Postdoc at MPI Biogeochemistry' | ![]() |
Modeling the responses of terrestrial ecosystems to elevated [CO2]
The central goal of my research is to understand the responses of terrestrial ecosystems to changing environmental conditions. I have previously focused on modeling deforestation, assessing changes over time in pan-arctic ecosystems using remote sensing observations, and improving model estimates of the high-latitude carbon cycle. I am now interested in understanding the responses of terrestrial ecosystems to elevated [CO2]. I hope to gain insights into these processes by analyzing and modeling observations from the Free Air CO2 Enrichment (FACE) experiments.
Luus, KA and Lin JC (2015) The Polar Vegetation Photosynthesis and Respiration Model (PolarVPRM): a parsimonious, satellite data-driven model of high-latitude CO2 exchange, Geoscientific Model Development Discussions, 8: 979-1027. |
Luus KA, Gel Y, Lin JC, Kelly REJ and Duguay CR (2013) Pan-Arctic linkages between snow accumulation and growing-season air temperature, soil moisture & vegetation, Biogeosciences, 10: 7575-7597. |
Luus KA, Kelly REJ, Lin JC, Humphreys ER, Lafleur PM and Oechel WC (2013) Modeling the influence of snow cover on low Arctic net ecosystem exchange, Environmental Research Letters: Focus on Cryospheric Ecosystems, 8: 035045. |
Luus KA, Lin JC, Kelly REJ and Duguay CR (2013) Subnivean Arctic & sub-Arctic net ecosystem exchange (NEE): Towards representing snow season processes in models of NEE using cryospheric remote sensing, Progress in Physical Geography, 37 (4): 484-515. |
Luus KA, Robinson DT and Deadman PJ (2013) Representing ecological processes in agent-based models of land use and cover change. Journal of Land Use Science, 8 (2): 175-198. |
Publications, according to Google Scholar
09/2013-current | Postdoc, MPI for Biogeochemistry, Germany |
05/2013-08/2013 | Lecturer, University of Waterloo, Canada |
09/2009-05/2013 | PhD, University of Waterloo, Canada |
05/2009-06/2009 | Research Intern, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Germany |
09/2007-08/2009 | MSc, University of Waterloo, Canada |
09/2003-04/2007 | BSc, Dalhousie University, Canada |