Working Group Proposals
The following a proposals for working groups that have been submitted are pending approval.
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Planning for Network-level synthesis (closed session, by invitation only) - This will be a be a closed session ad-hoc meeting where we'll brain storm cross-site and network-level synthesis questions. |
Debra Peters | Ancillary meetings | 09/04/12 | Ad-hoc Working Group Session 6 - Wednesday | |
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A Researcher’s Guide to Automating Analysis of LTER Data - Recent years have seen the development of new software tools and services that expedite the efficient analysis of LTER data by automating routine tasks associated with the handling of tabular data... |
John Porter | Information exchange | 05/01/12 | Working Group Session 3 Tuesday | |
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Ad-Hoc Student Perspectives on Urban Theory - Continuation of Grad Student Symposium working group on student perspectives on urban ecological theory--additional meeting to develop a working group proposal and outline a plan for a manuscript |
Anna Johnson | Product oriented | 09/10/12 | Working Group Session 3 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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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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Anthropocene Boundary Discrimination at LTER Sites - The Anthropocene cannot exist without sound knowledge of what came before it. |
David Leigh | Brain storming | 05/08/12 | Working Group Session 3 Tuesday | |
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Anthropological Sciences, Ecology, and Environment - Ecological and environmental research within anthropology includes a wide range of theoretical and methodological approaches of relevance to long-term ecological research. |
Michael Paolisso | Information exchange | 08/02/12 | Working Group Session 4 Tuesday | |
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Anthropological Sciences, Ecology, and Environment - Ecological and environmental research within anthropology includes a wide range of theoretical and methodological approaches of relevance to long-term ecological research. |
Michael Paolisso | Information exchange | 08/02/12 | Working Group Session 5 - Wednesday | |
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Arctic LTER: Food Web Synthesis - ARC LTER researchers will meet to continue work on a synthesis of food webs across aquatic and terrestrial environments. |
Laura Gough | Ancillary meetings | 08/31/12 | Ancillary Working Group Session 3 - Tuesday | |
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Belowground Biogeochemical Processes Across the LTER Network - Belowground plant and microbial processes exert major control over the Earth’s biogeochemical cycles and climate. While fundamentally important they are treated in a rudimentary manner at... |
Adrien Finzi | Product oriented | 08/02/12 | Working Group Session 5 - Wednesday | |
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Best practices for graduate student socio-ecological research - At present, the LTER Network is in the implementation phase of the Integrated Science for Society and Environment (ISSE) initiative, a ten-year plan to promote socio-ecological research. |
Sydne Record | Product oriented | 07/31/12 | Working Group Session 5 - Wednesday | |
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Broadening Participation of Diverse Students in LTER Science - This session will be an informal conversation about ideas to broaden participation of underrepresented minority students in LTER science. |
Teresa Mourad | Brain storming | 08/14/12 | Ad-hoc Working Group Session 1 - (Monday Lunch) | |
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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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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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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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Communicating LTER Science Part I and II - The LTER 30-year review identified improving communication of LTER science as a high priority. |
Susan Dailey | Product oriented | 05/24/12 | Working Group Session 1 - Monday | |
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Communicating LTER Science Part I and II - The LTER 30-year review identified improving communication of LTER science as a high priority. |
Susan Dailey | Product oriented | 05/24/12 | Working Group Session 5 - Wednesday | |
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Community Convergence or Divergence in Resource Manipulation Experiments -
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Kimberly La Pierre | Brain storming | 08/27/12 | Ad-hoc Working Group Session 1 - (Monday Lunch) | |
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Connections between BCO-DMO and LTER - There are 5 OCE-funded coastal and marine LTER sites: SBC, MCR, GCE, PIE and CCE, who contribute data to the LTER repository. |
Margaret O'Brien | Ancillary meetings | 09/09/12 | Ad-hoc Working Group Session 2 (Dinner) | |
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Data package construction for Landsat imagery - In a working group session Tuesday, participants were introduced to a collection of long-term (1984-2011) Landsat imagery currently being assembled for every LTER site to be housed in the LTER NIS... |
Margaret O'Brien | Ancillary meetings | 09/11/12 | Ad-hoc Working Group Session 5 - Wednesday (Lunch) | |
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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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Developing a Cross-site Vegetation Data Portal for the LTER Network - This working group will examine the possibility of developing a data portal to provide access to vegetation data being gathered in the LTER network. The primary emphasis will be on ecosystem... |
Mark Harmon | Information exchange | 07/10/12 | Working Group Session 5 - Wednesday | |
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Developing Multimedia LTER Resources: LTER Collaboration with OdysseyEarth.com and Everglades Digital Library - The objective of this brainstorming session is to gauge the interest level and develop a cross-site collaboration plan for producing an LTER video series and/or multimedia resources. |
Nicholas Oehm | Brain storming | 08/01/12 | Working Group Session 7 - Thursday | |
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Disappearing Cryosphere - The cryosphere, that portion of the Earth’s surface where water is in solid form for at least one month a year, has been shrinking in response to climate warming. |
Hugh Ducklow | Brain storming | 07/24/12 | Working Group Session 5 - Wednesday |
