Welcome to BASIN!
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 (see NSF
proposal).
BASIN 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 (precipitation, soil moisture, water vapor, river water, plant and soil organic matter, respiration, photosynthesis, transpiration).
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.
BASIN hosts meetings, workshops, discussions, and a web-based database for scientists from all disciplines interested in carbon and water cycle research.
BASIN 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 (precipitation, soil moisture, water vapor, river water, plant and soil organic matter, respiration, photosynthesis, transpiration).
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.
BASIN hosts meetings, workshops, discussions, and a web-based database for scientists from all disciplines interested in carbon and water cycle research.
Grad Student Opportunity in Tree Rings and Isotopes in Mongolia
University of Pennsylvania
Posted 23 Oct 2007
student registration grants
for the Fall 2007 AGU Meeting now open!
Posted 2 Nov, 2007
New website for the 2008 Isoscapes meeting,
April 8-10 2008
Santa Barbara, California
Posted 23 Oct, 2007
Isotopes as Indicators of Ecological Change is now available from Elsevier Academic Press.
Posted 23 Oct, 2007
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