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 NASA Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems Joint Science Workshop 2011   http://cce.nasa.gov/meeting_2015/ 

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Monday, April 20        [back to top]
8:30 AM
Plenary -- Chesapeake Ballroom
8:30 AM 
Opening remarks    (Allison Leidner - NASA HQ/USRA)   [presentation]
8:45 AM 
Earth Science Division update    (Mike Freilich - Director, NASA Earth Science)   [presentation]
9:05 AM 
Research & Analysis update    (Jack Kaye - Associate Director, NASA Earth Science)
9:25 AM 
CC&E Focus Area update    (Paula S. Bontempi - CC&E Focus Area Lead)   [presentation]
9:45 AM 
Questions
10:00 AM
Break
10:30 AM
Theme 1: Tracking habitat change through new integrative approaches and products
Chair: Helen Bailey, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
10:30 AM 
Tracking changes to habitats and biodiversity for global assessments and monitoring    (Walter Jetz - Yale University)   [abstract]   [presentation]
10:48 AM 
Monitoring global land cover with Landsat data    (Matt Hansen - University of Maryland College Park)   [abstract]
11:06 AM 
Advances in the Remote Sensing of Terrestrial Vegetation and the Development of a Predictive Science of the Biosphere    (Paul Moorcroft - Harvard University)   [abstract]   [presentation]
11:24 AM 
Characterizing marine habitats and their changes using satellite products and numerical models    (Stephanie Dutkiewicz - MIT)   [abstract]   [presentation]
11:42 AM 
Remote sensing and in situ measurement of habitat diversity and function    (Phil Townsend - University of Wisconsin)   [abstract]   [presentation]
12:00 PM
Poster Speed Talks
The Influence of Vegetation Height Heterogeneity on Forest and Woodland Bird Species Richness across the United States    (Qiongyu Huang - University of Maryland)   [abstract] -- Poster Location: 27
Agricultural Green Revolution as a driver of increasing atmospheric CO2 seasonal amplitude    (Fang Zhao - University of Maryland)   [abstract] -- Poster Location: 176
A new global soil and alluvial thickness dataset for terrestrial process studies    (Patrick Broxton - University of Arizona)   [abstract] -- Poster Location: 75
County-level Aboveground Biomass Estimation Implications of Allometric Equation Selection    (Laura Duncanson - University of Maryland)   [abstract] -- Poster Location: 111
12:05 PM
Lunch
1:30 PM
Poster Session 1  -- Potomac Ballroom
Theme 1: Tracking habitat change through new integrative approaches and products
Theme 2: Landscapes to coasts: understanding Earth system connections
Carbon Monitoring System (CMS) Posters
2:30 PM
Theme 2: Landscapes to coasts: understanding Earth system connections
Chair: Anand Gnanadesikan, Johns Hopkins University
2:30 PM 
Transfer of terrestrial carbon to and processing within drainage basins    (Peter Raymond - Yale University)   [abstract]   [presentation]
2:52 PM 
Lateral fluxes of carbon and nutrients from land to the coastal ocean    (Marjy Friedrichs - Virginia Institute of Marine Science)   [abstract]   [presentation]
3:14 PM 
Yellowing coastal seas in the Anthropocene    (Barney Balch - Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences)   [abstract]
3:36 PM 
Quantifying Ecological Shift and the Fate of Blue Carbon in Coastal Wetlands of the Western Gulf of Mexico    (Patrick Louchouarn - Texas A & M University @ Galveston)   [abstract]
4:00 PM
Poster Speed Talks
Accelerated Deforestation in the Humid Tropics from the 1990s to the 2000s    (Do-Hyung Kim - University of Maryland)   [abstract] -- Poster Location: 5
Understanding the controls of the greening of terrestrial vegetation of northern Eurasia.    (Pawlok Dass - University of Massachusetts Amherst)   [abstract] -- Poster Location: 41
Quantifying human influence on fire ignitions across the western U.S.    (Emily Fusco - University of Massachusetts, Amherst)   [abstract] -- Poster Location: 62
Deriving Land Cover Fractional Maps with Unmixing Algorithm    (Uttam Kumar - NASA Ames Research Center / ORAU)   [abstract] -- Poster Location: 181
4:05 PM
Break
4:30 PM
Poster Session 2  -- Potomac Ballroom
Theme 3: Future research direction and priorities: perspectives relevant to the next decadal survey
Theme 4: Human influence on global ecosystems
5:30 PM
No-host Social at Hotel Restaurant/ Poster Hall

Tuesday, April 21        [back to top]
8:30 AM
Plenary - Keynote Address -- Chesapeake Ballroom
Chair: Steve Running, University of Montana
8:30 AM 
A Perspective on Past Generations of NASA Science and Lessons Learned Relevant for Your Future    (Diane E. Wickland - Retired (NASA))   [presentation]
9:00 AM
Theme 3: Future research direction and priorities: perspectives relevant to the next decadal survey
Chair: Josh Fisher, JPL
9:00 AM 
Stomata to globe: How far the science has come, and how far will it go?    (Joe Berry - Carnegie Institution for Science)   [abstract]   [presentation]
9:20 AM 
Phytoplankton to the Ocean's Biological Pump: How Far Have We Come & How Far Do We Have To Go?    (Dave Siegel - UC Santa Barbara)   [abstract]   [presentation]
9:40 AM 
Closing science gaps: Bridging across scales and integrating across platforms    (Anna Michalak - Carnegie Institution for Science)
10:00 AM 
Sustained versus new observations: a rumble about the jungle    (Dave Schimel - Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Steven Running - University of Montana)   [abstract]
10:30 AM 
Breakout group charge    (Allison Leidner - NASA HQ / USRA)
10:40 AM
Break / move to breakouts
11:00 AM
Breakout Group Discussions
Group 1 -- Room 2112
Chairs: Vanessa Escobar, NASA GSFC/ SSAI
Note taker: Lucia Woo, NASA GSFC/ SSAI
Group 2 -- Room 2111
Chairs: Nancy Glenn, Boise State University
Note taker: Laura Duncanson, University of Maryland
Group 3 -- Room 2110
Chairs: Scott Goetz, Woods Hole Research Center
Note taker: Ben Bond-Lamberty, Pacific NW National Lab
Group 4 -- Room Chasen Family Room (1st floor)
Chairs: Michael Behrenfeld, Oregon State University
Note taker: Janet Nackoney, University of Maryland
Group 5 -- Room 1105
Chairs: Crystal Schaaf, University of Massachusetts Boston
Note taker: Tiffany Moisan, NASA WFF
Group 6 -- Room 105 (basement)
Chairs: Joaquim Goés, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory
Note taker: Liz Hoy, NASA GSFC/ GST
Group 7 -- Room Chesapeake Ballroom
Chairs: Scott Ollinger, University of New Hampshire
Note taker: Mark Carroll, NASA GSFC/ SSAI
12:00 PM
Lunch
1:30 PM
Breakout Group Discussions continued
2:45 PM
Break
3:15 PM
Knowing what you don't know: The problem of uncertainty
Chair: Emmanuel Boss - University of Maine
 
1)    (Richard Stumpf - NOAA National Ocean Service)
 
2)    (Deborah Huntzinger - Northern Arizona University)
 
3)    (Joe Sexton - University of Maryland)
 
4)    (Sarah Dewitt - NASA HQ)   [presentation]
4:30 PM
Poster Speed Talks
Remote sensing constraints on South America fire traits by Bayesian fusion of atmospheric and surface data    (A. Anthony Bloom - Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology)   [abstract] -- Poster Location: 117
Chloroplasts to canopies: Analysis of leaf spectral trait variability across spatial scales    (Alexey Shiklomanov - Boston University)   [abstract] -- Poster Location: 239
Unpacking the cross-scale niche: a multi-grain modeling framework to evaluate scale-dependence in species-environment relationships    (Katherine Mertes - Yale University)   [abstract] -- Poster Location: 187
Local and regional shifts in phytoplankton abundance and community structure along the western Antarctic Peninsula    (Maria Kavanaugh - Woods Hole)   [abstract] -- Poster Location: 90
4:35 PM
Poster Session 3  -- Potomac Ballroom
General Contributions
5:30 PM
No-host Social at Hotel Restaurant/ Poster Hall

Wednesday, April 22        [back to top]
8:30 AM
Plenary - Breakout Reports -- Chesapeake Ballroom
Chair: Allison Leidner, NASA HQ/USRA
 
Group 1 Report    (Vanessa Escobar - NASA GSFC / SSAI)   [presentation]
 
Group 2 Report    (Nancy Glenn - Boise State University)   [presentation]
 
Group 3 Report    (Scott Goetz - Woods Hole Research Center)   [presentation]
 
Group 4 Report    (Michael Behrenfeld - Oregon State University)   [presentation]
 
Group 5 Report    (Crystal Schaaf - University of Massachusetts Boston)   [presentation]
 
Group 6 Report    (Joaquim Goés - Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory)   [presentation]
 
Group 7 Report    (Scott Ollinger - University of New Hampshire)   [presentation]
9:05 AM 
Panel discussion with early career scientists    (Yuyu Zhou - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Sherry Palacios - Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, Miguel Román - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
9:30 AM
Theme 4: Human influence on global ecosystems
Chair: Sean Healey, U.S. Forest Service
9:30 AM 
Rethinking Human Impacts on the Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems in the Urban Era    (Karen Seto - Yale University)   [abstract]
9:48 AM 
Land use and land cover change, socioeconomic shocks, and effects on biodiversity    (Volker Radeloff - University of Wisconsin-Madison)   [abstract]   [presentation]
10:06 AM
Break
10:30 AM 
Assessing Loss of "Blue Carbon" from Coastal Ecosystems due to Eutrophication and Other Anthropogenic Factors    (Heidi Dierssen - University of Connecticut)   [abstract]
10:48 AM 
Five things that really matter in predicting forest disturbances and ecosystem responses    (Dick Waring - Oregon State University)   [abstract]   [presentation]
11:06 AM 
Progress and Trends in Forest Monitoring    (Curtis Woodcock - Boston University)   [abstract]   [presentation]
11:24 AM
Wrap-up Panel with NASA Headquarters Program Managers
  Paula Bontempi, Woody Turner, Garik Gutman, Kathy Hibbard, Eric Kasischke, Brad Doorn, Allison Leidner, Ken Jucks, Jared Entin
12:00 PM
Adjourn

 

 

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