Chairs: John Kotcher, George Mason University Fairfax, Fairfax, VA, United States, Aaron J Piña, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States, Toby Ault, Cornell University, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Science, Ithaca, NY, United States and K L Akerlof, PhD, George Mason University, Fairfax, United States
Primary Convener: Kristin Timm, University of Alaska Fairbanks, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Co-conveners: Julio L Betancourt, U.S. Geological Survey, Science and Decisions Center, Reston, VA, United States and Brian Peck-Sheng Wee, National Ecological Observatory Network, Boulder, CO, United States
OSPA Liaison: Gregory J McCabe Jr, USGS, National Research Program, Lakewood, CO, United States
Growing Degree Vegetation Production Index (GDVPI): A Novel and Data-Driven Approach to Delimit Season Cycles (4919)
William D Graham, NASA, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, Joseph Spruce, Computer Sciences Corporation, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, Dr. Kenton W Ross, PhD, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States, Jerry Gasser, Naval Research Lab Stennis Space Center, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States and Nancy Grulke, US Forest Service Prineville, Prineville, OR, United States
Towards NOAA Forecasts of Permafrost Active Layer Thickness (29169)
Rachael Grace Jonassen, George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States, Fiona M.C. Horsfall, NOAA Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States, Elchin E Jafarov, Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, United States, Marina M Timofeyeva-Livezey, NOAA National Weather Service, Silver Spring, United States and Kevin M Schaefer, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A, Boulder, United States
Sustainability Indicators for Coupled Human-Earth Systems (29674)
Safa Motesharrei, University of Maryland, Institute for Physical Science and Technology, College Park, MD, United States; National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC), Annapolis, MD, United States, Jorge R Rivas, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Political Science, Minneapolis, MN, United States and Eugenia Kalnay, University of Maryland College Park, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, College Park, MD, United States
Cover crops as a gateway to greater conservation in Iowa?: Integrating crop models, field trials, economics and farmer perspectives regarding soil resilience in light of climate change (28397)
Gabrielle Elan Roesch-McNally1, Andrea Basche2, John Tyndall3, J. Gordon Arbuckle2, Fernando Miguez4 and Troy Bowman2, (1)Pacific Northwest Climate Hub, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Corvallis, OR, United States, (2)Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States, (3)Iowa State University, Natural Resources and Ecology Management, Ames, United States, (4)Iowa State University, Department of Agronomy, Ames, United States
Communicating for Climate Change Adaptation: Lessons from a Case Study with Nature-Based Tour Operators (15113)
Kristin Timm, University of Alaska Fairbanks, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Elena B Sparrow, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Erin C Pettit, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, United States, Sarah Trainor, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness, Fairbanks, United States and Karen Taylor, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Anchorage, AK, United States