SGER: Feasibility Study for an In-Situ Climate-Warming Simulator

哈特博士将评估一种新方法的可行性， 调查生态后果的实地操作 全球变暖 该方法使用了一系列红外线 散热器悬挂在离地面三米的地方。 这提供 一种相对简单、可靠和现实的模拟方法， 增加地表温度 现场试验 程序将在重复的实验和 落基山脉未受干扰的山地草原的对照地块 位于科罗拉多的山地生物实验室。 额外 红外通量旨在产生几乎均匀的土壤 在实验地块上的温度上升， 与大气环流模式预测的年 该网站位于。 哈特博士是这方面的专家 生态学、生物保护以及 气候变化 这项研究的设施是 非常出色。

Dr. Harte will evaluate the feasibility of a novel approach to field manipulations for investigating the ecological consequences of global warming. The approach uses an array of infrared radiators suspended three meters above the ground. This provides a relatively simple, reliable, and realistic way to simulate additional surface warming in-situ. Field trials of the procedure will be conducted in replicated experimental and control plots in undisturbed montane grasslands at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (RMBL) in Colorado. Additional infrared flux is designed to produce a nearly uniform soil temperature rise over the experimental plots that is commensurate with that predicted by general circulation models for the gird in which the site is located. Dr. Harte is an expert in the area of ecology, biological conservation, and causes and consequences of climate change. The facilities for this research are outstanding.