NGEE Arctic: Next Generation Ecosystem Experiments - Arctic

The Next-Generation Ecosystem

ecosystem

A natural community of plants, animals, and other living organisms and the physical environment in which they live and interact.

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Experiments seeks to improve our predictive understanding

predictive understanding

Predictive understanding refers to the ability of a system, typically an artificial intelligence or machine learning model, to anticipate future events or outcomes based on historical data and patterns.

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of carbon-rich Arctic system processes and feedbacks to climate. We do this through experiments, observations, and synthesis

synthesis

The process of combining a number of things into a coherent whole to form a theory or system.

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of existing datasets that strategically inform models and enhance the knowledge base required to initialize, calibrate, and evaluate models.