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National Institute for Global Environmental Change
Southeast Regional Center

Southeast Regional Center NIGEC
2000 Annual Climate Change Conference
March 6-7, 2000
Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Agenda


Monday, March 6, 2000

8:30 a.m.- 2 p.m.

Optional Presentation/Tour/Lunch:
SE Environmental Systems, Mercedes, The University Club

3:00 -5:00

Southeast Regional Center, Advisory Board Meeting,
Morgan Board Room

6:00-7:30

Welcoming Reception and Registration,
Sheraton Four Points Hotel

Tuesday, March 7, 2000

7:30 a.m.

Registration and Breakfast, Bryant Conference Center

8:15

Welcoming Remarks

Project Presentations Session 1
Moderator, Dr. C. Everett Brett

8:30

Dr. Tom Boden, CDIAC, Oak Ridge National Lab
"Research and Data Activities of the Carbon Dioxide
Information Analysis Center Relevant to the NIGEC
Southeast Regional Center"

9:00

Dr. Hal Maring, University of Miami
"Characterization of the Physical, Optical and Chemical
Properties of Tropospheric Aerosols at Mt. Gibbes, North
Carolina, USA"

9:30

Dr. Ram Oren, Duke University
"Measurements and Modeling of Net Carbon Exchange
over a Southeastern Loblolly Pine Plantation at the Duke
Forest AmeriFlux Site"

10:00

Coffee and Networking

Project Presentations Session 2
Moderator, Dr. Carl Ferguson

10:30

Dr. Henry Gholz, University of Florida
"Carbon, Water and Energy Fluxes for a Slash Pine
Ecosystem in Florida: Effects of Management and
Environment"

11:00

Dr. Monique Leclerc, University of Georgia
"Enhancement and Intercomparison of CO2 and H2O
Measurements from Soil and Canopy at Two AmeriFlux Forest Sites"

11:30

Dr. Anne E. Carey, Ohio State University
"Greenhouse Warming and the Impact of Sea Level Rise
on Water Resources on the Coastal Plain of the Gulf Coast,
U.S.A."

12:00

Noon Luncheon, Sheraton Four Points Hotel
Host, Dr. Robert Griffin

Project Presentations Session 3
Moderator, Dr. Joe Benson

1:30 p.m.

Dr. Gabriel Katul, Duke University for Dr. John Albertson,
"Spatial Variability of CO2 Uptake by Forests: Defining
the Relative Contribution of Biology and Meteorology

2:00

Dr. Jeff Chanton, University of Florida
"Isotopic Studies at AmeriFlux Tower Sites: Estimating
CO2 Exchange and Anthropogenic CH4"

2:30

Dr. Robert Abt, North Carolina State University
"Spatial Modeling of the Eco-physiologic, Hydrologic and
Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Forested
Ecosystems of the South"

3:00

Dr. Dale Johnson, Desert Research Institute
"Effects of Elevated CO2 on Nutrient Cycling in a
Sweetgum Plantation"

3:30

Dr. Sam Addy, The University of Alabama
"Climate Change and Policy Impacts on the Southeastern
U.S. Economy"

4:00

Closing Comments, Dr. Robert Griffin

4:30

Meeting Adjourns

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