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SERC NIGEC 2000 Annual Conference

Nov. 27- 30, 2000

Agenda

Monday Nov. 27, 2000

1:30 - 3:00 pm

Early Registration

University of Florida Hotel and Conference Center
1714 SW 34th Street, Gainesville, Florida

3:00 - 5:00 pm

SERC Advisory Board Meeting

Dogwood Room
(Invitation Only)

5:00 - 7:00 pm

Registration and Opener Reception

Century Ballroom C

Tuesday Nov. 28, 2000

8:00 am

Pick up visitors at hotel needing transportation to Austin-Cary Forest Conference Center

8:00 - 8:45 am

Registration

Austin-Cary Forest Conference Center
Coffee and Donuts Served

8:45 am

Intro remarks

Hosts:

  • Dr. Wayne Smith
    Director, School of Forest Resources and Conservation

  • Dr. Richard Jones,
    Dean for Research, UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences

  • Dr. Henry Gholz
    Director of Florida AmeriFlux Site

9:15 am

Message from the NIGEC National Director

Dr. Ruth Reck
"Ecosystem Health and Climate Change"

 

9:30 - 10:00

Dr. Monique Y. Leclerc
University of Georgia
"Enhancement and Intercomparison of Water Measurements from Soil and Canopy at Two AmeriFlux Sites"

 

10:00 - 10:15

Coffee Break

10:15 - 10:45

Dr. John Albertson
University of Virginia
"Spatial Variability of Uptake by Forests; Defining the Relative Contributions of Biology and Meteorology"

 

10:45 - 11:15

Dr. Henry Gholz
University of Florida
"Long-Term Dynamics of Carbon, Water and Energy Fluxes for Managed and Natural Pine Ecosystems in Florida"

 

11:15 - 11:45

Dr. Bob Abt
North Carolina State University
"Spatial Modeling of the Ecophysiologic, Hydrologic and Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Forested Ecosystems of the South"

 

12:00 - 1:30

Lunch

1:30 - 5:00

Visit Sites (Donaldson tract (2); Austin-Cary Forest; clear cut; cypress wetlands)

5:30 pm

Dinner; The Forest

Wednesday Nov. 29, 2000

8:00am

Pick up Participants from hotel
Coffee and Donuts

 

8:30 - 9:00 am

Dr. Samuel Addy
The University of Alabama
"Climate Change Policy Impact on the Southeastern U.S. Economy"

 

9:00 - 9:30

Guest Speaker
Dr. Tom Boden
CDIAC
"Research and Data Activities of the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center Relevant to AmeriFlux and the SERC - Update"

 

9:30 - 10:00

Coffee Break

 

10:00 - 10:30

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

 

10:30 - 11:00

Dr. Mike Binford
University of Florida
"Impact of Management History on Sequestration"

 

11:00 - 11:30

Guest Speaker
Dr. Bert Tanner
Tentative Topic: "The Art and Science of Making the Best Carbon Dioxide Flux Measurements Possible: Hidden Traps"

 

11:30 - 12:00

Dr. Jeff Chanton
Florida State University
"Isotopic Studies at AmeriFlux Tower Sites: Estimating Exchange and Anthropogenic Methane"

 

12: 00 - 1:00 pm

Lunch

1:15 - 1:45

Dr. W. Berry Lyons
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."

 

1:45 - 2:00 pm

Conference Summary
SERC Director, Dr. Robert Griffin; Adjourn

 

3:00 - 5:00 pm

SERC Peer Review Panel convenes at University of Florida Hotel and Conference Room, Dogwood Room

 

6:30pm

Dinner for Panel members hosted by SERC

Thursday November 30, 2000

7:45 am

Continental Breakfast
Dogwood Room

8:00am

Continuation of SERC Peer Review Panel

12:00 noon

Completion of Panel Recommendations

Depart

 

 

 

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