David P. Turner

Associate Professor (Senior Research)
Ecological Modeling

340 Richardson Hall
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331

• Office: 340 Richardson Hall
• Phone: 541-737-5043
• Fax: 541-750-7329

• B.A., 1975, University of Colorado, Denver
• M.A., 1978, University of Colorado, Boulder
• Ph.D., 1984, Washington State University, Pullman

FS 507, Systems Theory
FS 599, Ecological Modeling

Forest nutrient cycling, spatially-distributed ecosystem models, application of satellite remote sensing to vegetation analysis.

Spatially-distributed modeling of net primary production for validation of Earth Observing System satellite products. Landscape to regional modeling of net ecosystem production. Development of light use efficiency algorithms for monitoring net primary production with satellite remote sensing.

1. Department of Energy. “Synthesis of remote sensing and field observations to model and understand disturbance and climate effects on the carbon balance of Oregon and N California”, 2004-2007, $1,021,123 (PI: Law, CoPIs: Turner, Cohen, Styles).
2. NASA Terrestrial Ecology Program. “BigFoot Extension Proposal”, 2004-2005, $218,203.

1. Turner, D.P., Ritts, W.D., Cohen, W.B., Maeirsperger, T.K., Gower, S.T., Kirschbaum, A., Running, S.W., Zhao, M., Wofsy, S.C., Dunn, A.L., Law, B.E., Campbell, J.C., Oechel, W.C., Kwon, H.J., Meyers, T.P., Small, E.E., Kurc, S.A., Gamon, J.A. 2005. Site-level evaluation of satellite-based global terrestrial gross primary production and net primary production monitoring. Global Change Biology 11:666-684.
2. Turner, D.P., Ollinger, S.V., Kimball, J.S. 2004. Integrating remote sensing and ecosystem process models for landscape to regional scale analysis of the carbon cycle. BioScience 54:573-584.
3. Turner, D.P., Guzy, M., Lefsky, M., Ritts, W., VanTuyl, S., Law, B.E. 2004. Monitoring forest carbon sequestration with remote sensing and carbon cycle modeling. Environmental Management 33:457-466.
4. Turner, D.P., Ritts, W.D., Cohen, W.B., Gower, S.T., Zhao, M., Running, S.W., Wofsy, S.C., Urbanski, S., Dunn, A., Munger, J.W. 2003. Scaling gross primary production (GPP) over boreal and deciduous forest landscapes in support of MODIS GPP product validation. Remote Sensing of Environment 88:256-270.
5. Turner, D.P., Guzy, M., Lefsky, M.A., VanTuyl, S., Sun, O., Daly, C., and Law, B.E. 2003. Effects of land use and fine scale environmental heterogeneity on net ecosystem production over a temperate coniferous forest landscape. Tellus 55B:657-668.
6. Turner, D.P., Cohen, W.B., and Kennedy, R.E. 2000. Alternative spatial resolutions and estimation of carbon flux over a managed forest landscape in western Oregon. Landscape Ecology 15:441-452.
7. Running, S.R., Baldocchi, D.D., Turner, D.P., Gower, S.T., Bakwin, P.S., and Hibbard, K.A. 1999. A global terrestrial monitoring network integrating tower fluxes, flask sampling, ecosystem modeling and EOS satellite data. Remote Sensing of Environment 70:108-128.
8. Turner, D.P., Cohen, W.B., Kennedy, R. E., Fassnacht, K.S., and Briggs, J.M. 1999. Relationships between leaf area index and TM spectral vegetation indices across three temperate zone sites. Remote Sensing of Environment 70:52-68.
9. Turner, D.P., Winjum, J.K., Kolchugina, T.P., Vinson, T.S., Schroeder, P.E., Phillips, D.L. and Cairns, M.A. 1998. Estimating the terrestrial carbon pools of the former Soviet Union, conterminous U.S., and Brazil. Climate Research 9:183-196.
10. Turner, D.P., Winjum, J.K., Kolchugina, T.P. and Cairns, M.A. 1997. Accounting for biological and anthropogenic factors in national land-base carbon budgets. Ambio 26:220-226.