GC51J
Toward Better Understanding of the Impacts of Climate Variability: From Ecosystem Processes to Agricultural Adaptation and Decision Making I

Friday, 18 December 2015: 08:00-10:00
3003 (Moscone West)
Primary Conveners:  Lyndon D Estes, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States
Conveners:  Amor V M Ines1, Jeffrey W Atkins2 and Erin Swails2, (1)Michigan State University, Departments of Plant, Soil and Micriobial Sciences, and Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, East Lansing, MI, United States(2)University of Virginia Main Campus, Charlottesville, VA, United States
Chairs:  Lyndon D Estes, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States and Amor Ines, Michigan State University, Departments of Plant, Soil and Micriobial Sciences, and Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, East Lansing, MI, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Lyndon D Estes, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States
08:00
Climatic Changes and Evaluation of Their Effects on Agriculture in Asian Monsoon Region- A project of GRENE-ei programs in Japan (Invited) (64412)
Masaru Mizoguchi1, Jun Matsumoto2, Hiroshi G Takahashi2, Kei Tanaka3 and Tsuneo Kuwagata4, (1)University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan, (2)Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan, (3)NARO National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Ibaraki, Japan, (4)NIAES National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan
08:15
A systems approach to identify adaptation strategies for Midwest US cropping systems under increased climate variability and change. (Invited) (75586)
Bruno Basso and Benjamin Dumont, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
08:30
Information content of downscaled GCM precipitation variables for crop simulations (75293)
Amor V M Ines, Michigan State University, Departments of Plant, Soil and Micriobial Sciences, and Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, East Lansing, MI, United States and Ashok K Mishra, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States
08:45
Agriculture Information Service Built on Interoperable Sensor Network (80883)
Kiyoshi Honda, Chubu University, Kasugai, Japan
09:00
Light- and water-use efficiency model synergy: a revised look at crop yield estimation for agricultural decision-making (69327)
Michael Marshall, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Nairobi, Kenya and Kevin P Tu, Theiss Research, Davis, CA, United States
09:15
Farmer Decision-Making for Climate Adaptation (Invited) (84822)
Mark Lubell, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States
09:30
New Approaches to Capture High Frequency Agricultural Dynamics in Africa through Mobile Phones (Invited) (81902)
Tom P Evans1, Shahzeen Attari1, Beth A Plale1, Kelly K Caylor2, Lyndon D Estes2 and Justin Sheffield2, (1)Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, United States, (2)Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States
09:45
Impacts of intra-seasonal agricultural decision-making and forecast information on maize production in Zambia (81037)
Lyndon D Estes and Di Tian, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States