Dear Colleague,
We are writing to call your attention to a special session at the AGU
Fall Meeting titled, "New Mechanisms, Feedbacks, and Approaches for
Improving Predictions of the Global Carbon Cycle in Earth System
Models". This session will highlight the influence of global carbon and
nutrient cycles on future atmospheric CO_2 concentrations, quantifying
climate-carbon cycle feedbacks, and benchmarking of Earth System
Models. Please consider submitting a contributed abstract to this
session from the AGU Fall Meeting website at
http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2015/abstract-submissions/. The deadline for
abstract submissions is August 5, 2015.
*New Mechanisms, Feedbacks, and Approaches for Improving Predictions
of the Global Carbon Cycle in Earth System Models*
*Session ID#:* 7745
*Co-Conveners:* Forrest M. Hoffman, Atul K. Jain, James T.
Randerson, and J. Keith Moore
*Co-Organized with:* Biogeosciences, Global Environmental Change,
Hydrology, and Ocean Sciences
Predictions of future atmospheric CO_2 concentrations are influenced
by global carbon and nutrient cycles, climate interactions, and
feedbacks. Relevant processes operate at different spatial and
temporal scales, vary across marine and terrestrial ecosystems and
remain uncertain. Moreover, feedbacks may be altered by
anthropogenic disturbance agents, including tropospheric O_3 ,
acceleration of the N and H_2 O cycles, eutrophication, and land
cover/use changes. This session focuses on integrated understanding
of feedback mechanisms, structure and function of critical and
vulnerable ecosystems, human activities, and approaches for
evaluating and benchmarking Earth System Models.
*Confirmed Invited Presenters*
* <mailto:[email protected]> Gordon Bonan, National Center for
Atmospheric Research
* Abigail Swann, University of Washington
* Yiqi Luo, University of Oklahoma
* Nikki Lovenduski, University of Colorado Boulder
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm15/preliminaryview.cgi/Session7745
Please forward this message to others who might be interested in
participating in this session. We hope to see you in San Francisco in
December!
Forrest, Atul, Jim, and Keith
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Forrest M. Hoffman [email protected]
Climate Change Science Institute http://www.climatemodeling.org/~forrest
Computational Earth Sciences Group (865) 576-7680 voice
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Building 4500N, Room F106, MS 6301
P.O. Box 2008 Deliveries: One Bethel Valley Road
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6301 35° 55' 23" N 84° 19' 20" W
