Linking USDA-LTAR with ESIP, in the framework of the new Climate Data Initiative
Identify linkages between USDA LTAR and ESIP that would be of mutual interest and benefit.
Explore these linkages in the context of the USDA Regional Climate Hubs and Climate Data Initiative, both recently announced by the White House.
Mark Walbridge, USDA ARS LTAR - "The Long-Term Agro-ecosystem Research (LTAR) Network: Current Status and Future Trends"
Justin Derner, USDA ARS Rangeland Resources Research Unit - "USDA Northern Plains Regional Climate Hub: The first 6 months"
Bill Teng, GES DISC - GPM products and services
Barry Weiss, JPL - SMAP products and services
Barry Weiss, JPL - OCO-2 products and services
General discussion
Bill Teng
Intro: Bill Teng
Mark Walbridge (See attached pdf.)
Top 100 questions of importance to future of global agriculture
need to optimize agriculture in a way that is responsive to a lot of needs
need transformative change to agriculture
part of USDA Research, Education, and Extension Action Plan 2012
How will LTAR address stated needs
Four priority areas of concerns
agro-ecosystem productivity
climate variability and change
conservation and environmental quality
socio-economic
linkage diagram
LTAR network, 18 sites
Highlights of each site and review of goals
Annual $10M of funding
Workshop products
Next steps:
pair new and existing LTAR sites for sharing of information and resources
cross-site denitrification research
design the observatory components of LTAR
-neon compatible infrastructure (i.e. sensors)
-linked across LTAR sites and the Forest Service's Smart Forests network, accessible via the web
review of the 4 key products to be produced over the next two years:
designing a "cross annual meeting in -site sustainability experiment"
implement GRACEnet across all LTAR sites within the next two years
Sponsor a symposium at the AGU in San Francisco
Satellite data and LTAR
-NASA, ongoing ARS/NASA interactions and with NOAA
-evaporative stess index work
Data archiving and management is a big deal
ARS developing big data initiative
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Justin Derner (See attached pdf.)
USDA Climate Hubs for Risk Adaptation and Mitgation to Climate Change
Key role: Assist producers with climate trends
video
-science based knowledge and practical information to enhance decision making to reduce risk, and increase resilience of the lands
Conceptual framework of hubs....
Hubs Provide:
-technical support
-look at assessments/forecasts
-outreach/education (through extension)
What's coming?
--regional websites coming
--regional vulnerability assessments
--enhanced coordination/collaboration of existing resources
rafael.guerrero@@ftw.usda.gov
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GPM, OCO-2, and SMAP (Bill Teng and Bary Weiss at JPL) (See attached pdfs.)
GPM
-timeline (launched 27feb14
-lots of details
OCO-2 The Orbiting Carbon Observatory Mission
-went up last week
-lots of details
SMAP
-going up in the fall
-lots of details
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