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Enhancing Decision-Making through Integrated Climate Research: Alaska Region Meeting

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February 18-19, 2004

Agenda | Participants | Presentations | Invitation | Scoping Video
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February 18th | February 19th

Guest presentation: Community at Risk, Shishmaref, AK. Tony Weyiouanna Sr., Village Transportation Planner & Luci Eningowuk, Erosion and Relocation Coalition

Workshop rationale and goals, Harvey Hill, RISA Program Coordinator, OGP/UCAR

Decision support research: priorities from the U.S. Climate Change Science Program, Susan Avery, Director of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado, Western Water Assessment (WWA)-RISA

RISA program overview, Jonathan Overpeck, Director, Climate Assessment of the Southwest (CLIMAS)-RISA

The Alaskan Context

Co-sponsor panel: priorities for climate information - Research, Service, and Management – Mark Shasby, USGS-AK Science Center; Gary Hufford, NWS-Climate Services, AK; Judy Gottlieb, NPS, Alaska Region

The Alaskan context: climate change and variability in the artic and sub-artic regions; risks, vulnerabilities, and opportunities, Gunter Weller, U. of AK, Fairbanks, CIFAR

Climate and Arctic Subsistence: Bowheads in Barrow & Bearded Seals in Greenland - Ann Jensen, Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corp. Science Division

The response of a seabird to three decades of warming in the Western Arctic: a biotic proxy responds to meteorological and oceanographic change - George Divoky, UAF, Institute of Arctic Biology

Impacts of climate change on hydrological processes in Artic and Subarctic regions - Larry Hinzman, UAF, Water & Environment Research Center

Climate-fire-human interactions: Consequences of climate change for rural communities and fire managers - Terry Chapin, UAF, Institute of Arctic Biology

Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA)

Overview of the ACIA and future directions, Bob Corell, Senior Fellow, Atmospheric Policy Program, American Meteorological Society

Climate and Human Health Connections: Insights from the ACIA and implications for Alaska, James Berner, M.D., Director-Community Health Services, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium

Climate information needs/adaptation response opportunities: framing for breakout sessions, Eileen Shea, East-West Center, U. of HI, Pacific RISA

Concurrent Breakout Sessions: Identification of “tractable” areas for integrated research

• Session 1: Climate and Human Health Risks / Facilitator: Suzanne Marcy, US EPA
• Session 2: Climate Links to Regime Shifts: Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems / Facilitator: James Overland, NOAA/PMEL
• Session 3: Climate Influences on Rural/Native Subsistence / Facilitator: Judy Gottlieb, NPS-Alaska Region
• Session 4: Transportation, Infrastructure & Safety: Climate Adaptation Concerns/Strategies / Facilitator: James Partain, NWS-AK
• Session 5: Observations & Data Management/Integration: Critical Links to Decision-making / Facilitator: Molly McCammon, AK Ocean Observing System