Agclimate telecon 2014-09-02

Agenda: Towards ESIP 2015 Winter Meeting

Use case(s)
- Justin Derner to present on LTAR sites with larger land areas that could form the bases for use cases.
NASA and other satellite data for LTAR and Climate Hubs
2015 Winter Mtg
- Theme: Earth Science and Data in Support of Food Resilience: Climate, Energy, Water Nexus
- Our session(s) proposal(s)

Minutes:

Justin Derner presented on LTAR sites with larger land areas that could form the bases for use cases.
- Talked about scale of the site data, potential value of time accuracy, depth and resolution requirements
- Potential to collaborate and incorporate spatial data within current gaps from ground level data
- Use case - taking a retrospective look at an event or scenario (such as drought in 2012) discuss and evaluate how additional data could have better forcasted the events
- Justin and Mark will discuss and get back with Bill about best use case scenario and data
- Bill will connect with them about discussion using the spreadsheet
Discussion about the specifics of completing the spreadsheet
NASA and other satellite data for LTAR and Climate Hubs
- Need to finish by the next meeting
2015 Winter Mtg
- Theme: Earth Science and Data in Support of Food Resilience: Climate, Energy, Water Nexus
- Our session(s) proposal(s)
- Based on Article from Nancy: rice growers in conjunction with bird migration data - relating this back to the theme - exploring the impacts and how they are coordinating
- Discussion of:How many other uses for climate data and for potential mitigation of climate change related issues?

Actions:

Finish the spreadsheet of data products and characteristics
Get back with Justin and figure out the initial use cases
Bill to contact Barry for potential input in spreadsheet and use case discussion
Nancy to get a hold of individuals involved in California rice growing project - more information and potential interest

Attendees: Bill Teng, Nancy Hoebelheinrich, Justin Derner, Arif Albayrak, and Reid Boehm