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8:30 AM		Plenary
8:30 AM		Introduction and Logistics    (Peter Griffith)   [presentation]
8:45 AM		Terrestrial Ecology Program Overview    (Diane Wickland)   [presentation]
9:15 AM		State of the Carbon Cycle (NACP and GCP): have components and their uncertainties changed over time?    (Anna Michalak)   [presentation]
9:45 AM		IPCC WG II Progress and Findings: How has TE contributed and how could it contribute to the next round?    (Katharine Mach)   [presentation]
10:15 AM		Next decadal survey: were lessons learned? Suggestions for the next round.    (David Schimel)   [presentation]
10:45 AM		Break
11:00 AM		Poster Session 1-A -- [view posters]
12:00 PM		Lunch
1:00 PM		Plenary
1:00 PM		New and existing airborne measurement capabilities for NASA Terrestrial Ecology    (Dar Roberts)   [presentation]
1:30 PM		Satellite mission status for Terrestrial Ecology science (ongoing and future)    (Simon Hook)
2:00 PM		Ecology Working Group Report    (Paul Siqueira)   [presentation]
2:15 PM		Discussion
2:30 PM		Break
3:00 PM		Breakout Session I
		Future directions in passive optical satellite remote sensing   Chairs: Scott Goetz, Rob Green, Susan Ustin, Phil Townsend
		Future Directions for NASA TE Non-Carbon Ecological Research   Chair: Paul Siqueira
		Towards better integration of NASA TE science into vulnerability assessments and climate adaptation   Chairs: Olga Wilhelmi, Mary Hayden
		TE modeling and data WGs joint session   Chairs: Bob Cook, George Hurtt
4:30 PM		Poster Session 1-B -- [view posters]
5:30 PM		Adjourn

8:30 AM		Plenary
8:30 AM		Vulnerability, thresholds, tipping points: TE response to the USGCRP 2015 agenda    (Marcy Litvak)
9:00 AM		Breakout I Reports & Discussion
9:30 AM		Breakout Session II
		Future directions in active satellite remote sensing   Chairs: Sassan Saatchi, Amy Neuenschwander
		Next-generation modeling for high latitude systems   Chairs: Daniel Hayes, Kevin Schaefer
		Exploring NASA CMS and TE synergies   Chairs: George Hurtt, Joshua Fisher, Nancy French, Sean Healey
11:00 AM		Poster Session 2-A -- [view posters]
12:00 PM		Lunch
1:00 PM		Plenary
1:00 PM		Ecosystems in 2100: changing climate, shifting biomes, altered disturbances, land-use, and implications for carbon-climate-human feedbacks    (George Hurtt)   [presentation]
1:30 PM		Q/A/discussion on latest selections: Did we get proposals for the data we were looking for?    (Diane Wickland)   [presentation]
2:00 PM		Speed Talks
2:00 PM		Development of a High-Resolution Global Soil Depth Dataset    (Jon Pelletier)   [abstract]   [presentation]
2:05 PM		Surface Weather Data with Uncertainty Quantification for Terrestrial Ecosystem Process Models    (Peter Thornton)   [abstract]   [presentation]
2:10 PM		Using NASA Remote Sensing Data to Reduce Uncertainty of Land-Use Transitions in Global Carbon-Climate Models    (Louise Chini)   [abstract]   [presentation]
2:15 PM		Ecological Spectral Information System (ESIS): Integration of Spectral Data with Measurements of Vegetation Functional Traits    (Philip Townsend)   [abstract]   [presentation]
2:30 PM		Break
3:00 PM		Plenary
3:00 PM		Terrestrial Ecology research synthesis on Phenology/seasonality/climate interactions    (Andrew Elmore)   [presentation]
3:30 PM		Satellite remote sensing of vegetation structure: Functional synthesis of InSAR and Lidar    (Robert Treuhaft, Maxim Neumann, Fabio Goncalves, Michael Palace)
4:00 PM		Remote sensing of ecosystem function and vegetation physiology    (Philip Townsend)
4:30 PM		Poster Session 2-B -- [view posters]
5:30 PM		Adjourn

Curator: Carla Evans
NASA Official: Diane E. Wickland