Ecosystem Modelling and Scaling Infrastructure

The e-MAST Facility will create and develop an operational research infrastructure enabling TERN site/plot , flux tower, remote sensing and Eco-informatics data to be integrated and applied to benchmarking, improving and applying ecosystem models for applications at scales from landscape management to carbon accounting and climate prediction. It will unlock the potential of TERN data streams for applications requiring up- and down-scaling of diverse contemporary observations, and prognostic modelling of the impacts of environmental and land-use change. Component modules will link biophysical and biogeochemical processes to biodiversity conservation, water resources and fire risks.

Components of the e-MAST Facility

Facility Director:

Professor (Iain) Colin Prentice
Macquarie University
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If you are in Adelaide on Tuesday 27 March, you might be interested in attending The ACEAS Great Debate as a prelude to the TERN Symposium.

Registration to the 3rd TERN Annual National Symposium is now open. Program and registration information are on the symposium webpage.

TERN's AusCover Facility is holding a Data Users Workshop in Brisbane on 8 March. Visit the web page for links to the program and information on how to register.

TERN's AusPlots Sub-Facility is holding a Field Method Training workshop at the Renmark and Calperum Station Supersite in South Australia, 4-9 March. Limited places available, so get in quick!

In our December newsletter the TERN Director summarises — and celebrates — the huge effort that has gone into creating the TERN network so far. We introduce you to the complex world of the Australian Supersite Network. At workshops in Adelaide and Perth, TERN facilities work with various collaborators; we invite you to get involved in TERN; and there's some wild talk. You'll have to read the newsletter to find out more.

New research supersite will tell woodlands climate story (media release)

What would it take to get you to share (both deposit and use) data in TERN facility portals? If this question interests you join our discussion on LinkedIn.