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BioEarth Project Integration Progress

BioEarth Project Integration Progress. All-Hand Meeting Dec 2, 2011 Pullman, WA. Outline. Brief Overview of BioEarth Progress for project Integration List of individuals in each working group Progress for working groups: Atmospheric Terrestrial Cyberinfrastructure Economics

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BioEarth Project Integration Progress

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  1. BioEarthProject Integration Progress All-Hand Meeting Dec 2, 2011 Pullman, WA

  2. Outline • Brief Overview of BioEarth • Progress for project Integration • List of individuals in each working group • Progress for working groups: • Atmospheric • Terrestrial • Cyberinfrastructure • Economics • Communications

  3. BioEarth Overview

  4. Goal and Objectives Overarching Goal: To improve the understanding of regional and decadal-scale C:N:H2O interactions in context of global change to better inform decision makers involved in natural and agricultural resource management. Specific Objectives: Air to Land Linkage: To investigate the role that atmospheric processes play in land surface C:N:H2O cycles. Coupled Air/Land: To explore how ecosystem changes in the PNW affect land/atmosphere interactions. Coupled Air/Land/Human: To examine how potential policy changes might affect the interactions between C:N:H2O cycles and regional-scale climate. Communication: To explore how to best communicate the model results to resource managers and policy makers.

  5. What makes BioEarth unique among most Earth system models? • Emphasis on adding detail to inform agricultural and natural resource use and management • Economics • Cropping systems • Water management • Nitrogen management • Finer temporal and spatial scales than represented in global scale models • Focus on natural climate variability, particularly ENSO dynamics

  6. Approach and Rationale • Integrate or link existing sophisticated “stand alone” models that are in continuous development • Atmosphere: meteorology, atmospheric chemistry • Terrestrial: hydrology, soil/plant biogeochemistry in cropped and natural systems, biogenic emissions • Aquatic: river routing, reservoir modeling, nutrient export • Economics • As the “stand alone” components continue to improve by their developers, BioEarth will also continue to develop

  7. BioEarth

  8. Modeling Domain: The Pacific Northwest

  9. Larger Domain

  10. Press Release • NSF/DOE/USDA still has not released a press release. However, the projects are available in the grant databases (i.e., CRIS for us). Therefore it’s probably ok not to worry about releasing information about our grant. • http://cris.nifa.usda.gov/cgi-bin/starfinder/5037/crisassist.txt

  11. Reminder: BioEarth Coupling Terminology • SEQUENTIAL • ITERATIVE • FULLY COUPLED

  12. Project Management/Integration progress

  13. Webpage: http://www.cereo.wsu.edu/bioearth/

  14. Webpage: Remaining Items • Materials for each team/working group, what will go into these? • Model descriptions, so far these exist for VIC and RHESSys • Student profiles • 1-slide biosketches from new members • Papers, presentations, etc… • Will be updated continuously with material presented at key meetings

  15. Forum OK to start conversations by email, but then post to Forum as they develop and email the new thread to conversation participants.

  16. Peer Review Group • Atmospheric Modeling: Robin Dennis accepted • Cyberinfrastructure: Ilkay Altintas accepted • Water Resources: Alan Hamlet, Keith Cherkauer or Laura Bowling • Economics: Ronald Sands: to be invited • Ecology: Scott Ollinger to be invited • Agriculture: Possibly Clyde Frossi • Systems Modeling: James Sytviski was suggested but he is now director of IGBP. Possible WieslawMaslowski (RACM)? • Other: Please let me know if others are needed as we go forward • A “Peer Reviewer Expectation” document will be drafted early Spring 2012; minimal obligations

  17. Steering Committee • Meets once per month • All welcome to attend; meeting notes posted online

  18. WG I (Modeling Team) seminars • Aug 1: Serena on WRF • Sep 16: Kiran on VIC-CropSyst • Oct 14: Mingliang on his previous work • Nov 18: land cover discussion • Dec 16: Serena on CMAQ?? (who will be available?) • Upcoming in Spring: possibilities are RHESSys, NEWS, MEGAN, Keppler, Economics, Water Management • All presentations will be posted to website • Doodle poll will be sent out soon for Spring meeting time

  19. Working Group Ia: Atmospheric

  20. Working Group IB: Terrestrial

  21. Working Group IC: Cyberinfrastructure

  22. Working Group II: Economics

  23. Working Group III: Communications/Extension

  24. Meeting Frequency • Steering committee meetings: monthly • Working group meetings • WG I seminar: monthly • Others have been more frequently • All-hand meetings: bi-annually • Informal student meetings: monthly • Peer review meetings: as reviewers are invited for seminars • Outreach Meetings: bi-annually starting year 2

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