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SUMMARY:How do we model global plant physiology? A case study of leaf phen
 ology - Silvia Caldararu\, University of Edinburgh
DTSTART:20130206T090000Z
DTEND:20130206T100000Z
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CONTACT:Microsoft Research Cambridge Talks Admins
DESCRIPTION:Global climate change has raised new questions about the globa
 l carbon cycle and\, specifically\, about the role terrestrial vegetation 
 plays in this cycle. Over the last decades we have acquired a large amount
  of data on plant traits and processes from a variety of sources that rang
 e from field and laboratory studies to space based global measurements. We
  have also deepened our understanding of plant physiology at the leaf and 
 plant level. What we are faced with now is combining this understanding wi
 th the existing data to develop global models that have the capacity to an
 swer questions about the future of the terrestrial carbon cycle. I will de
 scribe how such a model can be built and the challenges we face\, focusing
  on the problem of leaf seasonal cycles\, known as leaf phenology.
LOCATION:Auditorium\, Microsoft Research Ltd\, 21 Station Road\, Cambridge
 \, CB1 2FB
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