Apen Global Change Institute Elements of Change 1995

TABLE OF CONTENTS BY SESSION

Session I: Changes in Global Vegetative Patterns and Their Relationship to Human Activity

Session II : Improving the Effectiveness of the Climate Change Convention

Session III : The Metro-Agro-Plex as a Geographical Unit of Analysis for Regional and Global Environmental Change


Session I: Changes in Global Vegetative Patterns and Their Relationship to Human Activity

Co-chairs: Dr. William Emery & Dr. Compton J. Tucker

July 9 - 22, 1995

Summary : Changes in Global Vegetative Patterns Update and Methodology, William J. Emery and Compton J. Tucker


Estimation of Vegetation Characteristics Over Large Areas Using Inverse Modeling, Bobby H. Braswell

Satellite Monitoring of Terrestrial Vegetation and Vegetation-Climate Relations, Dennis Dye

Satellite Remote Sensing Technologies for Monitoring Vegetation, William J. Emery

Soil Radiative Transfer Influences in Satellite Monitoring of Vegetation, Alfredo Huete

Canopy Bidirectional Reflectance Modeling/Inversion, Jean Iaquinta

Satellite Data Sets for Global Land-Atmosphere Modeling, Sietse O. Los

Global Land-Surface Data Sets from Traditional Data Sources, Elaine Matthews

Synthetic Aperture Radar Sensing of Vegetation Coupling SAR Observations to Carbon Flux Models, Kyle McDonald

Effects of El Niño on Vegetative Patterns and Radiative Transfer Models, Ranga Myneni

Natural Disturbance and Change in the Brazilian Amazon, Bruce Nelson

CO2 and Temperature Effects on Grassland Ecosystems Land Use Practices and Mitigation Strategies, Ivan Nijs

Assessing Impacts of Land Use Changes on Ecosystem Properties with In Situ Methods Compared with Remote Sensing, Dennis Ojima

Vegetation Modeling, Bill Parton

Uses of a Bidirectional Reflectance Model with Satellite Remote Sensing Data, Jeffrey L. Privette

Wetlands, Global Climate Change, and Remote Sensing, Elijah W. Ramsey III

Remote Sensing of Land Cover and Phenology, Brad Reed

Monitoring Land-Use Over Time Using Spectral Mixture Analysis, Donald E. Sabol Jr.

Landsat Pathfinder Humid Tropical Forest Project, William Salas

Human Impacts on Terrestrial Vegetation, Compton J. Tucker

Smoke Emissions From Biomass Burning, Darold E. Ward

Modeling Land Cover and Anthropogenic Changes in Biogeochemical Cycles, Michael White


Appendix 1: Working Group Report on Land Cover Detection in Savanna and Steppe Regions of the World

Appendix 2: Working Group Report on Land Cover Change in Humid Tropical Forests


Session I Acronyms
Session I Participants

Session II: Improving the Effectiveness of the Climate Change Convention

Co-chairs: Dr. David Victor, Dr. Abram Chayes & Dr. Eugene Skolnikoff

August 6 - 19, 1995

Summary: Improving the Effectiveness of the Climate Regime, David G. Victor, Abram Chayes and Eugene B. Skolnikoff


Legal Issues Related to Geoengineering, Daniel Bodansky

Linkage of Trade Policy and Environmental Policy, Steve Charnovitz

Compliance with International Environmental Agreements: Reporting, Review and Assessment, Abram Chayes

Effects of Financial Transfer Mechanisms on Environmental Policy and the Natural Environment: Lessons From International Aid Programs, Tamar Gutner

An Extreme Climate Event in Nepal and its Implications for a Climate Change Regime, Dipak Gyawali

Development of United States Climate Policy, Alan Hecht

Lessons Learned from International Cooperation to Combat Acid Rain in Europe, Marc Levy

Mechanisms for Providing Scientific Information to the Climate Convention: Lessons from the IPCC Experience, Richard Moss

Environmental Implementation in Developing Countries, Adil Najam

Estimating Economic Impacts of Climatic Change, William D. Nordhaus

Self-Interest and the Common Good in International Environmental Agreements , Kenneth A. Oye

Implementation Issues in Mexico and Other Middle-Income Countries, Diana Ponce Nava

Translating International Commitments Into Domestic Law, Kal Raustiala

Who Benefits from the Long-Term Effort to Slow Global Warming and Who Should Participate?, Thomas Schelling

The Evolving State of Climate Science and Scientists, Stephen Schneider

Roles of Technology in the Implementation of a Climate Change Regime, Eugene Skolnikoff

Factors Influencing China's Impact on a Climate Change Regime, Vaclav Smil

Cloud Feedbacks and General Circulation Models, Richard C. J. Somerville

Potential Roles For Insurance Mechanisms in a Climate Regime, Christopher D. Stone

The Uses and Design of Targets in International Environmental Agreements, David G. Victor


Session 2 Participants

Session III: The Metro-Agro-Plex as a Geographical Unit of Analysis for Regional and Global Environmental Change

Co-chairs: Dr. Doug Way & Dr. Rosamond Naylor

August 20 - September 2, 1995

Summary: The Metro-Agro-Plex as a Geographical Unit of Analysis for Regional and Global Environmental Change, William Chamedies, Rosamond Naylor and Douglas Way


Experimental Assessment of Expanding Energy Use on the Asian Environment, Gregory Carmichael

Geographical Information Systems and Spatial Analysis, David Cunningham

Land Resources Assessment: Modeling Food and Agriculture Systems, Günther Fischer

Regional Effects of Global Warming in China, Fu, Congbin

The Nitrogen Cycle in China, James Galloway

Biomass Burning and Atmospheric Chemistry, Hao, Wei Min

A Private, Decentralized Approach to a Climate Change Regime, Tom Heller

Changes in Global Tropospheric Chemistry, Beth Holland

Demography and Systems Engineering in China, Jiang, Zhenghua

Technology and Environment in China in the Coming Decades, Kiang, C. S.

Land Use and Atmospheric Trace Gases, Li, Changsheng

Large-scale Tropospheric Air Chemistry Measurements, Liu, Shaw

Acid Deposition and Ozone Monitoring and Modeling in China, Luo, Chao

Agricultural Development and Urbanization, Rosamond Naylor

Soil Nitrogen Transformations and Agricultural Effects on the Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides, Jason Neff

Modeling the Carbon Cycle on Landscape, Regional and Global Scales, David Schimel

Natural Hazards and Disasters in China, Shi, Peijun

Environmental Issues and the Food Supply Situation in China, Vaclav Smil

Local and Regional Impacts of Emissions on Agriculture, Norton D. Strommen

Application of Geochemistry and Spatial Analysis in Environmental Science Research, Tao, Shu

Agroenvironmental Protection, Tao, Zhan

Anthropogenic Nitrogen Inputs to North Atlantic Watersheds: How Much Reaches the Rivers?, Alan Townsend

Industrialization and Urbanization in China, Wang, Sijun

Geographic Information Systems as a Cartographic Modeling Tool for Urbanization and Resource Interface, Douglas Way

Vegetative Cover Change in China from 1982 to 1992, Stephen Young

The Challenges of Agricultural Land Use in China, Zhang, Wei

China Ozone Research Program, Zhou, Xiuji


Participants Session 3


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