Still procrastinating about submitting your AGU abstract for the Fall Meeting?! Please consider our new session focused on Ecological Forecasting. And you'd better do it quickly too before the inevitable last day system crash...
B032. Forecasting: Advances and opportunities in the biogeosciences Session ID#: 25537 Session Description: How are ecosystems and the services they provide going to change in the future? How do human decisions affect this trajectory? In a world facing rapid environmental change, these are the most pressing questions facing the biogeosciences. These are also fundamentally questions about forecasting. Due to advances in data availability, models, statistics, and policy, the time is ripe for rapid progress in making the biogesciences more predictive. Furthermore, a forecasting approach will not only improve the biogeosciences more quickly, but will make it more relevant to society. That said, there are many conceptual and technical challenges to improving our ability to make predictions, such as the need for improvements in theories and models, data assimilation, targeted reductions in data deficiencies, and the quantification, propagation, and analysis of uncertainties. This session aims to highlight cutting-edge forecasting research in biogeochemistry, biogeophysics, and ecology across both terrestrial and aquatic systems. Primary Convener: Michael Dietze, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States Conveners: Andrew M Fox, University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States and Jason S McLachlan, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, United States -- ************************************************************* Dr. Andrew Fox, Research Scientist, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ & Data Assimilation Research Section, IMAGe, NCAR, Boulder, CO Phone +1 (303)-497-1205 *************************************************************
