GC51G:
Key Challenges in Climate Adaptation: Communication, Data-Intensive Approaches to Interdisciplinary Collaboration, and Long-Range Forecasting of Seasonal Transitions I

Friday, 19 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Chairs:  Kristin Timm, Scenarios Network for Alaska and Arctic Planning (SNAP), Fairbanks, AK, United States, Brian Wee, National Ecological Observatory Network, Boulder, CO, United States, Julio L Betancourt, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, United States and Liz Neeley, COMPASS Seattle, Science Outreach, Seattle, WA, United States
Primary Conveners:  Kristin Timm, Scenarios Network for Alaska and Arctic Planning (SNAP), Fairbanks, AK, United States
Co-conveners:  Julio L Betancourt, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, United States and Brian Wee, National Ecological Observatory Network, Boulder, CO, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Christopher P Weaver, Executive Office of the President, Washington, DC, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

8:00 AM
 
A Social Science Guide for Communication on Climate Change
Courtney St John1, Sabine Marx1 and Ezra Markowitz2, (1)CRED, Columbia Earth Institute, New York, NY, United States, (2)University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, United States
8:15 AM
 
Scaling Climate Change Communication for Behavior Change
Victoria Christine Rodriguez1, Matt Lappé2, June A. Flora3, Nicole M. Ardoin1 and Thomas N. Robinson1, (1)Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, (2)Alliance for Climate Education, Oakland, CA, United States, (3)Stanford University, H-Star, Stanford, CA, United States
8:30 AM
 
Opportunities and Challenges in Using Research to Facilitate Climate Communication Collaborations
Karen Akerlof1, Branden B. Johnson2, Colin Nackerman1 and Edward Maibach1, (1)George Mason University Fairfax, Fairfax, VA, United States, (2)Decision Research, Inc., Eugene, OR, United States
8:45 AM
 
Joined-up Planetary Information, in the Cloud and on Devices.
Matthew J Smith, Stephen Emmott, Drew W Purves, Lucas N Joppa and Vassily Lyutsarev, Microsoft Research, Cambridge, United Kingdom
9:00 AM
 
Opportunities and Examples for Integration of Socio-environmental Approaches to Support Climate-informed Decisions
Melissa A Kenney, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States
9:15 AM
 
Impact of Seasonal Forecasts on Agriculture
Sivan climate Aldor-Noiman, The Climate Corporation, san francisco, CA, United States
9:30 AM
 
Can Abrupt Seasonal Transitions be Predicted in Climate Forecasts?
Ben P Kirtman, University of Miami - RSMAS, Miami, FL, United States
9:45 AM
 
Toward the Seasonal Prediction of the Timing of Extremes and Hydroclimate
Gabriel Andres Vecchi, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, United States