CC&E Agenda
Oct 3-5, 2011, Hilton Alexandria Mark Center, Alexandria, VA.

Monday, October 3   -- Plaza A-B
        ** Morning Session chaired by Paula Bontempi **
8:30 AM 
Welcome    (Paula Bontempi)
8:40 AM 
Logistics    (Peter Griffith)
8:45 AM 
NASA Updates    (Steve Volz)
9:30 AM 
CC&E Focus Area    (Diane Wickland)
10:15 AM
BREAK  -- Terrace Room
11:00 AM
1.0 Integrated Remote Sensing and Modeling of Coupled Processes at Interfaces between Land-Atmosphere-Ocean Ecosystems:
11:00 AM 
1.1 Coastal Processes and Biogeochemical Fluxes at the Land-Ocean Interface    (Barney Balch)
11:30 AM 
1.2 Integrating land, ocean, and atmospheric processes through threatened and economically important fish species—the case of central California salmon    (Eric Danner)
12:00 PM 
1.3 Southern Ocean Gas Exchange Experiment (GasEx), Synthesis    (Carlos Del Castillo)
12:30 PM
LUNCH
        ** Afternoon Session chaired by Woody Turner **
2:00 PM
1.0 Integrated Remote Sensing and Modeling of Coupled Processes at Interfaces between Land-Atmosphere-Ocean Ecosystems:
2:00 PM 
1.4 Lessons learned through Model Intercomparison (MIP) Studies: land-atmosphere-ocean interactions and the challenges of coupled modeling through model intercomparison activities    (Jim Randerson)
2:30 PM 
Data: Remote Sensing Data Products Now Available for Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems Science    (Rama Nemani)
2:45 PM 
Data: Remote Sensing Data Products Now Available for Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems Science    (James Acker)
3:00 PM
1.0 Integrated Remote Sensing and Modeling of Coupled Processes at Interfaces between Land-Atmosphere-Ocean Ecosystems
3:00 PM
Panel Discussion
  MC: Maria Tzortziou
Panelists: Scott Doney, Steven Lohrenz, Peter Thornton
3:30 PM
Poster Speed Talks:
-- Combining Ecological and Atmospheric Observations to Understand Carbon Budgets Using Models with MODIS, LANDSAT, and GOSAT data.    (Scott Denning)
-- Trends in annual and seasonal high northern latitude CO2 fluxes from 1986 to 2007 inferred from a time dependent inversion compared with satellite NDVI observations to identify likely regions of change    (Lisa Welp)
-- A New Model Evaluation Framework for the International Land Model Benchmarking (ILAMB) Project    (Forrest Hoffman)
-- Ocean color and Arctic seasonal cycling    (Anand Gnanadesikan)
-- EV-1 Airborne Microwave Observatory of Subcanopy and Subsurface (AirMOSS) Mission Status    (Mahta Moghaddam)
4:00 PM
Poster Session -- Magnolia & Upper Foyer & BREAK -- Terrace Room
5:00 PM
Social in Poster Area with Hotel Hosted Hors d'ouevres and Happy Hour in Lobby Bar
7:00 PM
ADJOURN

Tuesday, October 4   -- Plaza A-B
        ** Morning Session chaired by Garik Gutman **
8:30 AM
2.0 Global Change Impact & Vulnerability
8:30 AM 
2.1 Impacts of Ecosystem Disturbance and Vulnerability Trends    (Hank Shugart)
9:00 AM 
2.2 Impacts in and Vulnerability of Northern Latitude Ecosystems (aquatic and terrestrial)    (Kevin Arrigo)   [presentation not provided]
9:30 AM 
2.3 The Great Eurasian Transition--Changing social and economic policies and their implications for the world's largest continent    (Volker Radeloff)
10:00 AM
BREAK  -- Terrace Room
10:30 AM
2.0 Global Change Impact & Vulnerability
10:30 AM
Panel Discussion
  MC: Jim Collatz
Panelists: Eric Kasischke, Frank Muller-Karger, Tris West
11:00 AM
Poster Speed Talks:
-- Climate Mediated Increases in Phytoplankton Blooms in the Northern Arabian Sea and Potential Feedback Effects    (Dick Barber)
-- VIP Data Explorer: A Tool for Exploring 30 years of Vegetation Index and Land Surface Phenology    (Kamel Didan)
-- The Carbon in Arctic Reservoirs Vulnerability Experiment (CARVE): Results from 2011 Engineering Test Flights    (Chip Miller)
-- Detection and Attribution of Rapid Large-scale Shifts in the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle    (Wolfgang Buermann)
-- Melting ice, habitat change and nutrient flux: Hydrological, biogeochemical and biological linkages between the Copper River watershed and the coastal Gulf of Alaska    (Rob Campbell)
11:30 AM
Poster Session -- Plaza C & Lower Foyer
12:30 PM
LUNCH
        ** Afternoon Session chaired by Brad Doorn **
2:00 PM 
Data: Remote Sensing Data Product continuity: Status, Challenges, and Risks    (Compton Tucker, Chuck McClain)
2:30 PM
3.0 Science in Support of Decision Making
2:30 PM 
3.1 Integrated Assessments and their Role in Providing Essential Information for Decision Making    (Tony Janetos)
3:00 PM 
3.2 Carbon Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification    (Josef Kellndorfer)
3:30 PM 
3.3 Carbon, Water, And Land Use in Southeast Asia    (Lisa Curran)   [presentation canceled]
4:00 PM
BREAK  -- Terrace Room
4:30 PM
3.0 Science in Support of Decision Making
4:30 PM 
3.4 Remote Sensing for biodiversity conservation, land cover and land use change, and carbon/ecosystem management    (Catherine Graham)
5:00 PM 
Data: New Uses for Data Products and Coordinated Networks of Observations    (Jeff Masek)
5:15 PM 
Data: New Uses for Data Products and Coordinated Networks of Observations    (Jeremy Werdell)
5:30 PM
National Climate Assessment
Overview of the U.S. National Climate Assessment    (Kathy Jacobs - Office of Science and Technology Policy)

Discussion
MC: Bill Emanuel - USGCRP

6:30 PM
ADJOURN

Wednesday, October 5   -- Plaza A-B
        ** Chaired by Diane Wickland **
8:30 AM 
Invited Keynote Speaker: Opportunities, boundary conditions and risks for our science area    (Piers Sellers - Former Astronaut, Deputy Director of the Sciences and Exploration Directorate at GSFC)   [presentation not provided]
9:00 AM
3.0 Science in Support of Decision Making
9:00 AM
Panel Discussion
  MC: George Hurtt
Panelists: Francisco Chavez, Nancy French, Molly Macauley
9:30 AM
Poster Speed Talks:
-- Discovering relationships between climate and animal migration with new tools for linking animal movement tracks with weather and land surface data    (Gil Bohrer)
-- Operational Forest Carbon Assessment and Management    (Richard Birdsey)
-- Development and use of the Wildland Fire Emissions Information System for quantifying and mapping fire emissions for North America    (Nancy French)
-- High-Resolution Coral Reef Bleaching Tools: A Decision Support System to Help Managers Protect Reefs in a Changing Climate    (C. Mark Eakin)
-- Can we avoid the permafrost carbon tipping point?    (Kevin Schaefer)
-- Monitoring coastal wetlands and near shore aquatic environments in response to the BP Horizon oil spill    (Susan Ustin)
10:00 AM
Poster Session -- Plaza C & Lower Foyer & BREAK -- Terrace Room
11:30 AM
Wrap-up Panel
  MC: Allison Leidner
Panelists: Ken Davis, Lola Fatoyinbo, Andrew Hansen, Paty Matrai
12:30 PM
HQ comments and Q&A
1:00 PM
ADJOURN / LUNCH