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Agenda (Joint with Energy & Climate Work Group)

Winter 2016 Meeting: preparation for our sessions

First session proposal: Workshop to develop CRT (Climate Resilience Toolkit) Case Studies
First session speakers
- For agriculture Case Study: TBD
- For energy Case Study: Paul Stackhouse or Jason Barnett (LaRC)
Second session proposal: Frontiers in Agricultural and Energy Data Collection and Application
Second session speakers
- TBD

Minutes:

December 1st, 2015 Telecon: Discussion Notes
Bill's notes from Dec'15 telecon

Finalize Our ESIP Winter Meeting Sessions

Session I: Climate Resilience Toolkit Case Study Workshop

90 Minute Session: Workshop

Introduction:

Overview of how the Workshop will run
Quick Introduction to the CRT - (Bar will contact LuAnn)
Presenters (Paul Stackhouse and Jason Barnett) will introduce Web Tools and Data (availability and uses) - Overview

Breakout into Workshop:

Look at the current work and transform it into a CRT Case Study with the Template (very general outline - narrative/storyline)
Energy - Paul Stackhouse “leads” -- Could do many narratives - maybe choose one or do two if schedule/timing allows
Agriculture - Jason Barnett “leads” -- Narrative from Africa and Crop Modeling

Look more closely: Both areas of CRT might be appropriate for Use Cases:

Case Study - “Taking Action”
Tools - Can map back to the “Taking Action” narrative

Session II New Frontiers in Ag/Energy Data Session

90 Minute Session: Breakout Session: ~4 speakers

Introduction:

Bar could introduce?

4 Speakers:

Maxwell Messinger - UASs (Confirmed)
Courtney Hammond Wagner - Webtools / Mobile Apps (Mostly Confirmed)
Lindsay Barbieri - UASs (Confirmed)
Ray Hunt - USDA UASs (Bill will contact?)

Based on the speakers, the focus of the session has narrowed down:

Will not include data management specifically
Will focus on Ag, not energy

Bar will update this in the Session Description

We also briefly discussed:

Coordination with the other two drone-related sessions: Drone Cluster and Education Committee sessions
Changing of Student Fellows from Lindsay Barbieri to Christopher Beltz in January

Attendees:
Bill Teng
Lindsay Barbieri (Bar)
Dan Keyes
Brian Wee
Chris Beltz
Nancy Hoebelheinrich
Paul Stackhouse
Richard Eckman
2 (?) other call-in’s

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 * Second session speakers
 ** TBD
-* Food/Energy/Water (FEW), Climate Corporation, ...
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 '''Minutes:<br>'''
-December 1st, 2015 Telecon: Discussion Notes<br />[https://docs.google.com/document/d/10fvr00b9PkcoDSJCYxVvp0WlCBP09UcsFa2uOeiDkvY/edit Bill's notes from Nov'15 telecon]<br>
+December 1st, 2015 Telecon: Discussion Notes<br />
+[https://docs.google.com/document/d/13DKGLrnuSsytKjKsK-WV-pKTem4boCrNRTU2EBLgZ7E/edit?usp=sharing Bill's notes from Dec'15 telecon]<br>
+<b> Finalize Our ESIP Winter Meeting Sessions </b> <br>
+<br>
-Bill's notes (link above) do a great job summarizing the discussion, linking to specific outside sources, and highlighting Action Items.<br>
+<b> Session I: Climate Resilience Toolkit Case Study Workshop </b> <br>
-<br>
+* 90 Minute Session: Workshop <br>
-Overall, this telecon meeting was to discuss our <b> 2 ESIP Winter Meeting Session Proposals </b> and identifying possible collaborations (for ESIP winter meeting or in the future) with Food Energy Water (FEW) nexus and Climate Corporation. <br>
-<br>
-<b> First Session Proposal (Workshop of CRT Case Studies): Discussion </b><br>
-We were joined by Paul Stackhouse and Jason Barnett from NASA's Langley Research Center who are working across both the agriculture and energy sectors with GIS based web tools and services. There were many opportunities identified in which their research and tool/service development and application could become a good platform to workshop/discuss as a Case Studies for the Climate Resilience Toolkit.
-* Identify the datasets and tools useful for Energy and Agriculture analysis/resilience planning
+Introduction:
-* Demonstrate the Capabilities of these tools/services
+* Overview of how the Workshop will run
-* Talk about specific Usage Examples
+* Quick Introduction to the CRT - (Bar will contact LuAnn) <br>
+* Presenters (Paul Stackhouse and Jason Barnett) will introduce Web Tools and Data (availability and uses) - Overview
 <br>
+Breakout into Workshop:
-<b>Case Studies:</b> <br>
+*Look at the current work and transform it into a CRT Case Study with the Template (very general outline - narrative/storyline)
-*Providing data in Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer (DSSAT) format for crop modeling use.
+*Energy - Paul Stackhouse “leads”  -- Could do many narratives - maybe choose one or do two if schedule/timing allows
-*Providing solar energy data to National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL).
+*Agriculture - Jason Barnett “leads” -- Narrative from Africa and Crop Modeling
-*Working with American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) related to building standards.
-*Working with RETScreen of Natural Resources Canada.
-<b>Data used: </b> <br>
-include GEOS-4 (older), MERRA-2 (newer), CERES, GEWEX SRB, ISCCP. <br>
 <br>
+Look more closely: Both areas of CRT might be appropriate for Use Cases:
+* Case Study - “Taking Action”
+* Tools - Can map back to the “Taking Action” narrative
-<b>Group discussed what CRT Case Studies aim to do.</b>
-CRT was started in part to help potential users of Climate Data Initiative (CDI)/data.gov with tools and examples (Case Studies) of how data can be used to solve problems. Brian summarized: CRT Case Studies are stories/recipes that address specific problems or needs.
 <br>
-* <b>ACTION 1:</b> Paul Stackhouse and Jason Barnett will decide on two topics for presentation (one on ag and one on energy) and send the presentation titles. Length of presentations and workshop style TBD.
-* <b>ACTION 2:</b> Bill will contact Glenn Bethel, remote sensing coordinator of the USDA - might be a good contact for either of the two sessions.
 <br>
 <br>
-<b> Second Session Proposal (New Frontiers in Ag/Energy Data): Discussion </b><br>
-* Decided to keep the session title a bit more broad (not limited to only drones)
-*  Decided to keep the three overarching topics (Data collection, Data Management and Data Application) for now, and to potentially narrow it down depending on what speakers are able to attend the session. Agreement that all three areas would be good to explore in this "new frontier", but exactly how it will work with the session speakers in the time allotted is to be determined.
-* Paul Stackhouse and Jason Barnett might be able to participate in a building energy analysis / sustainability / energy balance discussion, and are working on a study of NASA buildings for this purpose. However, as they will be participating heavily in the CRT Workshop session, we will try to find other speakers for this session.
-* <b>ACTION 3:</b> Bill will contact a researcher at Cornell who is using drones for corn phenotyping
+<b> Session II New Frontiers in Ag/Energy Data Session </b> <br>
-* <b>ACTION 4:</b> Bar will follow up with and contact Max Messinger - Drone use in agriculture and environmental sensing, Courtney Hammond-Wagner - web tools and cell-phone/mobile app tool for Agricultural Planning and Environmental Goals, and Jarlath O'neil-Dunne spatial analysis lab / drone operations use and remote sensing - to determine if they would present (and what they might be able to present) for this session.
+* 90 Minute Session: Breakout Session: ~4 speakers <br>
-<br>
+Introduction:
-<b> Potential Future Collaborations </b> <br>
+* Bar could introduce?
-<br>
-<b> Food Energy Water (FEW) nexus</b>
-Discussion around contacting the NSF Program Officer for new “food, energy, water” (FEW) area (http://nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=135642&org=NSF&from=news) or National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE).
+Speakers:
+* Maxwell Messinger - UASs (Confirmed)
+* Courtney Hammond Wagner - Webtools / Mobile Apps (Mostly Confirmed)
+* Lindsay Barbieri - UASs (Confirmed)
+* Ray Hunt - USDA UASs (Bill will contact?)
-Brian identified that the FEW group, they are in town two weeks after our winter meeting after ESIP, and could potentially fit well or have some overlap with our Agriculture and Energy groups. We could look through the agenda and maybe look for local people who are speaking on food / energy / water issues local to DC that we could potentially invite.
+<br>
+Based on the speakers, the focus of the session has narrowed down:
+* Will not include data management specifically
+* Will focus on Ag, not energy
+Bar will update this in the Session Description
-Bill identified that it sounded like the FEW group would be at a different level then our current proposed CRT workshop, and that we would probably hold off and discuss the possibility of working on this as a session for the summer ESIP session. Conclusion:  Postpone intial contact but keep FEW in mind for the future, revisit for the ESIP summer meeting 2016.
 <br>
 <br>
-<b> Climate Corporation: </b> <br>
+<br>
-Is there overlap? Could they come and participate? More to discuss, possibly for the Summer ESIP meeting or possible in connection with our New Frontiers in Ag/Energy Data session - with their mobile app. Will follow up.
+We also briefly discussed:
+* Coordination with the other two drone-related sessions: Drone Cluster and Education Committee sessions
+* Changing of Student Fellows from Lindsay Barbieri to Christopher Beltz in January
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-<br>
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 Bill Teng<br>
 Lindsay Barbieri (Bar)<br>
+Dan Keyes<br>
 Brian Wee<br>
+Chris Beltz<br>
 Nancy Hoebelheinrich<br>
-Jason Barnett<br>
 Paul Stackhouse<br>
-(?) other call-in’s
+Richard Eckman<br>
+(?) other call-in’s