GC54B:
Climate Indicators: Developing and Testing Indicators to Convey Information to Support Decisions II

Session ID#: 3362

Friday, 19 December 2014: 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
3001 (Moscone West)
Chairs:  Lucia Tsaoussi, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States, Dr. Melissa A Kenney, PhD, University of Minnesota, Institute on the Environment, St. Paul, United States and Paul Raymond Houser, George Mason University, Geography and Geoinformation Science, Fairfax, VA, United States
Primary Convener:  Allison Leidner, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States
Co-conveners:  Paul Raymond Houser, George Mason University Fairfax, Fairfax, VA, United States, Dr. Melissa A Kenney, PhD, University of Minnesota, Institute on the Environment, St. Paul, United States and Lucia Tsaoussi, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Paul Raymond Houser, George Mason University Fairfax, Fairfax, VA, United States
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • A - Atmospheric Sciences
  • B - Biogeosciences
  • IN - Earth and Space Science Informatics
  • OS - Ocean Sciences
Index Terms:

0850 Geoscience education research [EDUCATION]
1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1640 Remote sensing [GLOBAL CHANGE]
6309 Decision making under uncertainty [POLICY SCIENCES]
Virtual Option?: No
Swirl Theme: Global Change: Science Literacy, Societal Impacts, and Response Strategies

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

GC54B-06
NASA Contributions to the Development and Testing of Climate Indicators (27348)
Paul Raymond Houser, George Mason University Fairfax, Fairfax, VA, United States, Allison K Leidner, Universities Space Research Association Greenbelt, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Lucia Tsaoussi, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States and Jack A Kaye, NASA Headquarters, SMD/Earth Science Division, Washington, DC, United States
GC54B-03
Opportunities and Challenges for the Contribution of Citizen Science to High-Quality, Traceable Indicators of Biodiversity in the Context of Climate Change (Invited) (14294)
Jake F Weltzin, US Geological Survey, Ecosystems Mission Area, Fort Collins, CO, United States; USA National Phenology Network, Fort Collins, CO, United States
GC54B-04
Vegetation Health and Productivity Indicators for Sustained National Climate Assessments (6874)
Matthew O Jones, NTSG - University of Montana, Missoula, MT, United States and Steven W Running, University of Montana, Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group (NTSG), Missoula, MT, United States
GC54B-05
Inland Water Temperature: An Ideal Indicator for the National Climate Assessment (Invited) (5886)
Simon J Hook, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, John D Lenters, University of Michigan Biological Station, Ann Arbor, United States, Catherine O'Reilly, Illinois State University, Geography, Geology and the Environment, Normal, IL, United States and Nathan Healey, Florida International University, Miami, FL, United States
GC54B-01
a Process-Based Drought Early Warning Indicator for Supporting State Drought Mitigation Decision (Invited) (9262)
Rong Fu, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geological Sciences, Austin, TX, United States, Dinali Nelun Fernando, University of Texas at Austin, Geological Sciences, Austin, TX, United States and Bing Pu, University of Kansas, Geography and Atmospheric Science, Lawrence, United States
GC51B-0414
The Drivers of Climate Change -- Tracking Global Greenhouse Gas Trends and their Warming Influence (16420)
James H Butler1, Pieter P Tans1, Stephen A Montzka2, Edward J Dlugokencky3, Brad David Hall1, Kenneth Alan Masarie1, James W Elkins1, Geoffrey S Dutton4 and Benjamin R Miller4, (1)NOAA/ESRL Global Monitoring Division, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)NOAA/ESRL, Global Monitoring Division, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States
GC54B-08
Moving Towards Leading Indicators for Global Change (Invited) (25291)
Anthony Janetos, Boston University, The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Boston, MA, United States
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