| The Biogeosphere-Atmosphere Stable Isotope Network (BASIN) facilitates research using stable isotopes to study ecosystem processes in the hydrological cycle at various scales, particularly in response to environmental and land use change and impacts on the global carbon cycle. |
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| BASIN is a Research Coordination Network funded by the National Science Foundation, NSF (see proposal). It is an international effort to bring together ecologist, hydrologists, and atmospheric scientists to share new data, synthesize information, and exchange methodologies for characterizing the isotopic composition of ecosystem components (e.g., precipitation, soil moisture, water vapor, river water, plant and soil organic matter, respiration, photosynthesis, transpiration). |
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| BASIN complements FLUXNET, the international network of meteorological tower sites measuring the net ecosystem CO2 exchange (NEE) and evapotranspiration (ET) in different ecosystems. By combining NEE and ET with stable isotope measurements, we can better partition the components of NEE and ET fluxes within an ecosystem, and gain insights on the processes controlling sources and sinks on large scales. |
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| BASIN hosts meetings, workshops, discussions, and a web-based database for scientists from all disciplines interested in carbon and water cycle research. |
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| - Upcoming meeting: The Roles of Stable Isotopes in Water Cycle Research, March 29-April 1, 2011, Colorado, USA website
- 11th Australasian environmental isotope conference, July 12-14, 2011, Cairns, Far North Queensland, Australia more
- Sessions announced for AGU Fall Meeting, December 13-17, 2010, abstracts accepted July 21-Sept 2 see Meetings
- Recent paper: Discrepancies between isotope ratio infrared spectroscopy and isotope ratio mass spectrometry for the stable isotope analysis of plant and soil waters: West, A. G., G. R. Goldsmith, P. D. Brooks and T. E. Dawson, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 24(14): 1948-1954. pdf
- Post-Doctoral Researcher: Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry - UC Davis July 27, 2010
- Research Scientist - Stable Isotope Lab Manager - University of Wyoming July
21, 2010
- Research Associate-Chemist - Dauphin Island Sea Lab, University of Alabama July 1, 2010
- Postdoctoral Research - Oxygen Isotopes and Tree Canopy Temperatures University of Pennsylvania May 5, 2010
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 Isoscapes: Understanding movement, pattern, and process on Earth through isotope mapping. 2010. West, J.B.; Bowen, G.J.; Dawson, T.E.; Tu, K.P. (Eds.) website
 Stable Isotopes as Indicators of Ecological Change. 2007. Dawson, T.E. and Seigwolf, R.T.W. (Eds.) website
- The Role of Stable Isotopes in Water
Cycle Research, March 29-April 1, 2011, Colorado, USA website
- 11th Australasian environmental isotope conference, July 12-14, 2011, Cairns, Far North Queensland, Australia more
- 2010 AGU Fall Meeting, December
13-17, abstracts submissions July 21-Sept 2 see Meetings
- MORE...
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