GC51B:
Climate Indicators: Developing and Testing Indicators to Convey Information to Support Decisions I Posters

Session ID#: 5172

Friday, 19 December 2014: 8:00 AM-12:20 PM
Not an Option (Moscone West)
Chairs:  Allison Leidner1, Lucia Tsaoussi1 and Dr. Melissa A Kenney, PhD2, (1)NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States(2)University of Minnesota, Institute on the Environment, St. Paul, United States
Primary Convener:  Paul Raymond Houser, George Mason University Fairfax, Fairfax, VA, United States
Co-conveners:  Dr. Melissa A Kenney, PhD, University of Minnesota, Institute on the Environment, St. Paul, United States, Allison K Leidner, Universities Space Research Association Greenbelt, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Lucia Tsaoussi, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Paul Raymond Houser, George Mason University, Geography and Geoinformation Science, Fairfax, VA, United States
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • A - Atmospheric Sciences
  • B - Biogeosciences
  • IN - Earth and Space Science Informatics
  • OS - Ocean Sciences
Index Terms:
Virtual Option?: No
Swirl Theme: Global Change: Science Literacy, Societal Impacts, and Response Strategies

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

 
Using Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) As a Framework for Coordination Between Research and Monitoring Networks: A Case Study with Phenology (6550)
Katherine D. Jones1, Jesslyn F Brown2, Sarah Elmendorf1, Carolyn Enquist3, Alyssa Rosemartin4, Andrea Thorpe1, Brian Peck-Sheng Wee1 and Jake F Weltzin5, (1)NEON Inc., Boulder, CO, United States, (2)USGS/EROS, Sioux Falls, United States, (3)USA National Phenology Network, Tucson, MD, United States, (4)USA National Phenology Network, Tucson, AZ, United States, (5)USA National Phenology Network, Fort Collins, CO, United States
 
NCA-LDAS: An IntegratedĀ Terrestrial Water Analysis System for Development, Evaluation, and Dissemination of Climate Indicators (7033)
Michael F Jasinski1, Kristi R Arsenault2, Hiroko K Kato-Beaudoing3,4, John D Bolten5, Jordan Borak6,7, Sujay V Kumar8,9, Christa D Peters-Lidard6, Bailing Li7,10, Yuqiong Liu11, David M Mocko2,12 and Matthew Rodell13, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, United States, (2)SAIC, Greenbelt, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Hydrological Sciences Lab (HSL), Greenbelt, United States, (4)SAIC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (5)Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD, United States, (6)NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, United States, (7)Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, United States, (8)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (9)NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (10)NASA GSFC Hydrological Science Laboratory, Greenbelt, United States, (11)NOAA Affiliate, LEN Technologies, Office of Water Prediction, Silver Spring, United States, (12)NASA GSFC/SAIC, Greenbelt, United States, (13)NASA GSFC HSL, Greenbelt, United States
 
Developing a Pilot Indicator System for U.S. Climate Changes, Impacts, Vulnerabilities, and Responses (27924)
Dr. Melissa A Kenney, PhD1, Anthony Janetos2, Derek Shane Arndt3, Richard Vincent Pouyat4, Rebecca Aicher5, Ainsley Lloyd6, Omar Malik6, Julian J Reyes, PhD7 and Sarah M Anderson8, (1)University of Minnesota, Institute on the Environment, St. Paul, United States, (2)Boston University, The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Boston, MA, United States, (3)NOAA Asheville, Asheville, United States, (4)USDA Forest Service, Vallejo, CA, United States, (5)AAAS, Washington, DC, United States, (6)University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, (7)USDA Climate Hubs, Washington, United States, (8)Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
 
Development of a Water Clarity Index for the Southeastern U.S. As a Climate Indicator (4385)
Scott C Sheridan1, Chuanmin Hu2, Cameron C Lee1, Brian B Barnes2, Douglas Pirhalla3, Varis Ransi3 and Karsten A Shein4, (1)Kent State University Kent Campus, Kent, OH, United States, (2)University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, St. Petersburg, United States, (3)National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (4)NOAA NCDC, Asheville, NC, United States
 
Indication of Stable Isotope Composition on the Process of Oasification and Desertification in Arid Regions: A Case Study in the Heihe River Basin (14840)
Jian-Ying Ma, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, China and Qiao Zeng, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China
 
Land Cover Indicators for U.S. National Climate Assessments (16270)
Saurabh Channan1, Allison M Thomson2, Kathrine M Collins1, Joseph O Sexton1, Paul Torrens3 and William R Emanuel2, (1)Global Land Cover Facility, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States, (2)Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, College Park, MD, United States, (3)University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
 
National Climate Assessment - Land Data Assimilation System (NCA-LDAS) Data at NASA GES DISC (16672)
Hualan Rui, NASA GES DISC (ADNET Systems Inc.), Greenbelt, MD, United States, William L Teng, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (ADNET Systems), Greenbelt, MD, United States, Bruce Vollmer, NASA GSFC, GES DISC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Michael F Jasinski, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, United States, David M Mocko, SAIC, Greenbelt, United States and Steven J Kempler, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, GES DISC, Greenbelt, MD, United States
 
Assessing Significance of Global Climate Change in Local Climate Time Series (10567)
Marina M Timofeyeva-Livezey1, Andrea Bair2, Robert Livezey3, Annette Hollingshead4, Fiona M.C. Horsfall4 and Jenna C Meyers5, (1)NOAA National Weather Service, Silver Spring, United States, (2)National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, (3)retired, Bethesda, MD, United States, (4)NOAA Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States, (5)NOAA Washington DC, Washington, United States
 
LNOx Estimates Directly from LIS Data (13466)
William John Koshak, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States, Brian Vant-Hull, CUNY City College, New York, NY, United States and Eugene McCaul, Universities Space Research Association, Huntsville, AL, United States
 
Long-term dust climatology in the western United States (17376)
Pius Lee1, Daniel Tong1,2, Hang Lei3 and Julian X L Wang1, (1)NOAA College Park, NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction, College Park, MD, United States, (2)George Mason Univeristy, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences, Fairfax, United States, (3)IMSG, Environmental Modeling Center, NCEP, College Park, MD, United States
 
The Assessment of Vulnerability of Industrial Parks to Climate Change in South Korea (19705)
Ji-Eun Ryu1, Dong Kun Lee2, Tae-Yong Jung3, Kwang-Lim Choi4 and See-hyung Lee4, (1)Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), (2)Seoul National University, Department of Landscape Architecture and Rural System Engineering, Seoul, South Korea, (3)KDI school of policy and management, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), (4)The korea chamber of Commerce&Industry, seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
 
Using NASA Earth Science Datasets for National Climate Assessment Indicators: Urban Impacts of Heat Waves Associated with Climate Change (21830)
Stephanie Weber, Battelle Columbus, Columbus, OH, United States, Natasha Sadoff, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, SSAI, Ocean Ecology Laboratory, Greenbelt, United States, Erica R Zell, Battelle, Arlington, VA, United States and Alexander M de Sherbinin, Columbia University, CIESIN, Palisades, NY, United States
 
Integrated Land Surface Water State Indicators for Climate Assessment (22459)
Brian Thomas Lamb, PhD, CUNY City College, New York, United States, Kyle C McDonald, City University of New York - City College, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, New York, United States, Nick Steiner, City College of New York, New York. NY, USA, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, New York, United States, Marzi Azarderakhsh, CCNY, New York, United States and Ronny Schroeder, CUNY City College, New York, NY, United States
 
Developing and Testing Water Cycle Intensification Indicator (WCI) over the United States (27141)
Xia Feng and Paul Raymond Houser, George Mason University Fairfax, Fairfax, VA, United States
 
Using MERRA, AMIP II, CMIP5 Outputs to Assess Actual and Potential Building Climate Zone Change and Variability From the Last 30 Years Through 2100 (29092)
Paul W Stackhouse Jr1, David J Westberg2, James M Hoell Jr2, William Chandler2 and Taiping Zhang2, (1)NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States, (2)Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Hampton, Hampton, VA, United States
 
Frequency of Winter Weather Regimes in the US Northeast as an Indicator for National Climate Assessment (30880)
Jian-Hua Qian, Christopher Roller, Mathew A Barlow and Laurie A Agel, Univ of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA, United States
 
Using Sea Level Change as a Climate Indicator (31275)
Dallas S Masters, University of Colorado at Boulder, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States and R Steven Nerem, Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States