen, A.R. Desai, M.C. Dietze, R.J. Hall, E.T. Hogg, D.M. Kashian, D.J. Moore, K. Raffa, R. Sturrock, and J. Vogelmann, 2011: The impacts of biotic disturbances on carbon budgets of North American forests, Ameriflux Science Meeting and 3rd North American Carbon Program (NACP) All-Investigators Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Jan. 31- Feb 4, 2011. (presentation)
• Hollinger, D.Y., C.-T. Lai, W.J. Massman, K.L. Clark, K. Bible, J. Vose, A.R. Desai, R. Kolka, A.D. Richardson, J.L. Hom, and R. Evans, 2011: Forest Service Climate Tower Network, 3rd North American Carbon Program (NACP) All-Investigators Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Jan. 31- Feb 4, 2011. (poster)
• Lai, C.T., D.Y. Hollinger, W.J. Massman, K.L. Clark, K. Bible, J. Vose, A.R. Desai, R. Kolka, A.D. Richardson, J.L. Hom, and R. Evans, 2011: Half-hourly atmospheric 13CO2 observed by cavity ring-down spectroscopy analyzer in the USDA Forest Service Climate Tower Network, Abstract B24B -08 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 5-9 Dec.
• Lee, T.R., S. de Wekker, B.J. Brooks, A.R. Desai, and A.E. Andrews, 2011: Impact of assimilating CO2 observations from a mountaintop site in the eastern United States on regional carbon fluxes during cold fronts and fair weather days, Abstract A31B -0075 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 5-9 Dec. (poster)
• McKinley , G.A., A.R. Desai, V. Bennington, V. Vasys, A.E. Andrews, and A.M. Michalak, 2011: Lake Superior’s influence on regional carbon budget, Ameriflux Science Meeting and 3rd North American Carbon Program (NACP) All-Investigators Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Jan. 31- Feb 4, 2011. (poster)
• Moore, D.J., N.A. Trahan, P. Wilkes, T.L. Quaife, A.R. Desai, J. Negron, B.B. Stephens, K. Elder, and R.K. Monson, 2011: Changes in carbon balance after insect disturbance in Western U.S. forests, Abstract B31I -01 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 5-9 Dec.
• Moore. D.J.P., N. Trahan, P. Wilkes, T. Quaife, A.R. Desai, B. Stephens, J. Negron, K. Elder, R.K. Monson, 2011: Changes in carbon balance after insect disturbance in Western U.S. forests, NASA Carbon Cycles and Ecosystems Joint Science Workshop, Washington, DC, Oct. 3-7, 2011. (poster)
• Phillips, C.L., K.J. McFarlane , A.R. Desai, and D.A. Risk, 2011:Using 14C as a high-frequency tracer of forest CO2 emissions sources: preliminary results from a Northern Wisconsin case study, Abstract B31A -0314 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 5-9 Dec.(poster)
• Pressel, K.G., W. Collins, and A.R. Desai, 2011: Scaling of water vapor in the meso-gamma (2-20km) and lower meso-beta (20-50km) scales from tall tower time series, Abstract A54A -01 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 5-9 Dec.
• Pressel, K.G., W. Collins, and A.R. Desai, 2011: A comparison of scaling in satellite and in situ water vapor measurements, 64th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics, Baltimore, MD, Nov. 20-22, 2011. (talk abstract)
• Read, J., D.P. Hamilton, A.R. Desai, K.C. Rose, P.C. Hanson, L.A. Winslow, I.D. Jones, and C.H. Wu, 2011: Drivers of gas flux from temperate lakes: Partitioning the energetic contributions of wind and convection in 42 lakes, Abstract H53Q -05 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 5-9 Dec.
• Schwalm, C.R., C.A Williams, K. Schaefer, R. Anderson, M.A. Arain, I. Baker, A. Barr, T.A. Black, G. Chen, J.M. Chen, P. Ciais, K.J. Davis, A.R. Desai, M. Dietze, D. Dragoni, M.L. Fischer, L.B. Flanagan, R. Grant, L. Gu, D.Y. Hollinger, R.C. Izaurralde, C. Kucharik, P. Lafleur, B.E. Law, L. Li, Z. Li, S. Liu, E.Y Lokupitiya, Y. Luo, S. Ma, H.A. Margolis, R. Matamala, H.J. McCaughey , R.K. Monson, W.C. Oechel, C. Peng, B. Poulter, D.T. Price, D.M. Ricciuto, W.J Riley, A.K. Sahoo, M. Sprintsin, J. Sun, H. Tian, C. Tonitto, H. Verbeeck, and S.B. Verma, 2011: Evaluating Terrestrial Biosphere Models: Comparing Simulated and Observed Net Ecosystem Exchange, Ameriflux Science Meeting and 3rd North American Carbon Program (NACP) All-Investigators Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Jan. 31- Feb 4, 2011. (poster abstract)
• Sehinovych, I. and A.R. Desai, 2011: Responses of net carbon dioxide exchange in mountainous terrain of the northern hemisphere, Reid Bryson Scholarship Poster Session, Madison, WI, Apr 20, 2011. (poster)
• Sehinovych, I. and A.R. Desai, 2011: Responses of net carbon dioxide exchange in mountainous terrain of the northern hemisphere, Undergraduate Symposium 2011, Madison, WI, April 12, 2011. (poster)
• Sulman, B.N., A.R. Desai, and N.M. Schroeder, 2011: Ecosystem Model Performance at Wetlands: Results from the North American Carbon Program Site Synthesis, Abstract B51R -10 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 5-9 Dec.
• Sulman, B.N., A.R. Desai, N.Z. Saliendra, P. Lafleur, L. Flanagan, O. Sonnentag, D.S. Mackay, A. Barr, L.N. Murphy, and W.J Rile, 2011: How much model complexity is necessary to accurately predict peatland CO2 fluxes? Ameriflux Science Meeting and 3rd North American Carbon Program (NACP) All-Investigators Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Jan. 31- Feb 4, 2011. (presentation)
• Xiao, J. K.J. Davis, J. Chen, M. Reichstein, D.D. Baldocchi, C. Beer, L. Chasmer, J.M. Chen, A.R. Desai, K. Ichii, A. Ito, R. John, M. Jung, T. Kato, W. Knorr, B.E. Law, S. Liu, Y. Luo, <. Mirco, Q. Mu, L. Naithani, D. Papale, S.W. Running, Y. Ryu, K.M. Schaefer, C.R. Schwalm, G. Sun, H. Tian, E. Tomelleri, C.A. Williams, B. Wylie, W. Yuan, L. Zhang, 2011: Advances in Upscaling of Carbon and Water Fluxes from Towers to Regional, Continental and Global Scale, Ameriflux Science Meeting and 3rd North American Carbon Program (NACP) All-Investigators Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Jan. 31- Feb 4, 2011. (abstract)

2010

• Bagley, J.E., A.R. Desai, J.A. Foley, 2010: A simple approach to simulating land use impacts on regional climate. 29th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Metorology, American Meteorological Society, Abstract 1A.2, Keystone, CO, Aug 2-6, 2010 (abstract)
• Bennington, V., G.A. McKinley , C. Wu, A.R. Desai, N. Urban, and N. Kimura, 2010: Lake Superior Circulation 1979-2006: a Modeling Study. International Assoc. of Great Lakes Research (IAGLR) 2010, Toronto, ON, May 17-21, 2010.
• Bennington, V., G.A. McKinley , C.H. Wu, N.R. Urban, and A.R. Desai, 2010: Mean circulation patterns and mechanisms of Lake Superior. EOS Trans. AGU, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Abstract CO53A -05, Portland, OR, Feb 22-26, 2010.
• Blonquist, J., S.A. Montzka, D. Yakir, A.R. Desai, D. Dragoni, T.J. Griffis, R.K. Monson, J.W. Munger, R.L. Scott, and D.R. Bowling, 2010: The Potential of Carbonyl Sulfide as a Tracer for Gross Primary Productivity at Flux Tower Sites, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Abstract B21G -07, San Francisco, CA, Dec 13-17, 2010.
• Brooks, B., A.R. Desai, and B.B. Stephens, 2010: Comparison of carbon dioxide uptake between inverse and bottom-up models over the Mountain West, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Abstract B31E -0352, San Francisco, CA, Dec 13-17, 2010. (poster)
• Brooks, B.J., A.R. Desai, B. Stephens, 2010: A new data set of filtered Rocky Mountain atmospheric carbon dioxide measurements for improved flux retrievals. 19th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, American Meteorological Society, Abstract J9.5, Keystone, CO, Aug 2-6, 2010. (abstract)
• Desai, A.R., 2010: Regional carbon fluxes in heterogenous landscapes: Challenges and opportunities. 29th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, Abstract 6.4, Keystone, CO, Aug 2-6, 2010. (abstract)
• Desai, A.R., 2010: Climate change and regional carbon fluxes in heterogeneous landscapes. 2nd Science in the Northwoods workshop, U Wisconsin Center for Limnology, Boulder Junction, WI, Sep 29-Oct 1,2010.
• Desai, A.R., W.K. Ahue, B. Brooks, D.J. Moore, T. Quiafe, R.K. Monson, S. De Wekker, T.L. Campos, B.B. Stephens, P. Wilkes, and D. Schimel, 2010: Climatic controls on carbon exchange in the US mountain west at multiple scales, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Abstract B31E -0351, San Francisco, CA, Dec 13-17, 2010. (poster)
• Helliker, B.R., D.D. Baldocchi, A.R. Desai, M.L. Goulden, K.J. Davis, S.C. Wofsy, and J.W. Munger, 2010: Independent support for leaf homeothermy during carbon uptake and the implications for the interpretation of tree-ring oxygen isotopes, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Abstract GC24B -01, San Francisco, CA, Dec 13-17, 2010.
• Hicke, J.A., C.D. Allen, A.R. Desai, M.C. Dietze, R.J. Hall, E.T. Hogg, D.M. Kashian, D.J. Moore, K. Raffa, R. Sturrock, and J. Vogelmann, 2010: A Review of Carbon Cycle Impacts of Biotic Disturbances in North American Forests, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Abstract B42B -02, San Francisco, CA, Dec 13-17, 2010.
• Keppel-Aleks, G., R.A. Washenfelder, G.C. Toon, A.R. Desai, K.J. Davis, and P.O. Wennberg, 2010: Net ecosystem exchange inferred from eddy covariance flux and total column measurements. NASA Terrestrial Ecology Science Team Meeting, Abstract 89, La Jolla, CA, Mar 15-17, 2010. (poster)
• Mackay, D.C., A.R. Desai, B.N. Sulman, S. Samanta, and B.E. Ewers, 2010: Bayesian Synthesis of Multiple Data Sources to Test Specific Structural Hypotheses Within an Integrated Model of Water and Carbon Flow, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Abstract H31L -06, San Francisco, CA, Dec 13-17, 2010.
• McKinley , G.A., V. Bennington, N.R. Urban, C.P. McDonald , N. Atllia, A.R. Desai, D. Pilcher, and V. Vasys, 2010: The carbon cycle of Lake Superior and its influence on regional carbon budgeting, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Abstract B13A -0455, San Francisco, CA, Dec 13-17, 2010. (poster)
• McKinley , G.A., V. Bennington, N. Atilla, A.R. Desai, C. Mouw, N. Urban, V. Vasys, and C. Wu, 2010: Carbon Cycle Variability in Lake Superior: Physical Drivers and Impacts on the Regional Carbon Budget. International Assoc. of Great Lakes Research (IAGLR) 2010, Toronto, ON, May 17-21, 2010. (poster)
• Pressel, K.G., W.D. Collins, A.R. Desai, 2010: Variance scaling in water vapor measurements from a tall tower. 13th Conference on Cloud Physics, American Meteorological Society, Abstract P1.77, Portland, OR, June 28-July 2, 2010. (poster)
• Schroeder, N., A.R. Desai, B.N. Sulman, 2010: Wetland carbon dioxide flux residuals: An impact of hydrology? Undergraduate Symposium 2010, Madison, WI, April 15, 2010.
• Sulman, B.N., A.R. Desai, and R.M Scheller, 2010: Sensitivity of regional forest carbon budgets to continuous and stochastic climate change pressures, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Abstract B42B -06, San Francisco, CA, Dec 13-17, 2010.
• Sulman, B.N., A.R. Desai, R.M. Scheller, C.M. Gough, P.S. Curtis, C.S. Vogel, 2010: Assessing the effects of past disturbance and future climate change and land use decisions on northern Great Lakes forest carbon cycling. 29th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, Abstract P1.4, Keystone, CO, Aug 2-6, 20110. (poster)
• Vasys, V., A.R. Desai, G.A. McKinley , A. Michalak, 2010: Lake Superior's John Hancock: Unique atmospheric signature in tall tower CO2. UW-Madison Undergraduate Symposium 2010, Madison, WI, April 15, 2010, #66. (poster)
• Xiao, J., K.J Davis, K.J Naithani, N. Urban, K. Keller, A.R. Desai, J. Chen, A. Noormets, K. Cherrey, B.D. Cook, P. Bolstad, D. Hua, R. Anderson, S. Running, N. Saliendra, R. Kolka, P. Weishampel, 2010: Probabilistic Carbon Flux Upscaling Across a Northern Forest Ecoregion, NASA Terrestrial Ecology Science Team Meeting, Abstract 100, La Jolla, CA, Mar 15-17, 2010. (poster)
• Zobitz, J., D.J.P. Moore, A.R. Desai, 2010: A hitchhiker’s guide to data assimilation in the ecological sciences. MathFest 2010, Mathematical Association of America, Pittsburgh, PA, Aug 5-7, 2010.

2009

• Ahue, W.K., A.R. Desai, S. De Wekker, D.J. Moore, T.L. Campos, B.B. Stephens, R.K. Monson, D. Schimel, 2009: Uncertainty of Regional Carbon Fluxes and Boundary Layer Heights in Complex Terrain: The Airborne Carbon in the Mountains Experiment 2007. EOS Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract B53F -08, San Francisco, CA, Dec 14-18, 2009.
• Amiro, B.D., A. G. Barr, T. A. Black, M. Brown, J. Chen, K.J. Davis, A.R. Desai, M. L. Goulden, B. Law, H. A. Margolis, T. Martin, J.H. McCaughey , J.T. Randerson, J. Xiao, 2009: Disturbances and Carbon Sequestration: Tower Flux Data from North American Forests. EOS Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract B51H -07, San Francisco, CA, Dec 14-18, 2009.
• Atilla, N., G.A. McKinley, V. Bennington, N. Urban, N. Kimura, C. Wu, A.R. Desai, 2009: Is Lake Superior a net carbon source or sink? 2nd North American Carbon Program (NACP) All-Investigators Meeting, San Diego, CA, Feb. 17-20, 2009, #178 (poster).
• Atilla, N., G.A. McKinley, V. Bennington, N. Urban, C. Wu, A.R. Desai, 2009: Observed dynamics of surface pCO2 in Lake Superior. 52nd Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Toledo, OH, May 18-22, 2009
• Andrews, A., J. Kofler, J. Williams, M. Trudeau, P. Bakwin, C. Zhao, K. Masari, P. Tans, K. Davis, B. Cook, A.R. Desai, R. Teclaw, D. Baumann, D. Hollinger, S. Wofsy, J. Munger, J.T. Lee, R. Muttiah, J. Sanabria, O. Okello, D. Wolfe, M. Fischer, M. Parker, S. de Wekker, W. Peters, A.R. Jacobson, G. Petron, A. Hirsch, A. Michalak, J. Eluzkiewicz, T. Nehrkorn, K. Gurney, C.S. Tanier, 2009: Results from the NOAA collaborative tall tower network for monitoring carbon dioxide and related gases. 8th Interanational Carbon Dioxide Conference (ICDC8), Jena, Germany, Sept. 13-19, 2009.
• Bagley, J.E., A.R. Desai, J.A. Foley, C. Barford, W. Sacks, 2009: A Novel Approach to Simul,ating Land Use Impacts on Regional Climate and Ecosystem Services. EOS Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract GC13A -0696, San Francisco, CA, Dec 14-18, 2009. (poster)
• Buffam, I., A.R. Desai, S.R. Carpenter, M.G. Turner, P.C. Hanson, 2009: Synchrony in surface-atmosphere CO2 exchange among forests, wetlands and lakes. Gordon Research Conference, Catchment Science: Interactions Of Hydrology, Biology & Geochemistry, Andover, NH, Jul 12-17, 2009. (poster)
• Buffam, I., M.G. Turner, A.R. Desai, P.C. Hanson, M.C. Van de Bogert, J. Rusak, N.R. Lottig, E.H. Stanley, T.R. Kratz, S.R. Carpenter, 2009: Constructing a complete carbon budget for a north temperate lake district. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting 2009, Albuquerque, NM, Aug 2-7, 2009. (poster)
• Davis, K.J., J. Xiao, R. Anderson, P.V. Bolstad, K. Cherrey, B.D. Cook, A.R. Desai, R. Kolka, S. Running, N. Saliendra, B. Sulman, P. Weishampel, 2009: Probabilistic upscaling of eddy flux measurements in the upper Great Lakes: Working towards the next generation MODIS GPP algorithm. 2nd North American Carbon Program (NACP) All-Investigators Meeting, San Diego, CA, Feb. 17-20, 2009, #9 (poster).
• Desai, A.R., D.S. Mackay, B.R. Helliker, P.R. Moorcroft, 2009: Impacts of leaf phenology and water table on interannual variability of region carbon fluxes in mixed landscape. 2nd North American Carbon Program (NACP) All-Investigators Meeting, San Diego, CA, Feb. 17-20, 2009, #163 (poster)
• Hicke, J.A., R. J. Hall, K. Raffa, A.R. Desai, D. Kashian, 2009: The Effects of Insect Outbreak Disturbances on the North American Carbon Cycle: A Review. EOS Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract B51H -02, San Francisco, CA, Dec 14-18, 2009.
• Mackay, D.S., A.R. Desai, S. Samanta, M.M. Loranty, B.E. Ewers, 2009: Quantifying Complexity and Data Needs for Coupled Models of Hydrological and Carbon Flux Processes. EOS Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H23L -02, San Francisco, CA, Dec 14-18, 2009.
• Mackay, D.S., A.R. Desai, B.N. Sulman, D.E. Roberts, 2009: Quantifying the role of water table dynamics on net ecosystem exchange of CO2 in a northern temperate shrub wetland. EOS Trans. AGU, 90(22) Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract H72B -02, Toronto, Ontario, May 24-27, 2009.
• Mckinley, G.A., V. Bennington, N. Atilla, M. Baehr, N. Urban, A.R. Desai, C. Mouw, N. Kimura, C. Wi, 2009: Understanding the carbon budget of Lake Superior. Abtract T23, Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Workshop, Woods Hole, MA, July 20-23, 2009. (poster)
• McKinley, G.A., V. Bennington, N. Atilla, N. Urban, C. Wu, A.R. Desai, N. Kimura, 2009: The magnitude and mechanisms of the CO2 flux from Lake Superior. 52nd Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Toledo, OH, May 18-22, 2009
• Myklebust, M.C., G. Wohlfahrt, L. Misson, R. Huc, N. Delpierre, L.E. Hipps, R.J. Ryel, M.A. Arain, M. Bahn, C. Bernhofer, B. Chojnicki, P. Curtis, S. Frokling, P. Lafleur, B. Longdoz, E. van Gorsel M. Aurela, M. Cavaleri, A.R. Desai, A. Ito, H.W. Loescher, S. Oberbauer, J. Pumpanen, M.G. Ryan, N. Saigusa, T. Vesala, C. Yi, 2009: The effect of LAI on the representativeness of eddy covariance estimates of ecosystem respiration during turbulent conditions at night across a range of sites. European Geophysical Union General Assmebly 2009, Vienna, Austria, April 19-24, 2009, Geophysical Research Abstracts, v. 11, EGU2009-81 (poster).
• Ricciuto, D.M., K.J. Davis, A.R. Desai, M.Fox, M.C. Dietze, S. Liu, Y.Q. Luo, A.D. Richardson, K. Schaefer, M. Williams, 2009: Improving carbon flux predictions in North America from the bottom up: The current state of eddy covariance based model-data fusion. 2nd North American Carbon Program (NACP) All-Investigators Meeting, San Diego, CA, Feb. 17-20, 2009, #133 (poster).
• Ricciuto, D.M., P.E. Thornton, K. Schaefer, R.B. Cook, K.J. Davis, NACP Site Synthesis Participants, 2009: How uncertainty in gap-filled meteorological input forcing at eddy covariance sites impacts modeled carbon and energy flux. EOS Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract B54A -03, San Francisco, CA, Dec 14-18, 2009.
• Stephens, B., S. Heck, D. Moore, A.R. Desai, 2009: Atmospheric CO2 measurements in mountainous terrain to monitor regional fluxes and local disturbance. Second Integrated Land Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (iLEAPS) Science Conference, Melbourne, Australia, August 24-28, 2009. (poster)
• Sulman, B.N., A.R. Desai, B.D. Cook, N. Saliendra, and D. S. Mackay, 2009: The impact of a declining water table on observed carbon fluxes at a northern temperate wetland. Society of Wetland Scientists Joint International Conference, Madison, WI, Jun 21-26, 2009. (presentation)
• Sulman, B.N., A.R. Desai, D.S. Mackay, R.M. Scheller, P.S> Curtis, C.S. Vogel, M. Balliett, T. Kratz, and I. Buffam, 2009: Forests, wetlands, and lakes: comparing drivers of carbon cycling in heterogeneous northern landscapes. Ameriflux Principal Investigator Workshop, Washington, DC, Sept 21-23, 2009. (poster)
• Sulman, B.N., N.M. Schroeder, A.R. Desai, L.B. Flanagan, P.M. Lafleur, E.R. Humphreys, NACP Model-Data Synthesis Participants, 2009: How well do we model wetlands: What can we learn from comparing ecosystem model performance? NACP Interim Synthesis Workshop, Oak Ridge, TN Nov 9-11, 2009. (poster)
• Urban, N.R., J.A. Perlinger, J. Mwangi, C.P. McDonald , G.A. McKinley, A.R. Desai, N. Atilla, V. Bennington, 2009: Field measurements of CO2 in and above the Great Lakes: The case for net emission of CO2. 52nd Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Toledo, OH, May 18-22, 2009
• Xiao, J., K.J. Davis, X. Zhou, T. Zhou, Y. Luo, C. Beer, B. Bond-Lamberty, A.R. Desai, M. Jung, B.E. Law, L. Liu, W.M. Post, M. Reichstein, D. Ricciuto, E. Tomelleri, D. Turner, S.C. Wofsy, B.K. Wylie, X. Xiao, F. Yang, L. Zhang, M. Zhao, 2009: Regional to continental upscaling of AmeriFlux data for carbon cycle studies: Progress, challenges, and new directions. 2nd North American Carbon Program (NACP) All-Investigators Meeting, San Diego, CA, Feb. 18, 2009.

2008

• Atilla, N., G.A. McKinley, N.R. Urban, N. Kimura, V. Bennington, A.R. Desai, C. Wu, 2008: Carbon cycling in Lake Superior: Observations, models, and impacts on the regional carbon balance. ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting 2008, Orlando, FL, Mar. 6, 2008, session 108.
• Atilla N, V. Bennington, N. Kimura, G.A. McKinley, N.R. Urban, C. Wu, A.R. Desai, 2008: The carbon budget of Lake Superior: First results from the CyCLeS project, 51st Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Peterborough, ONT, May 2008
• Atilla, N., G.A. McKinley, N.Urban, N. Kimura, V. Bennington, A.R. Desai., C. Wu, 2008: Carbon cycling in Lake Superior: Observations, models and impacts on regional carbon budget. Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Summer Workshop, Woods Hole, MA, July 2008. (poster)
• Atilla, N., G.A. McKinley, Bennington, V., N. Kimura, C. Wu, N. Urban, A.R. Desai, 2008: Carbon cycling in Lake Superior: preliminary results from a modeling study, CyCLeS workshop, Madison, WI, August 2008.
• Atilla, N., G.A. McKinley, V. Bennington, N. Kimura, N. Urban, C. Wu, A.R. Desai, 2008: Role of Lake Superior in regional carbon budget. 11th Chequamegon Ecosystem Atmosphere Study (ChEAS ) meeting, University of Notre Dame Environmental Research Center , Gogebic County, MI August 2008.
• Bennington, V., G.A. McKinley, N. Kimura, N. Atilla, C. Wu, N. Urban, A.R. Desai, 2008: Climate impacts on the circulation and thermal structure of Lake Superior, 51st Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Peterborough, ONT, May 2008
• Bennington, V., G.A. McKinley, N. Kimura, N. Atilla, C. Wu, N. Urban, A.R. Desai, 2008: Circulation patterns of Lake Superior, Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Summer Workshop, Woods Hole, MA, July 2008. (poster)
• Bennington, V., G.A. McKinley, N. Kimura, N. Atilla, C. Wu, N. Urban, A.R. Desai, 2008: Climate impacts on the circulation and thermal structure of Lake Superior, CyCLeS workshop, Madison, WI, August 2008.
• Bennington, V., G.A. McKinley, N. Atilla, N. Kimura, N. Urban, C. Wu, A.R. Desai, 2008. Does Terrestrial Carbon Explain Lake Superior Model-Data pCO2 Discrepancy? Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS53C -1324. (poster)
• Cook, B.D., A.R. Desai, P. Weishampel, J.Y. King, P.V. Bolstad, K.J. Davis, R.K. Kolka, N. Saliendra, R.M. Teclaw, D.D. Baumann, 2008. Methane Emissions and Warming Potentials of Wetlands of the Great Lakes Region, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract B33B -0422. (poster)
• Davis, K.J., P.V. Bolstad, R. Anderson, B.D. Cook, F.A.Heinsch, S.W. Running, N.S. Saliendra, K. Cherrey, A.R. Desai, R. Kolka, P. Weishampel, 2008: Probabilistic carbon flux upscaling in a complex northern forest ecoregion. NASA Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems Joint Science Workshop 2008, Adelphi, MD, Apr. 28-May 2, 2008.
• Desai, A.R., B.N. Sulman, D.S. Mackay, 2008: Impacts of leaf phenology and water table on interannual variability of carbon fluxes in subboreal uplands and wetlands: Implications for regional fluxes in the upper Midwest USA. Ameriflux Meeting 2008, Boulder, CO, Oct. 15,2008. (presentation)
• Desai, A.R., B.B. Stephens, D.S. Schimel, D.J. Moore, S. de Wekker, T. Campos, R.K. Monson, W.K. Ahue, R.J. Behnke, S.M. Aulenbach, T. Quaife., 2008. Constraining regional carbon fluxes in complex terrain: The Airborne Carbon in the Mountains Experiment, Eos Trans. AGU 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract B51A -0363. (poster)
• Myklebust, M. L. Hipps, R. Huc, L. Misson, R. Ryel, G. Wohlfahrte, B. Chojnicki, P. Curtis, N. Delpierre, S. Frolking, A. Granier, P. Lafleur, M. Aurela, P. Bolstad, M. Cavaleri, J. Chambers, A.R. Desai, E. vanGorsel, A. Iton, H. Loescher, S. Oberhauer, J. Pumpanen, M. Ryan, N. Saigusa, T. Vesala, 2008: Is the underestimate of ecosystem respiration by eddy covariance related to LAI? ADVEX Advection Workshop, Gembloux, Belgium, Jun. 30-Jul. 1, 2008. (poster)
• Sulman, B.N., A.R. Desai, D.S. Mackay, S. Samanta, B.D. Cook, N. Saliendra, 2008: Interactions of carbon and water cycles in north temperate wetlands: Modeling and observing the impact of a declining water table trend on regional biogeochemistry. 18th Conference of Atmospheric Biogeosciences, American Meteorological Society, Orlando, FL, Apr. 29, 2008, session 1.2. (abstract)
• Sulman, B.N., A.R. Desai, B.D. Cook, N. Saliendra, D.S. Mackay, 2008: Observed carbon-water interactions in three north-temperate wetlands. Ameriflux Meeting 2008, Boulder, CO, Oct. 15-17, 2008. (poster)
• Urban, N.R., G.A. McKinley, C.P. McDonald , N. Atilla, A.R. Desai, C. Wu, 2008: Contributions to the CO2 efflux from the Laurentian Great Lakes. ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting 2008, Orlando, FL, Mar. 6, 2008, session 108.
• Xiao, J., K.J. Davis, B.D. Cook, P.V. Bolstad, A.R. Desai, N. Saliendra, K. Cherry, R. Kolka, P. Weishampel., 2008. Upscaling of Eddy Flux Measurements in the Upper Great Lakes Region Using MODIS Data and Modeling Approaches, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract B51A -0367.

2007

• Desai, A.R., G.A. McKinley, N.R. Urban, C. Wu, 2007: Carbon cycling in Lake Superior: Impact on upper Midwest regional carbon balance. EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 88(52), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract B41F -03, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 13, 2007. (presentation)
• Desai, A.R., D.S. Schimel, K.J. Davis, W.J. Sacks, 2007: Regional carbon fluxes by simultaneous assimilation of multiple flux towers in a simple ecosystem model. U.S. North American Carbon Program (NACP) Investigators Meeting, Colorado Springs, CO, Jan. 22-24, 2007, H.5. (poster)
• Moffat, A.M., D. Papale, M. Reichstein, D.Y. Hollinger, A.D. Richardson, A.G. Barr, C. Beckstein, B.H. Braswell, G. Churkina, A.R. Desai, E. Falge, J.H. Gove, M. Heimann, D. Hui, A.J. Jarvis, J. Kattge, A. Noormets, V.J. Stauch, 2007: Comprehensive comparison of gap filling techniques for eddy covariance net carbon fluxes. EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 88(52), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract B33E -1666, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 2007. (poster)
• Ricciuto, D.M., K. Keller, K.J. Davis, A.R. Desai, A.S. Denning, 2007: Carbon cycle data assimilation to improve terrestrial carbon flux diagnosis and prediction, U.S. North American Carbon Program (NACP) Investigators Meeting, Colorado Springs, CO, Jan. 22-24, 2007, K.9.
• Saliendra, N., M. Kubiske, R. Teclaw, R. Kolka, K. Davis, K. Cherrey, A.R. Desai, D. Ricciuto, P. Bolstad, B. Cook, R. Anderson, F. Heinsch, 2007: Upscaling carbon fluxes from stand-level towers to the footprint of a very tall tower in a heterogeneous landscape, EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 88(52), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract B53B -1189, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 2007. (poster)

2006

• Davis, K.J., B.D. Cook, A.R. Desai, D.M. Ricciuto, W. Wang, 2006. The importance of advective flows on regional upscaling in a heterogeneous landscape using a regional cluster of towers. Flux Measurements in Difficult Conditions, Specialist Post-Conference Workshop, Integrated Land Ecosystem-Atmosphere Process Study (iLEAPS), Boulder, CO, Jan 2006. (presentation)
• Desai, A.R., K.J. Davis, P.V. Bolstad, B. Helliker, 2006: Constraining regional CO2 flux with multiple top-down and bottom-up approaches. Ameriflux Science Meeting, October 16-18, 2006. (poster)
• Desai, A.R., P.R. Moorcroft, P.V. Bolstad and K.J. Davis. Observing and modeling the impact of forestry and CO2 fertilization on the carbon cycle in the Upper Midwest, USA. EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union 87(36), Joint Assembly Supplement, Abstract B43A -30, Baltimore, MD, May 2006. (poster)
• Saliendra, N., M. Kubiske, R. Teclaw, R. Kolka, K.J. Davis, K. Cherrey, A.R. Desai, D.M. Ricciuto, P.V. Bolstad, B.D. Cook, F.A. Heinsch. Testing the flux tower upscaling hypothesis in a complex landscape in northern Wisconsin. Ameriflux Annual Meeting, Boulder, CO, Oct 2006. (poster)
• Washenfelder, R.A., G.C. Toon, Z. Yang, G.K. Aleks, P.O. Wennberg, A.R. Desai, D.M. Ricciuto, A.E. Andrews, 2006: Surface exchange of CO2 observed by column measurements. ESO Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 87(52), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract B43A -0265, San Francisco, CA, Dec 2006. (poster)

2005

• Bolstad, P.V., A.R. Desai, B.D. Cook and K.J. Davis. Bias and variability in biometric estimates of forest woody carbon gain at landscape scales: An empirical test in North Central Wisconsin. EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union 86(52), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract B44B -08, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 2005. (abstract)
• Davis, K.J., A.E. Andrews, J. Berry, P.V. Bolstad, J. Chen, B.D. Cook, A.S. Denning, A.R. Desai, F.A. Heinsch, B. Helliker, N. Miles, A. Noormets, D.M. Ricciuto, S. Richardson, M. Uliasz, W. Wang. Regional forest-atmosphere carbon exchange via atmospheric inversions and flux-tower upscaling. EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union 86(52), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract B44B -06, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 2005. (abstract)
• Davis, K.J., A. Andrews, J.A. Berry, P.V. Bolstad, J. Chen, B.D. Cook, A.S. Denning, A.R. Desai, B.R. Helliker, N. Miles, A. Noormets, D.M. Ricciuto, S.J. Richardson, M. Uliasz and W. Wang. Regional ecosystem-atmosphere carbon exchange observed simultaneously via atmospheric inversions and flux-tower upscaling. Proceedings of the Seventh International Carbon Dioxide Conference, Broomfield, CO, Sep. 2005. (abstract)
• Desai, A.R., P.V. Bolstad, P.R. Moorcroft, K.J. Davis. 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. EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union 86(52), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract B44B -05, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 2005. (presentation)
• Desai, A.R., W. Wang, D.M. Ricciuto, B.D. Cook, F.A. Heinsch, K.J. Davis, A. Noormets, J. Chen, P.V. Bolstad, S.J. Richardson, N. Miles, M. Uliasz and P.R. Moorcroft, Synthesis of top-down and bottom-up scaling of regional terrestrial carbon dioxide fluxes: Implications for global terrestrial CO2 flux. Proceedings of the Seventh International Carbon Dioxide Conference, Broomfield, CO, Sep. 2005. (poster)

2004

• Davis, K.J., M.P. Butler, A.R. Desai, N.L. Miles, D.M. Ricciuto, S.J. Richardson, W. Wang, A.S. Denning, M. Uliasz, B.B. Stephens, A.E. Andrews, C. Yi and P.S. Bakwin, 2004. The role of flux towers in the emerging continental observing network. NOAA CMDL Modeling and Data Analysis Workshop. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO, Sep. 2004.
• Davis, K.J., K.J. Craig, A.R. Desai, S. Kang, B.P. Reen and D.R. Stauffer, 2004. Observations and simulations of ABL and land surface heterogeneity during IHOP. 2nd International H2O Project Science Meeting, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Toulouse, France, Jun. 2004. (presentation)
• Desai, A.R., A. Noormets, P.V. Bolstad, J. Chen, B.D. Cook, P.S. Curtis, K.J. Davis, E. Euskirchen, C. Gough, J. Martin, D.M. Ricciuto, H.P. Schmid, J. Tang, H.B. Su, C. Vogel and W. Wang. Impact of vegetation cover and stand age on scaling carbon fluxes in the upper Midwest: A multiple eddy flux site study. EOS Transactions, American Geohpysical Union 85(47), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract B51A -0925, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 2004. (poster)
• Tang, J., P.V. Bolstad, A.R. Desai, J.G. Martin, B.D. Cook and K.J. Davis. Ecosystem respiration and its components in an old-growth and mature northern forest. EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union 85(47), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract B51A -0938, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 2004. (abstract) (poster)

2003

• Carey, E.V., P.V. Bolstad, K.J. Davis and A.R. Desai. Carbon storage as a function of successional stage in forests of the Upper Midwest, USA. North American Carbon Program Joint PI Meeting, Arlington, VA, May 2003. (poster)
• Davis, K.J., K.J. Craig, A.R. Desai, S. Kang, N.L. Seaman, D.R. Stauffer, B.P. Reen and S.J. Richardson, Mesoscale variability in convective boundary layer structure observed during IHOP: Causes and implications for convective initiation. Proceedings of the 83rd Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Long Beach, CA, Feb. 2003. (abstract)
• Davis, K.J., D.R. Ricciuto, B.D. Cook, M.P. Butler, A.R. Desai, W. Wang, C. Yi, P.S. Bakwin, P.V. Bolstad, J. Martin, E. Carey, D.S. Mackay, B.E. Ewers. J. Chen, A. Normeets, F.A. Heinsch, A.S. Denning and R. Teclaw. A challenge to the flux-tower upscaling hypothesis? A multi-tower comparison from the Chequamegon Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study. EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union 84(46), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract B42D -07, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 2003. (abstract)
• Desai, A.R., B.D. Cook, K.J. Davis, P.V. Bolstad, E.V. Carey, J. Martin, L.J. Kreller and W. Wang. Old and Not-So-Old: Examining changes in forest ecosystem carbon exchange with stand age in the upper Midwest U.S. EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union 84(46), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract B52D -04, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 2003. (presentation)
• Desai, A.R., K.J. Davis, P.V. Bolstad, E.V. Carey, B.D. Cook, L.J. Kreller, R. Teclaw and D. Baumann. Sylvania Wilderness - 2 Years of Carbon Uptake in an Old-Growth Forest. Ameriflux Annual Meeting, Boulder, CO, Oct 2003. (poster)

2002

• Carey, E.V., P.V. Bolstad, M. Davis, L.J. Kreller, J. Gerlach, K. J. Davis, A.R. Desai, J. Isebrands and R.M. Teclaw. Sylvania, Michigan - New Flux Measurement at an Old Growth Site. Ameriflux Annual Meeting, Boulder, CO, Oct. 2002. (poster)

2001

• Desai, A.R., K.J. Davis, D.R. Stauffer, B.P. Reen, R.J. Dobosy and S. Ismail. Mesoscale variability in boundary layer development over the southern Great Plains. 9th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, American Meteorological Society, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Jul. 2001, 4 pp. (abstract)
• Reen, B.P., D.R. Stauffer, J.J. Davis and A.R. Desai. On the added value of high-resolution remotely sensed soil moisture data in a mesoscale model.14th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, American Meteorological Society, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Jul. 2001, 5pp. (abstract)