Decadal Survey for Earth Science and Applications from Space

September 23, 2016

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM (ET)

Past

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Andrea Rebholz

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Decadal Survey for Earth Science and Applications from Space

March 6 - 8, 2017

Past

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Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

Contact

Andrea Rebholz

202-334-2857
arebholz@nas.edu

Location

Keck Center

500 5th St NW

Washington DC 20001, USA

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Closed

Decadal Survey for Earth Science and Applications from Space

February 28, 2017

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM (ET)

Past

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the event

Bill Dietrich, Bill Gail, Bruce Wielicki, Chris Ruf, Cora Randall, Don Chambers, Duane Waliser, Grey McCarty, Jim Yoder, V. Ramaswamy, Sonia Kreidenweis, Stacey Boland, Stan Wilson, Susan Ustin, Waleed Abdalati, Mark Bourassa, Ross Salawitch, Arlyn Andrews, Randal Koster, Maria Pirone, Steve Ackerman.

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

discuss the SC report chapter 1 and to provide some context for the panels as they work on their reports.

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:

SC report chapter 1

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

March 06, 2017

Contact

Andrea Rebholz

2023342857
arebholz@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Closed

Decadal Survey for Earth Science and Applications from Space

January 18 - 20, 2017

Past

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

Contact

Andrea Rebholz

5713325422
arebholz@nas.edu

Location

Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center

100 Academy Way

Irvine CA 92617, USA

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Closed

Decadal Survey for Earth Science and Applications from Space

January 9, 2017

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM (ET)

Past

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the event

Bill Gail, Waleed Abdalati, Ana Barros, Jeff Dozier, V. Ramaswamy, Nancy Baker, Steve Ackerman, David Sandwell, Duane Waliser, Stacey Boland.

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

panel progress, updates on science priorities and report writing, plans for the upcoming meetings.

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

March 06, 2017

Contact

Andrea Rebholz

2023342857
arebholz@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Closed

Decadal Survey for Earth Science and Applications from Space - Steering Committee Mtg 3 and Architecture Workshop

November 7 - 10, 2016

Past

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

Contact

Andrea Rebholz

2023342857
arebholz@nas.edu

Location

Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center

100 Academy Way

Irvine CA 92617, USA

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Closed

Decadal Survey for Earth Science and Applications from Space

October 31, 2016

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM (ET)

Past

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the event

Bill Gail, Chris Field, Dennis Hartmann, EVerette Joseph, Helen Fricker, Joyce Penner, Shuyi Chen, Soroosh Sorooshian, Stacey Boland, Stan Wilson, Steve Battel, Bill Dietrich, Waleed Abdalati.

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

Review of the draft agenda for the November 7-10, 2016: expected outcomes from the meeting, especially a 1.5 day session that will focus on the preliminary development of a recommended portfolio of activities that are optimized to reflect community priorities while keeping within realistic budgets.

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

March 06, 2017

Contact

Andrea Rebholz

2023342857
arebholz@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Closed

Decadal Survey for Earth Science and Applications from Space: Integrating Themes Meeting

September 15 - 16, 2016

Past

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

Contact

Andrea Rebholz

2023342857
arebholz@nas.edu

Location

National Academy of Sciences Building

2101 Constitution Ave NW

Washington DC 20418, USA

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Closed

Decadal Survey for Earth Science and Applications from Space - Jamboree #1

June 2 - 5, 2016

Past

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the event

Waleed Abdalati, co-chair, University of Colorado Boulder
Steven J. Battel, Battel Engineering
Stacey W. Boland, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Robert D. Braun, Georgia Institute of Technology
Shuyi S. Chen, University of Miami
William E. Dietrich, University of California, Berkeley
Christopher B. Field, Carnegie Institution for Science
Helen A. Fricker, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
William B. Gail, Global Weather Corporation
Sarah T. Gille, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Dennis L. Hartmann, University of Washington
Daniel J. Jacob, Harvard University
Anthony C. Janetos, Boston University
Everette Joseph, University at Albany, SUNY
Molly K. Macauley, Resources for the Future
Joyce E. Penner, University of Michigan
Soroosh Sorooshian, University of California, Irvine
Graeme L. Stephens, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Byron D. Tapley, The University of Texas at Austin

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

1. Standard NRC discussion of policies, procedures, conflict of interest, and bias
2. Meeting and task planning
3. Interpretation of the charge to panels and approach to the task
4. Report writing assignments Study schedule discussion/planning
5. Overall report narrative/concept discussion
6. Discussion of panel-to-panel information exchanges and steering committee liaisons to the panels
7. Discussion of community feedback

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:

Briefing book including agenda, roster, member bios, travel and portal information
• NASA Presentation to the Steering Committee, January 2016
• May 19 Telecon Presentation to Panels
• Programmatic Sub Team Draft Slides
• Status of NASA missions in 2007 decadal survey
• Earth Science and Applications from Space: National Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond (Executive Summary)
• A Midterm Assessment of NASA's Implementation of the Decadal Survey (Executive Summary)
• Continuity of NASA Earth Observations from Space: A Value Framework (Report in Brief)
• The Space Science Decadal Surveys: Lessons Learned and Best Practices (Report in Brief)
• Draft charge to the panels and draft crosscut and integrating theme descriptions
• ESAS 2007 Decadal Survey – Key Questions & Challenges
• WCRP Questions & Challenges

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

June 17, 2016

Contact

Andrea Rebholz

202-334-2857
arebholz@nas.edu

Location

Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center

100 Academy Way

Irvine CA 92617, USA

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Closed

Decadal Survey for Earth Science and Applications from Space - Intro for Panel Members

May 19, 2016

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM (ET)

Past

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the event

Elizabeth Barnes, Newsha Ajami, Paul Menzel, Cora Randall, Sonia Kredenweis, Chris Kummerow, Dave Skole, Stacey Boland, Graham Fogg, ERic Hochberg, Compton Tucker, Ram Ramaswamy, Chris Ruf, Jim Yoder, Bryan Duncan, Charles JKolb, Duane Waliser, Jeff Dozier, Michael Ramsey, Susan Ustin, Nancy Baker, David Sandwell, Howard Zebker, Bill Kuo, Soroosh Sorooshian, Dara Entekhabi, Eric Rignot, Douglas Burbank, VEnkat Lakshmi, Julienne Stroeve, Phil Rasch, Julie Thomas, Stefan Maus, Carol Ann Clayson, Scott Goetz, Raphael Kudela, David Goodrich, Philip Ardanuy, Ross Salawitch, Pat Halpin, Randy Koster, Bruce Weilicki, Erin Brodsky, Francisco Chavez, Rit Carbone, Maria Pirone, John Bolten, Stan Benjamin, Robin Bell, Kistine Larson, Molly Macauley, David Siegel, Cara Wilson.

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

• This teleconference was organized as an introduction/orientation session for all of the newly-appointed members to the survey’s five study panels. The survey co-chairs led a discussion on the following topics:
o How the previous decadal survey in Earth Science and Applications from Space (ESAS 2007) had been organized;
o The principal items in the present survey’s statement of task;
o How the present survey, ESAS 2017, may differ from ESAS 2007;
o Agency expectations for ESAS 2017
o How the survey may use “integrating themes” to remove stovepipes among the panels;
o The schedule for completion of the survey and near-term plans for the June 2016 “jamboree” of steering committee and panels

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:

panel membership, survey background information and town hall presentation

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

March 06, 2017

Contact

Andrea Rebholz

202-334-2857
arebholz@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Closed

Decadal Survey for Earth Science and Applications from Space - Steering Committee Status Update

May 12, 2016

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM (ET)

Past

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the event

Soroosh Sorooshian, Chris Field, Tony Janetos, Daniel Jacob, Shuyi Chen, Steve Battel, Waleed Abdalati, Molly Macauley, Bill Gail, Bill Dietrich, Graeme Stephens, Joyce Penner, Stan Wilson, Sarah Gille

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

• Review of draft “charge to the panels”
• Discussion of “integrating themes” and how to ensure Earth System Science perspective is captured by the panels
• Discussion of how priorities will be established
• Preparation for teleconference/orientation with all of the newly appointed panel members

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

March 06, 2017

Contact

Andrea Rebholz

2023342857
arebholz@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Closed

Decadal Survey for Earth Science and Applications from Space

January 18 - 20, 2016

Past

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the event

In person: Tony Busalacchi, Waleed Abdalati, Sarah Gille, William Gail, Chris Field, Bill Dietrich, Shuyi Chen, Robert Braun, Stacey Boland, Steve Battel, Tony Janetos, Everette Joseph, Joyce Penner, Soroosh Sorooshian, Graeme Stephens, Byron Tapley, Stanley Wilson, Molly Macauley

By phone/webex: Scott Doney, Helen Fricker

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

• The committee was led through its required discussion of sources of potential bias and conflicts of interest and considered whether its collective expertise was well matched to the statement of task
• The committee discussed the CATE (Cost and Technical Evaluation) process and reviewed--with representatives from the Aerospace Corporation--options for ESAS 2017
• The committee reviewed the statement of task in light of what they had heard during open session presentations, including those by the survey sponsors
• The committee considered top-level organizing principles for the survey
• The committee considered options for organization of the study panels including the number of panels and how to organize them to capture connections to discipline, societal benefit areas, and the study of the Earth as an interconnected system
• Discussed plans for “Request for Information-2” (RFI-2)
• Discussed plans for a joint meeting of the steering committee and all the study panels
• Discussed how to ensure good communication from panel to steering committee and among the panels and considered various options including the designation of liaisons
• Discussed information requests to the sponsors
• Discussed potential topics and speakers for the next meeting

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:

• Briefing book including agenda, roster, member bios, travel and portal information
• Statement of Task and Committee Guidance
• Working Study Schedule
• RFI Categories – Charts
• Key Challenges Identified from ESAS RFI’s
• RFI Counts by Scientific Questions identified
• RFI Counts by Areas of Expertise
• Full List of RFI Whitepapers with Abstracts
• Report Brief for the Continuity Report
• Report Brief for the Survey of Surveys Report
• List of other Reports in Brief for recent PRB, BASC, and OSB reports
• Bibliography of non-NRC Reports
• Bibliography of NRC Reports
• 2007 ESAS Decadal Executive Summary

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

September 01, 2016

Contact

Andrea Rebholz

202-334-2857
arebholz@nas.edu

Location

Keck Center

500 5th St NW

Washington DC 20001, USA

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

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