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Biogeochemical Cycling at the Urban Interface

This project seeks to understand the role of plant evapotranspiration (a plant’s water loss that happens from evaporation and transpiration) and soil moisture on urban microclimates.

microclimate

The local climate of a small site or habitat.The climate of a small area such as a cave, house, city or valley that may be different from that in the general region.

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The project integrates physical measurements with point-scale modeling to understand the effectiveness of the DOE’s Energy Exascale Earth System Model’

Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM)

The Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM) project includes Earth System Models, simulations, and predictions to investigate energy-relevant science using code optimized for DOE's advanced supercomputers.

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s land model on urban trees and forest patches.

Keywords	biogeochemistry, biogeochemistry Studies the cycle of key elements like carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus within Earth's systems. It explores how these elements interact and the factors influencing their cycles. Source: Oak Ridge Biogeochemical Dynamics Source ecology, ecology The interrelationships between living organisms and their environments. Source: NASA earth observatory Source modeling, plant, soil, urban
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Keywords

biogeochemistry, ecology, modeling, plant, soil, urban

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Principal Investigator (PI)

Melanie Mayes

Lead Institution

Other Collaborators

University of Tennessee

Planning for the urban monitoring installation at the Socially Equal Energy Efficient Development (SEEEDknox.org). (Image credit: Melanie Mayes, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

For more information

Melanie Mayes
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

https://www.ornl.gov/project/biogeochemical-processes-influencing-urban-ecosystems

Categories

Data and Instruments > Ground-based Instruments, Observations, Remote Sensing

Land Surface > Biogeochemistry, Vegetation

Regional Ecosystems > Urban

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