Agclimate telecon 2014-08-12

Back to Ag & Climate Workspace

Re-scheduled from Aug. 5, 3 pm to Aug. 12, 2 pm

Agenda:

• Feedback on Summer Meeting and Cluster session (Session description and notes; pdfs of talks attached)
• Follow-ups with ARS, aiming for ESIP 2015 Winter Meeting

1. NASA satellite data for LTAR and Climate Hubs
2. Use case(s)

• Visioneers and 2015 Winter Mtg

Minutes:

  * Feedback on Summer Meeting and Cluster session (Session description and notes; pdfs of talks attached)

* positive interest during summer meeting

* Bill had chat with Mark and Justin about what's next

* interest in collaboration - potential membership USDA

* membership cycle extended - Erin will circle back

* Presentations are uploaded to the commons meeting notes

  * Follow-ups with ARS, aiming for ESIP 2015 Winter Meeting

 1. NASA satellite data for LTAR and Climate Hubs

• Google docs spreadsheet with data products and characteristics
• what needs to be done to make data that is on our side more useful and useable
• Feel free to add products and to make changes
• Nancy - Tool match directory - noticing different kinds of data that might match up (can include model data too)

2. Use case(s)

* study on specific situations
* Bill is planning to talk with LTAR about specific scenarios - speak with Justin and Mark
* Potential to do talk during monthly telecon  - Bill will follow up about meeting invitation to attend
* Nancy - article in Nature Conservancy - conservation org in California (Point Blue) also with Cornell ornithology labs
  Rice farmers - water data - pulling data that allows them to work with the farmers to keep wanter on their land longer,
  benefits bird migratory patterns (crowdsourcing with eBird) and economic incentives to farmers - A good opportunity to
  bring them into the conversation

 * Visioneers and 2015 Winter Mtg

• Food Resiliency - energy and water aspects
• take a look at wording of the discussion on the theme - on the wiki
• Looking for ideas for speakers
• Activities and sessions that carry through the meeting is a good way to reinforce the theme - door is open for demos, creative ideas
• Adding in the economic aspect
• Erin - multidisciplinary aspect of speakers in plenary choosing - multiple perspectives surrounding the data aspects we address - supporting applied sciences
• Following up with Barry Weiss and use cases for data he is working with
• Potential to watch the launch
• Thinking about how to word what we are talking about - importance of discussing with Mark and Justin
• Food security homeland security as part of the discussion
• Effect of drought and food disparity on global conflict
• Calls for sessions once theme is in focus - open for about 2 months

Next call is September 2nd at usual time 3pm est.

Attendees: Nancy Hoebelheinrich, Bill Teng, Erin Robinson, Reid Boehm