posting the following on behalf of the organizers:
-------------------------------------- Dear Colleagues: We would like to encourage your participation in the session *Developing the Next-Generation of Sensors and Instruments for Application in the Biogeosciences* at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) national meeting on December 15-19, 2014 in San Francisco, CA. We want to hear about your adventures in developing and deploying commercial and advanced sensors and in developing networking capabilities in natural and human ecosystems. We appreciate your sharing this invitation with your colleagues, students, and listservers. Thank you, Stan, Yarom, and Melanie. *Developing the Next-Generation of Sensors and Instruments for Application in the Biogeosciences* Research in the biogeosciences is undergoing a revolution as collaborations are increasingly developed between geoscientists, ecologists, engineers, and information technologists. A common goal of these interactions is to better understand the functions of the Earth system across multiple spatial and temporal scales. While there has been some progress towards developing the *in situ* measurements needed to realize this goal, the convention of manually conducting measurements in the field, or field sampling followed by laboratory analysis is still common. However, advances in technology and interdisciplinary cooperation are changing this trend. This session will address how *instrumentation, sensor development, and low-power wireless communications* either now or in the future will enable a wide range of environmental monitoring applications. We encourage speakers to highlight how *new capabilities are transforming our ability to measure, monitor, detect, and quantify changes* in important physical, chemical, and biological processes in surface and subsurface environments. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm14/webprogrampreliminary/Session2630.html *Co-Conveners:* Stan D. Wullschleger Climate Change Science Institute, Environmental Sciences Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory Yarom Polsky Electrical and Electronics Systems Research Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory Melanie A. Mayes Climate Change Science Institute, Environmental Sciences Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory *Invited Speakers* 1. Mike Allen from the Department of Biology, University of California Riverside 2. David Sayres from Harvard University 3. John Selker from the Department of Biological & Ecological Engineering, Oregon State University 4. Kathleen Weathers from the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Santonu Goswami, Ph.D. Climate Change Science Institute and Environmental Sciences Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory P.O. Box 2008, MS-6301, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6301 Phone: +1 865 241-1296 | Fax: +1 865 241-9910 E-mail: [email protected] | Web: http://santonu.googlepages.com
