Feedbacks of Alaska's Boreal Forest to the Climate System
Organized by Dave McGuire.
Pike's Waterfront Lodge - Fairbanks, Alaska
February 20-21, 2015
Friday 20 February
7:15 - 8:15 Continental breakfast - Provided by Pike’s
Introductions and Background for Symposium
8:15 - 8:30 Roger Ruess and Dave McGuire - Welcome and symposium overview
Morning Session: Progress and Future Directions of Climate Feedbacks Research
8:30 - 8:50 Ted Schuur - Climate Change and the Permafrost Carbon Feedback
8:50 - 9:10 Scott Rupp - Projections of Climate and Vegetation Change
9:10 - 9:30 Helene Genet - Consequences for Carbon Feedbacks
9:30 - 9:50 Eugenie Euskirchen - Consequences of Vegetation Changes for Water/Energy Feedbacks
9:50 - 10:10 Coffee Break
10:10 - 10:30 Dave McGuire and Others - Future Directions for Climate Feedbacks Research
- Vladimir Romanovsky Slide
10:30 - 11:00 Discussion of Future Directions for Climate Feedbacks Research
11:00 - 11:15 Roger Ruess - Overview of Proposal Development
11:15 - 12:00 Theme Leaders (10 min each) - Theme highlights and directions
- Teresa Hollingsworth
- Michelle Mack
- Jay Jones
- Gary Kofinas
- Roger Ruess
12:00 - 1:30 Lunch
Afternoon session: Quantifying Uncertainty and Understanding Legacies
1:30 - 1:35 Dave McGuire - Overview of the Afternoon Session
1:35 - 1:50 Colin Tucker - Analyzing Uncertainty in Field/Experimental Research: A Hierarchical Bayesian Perspective [unavoidably cancelled]
1:50 - 2:05 Dave McGuire - Role of Model-Data Fusion in Analyzing/Quantifying Uncertainty
2:05 - 2:20 Jeremy Littell - Characterizing Uncertainty in Applications of Ecological Models
2:20 - 2:40 Michelle Mack - Perspectives on Studying the Role of Legacies in BNZ Research
2:40 - 3:00 General Discussion
3:00 - 3:15 Coffee Break
Afternoon working groups: How should BNZ quantify uncertainties and understand legacies?
3:15 - 3:30 Dave McGuire and Michelle Mack - Organization of and charge to working groups and discussion points
3:30 - 4:30 Working groups convene
4:30 - 5:30 Working Group Reports
5:30 - 7:00 Mixer, Dinner, Poster Session
Saturday 21 February
7:30 - 8:30 Continental breakfast - Provided by Pike’s
Morning session: BNZ Management and Outreach
8:30 - 9:30 Jamie Hollingsworth - BNZ Site Management – Discussion re gearing up the RSN
9:30 - 9:50 Jason Downing - Progress and Directions of BNZ Information Management
9:50 - 10:15 Elena Sparrow - Progress and Directions of BNZ Education and Outreach
10:15 - 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 - 10:45 Paul Anderson- USDA Forest Service Perspective on BNZ LTER
10:45 - 11:00 Christa Mulder and Katie Spellman - LTER Citizen Science
11:00 - 11:15 Mary Beth Leigh - ITOC
11:15 - 11:45 Marie Thoms and Alison York - Discussion of the Future Directions of BNZ Outreach
11:45 - 12:00 Roger Ruess - Organization of and Charge to Afternoon Working Groups
12:00 - 1:30 Lunch
Afternoon session: Next Steps in Developing the BNZ Renewal Proposal
1:30 - 3:00 Theme Working Groups Convene
3:00 - 3:15 Coffee Break
3:15 - 4:30Reports from Theme Working Groups
4:30 - 5:00 General Discussion on Next Steps
5:00 Adjourn
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