US Climate Change
Science Program:
Planning Workshop for
Scientists and Stakeholders
3-5 December 2002, Washington, DC

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9:30 -- 10:45 
Plenary Session: 
Climate Science in Support of Policy and Resource Management Decision Making
Salon 2
Note: A video file of this session is available via C-Span's Science / Technology Archives.

9:30 -- 9:40 Introduction to Workshop

• Dr. James R. Mahoney, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, and Director, U.S. Climate Change Science Program

9:40 -- 9:55 Welcome Address

• Dr. Samuel W. Bodman, Deputy Secretary, Department of Commerce

9:55 -- 10:10 Invited Keynote Address

• Dr. John H. Marburger III, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, and Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy

10:10 -- 10:30 Invited Keynote Address

• Professor G.O.P. Obasi, Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization

10:30 -- 10:45 Invited Keynote Address

• The Honorable Sean O'Keefe (via satellite link),  Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

11:15-12:30 
Plenary Session: 
Program Overview
Salon 2

11:15 -- 11:40 Purpose and Structure of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program

• Dr. James R. Mahoney, Director, U.S. Climate Change Science Program

11:40 -- 12:10 Overview of the Climate Change Science Program. (see also the MS Powerpoint presentation)

• Dr. Richard Moss, Director, U.S. Global Change Research Program Office

12:10 -- 12:30 Overview of the Climate Change Technology Program

• The Honorable David K. Garman, Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy

2:00-4:00 
Breakout Group 1: 
Climate Change Science Program Elements

1. Emerging Climate Science Issues
Salon 2

• Moderator: Robert Corell (Harvard University; American Meteorological Society)
• Overview: Alexander MacDonald (NOAA)
• Rapporteurs:
  • Margaret McCalla (NOAA)
  • Claire Parkinson (NASA)
• Panelists:
  • Brian Flannery (Exxon Mobil)
  • V. Ramanathan (University of California)
  • Michael Schlesinger (University of Illinois)
  • Warren Washington (NCAR) 

2. Observations and Monitoring Systems
Cotillion South

• Moderator: Gregory Withee (NOAA)
• Overview: Chester Koblinsky (NASA; CCSP)
• Rapporteurs:
  • Forrest Hall (NASA)
  • Thomas Spence (NSF)
• Panelists:
  • Thomas Delworth (NOAA)
  • Edward Harrison (NOAA)
  • John Townshend (University of Maryland)
  • Bruce Wielicki (NASA)

3. Atmospheric Composition
Coolidge

• Moderator: Phillip DeCola (NASA)
• Overview: Daniel Albritton (NOAA)
• Rapporteurs:
  • James Gleason (NASA)
  • Terry Keating (EPA)
• Panelists:
  • William Brune (Pennsylvania State University)
  • Elizabeth Holland (NCAR)
  • Daniel Jacob (Harvard University)
  • Mack McFarland (DuPont)
  • Steven Schwartz (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

4. Carbon Cycle
Delaware A&B

• Moderator: Rik Wanninkhof (NOAA)
• Overview: Diane Wickland (NASA)
• Rapporteurs:
  • Jessica Orrego (CCSP)
  • Eric Sundquist (USGS)
• Panelists:
  • Christopher Field (Carnegie Institution of Washington)
  • Suzie Greenhalgh (World Resources Institute)
  • Steven Japar (Ford Motor Co.)
  • Alan Lucier (National Council for Air and Stream Improvement)

5. Climate Modeling
Harding

• Moderator: Margaret Leinen (NSF)
• Overview: Ants Leetmaa (NOAA)

• Rapporteurs:
  • Theresa Paluszkiewicz (NSF)
  • Michele Rienecker (NASA)
• Panelists:
  • Daniel Cayan (University of California)
  • Robert Friedman (The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment)
  • James Hansen (NASA)
  • Linda Mearns (NCAR)

6. Climate - Land Use/Land Cover Interactions
Virginia A&B

• Moderator: Thomas Loveland (USGS)
• Overview: Chris Justice (University of Maryland)
• Rapporteurs:
  • Keya Chatterjee (NASA)
  • Catriona Rogers (EPA)
• Panelists:
  • Ruth DeFries (University of Maryland)
  • Connie Holmes (National Mining Association)
  • Marc Steininger (Conservation International)
  • Jayant Sathaye (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

4:30-5:45 
Plenary Session: Keynote Address and Report on Group 1 Breakout Discussions
Salon 2

4:30-4:50 Keynote Address:

• The Honorable Spencer Abraham, Secretary of Energy

4:50 -- 5:45 Report on Group 1 Breakout Discussions (summary presentations by moderators)

8:30-10:30 
Breakout Group 2: 
Climate Change Science Program Elements

7. Climate Variability and Change
Salon 3

• Moderator: Edward Sarachik (University of Washington)
• Overview: Jay Fein (NSF)
• Rapporteurs:
  • Ming Ji (NOAA)
  • Sirpa Hakkinen (NASA)
• Panelists:
  • Antonio Busalacchi (University of Maryland)
  • David Robinson (New Jersey State Climatologist)
  • Terry Surles (California Energy Commission)
  • David Wojick (Climate Change Debate)

8. Water Cycle
Virginia A&B

• Moderator: Roni Avissar (Duke University)
• Overview: Richard Lawford (NOAA)
• Rapporteurs:
  • Susanna Eden (CCSP)
  • Jared Entin (NASA)
• Panelists:
  • Anna Barros (Harvard University)
  • David Matthews (Bureau of Reclamation)
  • Douglas McChesney (Washington State Department of Ecology)
  • Maurice Roos (California Department of Water Resources)

9. Human Contributions and Responses to Climate Change
Salon 2

• Moderator: Ko Barrett (US Agency for International Development [USAID])
• Overview: Caitlin Simpson (NOAA)
• Rapporteurs:
  • Janet Gamble (EPA)
  • Mary Gant (National Institutes of Health)
• Panelists:
  • Thomas Dietz (George Mason University)
  • Paul Epstein (Harvard University)
  • Susanne Moser (Union of Concerned Scientists)
  • Walter Shaub (U.S. Chamber of Commerce)

10. Climate-Quality Data Management Systems
Harding

• Moderator: Martha Maiden (NASA)
• Overview: Margarita Conkright (NOAA / CCSP)
• Rapporteurs:
  • Howard Diamond (NOAA)
  • Wanda Ferrell (DOE)
• Panelists:
  • Roberta Balstad Miller (Columbia University)
  • Tom Boden (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  • H. Lee Dantzler (NOAA)
  • Richard Rosen (Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc.)

11. Scenario Development to Support National Scope Decisions
Coolidge

• Moderator: Robert O'Connor (NSF)
• Overview: James Edmonds (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
• Rapporteurs:
  • Robert Worrest (Columbia University)
  • Stephanie Harrington (CCSP)
• Panelists:
  • Russell Jones (American Petroleum Institute)
  • Frank Nutter (Reinsurance Association)
  • Edward Parson (Harvard University)
  • William Pizer (Resources for the Future)

12. International Collaboration
Cotillion South

• Moderator: Harlan Watson (Department of State)
• Overview: Louis Brown (NSF)
• Rapporteurs:
  • Martha Garcia (USGS)
  • Stanley Wilson (NOAA)
• Panelists:
  • David Carson (World Meteorological Organization)
  • Anver Ghazi (European Commission)
  • Donald Goldberg (Center for International Environmental Law)
  • Alan Miller (World Bank)
  • Hal Mooney (Stanford University)
  • Will Steffen (International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme)
  • Hassan Virji (START)

11:00-12:45
Plenary session: 
Keynote Addresses and Breakout Reports
Salon 2
Note: A video file of this session is available via C-Span's Science / Technology Archives.

11:00 -- 11:20 Invited Keynote Address

• Dr. R.K. Pachauri, Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

11:20 -- 11:35 Invited Keynote Address

• Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.), Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere

11:35 -- 11:50 Invited Keynote Address

• Dr. Rita R. Colwell, Director, National Science Foundation

11:50 - 12:45 Report on Group 2 Breakout Discussions (summary presentations by moderators)

13. Climate Variability and Change
Virginia A&B

• Moderator: Ari Patrinos (DOE)
• Overview: Randy Dole (NOAA)
• Rapporteurs:
  • Waleed Abdalati (NASA),
  • David Legler (U.S. CLIVAR)
• Panelists:
  • Jim Angel (Illinois State Water Survey & University of Illinois; American Association of State Climatologists)
  • Charles Hakkarinen (Electric Power Research Institute, retired)
  • Michael Oppenheimer (Princeton University)
  • Max Suarez (NASA)

14. Climate -- Ecosystem Interactions
Salon 3

• Moderator: Margaret Davidson (NOAA)
• Overview: Steven Shafer (US Department of Agriculture [USDA])
• Rapporteurs:
  • Leonard Pietrafesa (North Carolina State University)
  • Phillip Taylor (NSF)
• Panelists:
  • Patricia Glick (National Wildlife Federation)
  • Ronald Neilson (US Forest Service [USFS])
  • Richard Norby (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  • Larry Williams (Electric Power Research Institute)

15. Resolution of Disparities in Tropospheric Temperature Records
Harding

• Moderator: Richard Hallgren (American Meteorological Society)
• Overview: Thomas Karl (NOAA)
• Rapporteurs:
  • Genene Fisher (CCSP)
  • David Goodrich (NOAA)
• Panelists:
  • John Christy (University of Alabama in Huntsville)
  • Benjamin Santer (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
  • Fred Singer (Science and Environmental Policy Project)
  • Kevin Trenberth (NCAR)
  • Frank Wentz (Remote Sensing Systems)

16. Stabilizing Greenhouse Gases in the Earth's Atmosphere: Opportunities for Technology and Innovations
Coolidge

• Moderator: Robert Socolow (Princeton University)
• Overview: Robert Marlay (DOE)
• Rapporteurs:
  • Michael Curtis (DOE)
  • Lisa Hanle (DOE)
• Panelists:
  • Ken Caldeira (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
  • Brian Flannery (Exxon Mobil)
  • Linda Horton (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  • Charles Kennel (University of California)

17. Resource Management Decision Support
Maryland B

• Moderator: Michael Slimak (EPA)
• Overview: Susan Avery (University of Colorado / CCSP)
• Rapporteurs:
  • Ronald Birk (NASA)
  • Roger Pulwarty (University of Colorado)
• Panelists:
  • William Easterling (Pennsylvania State University)
  • Kristie Ebi (Electric Power Research Institute)
  • Barbara Morehouse (University of Arizona)
  • William O'Keefe (Marshall Institute)
  • Abby Young (International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives)

18. Grand Challenges in Observations, Modeling, and Information Systems
Salon 2

• Moderator: Richard Williams (USGS)
• Overview: Jack Kaye (NASA)
• Rapporteurs:
  • James Andrews (Office of Naval Research)
  • Margarita Conkright (NOAA / CCSP)
• Panelists:
  • Tim Barnett (University of California)
  • Peter Cornillon (University of Rhode Island)
  • Robert Malone (Los Alamos Nat'l. Lab.)
  • Bernard Minster (University of California)
  • James O'Brien (Florida State University)
  • Steven Running (University of Montana)

4:30-5:45 
Plenary Session: Keynote Address and 
Report on Group 3 Breakout Discussions
Salon 2

4:30 -- 4:50 Keynote Address:

• Governor Christine Todd-Whitman, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency.  A video file of Christie Whitman's presentation is available via C-Span's Science / Technology Archives.

4:50 -- 5:45 Report on Group 3 Breakout Discussions (summary presentations by moderators)

8:30-10:30 
Breakout Group 4: 
Cross-cutting Issues

19. Climate Variability -- Atmospheric Composition -- Water Cycle
Virginia A

• Moderator: Berrien Moore (University of New Hampshire)
• Overview: Gerald Stokes (Joint Global Change Research Institute)
• Rapporteurs:
  • John Bates (NOAA)
  • Vikram Mehta (Center for Research on the Changing Earth System)
• Panelists:
  • Ellis Cowling (North Carolina State University)
  • James Kinter (Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies)
  • Peter Lamb (University of Oklahoma)
  • Eileen Shea (University of Hawaii)

20. Carbon Cycle -- Ecosystems -- Land Use/Land Cover
Cotillion

• Moderator: William Hohenstein (USDA)
• Overview: William Emanuel (University of Virginia)
• Rapporteurs:
  • Jeff Amthor (DOE)
  • Allen Solomon (EPA)
• Panelists:
  • Richard Houghton (Woods Hole Research Center)
  • Daniel Lashof (Natural Resources Defense Council)
  • Steve Wofsy (Harvard University)
  • Cynthia Rosenzweig (NASA)

21. Interactions between Data, Observations, and Modeling
Salon 2

• Moderator: Ghassem Asrar (NASA)
• Overview: Kevin Trenberth (NCAR)
• Rapporteurs:
  • Lisa Dilling (NCAR)
  • Sushel Unninayar (NASA)
• Panelists:
  • Jose Achache (European Space Agency)
  • Paul Houser (NASA)
  • Sydney Levitus (NOAA)
  • Benjamin Preston (Pew Center)
  • Edward Sarachik (University of Washington)
  • Neville Smith (Australian Bureau of Meteorology)

22. Scenario Development and Risk-Based Decision Support
Delaware A&B

• Moderator: John Houghton (DOE)
• Overview: Henry Jacoby (MIT)
• Rapporteurs:
  • Claudia Nierenberg (NOAA)
  • Joel Scheraga (EPA)
• Panelists:
  • Eric Barron (Pennsylvania State University)
  • Robert Corell (Harvard University; American Meteorological Society)
  • Paul Craig (Sierra Club)
  • Philip Mote (University of Washington)
  • Richard Rosenzweig (Natsource LLC)

23. Applied Climate Modeling
Coolidge

• Moderator: Richard Anthes (NCAR)
• Rapporteurs:
  • Cliff Jacobs (NSF),
  • Tsengdar Lee (NASA)
• Panelists:
  • Tetsuya Sato (Japan- Earth Simulator)
  • Philip Duffy (Lawrence Livermore Nat'l. Lab).
  • David Griggs (Hadley Center)
  • J. Shukla (Center for Ocean, Land, and Atmosphere Studies)
  • Julia Slingo (University of Reading)
  • Ronald Stouffer (NOAA)

24. Reporting and Outreach Plans
Virginia C

• Moderator: Rick Piltz  (CCSP)
• Overview: Kathryn Parker (EPA)
• Rapporteurs:
  • Genene Fisher (CCSP)
  • Nicholas Sundt (CCSP)
• Panelists:
  • Janine Bloomfield (Environmental Defense)
  • William Hooke (American Meteorological Society)
  • Betsy Kulle (Maryland Department of Natural Resources)
  • Patrick Michaels (University of Virginia)
  • Michael Spranger (University of Florida)

11:00-12:45 
Plenary session: 
Keynote Addresses and Group 4 Breakout Reports
Salon 2

11:00 -11:15 Invited Keynote Address

• Dr. Bruce Alberts, President, National Academy of Sciences

11:15 -- 11:30 Invited Keynote Address: Climate Change Integration and Technology Approach

• The Honorable Robert Card, Under Secretary for Energy, Science and Environment, Department of Energy

11:30 -- 12:45 Report on Group 4 Breakout Discussions

2:00 -- 4:00 
Closing Plenary Session: 
Feedback, Summary, and Future Plans
Salon 2

2:00 -- 3:00 Panel Discussion: Feedback on the draft Strategic Plan and the Workshop

• Richard Anthes (NCAR)
• Daniel Albritton (NOAA)
• Ellis Cowling (North Carolina State University)
• Charles Kennel (University of California)
• Berrien Moore (University of New Hampshire)
• William O'Keefe (Marshall Institute)

3:00 -- 3:30 Summary of Key Workshop Findings

• Dr. Ghassem Asrar, Associate Administrator for Earth Science, NASA
• Dr. Margaret Leinen, Assistant Director, Directorate of Geosciences, NSF
• Dr. Richard Moss, Director, U.S. Global Change Research Program Office

3:30 -- 4:00 Path Forward: Integrating Workshop Feedback and Preparing a Revised Research Plan

• Dr. James R. Mahoney, Director U.S. Climate Change Science Program