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Session One
Scaling from Site-Specific Observations to Global Model Grids
Table of Contents
Session One
Scaling from Site-Specific Observations to Global Model Grids
Session Synthesis Essay: Upscaling in Global Change Research/Danny Harvey, Session Chair
At What Scales Does Landscape Heterogeneity Impact Climate?/Roni Avissar
Ecosystem Processes at the Watershed Scale: Scaling from Stand to Region/Larry Band
Scaling Issues in Forest Succession Modeling/Harald Bugmann
Estimating Sub-Grid Scale Processes Using Oceanographic Data/William A. Gough
Ecological Feedbacks to Global Warming: Extending Results from Plot to Landscape Scale/John Harte
Turbulence in the Atmosphere and Oceans/Martin I. Hoffert
Sea Ice and Issues of Scale/Lyn McNutt
Scales of Change: The Climatic Impacts of Tropical Deforestation in Chiapas, Mexico/Karen L. O'Brien
Scaling Ecological Dynamics/Garry Peterson
The Role of Land Cover as a Driving Force for Regional Climate Change/Roger A. Pielke, Sr.
Modeling Global Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions/Elena Shevliakova
Cloud-Radiation Parameterizations as a Scaling Problem/Richard C. J. Somerville
Cross-Level Inference in Political Science/Detlef F. Sprinz
The Rhetorics of Scale: What's So Global About Global Change?/Marvin Waterstone
Scale in Integrated Assessments: Global Change and Local Places/Thomas J. Wilbanks
Scale Dependence and Atmospheric Chemistry/Donald J. Wuebbles
Aspen Global Change Institute's Summer Session One Participants (photo by Michael Munroe).
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Session Two
Planning for the U. S. National Assessment of the Consequences of Climate Change
A Summary and Reflections on the Meeting/Tom Wilbanks
Appendix A to Chair's Essay: Questions Used to Initiate the AGCI Discussions
Lessons Learned from the Regional Workshops:
A "Brainstormed" List of Ideas Gleaned from Regional Workshops for Creating More Effective InteractionsSome Observations on the Regional Workshop Process: Where Do We Go From Here?/Anthony Socci
Perspectives and Principles from Other Assessments/Chris Bernabo
Reports from Four Regional Workshops on the Impacts of Climate Change:
Alaska and the Bering Sea Region
Sectoral Working Group Reports:
Introduction to Sectoral Working Group ReportsExtreme Events and Climate Variability
Decisions, Products and Proposals from the AGCI Meeting:
Objectives of the National Assessment ProcessPrinciples of the National Assessment
Baseline Scenarios and Scoping Papers
Steps in the Regional Assessment Process
Oversight and Working Bodies in the National Assessment Process
Aspen Global Change Institute's Summer Session Two Participants
(photo by Paul Grabhorn).
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