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Ankur R. Desai

Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Diagrams showing footprint, flux maps and hotspot maps.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Sleuthing for Culprits of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

by Ankur R. Desai 23 August 202228 September 2022

A new approach to detect hot spots of methane emissions with eddy covariance flux towers proves to be a worthy contender.

Three field photographs showing different vegetation types.
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It’s Cool to be Short When You’re in the Arctic Permafrost

by Ankur R. Desai 15 July 202225 July 2022

Extensive ground temperature measurements complicate our understanding of how vegetation cover, snow duration, and microtopography influence the pace of permafrost thaw in a changing climate.

Aerial image of the study area and photograph of eddy covariance tower equipped with all measuring devices.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Being Cool is a Slow Ride When You’re a Restored Wetland

by Ankur R. Desai 16 February 202215 March 2022

Restoring formerly drained peat wetlands can mitigate climate-warming emissions but the reward takes patience.

Two plots showing measurements of soil and ecosystem metabolism
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Dueling Eyes on Ecosystem Metabolism Tell Diverging Stories

by Ankur R. Desai 2 April 202122 December 2021

Multiple state-of-the-art independent observing systems consistently disagree on magnitudes and patterns of ecosystem metabolism of carbon dioxide, but together can shed new insight.

The University of Wyoming King Air samples water and carbon fluxes over an autumn-forested landscape in northern Wisconsin, USA, as part of the CHEESEHEAD19 study.
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Advances in Scaling and Modeling of Land-Atmosphere Interactions

by Ankur R. Desai, B. Butterworth, S. Metzger and M. Mauder 4 March 202122 December 2021

Papers are invited for a new cross-journal special collection on insights in scaling land-atmosphere interactions from field experiments, data analyses, and modeling.

Chart showing mercury stable isotope concentrations in tree rings
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Trees Are Watching Us and Our Actions

by Ankur R. Desai 31 March 20205 May 2022

Annual growth rings in trees tell us more than climate history; they can also document the rise and fall of human industrial activities.

Flowchart showing summary of options to analyze time trends in tree ring data
Posted inEditors' Highlights

The Many Intertwined Stories of Tree Rings

by Ankur R. Desai 5 September 201926 August 2019

Trees grow as they age, but it’s not straightforward to tease out how that growth changes over a century of environmental change.

Spatial cluster analysis of carbon uptake in Mexico
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Stocking a Proper Buffet for a Megadiverse Smorgasbord

by Ankur R. Desai 19 July 201916 July 2019

Mexico’s megadiverse biota challenge observation network design for efficient sampling, but novel methods can provide guidance and tests of representativeness.

Posted inEditors' Highlights

The Acid Tongue of Climate Change Strikes Our Streams

by Ankur R. Desai 5 October 201821 March 2022

Clear air policies have led to dramatic reductions in acid rain and improved ecosystem health, but it now appears that climate change could counteract those gains.

Posted inEditors' Highlights

What Lies and Waits Beneath Lake Ice?

by Ankur R. Desai 26 September 2018

Rarely made detailed measurements of carbon dioxide and methane under lake ice reveal a story more complex than simple models of gas buildup, with surprising findings for climate change impacts.

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