Welcome to the Berkeley Biometeorology Lab Web site.

The general theme of research in the Biometeorology lab is on:

"trace gas and energy exchange between vegetation and the atmosphere."

The ultimate goal of our research is to predict the fluxes of a suite of greenhouse gases everywhere, and all of the time, with the aim towards understanding 'the breathing of the Biosphere'.

Our research approach involves the coordinated use of experimental measurements and theoretical models to understand the physical, biological, and chemical processes that control trace gas fluxes between the biosphere and atmosphere and to quantify their temporal and spatial variations. The spatial scales of this work ranges from the dimension of a leaf through the depth of plant canopies and the planetary boundary layer and the horizontal extent of landscapes. The temporal aspect of this work ranges from seconds through hours, days, seasons and years.

Lines of inquiry revolve around quantifying the fluxes of greenhouse gases (e.g. water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane) of ecosystems that receive excess (e.g. wetlands, rice) or deficient (e.g. oak savanna and annual grasslands) amounts of water.The upscaling our site-based information, at regional and global scales is being accomplished through our coordination and association with the FLUXNET project and concurrent acquisition of multi-faceted remote sensing products.

 

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