Difference between revisions of "Agclimate telecon 2014-02-04"

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Agenda:

Refresh from Dec. telecon
- From Brian Wee's presentation on NEON: Interoperability is one area where this Cluster and LTAR probably can best collaborate in a mutually beneficial way (e.g., all measurements consistently done for all sites). LTAR is cognizant of the need for interoperability.
- From our Cluster's previous discussions, the other two promising areas of collaboration are data products and data archive.
Introduce Reid Boehm, new Student Fellow for our Cluster; Doctoral student at U TN; thesis topic: agricultural information
Cluster's 2014 plan
- (1) Inventory of relevant ESIP capabilities

Previous Action: Bill will email request to esip-all re: any members who have collaborated or are collaborating with any USDA agencies.

- (2) Review of literature and other sources on external (to ESIP) work on climate effects on agriculture
  - Science literature (Reid et al.)
  - USDA agencies, CCPO (Bill et al.)
  - Other sources (e.g., state orgs., Library of Congress) (Nancy et al.)
- (3) Gap analysis (needs of LTAR) that ESIP can fill

Previous Action: Bill to follow up with Jeff McWhirter on RAMADDA. <== Decided to hold off a bit.

Cluster session at ESIP Summer 2014 Meeting, Copper Mtn, CO
- Possible speakers: Mark Walbridge (LTAR), Simon Liu (NAL), Brad Doorn (NASA HQ, Applied Sciences Program-Water Resources and Agriculture)

Action: Bill to contact all 3 for their availability

- Other speakers?
- What should we aim to accomplish?

Participants: ..., Bill T.

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 ** From Brian Wee's presentation on NEON: Interoperability is one area where this Cluster and LTAR probably can best collaborate in a mutually beneficial way (e.g., all measurements consistently done for all sites). LTAR is cognizant of the need for interoperability.
 ** From our Cluster's previous discussions, the other two promising areas of collaboration are data products and data archive.
+* Introduce Reid Boehm, new Student Fellow for our Cluster; Doctoral student at U TN; thesis topic: agricultural information
+* Cluster's 2014 plan
+** (1) Inventory of relevant ESIP capabilities
+'''''Previous Action:''''' Bill will email request to esip-all re: any members who have collaborated or are collaborating with any USDA agencies.
+** (2) Review of literature and other sources on external (to ESIP) work on climate effects on agriculture
+*** Science literature (Reid et al.)
+*** USDA agencies, CCPO (Bill et al.)
+*** Other sources (e.g., state orgs., Library of Congress) (Nancy et al.)
+** (3) Gap analysis (needs of LTAR) that ESIP can fill
+'''''Previous Action:''''' Bill to follow up with Jeff McWhirter on RAMADDA. <== Decided to hold off a bit.
+* Cluster session at ESIP Summer 2014 Meeting, Copper Mtn, CO
+** Possible speakers: Mark Walbridge (LTAR), Simon Liu (NAL), Brad Doorn (NASA HQ, Applied Sciences Program-Water Resources and Agriculture)
+'''''Action:''''' Bill to contact all 3 for their availability
+** Other speakers?
+** What should we aim to accomplish?
-# Prioritize Cluster's 2014 effort
+Participants: ..., Bill T.
-* Inventory of relevant ESIP capabilities
-* Conduct "gap analysis" (e.g., needs of LTAR) that ESIP can fill
-* Mapping of ESIP capabilities to LTAR needs
-* Review of external ongoing work on climate effects on agriculture
-Participants: Arif A., Barry Weiss, Brian Wee, Erin R., Josh Lieberman, 2 others (?), Bill T.
 Minutes:<br>
-*'''''Action:''''' Bill to follow up with Jeff McWhirter on RAMADDA.
-. Prioritize Cluster's 2014 effort
-* We didn't have time to talk much about this item. But, I think interoperability is a good place to start.