Scientific Inputs to Managing Natural Resources and the Environment Under a Changing Climate: Observations to Models to Decisions

Oral Session

Agriculture and Natural Resources Science for Climate Variability and Change: Transformational Advancements in Research, Education and Extension

Development of next-generation Earth System Models that include coupled and interactive representations of ecosystems, agricultural working lands and forests, to produce comprehensive, reliable global and regional predictions of decadal climate variability and change through advanced understanding of the coupled interactive physical, chemical, biological and human processes that drive the climate system. Effectively translate model results and associated uncertainties into the scientific basis for well-informed human adaptation to and management decisions for climate change.

Monday, October 22, 2012: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Duke Energy Convention Center, Junior Ballroom C, Level 3
Presiders:
Richard McNider and Nancy Cavallaro
1:00 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:10 PM
Migration of Agriculture Back to the Southeast As An Adaptation to Climate Change.
Richard McNider, University of Alabama in Huntsville
2:00 PM
Integrated Analysis of Climate Mitigation and Adaptation In Corn-Based Cropping Systems.
Robert Anex, University of Wisconsin; Raymond Arritt, Iowa State University; Bruno Basso, University of Basilicata; Laura Bowling, Purdue University; Philip Gassman, Iowa State University; Matthew Helmers, Iowa State University; Eileen Kladivko, Purdue University; Alexandra Kravchenko, Michigan State University; Catherine Kling, Iowa State University; Fernando Miguez, Iowa State University; Phillip R. Owens, Purdue Universty
2:25 PM
Coupled Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in Southern California Biofuel Feedstock Production: Sensor-Based Monitoring to Process Modeling.
Patricia Oikawa, University of California Riverside; G. Darrel Jenerette, University of California Riverside; Jennifer Eberwein, University of California Riverside; David A. Grantz, University of California Riverside
2:50 PM
Break
3:10 PM
Regional-Scale Earth System Models to Inform Land and Water Management Decisions: Limitations and Current Developments.
Jennifer Adam, Washington State University; Michael Brady, Washington State University; Chad Kruger, Washington State University; Brian Lamb, Washington State University; Mingliang Liu, Washington State University; Claudio Stockle, Washington State University
3:35 PM
Did a Tree Really Fall in the Forest? Incorporating Uncertainty Into Regional-Scale Monitoring of Forest Growth and Mortality Processes.
Robert E. Kennedy, Boston University; Janet Ohmann, USDA-ARS Forest Service; Van Kane, University of Washington; Scott Powell, Montana State University; Zhiqiang Yang, Oregon State University; Justin Braaten, Oregon State University; Matthew Gregory, Oregon State University; Heather Roberts, Oregon State University; Warren Cohen, USDA-ARS Forest Service; James Lutz, University of Washington
4:00 PM
Forecasting Carbon Storage of Eastern Forests: Can American Chestnut Restoration Improve Storage Potential in an Uncertain Future?.
Arjanus De Bruijn, Purdue University; Douglass F. Jacobs, Purdue University; Harmony Dalgleish, Purdue University; Nathaniel F. Lichti, Purdue University; Brian Sturtevant, USDA-ARS Forest Service; Eric Gustafson, USDA-ARS Forest Service
4:25 PM
Discussion
4:55 PM
Concluding Remarks
5:00 PM
Adjourn