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Events
June 2001
 

 

 

 4 - 8 June 2001.   Breckenridge, Colorado.  13th AMS Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics.  Contact: Robert X. Black. School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, 221 Bobby Dodd Way, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, 30332-0340.  Tel: +1 404 894 1756.  Fax: +1 404 894 5638.  Email: rob.black@eas.gatech.edu
4-8 June 2001.  College Park, Maryland.  4th International Symposium on Remote Sensing in Glaciology.   Sponsors: International Glaciological Society, EOS/Icesat.  Contact: S. Ommanney , International Glaciological Society, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1ER, UK.  Tel: +44 1223 355974. Fax: +44 1223-336543. Email: Int_Glaciol_Soc@compuserve.com; Web: www.spri.cam.ac.uk/igs/home.htm

5-8 June 2001.  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland.  The Global Carbon Cycle: The Role of Carbon in the Earth’s Climate.  Seminar series open to the public.  Sponsors: Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology Center (GEST) and the Earth Sciences Directorate of the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), in conjunction with the 2001 Graduate Student Summer Program in Earth System Science.  Contact:  GEST Center, Mail Code 900.1, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771.  Telephone:  +1 301 286 4403.  Fax:  +1 301 286 0574.  Due to NASA security regulations, all foreign nationals should inquire and register in advance with Ms. Frances Lilly, GEST Program Coordinator, flilly@caelum.com (301) 286-4099.  Details:

Tuesday June 5, Carbon and Climate Change: Overview   

  • 9:00 am  Welcome,  Robert Curran, GEST

  • 9:10 am Climate system and climate models, David Rind, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies

  • 10:30 am Carbon dioxide/methane concentrations and trends, Ralph Keeling, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

  • 1:30 pm The global carbon cycle: past, present, and future, Berrien Moore III, University of New Hampshire

  • 2:50 pm  Climate change: national and international policy and economic aspects, Edward Parson, Harvard University

Wednesday June 6, Climate Variability and Change

  • 9:00 am Welcome, Franco Einaudi, GSFC

  • 9:10 am Black carbon and other aerosols: observations and radiative forcings, Joyce Penner,  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

  • 10:30 am Climate forcings and climate warming scenarios, James Hansen, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies

  • 1:30 pm Physico-chemical controls of terrestrial biomass production, Paul Houser, GSFC

  • 2:30 pm Global remote sensing of CO2: Passive techniques, Christopher Barnet, GSFC

  • 3:30 pm Global remote sensing of CO2: Active techniques, James Abshire, GSFC

Thursday June 7, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Inventories and Carbon Fluxes

  • 9:00 am  Welcome, Henry Plotkin, GEST
  • 9:10 am  Changes in land use, and biomass inventories, Ruth DeFries, University of Maryland, College Park

  • 10:30 am Terrestrial productivity and carbon sequestration, James Tucker, GSFC

  • 1:30 pm Atmospheric measurements and inverse modeling for sources and sinks, Steven Wofsy, Harvard University

  • 2:50 pm In situ measurements of terrestrial CO2 fluxes, Bert Drake, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Friday June 8, Marine Ecosystems, Primary Productivity and Carbon Fluxes  Building 26, room 205
9:00  am  Welcome, Pierre Morel, GEST

  • 9:10 am  Oceanic physical and geochemical processes, Jorge Sarmiento, Princeton University

  • 10:30 am Ocean biomass and carbon sequestration, Janet Campbell, University of New Hampshire

  • 1:30 pm  Ocean color and primary productivity, Ricardo Letelier, Oregon State University

  • 2:50 pm  Variability in oceanic circulation and impacts on carbon budget, Antonio Busalacchi, University of Maryland, College Park

6-8 June 2001.  Turku, Finland.  Climate Change and Variability in Northern Europe- Proxy Data, Instrumental Records, Climate Models and Interactions.  The aim of the interdisciplinary symposium is to bring together scientists studying climate dynamics in a broad sense and to foster communication between scientists and interest groups applying scientific knowledge on mitigation and adaptation for climate change.  Contact: Mia Rönkä, FIGARE Coordination, 20014 University of Turku, Finland.  Tel. + 358 2 333 6009.  Fax +358 2 333 5730.  E-mail miaron@utu.fi.  (link posted 17 April 2001)

12-15 June 2001.  Palisades, New York.  Photooxidants, Particles, and Haze across the Arctic and North Atlantic: Transport Observations and Models. Sponsors: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Environment Canada, in coordination with UN/ECE European Monitoring and Evaluation Program (EMEP), and the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP).  Contact: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University.  61 Route 9W, P.O. Box 1000, Palisades, New York 10964 USA.  Tel: +1 845 365 8988.  Fax: +1 845 365 8922.  Email:  ciesin.info@ciesin.columbia.edu

13–18 June 2001.  Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK.   Millennial-scale Events in the North Atlantic Region During Termination 1.  Sponsors: Geological Society of America, International Glaciological Society, Quaternary Research Association, others.  Contact: J. Knight, School of Environmental Studies, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland BT52 1SA UK.  Tel: +44 28 7032-3179.  Fax: +44 28 7032 4911.  Email: j.knight@ulst.ac.uk. Web: www.ulst.ac.uk/termination1.html.

15 June 2001.   Milwaukee, WI.  Climate Change and the Great Lakes: What Are the Potential Impacts, and What Can We Do? Fisheries and Aquatic Ecosystems.  Sponsors:  US Environmental Protection Agency, University of Michigan, and National Wildlife Federation.  (link posted 17 April 2001)

15 June 2001.  Washington, DC.  The Perils of Ignoring Global Warming: State of Science and Politics.  2nd Lecture in Museum of Natural History’s Global Warming Speaker Series, “From the Inside Out."  Speaker: Dr. Robert Watson, Chairman, United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), World Meteorological Organization/United Nations Environment Program (WMO/UNEP) and Chief Scientist and Director, Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development (ESSD) Network, The World Bank.  Web: http://www.mnh.si.edu/cal_events.html.  (link posted 17 April 2001)

17-22 June 2001.  Newport, Rhode Island.  Gordon Research Conference: Atmospheric Chemistry.  Sponsor: Gordon Research Conferences.  Contact: S. Sander, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109.  Tel. +1 818 354 22625.  Fax +1 818 393 5019.  E-mail: Stan.Sander@jpl.nasa.gov.   (link posted 17 April 2001)

18-28 Jun 2001. Pisa, Italy.  Environmental UV Radiation : Impact on Ecosystems and Human Health and Predictive Models.  North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Advanced Study Institute.  Contacts:  Dr. F. Ghetti, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Biofisica, Area della Ricerca di Pisa, Via Alfieri 1, San Cataldo, 56010 Ghezzano Pisa, Italy.  Fax: +39 050 3152760. E-mail: francesco.ghetti@ib.pi.cnr.it.  Dr. Imre Vass, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary.  E-mail: imre@nucleus.szbk.u-szeged.hu. 

22 June 2001.  Extreme Climatic Events and Associated Changes in the Hydrological System (including the Cryosphere).  3rd Lecture in Museum of Natural History’s Global Warming Speaker Series, “From the Inside Out."  Speaker: James J. McCarthy, Co-chair of Working Group 2 of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, and Alexander Agassiz Professor of Biological Oceanography, Harvard University.  Web: http://www.mnh.si.edu/cal_events.html.  (link posted 17 April 2001)

24 - 28 June 2001. Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.  The 2nd International Symposium on Digital Earth.  Contact: Canadian Institute of Geomatics (CIG),  CIG-Fredericton Branch, P.O. Box 1133, Station, Fredericton, New Brunswick, E3B 5C2, Canada.  Tel: +1 514 221 2210. Fax: +1 435 309 8100.

24-28 June 2001.  Edinburgh, Scotland.  Earth System Processes.   Contact: Ian Dalzeil. Univeristy of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 78712, USA.  Tel: +1 512-471-0431; Fax: +1 512-471-8844; E-mail: ian@utig.ig.utexas.edu.    Among the sessions: (link posted 17 April 2001)
  • Critical Transitions in Earth History and Their Causes
  • The Snowball Earth Hypothesis: Theory and Observations
  • Global Change in the Late Paleozoic
  • Time Scales of Denudation: From Catchment to Continent
  • Data Assimilation for the Earth System
  • Integrated Approaches to Water Quality Issues
  • Role of Tropical Oceans in the Earth System
  • Causes of Rapid Climate Changes in the Quaternary
  • Feedbacks and Coupling between Geosphere, Biosphere,
  • Hydrosphere and Atmosphere
  • Anthropogenic Modifications to the Earth System
  • Public Communication of Environmental Issues and Hazards

25-30 June, 2001.  Jerusalem, Israel.  International Symposium on Climate, the Environment and Societies in the New Millennium.  Contact: J. Lomas. Israel Meteorological Society, P.O. Box 25, Bet-Dagan, 50250, Israel.  Email: agromet@ims.gov.il

26-30 June 2001.  Minneapolis, MN.  30th Broadcast Conference on Broadcast Meteorology.  Sponsor: American Meteorological Society.  Contact: AMS, Meetings Department, 45 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108-3693.  Tel: +1 617 227 2425.  Fax: +1 617 742 8718.  E-mail: amsinfo@ametsoc.org.  Web:  http://www.ametsoc.org/AMS/meet/

28 June 2001 (0930 hrs EST).  Washington, DC (366 Dirksen Senate Office Building).  Hearing on science and technology studies of climate change.  US Senate, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.  Witnesses:   (links posted 28 June 2001)

30 June – 3 July 2001.  Rockport, Maine.  7th International Conference on Precipitation.  Contact: A. Ward, Division of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University, 29 Oxford Street, Pierce 121, Cambridge, MA 02138.  Tel: +1 617 496 1468.  Fax: +1 617 496 1457.  Email: award@deas.harvard.edu.  Web: web.mit.edu/eltahir/www/precip/index.html. 


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