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Project Title:
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Challenges and Opportunities in Earth Surface Processes
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BESR-U-07-01-A
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Major Unit:
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Division on Earth and Life Studies
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Sub Unit:
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Board on Earth Sciences & Resources
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RSO:
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Eide, Elizabeth
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Earth Surface Processes Meeting 2
March 16, 2008 - March 18, 2008
Keck Center
500 5th Street, NW
Washington D.C. 20001
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If you would like to attend the sessions of this meeting that are open
to the public or need more information please contact:
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| Contact Name:
Jared Eno
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| Email:
jeno@nas.edu
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| Phone:
202/334-1912
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Fax:
202/334-1377
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Agenda:
Meeting of the Committee on Challenges and Opportunities
in Earth Surface Processes
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources
National Research Council
Keck Center, 500 5th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Room 201
Sunday-Tuesday, March 16-18, 2008
We welcome all visitors to the open sessions and ask that you register your intent to attend with Jared Eno (jeno@nas.edu) on or before Monday, March 11th.
Sunday, March 16
10:00-15:00 CLOSED SESSION (Committee and NRC Staff only)
15:00-17:30 OPEN SESSION
15:00-15:15 Welcome and introductions Dorothy Merritts, Chair
15:15-17:30 Presentations by external guests and discussion
Louis Derry (Cornell University)
Terry Chapin (University of Alaska)
Oliver Chadwick (University of California Santa Barbara)
End of session
Monday, March 17
07:30-08:15 CLOSED SESSION (Committee and NRC Staff only)
08:30-17:00 OPEN SESSION
08:30-08:45 Welcome and introductions Dorothy Merritts, Chair
08:45-12:15 Presentations by external guests and discussion
Michael Church (University of British Columbia)
Gregory Okin (UCLA)
Denise Reed (University of New Orleans)
Rafael L. Bras (MIT)
12:15-13:15 Lunch
13:15-16:45 Presentations by external guests and discussion
Arthur Goldstein (University of New England)
Jun Abrajano (Surface Earth Processes Section Head, NSF)
James Whitcomb (Acting Division Director, Earth Sciences, NSF)
Matthew Larsen (Chief Scientist for Hydrology, USGS)
Michael Freilich (Director, Earth Science Division, NASA)
16:45-17:30 Closing comments Dorothy Merritts
End of session
18:30-20:00 CLOSED SESSION (Committee and NRC Staff only)
Tuesday, March 18
07:30-13:30 CLOSED SESSION (Committee and NRC Staff only)
13:30-14:00 OPEN SESSION
Overview of NSF workshop: Climate over landscapes
Joe Galewsky (University of New Mexico)
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Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting
The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the meeting:
Dorothy Merritts
Linda Blum
Susan Brantley (by telecon)
Anne Chin
Bill Dietrich
Tom Dunne
Todd Ehlers
Rong Fu
Chris Paola
Kelin Whipple
The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:
Goals for the meeting
Public input to date
Planning for draft report
Planning and goals for next committee meetings
The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:
NRC. 2008. Origin and Evolution of Earth: Research Questions for a Changing Planet. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
NRC. 2007. Evaluating Progress of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program: Methods and Preliminary Results. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
NRC. 2003. Connecting Quarks to the Cosmos: Eleven Science Questions for the New Century. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
NRC. 2001. Basic Research Opportunities in Earth Science. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
NRC DELS communications package.
Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:
April 1, 2008
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