About SpecNet

SpecNet (short for Spectral Network), builds on the existing capabilities of the flux tower network ( FLUXNET ) by adding spectral measurements to existing flux tower sites at a range of ecosystems around the world. SpecNet is envisioned as a data-sharing cooperative, and new investigators are welcome. The hope is that by standardizing sampling protocols and data structure across sites, we can facilitate an understanding of factors controlling terrestrial carbon flux and provide information useful for modeling and validating emerging satellite data products (e.g. MODIS ).

Alert! The International Meeting "SpecNet Europe" will take place at the Centre for Alpine Ecology - Fondazione Edmund Mach from the 30th June to the 04th of July, 2008. Please contact Analisa Losa for more information.

See meeting agenda (pdf).


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