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Working Group Proposals

The following a proposals for working groups that have been submitted are pending approval.
Titlesort icon Organizer Format Submitted Edit Session
Mass Loss: A Quantitative Synthesis of Leaf Decomposition in Streams and Rivers -

 

Jennifer Follstad... Product oriented 08/15/12 Ad-hoc Working Group Session 6 - Wednesday
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
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
Modeling wetland processes -

Wetlands are present at several LTER sites, either as primary or secondary habitat.

Steven Pennings Information exchange 05/17/12 Working Group Session 6 - Thursday
Modeling wetland processes -

Wetlands are present at several LTER sites, either as primary or secondary habitat.

Steven Pennings Information exchange 05/17/12 Working Group Session 7 - Thursday
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)
NOTICE: A Shareholders Introduction to the LTER Data Co-op -

Mark Servilla Information exchange 08/01/12 Working Group Session 6 - Thursday
NSF LTER Minisymposium Planning Committee Meeting -

This is a lunch-time meeting for the NSF Minisymposium Planning Committee.  The committee consists of Dan Childers, Evelyn Gaiser, John Vande Castle, Jeb Barrett, and Kristin Vanderbilt....

Kristin Vanderbilt Ancillary meetings 08/20/12 Ad-hoc Working Group Session 8 - Thursday (Lunch)
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
Palmer Station LTER Planning Meeting (closed session for Palmer LTER) -

This is a planning meeting for the field season of  the Palmer LTER (PAL) group.  It will include meeting with their logistics support group.

Hugh Ducklow Ancillary meetings 08/01/12 Ancillary Working Group Session 3 - Tuesday
PDTNet Working Group -

The Productivity-Diversity-Traits Network was formed through LTER Network Office funding in 2004.

Scott Collins Product oriented 08/01/12 Working Group Session 1 - Monday
PDTNet Working Group -

The Productivity-Diversity-Traits Network was formed through LTER Network Office funding in 2004.

Scott Collins Product oriented 08/01/12 Working Group Session 2 - Monday
Perennialization in Urban, Peri-urban, and Rural Landscapes to Enhance Ecosystem Services -

 Rural landscapes are largely dominated by agriculture; providing important services such as food and fiber.

Christine Sprunger Brain storming 07/31/12 Working Group Session 4 Tuesday
Phenology across LTER sites and trophic levels -

Phenology is key research in understanding how climate influences life history events and climate change is and will be impacting ecosystems.

Sherri Johnson Information exchange 08/01/12 Working Group Session 7 - Thursday
Promotion of Population of Emission Factors in the IPCC Emission Factor Database -

The primary goals for this session are to familiarize participants with work of the IPCC National Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory Programme, identify potential data contributions for estimating GHG...

Kimberly Wickland Information exchange 07/12/12 Working Group Session 3 Tuesday
Quantification of structural legacy effects via synthesis of long-term records and eco-hydrologic modeling -

Structural legacy effects impose fundamental controls on the function and evolution of ecosystems.

Daniel Bain Product oriented 07/13/12 Working Group Session 1 - Monday
Quantification of structural legacy effects via synthesis of long-term records and eco-hydrologic modeling -

Structural legacy effects impose fundamental controls on the function and evolution of ecosystems.

Daniel Bain Product oriented 07/13/12 Working Group Session 2 - Monday
Quantifying Uncertainty in Ecosystem Studies -

The calculation of pools and fluxes at ecosystem scales has advanced our understanding of water, carbon, and nutrient cycling.  However, uncertainty due to variability or error in...

Ruth Yanai Information exchange 06/04/12 Working Group Session 3 Tuesday
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
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
SCALER: Scale, consumers and lotic ecosystem rates -

This will be a workshop on methods for the SCALER project. The project is planned to be performed at or near 5 LTER stream sites (ARC, BNZ, CWT,KNZ, LUQ), and is a precursor for STREON.

Walter Dodds Brain storming 07/01/12 Working Group Session 1 - Monday
SCALER: Scale, consumers and lotic ecosystem rates -

This will be a workshop on methods for the SCALER project. The project is planned to be performed at or near 5 LTER stream sites (ARC, BNZ, CWT,KNZ, LUQ), and is a precursor for STREON.

Walter Dodds Brain storming 07/01/12 Working Group Session 2 - Monday
Seasonal hydrologic changes and their ecological consequences in headwater basins -

We propose a set of four meetings on the causes and consequences of seasonal changes in water fluxes in headwater drainages.  Analysis of long-term discharge records for several headwater...

Julia Jones Information exchange 05/18/12 Working Group Session 1 - Monday
Seasonal hydrologic changes and their ecological consequences in headwater basins -

We propose a set of four meetings on the causes and consequences of seasonal changes in water fluxes in headwater drainages.  Analysis of long-term discharge records for several headwater...

Julia Jones Information exchange 05/18/12 Working Group Session 2 - Monday
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
 
 
Background Photo by: Nicole Hansen - Jornada (JRN) LTER