Meeting 3: Methods for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions (to support monitoring international commitments on climate change)

Meeting Information

Project Title:	Methods for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions (to support monitoring international commitments on climate change)
PIN:	BASC-U-08-02-B
Major Unit:	Division on Earth and Life Studies
Sub Unit:	Board on Atmospheric Sciences & Climate
RSO:	Linn, Anne

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Methods for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions (to support monitoring international commitments on climate change) April 29, 2009 - April 30, 2009 Keck Center 500 5th Street, NW Washington D.C. 20001

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Agenda: Committee on Methods for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions Keck Center, Room 202 500 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC April 29, 2009 Preliminary Agenda 12:30 Introductions (committee and guests) S. Pacala 12:35 Energy economics Gilbert Metcalf, Tufts 1:05 Panel on indirect measures of power generation • Dale Simbeck, SFA Pacific (via telecon) • Paul McArdle, DOE Energy Information Administration 2:00 Indirect measures of transportation Joe Norbeck, UC Riverside 2:30 Discussion on indirect measures 3:00 Break 3:15 Major sources of uncertainty in estimating N2O emissions from fertilized agricultural soils Rod Venterea, USDA (via telecon) Discussion All 4:00 Open session ends
Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the meeting: Stephen Pacala Clare Breidenich Peter Brewer Inez Fung Gemma Heddle Beverly Law Gregg Marland Keith Paustian Michael Prather Pieter Tans Steven Wofsy The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions: News about greenhouse gas monitoring Draft report Plans for the June meeting The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions: * NASA ponders 'carbon copy' of crashed mission, Nature, 458, 814-815, 2009 * Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, Hearing Charter, Monitoring, Measurement and Verification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions II: The Role of Federal and Academic Research and Monitoring Programs, April 22, 2009 * Testimony of Michael Freilich, NASA, before the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, April 22, 2009 * Testimony of Albert Heber, Purdue University, before the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, April 22, 2009 Date of posting of Closed Session Summary: May 5, 2009