Working Group Proposals
The following a proposals for working groups that have been submitted are pending approval.
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US-Mexico Ecohydrology Workshop Planning Meeting - Participants in the October 2012 "US-Mexico Workshop: Catalyzing International Collaborations to Develop a Platform for Ecohydrological Research" in Chamela, Jalisco will meet to complete... |
William McDowell | Brain storming | 07/24/12 | Working Group Session 4 Tuesday | |
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Environmental Histories in the LTER Network - Environmental history is emerging as an important field within the LTER network. |
Adrian Howkins | Brain storming | 07/24/12 | Working Group Session 5 - Wednesday | |
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Decomposition project - A joint project for students in Israel and the USA as part of the LTER-EDU program. - LTER-EDU is an educational project that offers school students an opportunity to be partners in the LTER global monitoring effort. |
Saleit Ron | Information exchange | 07/26/12 | Working Group Session 4 Tuesday | |
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Climate change communication: what should the conversation be about? - Do we as LTER scientists have an obligation to talk about climate change with policymakers, land managers, and other decision makers? |
Julie Doll | Brain storming | 07/26/12 | Working Group Session 6 - Thursday | |
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Synthesizing long-term phenology data: Perspectives across the International Long Term Ecological Research Network (ILTER) - Phenology is strongly linked with ecosystem structure, function, biogeochemical cycles and global climate change. A sensitive indicator of climate change, phenology has shifted in recent decades... |
Jim Tang | Brain storming | 07/26/12 | Working Group Session 4 Tuesday | |
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Network Information System Advisory Committee Meeting - The meeting of the LTER Network Information System Advisory Committee will focus on ongoing initiatives and new activities related to LTER Information Management at the network level. |
John Porter | Ancillary meetings | 07/27/12 | Ad-hoc Working Group Session 1 - (Monday Lunch) | |
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SensorNIS: Building a sensor network resource guide through community participation - LTER sites are actively deploying, operating, or exploring establishment of sensor networks and are commonly in need of informational resources |
Donald Henshaw | Product oriented | 07/27/12 | Working Group Session 4 Tuesday | |
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LTER Schoolyard Children's Book Series - More than any other single skill, the ability to read and read well allows children to succeed in school, learn about the world, and function in society (National Children's LIteracy). |
Diane McKnight | Information exchange | 07/29/12 | Working Group Session 2 - Monday | |
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Changes in litter chemistry during decomposition: pathways and patterns - Decomposition of plant litter is a fundamental biogeochemical process, integral to energy and nutrient cycling and soil formation. |
Becky Ball | Product oriented | 07/31/12 | Working Group Session 5 - Wednesday | |
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Flooding farm fields, draining wetlands, and damming rivers: The effects of hydrologic regime change on nutrient cycling - An ecosystem’s hydrology is one of the strongest driving forces determining its structure, function, and rate at which it supplies valued services (e.g., denitrification). |
Lauren Kinsman | Brain storming | 07/31/12 | Working Group Session 2 - Monday | |
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Luquillo LTER Site Meeting - Members of Luquillo LTER will meet to discuss their program. |
Nick Brokaw | Ancillary meetings | 07/31/12 | Ancillary Working Group Session 3 - Tuesday | |
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LTER Education Committee - The LTER Education committee meeting held on Sunday September 9th will consist of a closed business meeting (session) in the morning where our Terms of Reference/ByLaws will be presented,... |
Beth Simmons | Ancillary meetings | 07/31/12 | Ancillary Working Group Session 1 - Sunday | |
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LTER Education Committee - The LTER Education committee meeting held on Sunday September 9th will consist of a closed business meeting (session) in the morning where our Terms of Reference/ByLaws will be presented,... |
Beth Simmons | Ancillary meetings | 07/31/12 | Ancillary Working Group Session 2 - Sunday | |
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Centralized LTER Information Management? - This workshop will be a facilitated discussion about the future of LTER Information Management. Participants will be given challenge questions and then asked to build alternative future scenarios... |
Emery Boose | Information exchange | 07/31/12 | Working Group Session 1 - Monday | |
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Centralized LTER Information Management? - This workshop will be a facilitated discussion about the future of LTER Information Management. Participants will be given challenge questions and then asked to build alternative future scenarios... |
Emery Boose | Information exchange | 07/31/12 | Working Group Session 2 - Monday | |
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Resilience and Sustainability of Complex Mountain Landscapes - Mountain ecosystems are increasingly experiencing a suite of rapid social, economic, and biophysical changes, including demographics, land use/land cover, and climatic changes. |
Patrick Bourgeron | Product oriented | 07/31/12 | Ancillary Working Group Session 3 - Tuesday | |
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Resilience and Sustainability of Complex Mountain Landscapes - Mountain ecosystems are increasingly experiencing a suite of rapid social, economic, and biophysical changes, including demographics, land use/land cover, and climatic changes. |
Patrick Bourgeron | Product oriented | 07/31/12 | Working Group Session 5 - Wednesday | |
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Integrating Hydro-geomorphology into LTER Research Programs - Surficial hydrological and sediment transport processes can directly and substantially influence ecological processes across scales, yet long term hydrogeomorphological monitoring efforts are not... |
Melinda Daniels | Brain storming | 07/31/12 | Working Group Session 4 Tuesday | |
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MinuteEarth Collaborative? - MinuteEarth is envisioned as a companion YouTube channel to MinutePhysics (check it out), an existing and popular channel of short (≈1-2 minute long) videos that are prod... |
Peter Reich | Brain storming | 07/31/12 | Working Group Session 3 Tuesday | |
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Analyzing air temperature trends in spatially distributed long-term records at and across LTER sites - Air temperature and its associated exchange of sensible heat are fundamental variables and processes defining the state and energy exchange of ecosystems across biomes. |
Christoph Thomas | Information exchange | 07/31/12 | Working Group Session 4 Tuesday | |
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An International Drought Experiment (IDE) Network: The Role of LTER and ILTER - Forecast climate changes, such as warming, changes in precipitation regimes, and increased intensity and frequency of climate extremes (drought, heat waves), are expected to impact virtually all... |
Melinda Smith | Brain storming | 07/31/12 | Working Group Session 5 - Wednesday | |
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Materials and Resources for Next Generation Science Standards - The National Research Council has issued a report: A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas. This report is the basis for the ... |
Charles Anderson | Information exchange | 07/31/12 | Working Group Session 2 - Monday | |
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Ocean Acidification (OA) Data Management - Ocean acidification (OA), the decline of seawater pH due to absorption of anthropogenic CO2, is a fast developing field of research. |
M Gastil-Buhl | Product oriented | 07/31/12 | Working Group Session 7 - Thursday | |
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Land Use Institutions, Land Use Land Cover Change, and the Distribution of Ecosystem Services - The Cross-Site group is establishing a theoretical framework and approach for comparative analysis of urban land-use/land-cover change: policy change, institutional change, and ecosystem services/... |
Abigail York | Brain storming | 07/31/12 | Working Group Session 1 - Monday | |
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Land Use Institutions, Land Use Land Cover Change, and the Distribution of Ecosystem Services - The Cross-Site group is establishing a theoretical framework and approach for comparative analysis of urban land-use/land-cover change: policy change, institutional change, and ecosystem services/... |
Abigail York | Brain storming | 07/31/12 | Working Group Session 2 - Monday |
