Section I: Submissions due December 15

Section IA (Jerry Melillo - overall responsibility)

• Drought of the 1930s: Don Wilhite to be invited [1 page; 1 graphic]
• Mississippi River: John Kelmelis to be invited [1 page; 1 graphic]
• Hantavirus: Jonathan Patz to be invited [1 page; 1 graphic]
• New England ice storm: Rich Richels/Barry Rock (consult Randy Dole) [1 page; 1 graphic]
• Coastal Louisiana: Virginia Burkett [1 page; 1 graphic]
• U.S. Mexico (Colorado River): Kathy Jacobs [1 page; 1 graphic]
• Variability and change in context: Jerry Melillo [2 paragraphs; 1 graphic]
• Opportunities and vulnerabilities: Eric Barron [1 page; 1 graphic]

Section IB (Tony Janetos - overall responsibility) [~2 pages]

Primers

• Climate change science: Mike MacCracken [1 box]
• Ecosystems: Jerry Melillo and Tony Janetos [1 box]
• Policy domain: Rich Richels [1 box]

Section II: Submissions due December 15

• II.A: How we look at the future: Linda Joyce [1 page; 1 graphic]
• II.B: Climate Scenarios: Eric Barron [3 pages]*
• II.C: Socio-Economic Scenarios: Ted Parson team [3 pages]
• II.D: Ecological Modeling/VEMAP: Dave Schimel/Jerry Melillo [2 pages]
• Important climate information box: Tom Karl/Dave Easterling (deadline Dec. 24)

Section III: Prototypes due January 15; remainders due February 15

• NE: Eric Barron [5 pages total]
• SE/Caribbean: Virginia Burkett [5 pages total]
• Heartland: Tom Karl [5 pages total]
• Great Plains + Rocky: Linda Joyce [5 pages total]
• NW/AK: Ted Parson [5 pages total]
• SW/CA: Rich Richels [5 pages total]
• Historical climate boilerplate: Tom Karl [1/2 page per region; due Dec. 24]
• VEMAP boilerplate: Dave Schimel [1/2 page per region; due Dec. 24]

Section IV: Issues due December 15; Outlines due January 15; Drafts February 28

• Water: Kathy Jacobs
• Health: Tony Janetos
• Agriculture: Jerry Melillo
• Forests: Linda Joyce
• Coastal: Virginia Burkett
• Native: NACO

* This breaks down as follows: Strategy (Barron); data sets (Easterling/Karl); simulations (Felzer); IPCC (Barron); VEMAP (Kittel/Schimel); Reliability (Barron); Historical (Easterling/Karl); Projected change (Felzer); Examples (Karl).