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The Experimental Biophysics Measurements Laboratory is involved in a wide variety
of Biogeosciences Research including both measurable and process-based research at a series of scales under the
overarching themes of reducing uncertainties in biogeochemical pools
and fluxes and furthering our
understanding of landscape-scale ecological processes. The main research areas
and projects can be
accessed via the links on the left.
 Research
at a Glance:
The research lab has a very strong track-record in fire-effects
research and in 2007 completed a Joint Fire Sciences Program project that
synthesized what remote sensing tools are available (see left). This
information is also now available via
FRAMES.
One of the lab's fire-effects research goals is to reduce the reliance on
inappropriate spectral indices to assess fire-effects and to instead promote
research methods that can provide information relevant to ecology and
biogeochemical cycling.
To meet this goal the lab's research includes evaluating
fractional cover of green and charred surfaces
post-fire in addition to the fire's
radiative energy.
The
development of object-based remote sensing methods to characterize
vegetation structure is another strong focus area of our research group. We
have developed our own multi-scale method and have
successfully applied it to aerial photography and LiDAR data. We are also
developing new analysis and interpretation tools.
A strong focus area of the lab is research to further our
understanding of aspen succession
through the development of landscape-scale models. The interactions of
aspen with western juniper, in addition to water budget and habitat
questions of the ecosystem as a whole are also being researched.
The development of LiDAR processing
methods is another focus area of the research group. Our collaborators
at the USFS have developed the
optimal digital elevation model generation
method for use in high biomass forests.
We are also collaborating with numerous LiDAR collaborators to promote and
develop standards for LiDAR analysis of vegetation. Our LidAR collaborators
include the USGS CLICK program,
the Owyhee Wildland
Lidar Experiment, and the Joseph W
Jones Ecological Research Center.
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