Appendix A
Agenda
A National Academies Workshop
DIRECT AND INDIRECT HUMAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO TERRESTRIAL GREENHOUSE GAS FLUXES
The National Academies
Keck Center, Room 100
500 Fifth St., NW
Washington, DC 20001
September, 23–24, 2003
8:00 am to 5:30 pm
September 24th, 2003
Keck Center, Room 100
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8:00 a.m. |
Breakfast—Room 100 |
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8:30 |
Introductory Remarks: Goals and Statement of Work, Definitions, Product of Workshop Michael Prather, Chair |
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8:45 |
Sponsor Perspective William Hohenstein, USDA Global Change Program Office |
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9:10 |
Terrestrial Ecosystems, Carbon Stocks, and the UNFCCC Bob Watson, World Bank |
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9:40 |
Discussion Ian Roy Noble, World Bank |
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10:30 |
Break |
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11:00 |
National and International Greenhouse Gas Inventory System: Technical Requirements, Project Accounting, and Uncertainty Dina Kruger, EPA |
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11:30 |
Discussion John Kimble, USDA/Natural Resources Conservation Service |
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12:00 p.m. |
Lunch—Room 100 |
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1:30 |
Consideration of Spatial Scales and Timescales in Assessing Carbon Stocks and Fluxes George Hurtt, University of New Hampshire |
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1:50 |
Separating Direct Human-Induced Changes from Other Effects Jen Jenkins, University of Vermont (presented by Richard Birdsey) |
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2:10 |
Discussion Ann Camp, Yale University |
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2:30 |
Break |
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3:00 |
Estimates of Carbon Stocks and Fluxes from Land Use Change Christine Goodale, Woods Hole Research Center |
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3:30 |
Estimates of Carbon Stocks and Fluxes from Forestry Activities Evan DeLucia, University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne |
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3:50 |
Estimates of Carbon Stocks and Fluxes from Agricultural Activities Cesar Izaurralde, Battelle, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
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4:20 |
Discussion Perry Hagenstein |
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4:50 |
Summary of Key Issues, General Discussion Richard Houghton, Woods Hole Research Center |
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5:30 |
Wrap-up and Adjourn for the Day Michael Prather, Chair |
September 24, 2003
Keck Center, Room 201
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8:00 a.m. |
Breakfast—Room 208 |
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8:30 |
Carbon Cycle—Overview of CO2 and CH4 cycles William Schlesinger, Duke University |
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9:00 |
Indirect Human-Induced Effects (CO2 fertilization, nitrogen, climate change) Dennis Ojima, Colorado State University |
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9:30 |
Natural Effects (fire, pests, and climate variability) Nate Stephenson, USGS West Ecological Research Center, Sequoia and Kings Canyon |
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10:00 |
Discussion Ruth Defries, University of Maryland |
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10:20 |
Break |
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10:40 |
Efficacy and Longevity of Varying Carbon Storage Practices Tristram West, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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11:10 |
Implications for Indirect and Natural Effects on National and International Greenhouse Gas Inventories Chris Field, Carnegie Institution |
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11:40 |
What Research is Needed to Enable Partitioning of Direct and Indirect Effects? Jim Randerson, University of California, Irvine |
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12:10 p.m. |
Discussion Jason Hamilton, Ithaca College |
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12:30 |
Lunch—Room 208 |
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1:30 |
Land Succession Effects (historical forest practices, agriculture to forests) Chris Potter, NASA Ames |
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2:00 |
U.S. Forests: Inventories, Ecosystem Models, and Other Approaches Linda Heath, USDA |
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2:30 |
Tropical Forests: Inventories, Ecosystem Models, and Other Approaches Sandra Brown, Winrock International |
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3:00 |
Discussion Ian Roy Noble, World Bank |
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3:20 |
Break |
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3:40 |
What Data Resolution for Direct and Indirect Effects? When Can This Be done? Richard Birdsey, USDA Forest Service |
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4:10 |
Issues of Scientific Methodology—Lessons from the UNFCCC Brazil Proposal Michael Prather, University of California, Irvine |
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4:20 |
Current State of the Science Regarding Partitioning of Net Carbon Fluxes Eric Sundquist |
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5:20 |
Anticipated Future Capability (Climate Change Science Program/Water Resources Applications Project) to Quantify Specific Processes Bryan Hannegan, Council on Environmental Quality |
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6:20 |
Wrap-up and Our Report |
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6:30 |
Adjourn |
