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2016 Year in Review

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Mike Dietze
Mike Dietze
PEcAn Project PI

A roundup of PEcAn project activities and highlights from 2016.

Across the year, the project combined regular software releases with workshops, invited talks, and hands-on collaborations that broadened both the platform and its user community.

Releases and Major Updates​

PEcAn 1.4.7 Release (January 2017)​

This release included significant updates and improvements to the PEcAn platform.

PEcAn 1.4.6 Released (March 2016)​

This version brought various bug fixes and enhancements to the system.

PEcAn 1.4.5 Released (February 2016)​

Another incremental release with important improvements and bug fixes.

Workshops and Courses​

PEcAn at Flux Course (July 2016)​

The team returned to teach at the annual Flux Course, providing hands-on training in ecosystem modeling and data analysis.

PEcAn at Harvard Forest REU (July 2016)​

The team presented PEcAn to Research Experience for Undergraduates participants at Harvard Forest.

PEcAn Workshop May 2016​

A dedicated PEcAn workshop was held in May 2016 to train new users and gather feedback from the community.

Conferences and Presentations​

Ecological Forecasting book accepted! (June 2016)​

A major milestone - the ecological forecasting textbook was accepted for publication.

PEcAn at ESA Sustaining Biological Infrastructure Workshop (May 2016)​

The team participated in this important workshop focused on sustaining scientific infrastructure.

PEcAn at PROFOUND spring course (April 2016)​

Team members contributed to the PROFOUND spring training course.

PEcAn at ILAMB meeting (April 2016)​

The project was represented at the International Land Model Benchmarking (ILAMB) meeting.

PEcAn at NACP workshop (March 2016)​

Participation in the North American Carbon Program workshop.

PEcAn at the 2016 INTERFACE meeting (February 2016)​

The team presented at this statistical computing conference.

PEcAn at the ED Community meeting (January 2016)​

Engagement with the Ecosystem Demography (ED) model community.

PEcAn Presentation at NEON Workshop "Operationalizing Ecological Forecasting" (January 2016)​

An important presentation on how PEcAn enables operational ecological forecasting, aligning with NEON's goals.