Chairs: John Kotcher1, Aaron Pina2, Toby Ault3 and Karen Akerlof1, (1)George Mason University Fairfax, Fairfax, VA, United States(2)Colorado State University Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, CO, United States(3)Cornell University, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Science, Ithaca, NY, 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: 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
William D Graham, NASA, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, Joseph Spruce, Computer Sciences Corporation, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, Kenton W Ross, 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
Rachael Grace Jonassen1, Fiona M.C. Horsfall2, Elchin E Jafarov3, Marina M Livezey2 and Kevin M Schaefer4, (1)George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States, (2)NOAA Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States, (3)National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)University of Colorado, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO, United States
Sustainability Indicators for Coupled Human-Earth Systems
Safa Motesharrei, University of Maryland College Park, 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, MD, United States
Selection bias in species distribution models: An econometric approach on forest trees based on structural modeling
Nicolas K. Martin-StPaul1, Jean-Sauveur Ay2, Joannès Guillemot1, Luc Doyen3 and Paul Leadley1, (1)Université Paris-Sud, Laboratoire Ecologie, Systematique, Evolution, Orsay, France, (2)INRA UMR Economie Publique, Paris, France, (3)CNRS-GREThA-Université Montesquieu, Bordeau, France
Communicating for Climate Change Adaptation: Lessons from a Case Study with Nature-Based Tour Operators
Kristin Timm1, Elena B Sparrow2, Erin C Pettit3, Sarah Fleisher Trainor2 and Karen Taylor3, (1)Scenarios Network for Alaska and Arctic Planning (SNAP), Fairbanks, AK, United States, (2)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (3)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Anchorage, AK, United States