Direct and Indirect Human Contributions to Terrestrial Carbon Fluxes: A Workshop Summary (2004)
Chapter: Appendix A: Agenda
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
8:00 a.m. | Breakfast—Room 100 |
8:30 | Introductory Remarks: Goals and Statement of Work, Definitions, Product of Workshop Michael Prather, Chair |
8:45 | Sponsor Perspective William Hohenstein, USDA Global Change Program Office |
9:10 | Terrestrial Ecosystems, Carbon Stocks, and the UNFCCC Bob Watson, World Bank |
9:40 | Discussion Ian Roy Noble, World Bank |
10:30 | Break |
11:00 | National and International Greenhouse Gas Inventory System: Technical Requirements, Project Accounting, and Uncertainty Dina Kruger, EPA |
11:30 | Discussion John Kimble, USDA/Natural Resources Conservation Service |
12:00 p.m. | Lunch—Room 100 |
1:30 | Consideration of Spatial Scales and Timescales in Assessing Carbon Stocks and Fluxes George Hurtt, University of New Hampshire |
1:50 | Separating Direct Human-Induced Changes from Other Effects Jen Jenkins, University of Vermont (presented by Richard Birdsey) |
2:10 | Discussion Ann Camp, Yale University |
2:30 | Break |
3:00 | Estimates of Carbon Stocks and Fluxes from Land Use Change Christine Goodale, Woods Hole Research Center |
3:30 | Estimates of Carbon Stocks and Fluxes from Forestry Activities Evan DeLucia, University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne |
3:50 | Estimates of Carbon Stocks and Fluxes from Agricultural Activities Cesar Izaurralde, Battelle, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
4:20 | Discussion Perry Hagenstein |
4:50 | Summary of Key Issues, General Discussion Richard Houghton, Woods Hole Research Center |
5:30 | Wrap-up and Adjourn for the Day Michael Prather, Chair |
September 24, 2003
Keck Center, Room 201
8:00 a.m. | Breakfast—Room 208 |
8:30 | Carbon Cycle—Overview of CO2 and CH4 cycles William Schlesinger, Duke University |
9:00 | Indirect Human-Induced Effects (CO2 fertilization, nitrogen, climate change) Dennis Ojima, Colorado State University |
9:30 | Natural Effects (fire, pests, and climate variability) Nate Stephenson, USGS West Ecological Research Center, Sequoia and Kings Canyon |
10:00 | Discussion Ruth Defries, University of Maryland |
10:20 | Break |
10:40 | Efficacy and Longevity of Varying Carbon Storage Practices Tristram West, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
11:10 | Implications for Indirect and Natural Effects on National and International Greenhouse Gas Inventories Chris Field, Carnegie Institution |
11:40 | What Research is Needed to Enable Partitioning of Direct and Indirect Effects? Jim Randerson, University of California, Irvine |
12:10 p.m. | Discussion Jason Hamilton, Ithaca College |
12:30 | Lunch—Room 208 |
1:30 | Land Succession Effects (historical forest practices, agriculture to forests) Chris Potter, NASA Ames |
2:00 | U.S. Forests: Inventories, Ecosystem Models, and Other Approaches Linda Heath, USDA |
2:30 | Tropical Forests: Inventories, Ecosystem Models, and Other Approaches Sandra Brown, Winrock International |
3:00 | Discussion Ian Roy Noble, World Bank |
3:20 | Break |
3:40 | What Data Resolution for Direct and Indirect Effects? When Can This Be done? Richard Birdsey, USDA Forest Service |
4:10 | Issues of Scientific Methodology—Lessons from the UNFCCC Brazil Proposal Michael Prather, University of California, Irvine |
4:20 | Current State of the Science Regarding Partitioning of Net Carbon Fluxes Eric Sundquist |
5:20 | Anticipated Future Capability (Climate Change Science Program/Water Resources Applications Project) to Quantify Specific Processes Bryan Hannegan, Council on Environmental Quality |
6:20 | Wrap-up and Our Report |
6:30 | Adjourn |
