Huemmrich & Campbell return to Utqiagvik as part of ABoVE

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 09:42:54 -0400
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Fred Huemmrich recently discussed the ground-based fieldwork that he, Petya Campbell, and colleagues conducted in Utqiagvik, Alaska, "the northernmost town in the U.S." Throughout his engaging summary, Dr. Huemmrich provided detailed research processes and discoveries, discussing what they found from in situ research as compared with satellite data. Additionally, he described their working and living conditions (e.g., various buildings plus boot protocol), as well as the beautiful flora and fauna, and the town's highlights.

Their research, which centers on "how to use the information from the light emitted by tundra plants as solar induced fluorescence (SIF) to describe the functioning of the tundra ecosystem," was conducted over the summer from June through August, and the project is part of the NASA Terrestrial Ecology program's Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE). Read more here from Earth Observatory's Notes from the Field.