Jessica Larsen

Title: Staff Ecologist
Affiliation: Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences
Location: DRI Reno
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Phone: 775.673.7403

Professional Experience

• Staff Ecologist, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV
• Staff Research Scientist, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV
• Graduate Research Assistant, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV
• Research Assistant, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Research Experience

• Ecosystem CO₂ fluxes
• Evapotranspiration (water budgets)
• Isotopic analysis of xylem water (source water determination)
• Evaporating and combusting dissolved organic carbon samples
• Monitoring changes in canopy development (% greenness index, NDVI, LAI, point quadrat method)

Current Projects

• Eddy covariance and static chamber measurements of evapotranspiration in arid ecosystems.
• Global change and ecosystem H₂O and CO₂ fluxes in the Mojave and Negev Deserts.
• Net ecosystem CO₂ exchange in Mojave Desert shrublands exposed to elevated CO₂.
• IRCEB: Interannual climate variability and ecosystem processes: A quantitative assessment combining models with field and mesocosm experiments.