GLOBAL CHANGE EDUCATION PROGRAM
End of Summer Workshop
August 21 — August 24, 2005
AGENDA |
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August 21, 2005 - SUNDAY
12:00–6:30
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Registration
Hotel Lobby |
THE EVENING IS OPEN and IT IS YOURS
ENJOY THE SIGHTS and SOUNDS
OF
WASHINGTON, DC |
| August 22, 2005 - MONDAY |
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| 7:00–8:00 |
Continental Breakfast
Stateroom |
| 8:00–8:30 Welcome and GCEP Update |
Rickey Petty
Department of Energy |
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Jeffrey Gaffney
Argonne National Laboratory |
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Milton Constantin
Oak Ridge Institute for Science & Education |
| 8:30–9:00 |
Mechanisms of Soil Carbon Stabilization with
Reforestation of Tropical Pastures
Erika Marin-Spiotta (GREF)
Marvin Wesely Fellow 2005
University of California at Berkeley
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| 9:00–9:30 |
High Resolution, Stable Isotope Dendroclimatology in
the Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica
Kevin Anchukaitis (GREF)
University of Arizona
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| 9:30–10:00 |
Land Use and Land Cover Changes in Temperate
Savannas: Impact of Fire on Biodiversity
and Ecosystem Carbon Storage
Emily Hollister (GREF)
Texas A&M University
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| 10:00–10:30 |
Break
Stateroom |
| 10:30–11:00 |
Climate Change Predictions and Demographic Shifts in
Southeastern Deciduous Forest: Gaining Insight through
Experiments, Long-term Data Sets and Models
Allen McBride (GREF)
Duke University |
| 11:00–11:30 |
Comparison and Assessment of Methods to Partition
Net Ecosystem Exchange of CO2 in
Heterogeneous Environments
John Zobitz (GREF)
University of Utah
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| 11:30–12:00 |
Hydrologic and Vegetative Controls on Soil Carbon
Accumulation in Restored Grasslands
Sarah O'Brien (GREF)
University of Illinois at Chicago
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| 12:00–1:30 |
Lunch
On Your Own |
| 1:30–1:45 |
Puzzling Out Soil Carbon Dynamics of Elevated CO2
in a Sweetgum FACE Site: What’s Going
on With That Carbon?
Kate Flick (SURE)
University of Wisconsin at Madison
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| 1:45–2:00 |
Cryptobiotic Crust in Alpine and Sub-alpine Regions
Elizabeth Hart (SURE)
Willamette University
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| 2:00–2:15 |
Impact of Albedo Change on
Carbon Sequestration Strategies
Maithilee Kunda (SURE)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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| 2:15–2:30 |
Effects of Nitrogen Fertilization on the
Competitiveness of Invasive Species
Zara Berg (SURE)
Montana Tech/University of Montana
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| 2:30–2:45 |
Growth Biomechanics of Water-Stressed and Impeded Maize Roots: Rates, Mechanical Properties, and Morphological Patterns
and
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| 2:45-3:00 |
Wasting Away: Food, Feces, and Flatulence
in the U.S. Carbon Budget
Adam Roddy (SURE)
Swarthmore College
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| 3:00-3:30 |
Break
Stateroom |
| 3:30-3:45 |
N Mineralization in Intensive Maize-Based
Cropping Systems
Anna Goertzen (SURE)
Midland Lutheran College/University of Nebraska
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| 3:45-4:00 |
Adventures at the Howland Forest and Highlights of the
Ongoing Canopy Nitrogen Deposition Experiment
Gretchen Miles (SURE)
Alfred University
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| 4:00–4:30 |
Latitudinal Shifts in the Southern Hemisphere
Westerlies:Implications for Atmospheric C02 through
Southern OceanPositive Feedback Mechanisms
Christopher Moy (GREF)
Stanford University
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| 4:30–5:00 |
Improving Projections of Atmosphere-Ecosystem Carbon
and Water Exchange for Midwest Cropland in Response to
Rising Tropospheric Carbon Dioxide and Ozone
Joseph Castro (GREF)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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| 5:00 |
Adjourn |
| DINNER TIME ON YOUR OWN ENJOY DC |
August 23, 2005 - TUESDAY |
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| 7:00–8:30 |
Continental Breakfast
Stateroom |
| 8:30–9:00 |
Gulf of Mexico Corals as Monitors
of Environmental Change
Amy Wagner (GREF)
Texas A&M University
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| 9:00–9:30 |
C02-Mediated Effects on N Availability and
Potential N Limitation of Forest Productivity and
Long-Term Carbon Storage
Colleen Iversen (GREF)
University of Tennessee at Knoxville |
| 9:30–10:00 |
Carbonaceous Aerosol Impacts on Visibility – The
Puzzle of Smoke and Other Natural Sources
Gavin McMeeking (GREF)
Colorado State
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| 10:00-10:30 |
Break
Stateroom |
| 10:30–11:00 |
Addressing Major Uncertainties in Rates of Tropical
Deforestation and Associated Carbon Emissions
Holly Gibbs (GREF)
University of Wisconsin at Madison
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| 11:00-11:30 |
A New Experiment: Oxidation of Organic Aerosols
Luis Cuadra-Rodriguez (GREF)
University of Colorado at Boulder |
| 11:30–12:00 |
Aerosol Composition as a Function of
Hygroscopicity, Volatility and Density
Dabrina Dutcher (GREF)
University of Minnesota at Minneapolis
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| 12:00–1:30 |
Lunch
On Your Own |
| 1:30–1:45 |
Characterizing CO2 Flows: Using C14 Analysis,
Emission Databases and Modeling to Itemize
California’s Carbon Budget
Joshua Hatch (SURE)
Cornell University
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| 1:45–2:00 |
Simulation of Precipitating Convection
during the RICO Field Project
Edan Lindaman (SURE)
Loyola Marymount University/UCLA
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| 2:00-2:15 |
Climate Change Applications of Stable Carbon Isotope
Dendrochronologyin the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico
Laura Marshall (SURE)
University of Arizona
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| 2:15-2:30 |
Effects of a Wetland on the Carbon
Exchange in the Harvard Forest
Jennifer McInnis (SURE)
Cornell University
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| 2:30-2:45 |
Hitting the Slopes: Can Electromagnetic Mapping
Determine Changes in Soil Water Content?
Do
Hillslope Properties Explain Tree Growth and CO2
Efflux: A Study in Forest Ecohydrology plus Engineering!
Jessica Mandrick (SURE)
Swarthmore College
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| 2:45–3:15 |
Break
Stateroom |
| 3:15–3:30 |
The Growth of Aerosol Particles
Tri Tran (SURE)
University of California at Riverside
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| 3:30–3:45 |
An Empirical Model of Land Use in the Southern
Yucatan of Mexico: A Contribution to Explaining Past
and Forecasting Future Deforestation in the Region
Christopher Busch (GREF)
University of California at Berkeley
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| 3:45–4:00 |
A Study of Kinetics and Mechanisms Involved in
the Atmospheric Degradation of Bromopropane
and its Bi-Products
Monica Martinez-Aviles (GREF)
Purdue University
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| 4:00 |
Adjourn |
| 6:30 Final Working Session |
Congressional Room
Food and Beverages |
| 8:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS |
Global Change Science from Basic Research
to the Federal Policy Process
Paul Higgins
Former GREF
AMS/UCAR Congressional Fellow
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Recognition and Presentation of Certificates |
End of Workshop |
| August 24, 2005 - WEDNESDAY |
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LAST DAY
DEPART FOR HOME
FAREWELL
SEE YOU AGAIN
SUMMER 2006 |
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