Tuesday 28 May 2002

Climate and Development from Seasons to Centuries: How Our Understanding of and Responses to Seasonal Climate Variability Can Build Insight Into Human Adaptation to Long-Term Climate Change (GC21A)
This session highlights studies of real-world experience using seasonal climate forecasts by individuals and institutions in developing countries and examines implications for adaptive responses to long-term climate change.
8:30 am, Rm. WCC28

Tutorial: Geoscience and Policy Interactions (U21A-04)
This tutorial will examine the role of geosciences in public policy, including areas like climate change, air quality, exteme weather events, and many other areas where policy and the geociences intersect, with reference to papers that will be presented in this area during the meeting.
11:15 am, Rm. WCC30

Geophysics and Terrorism (U22A)
This session will examine how current Earth and space science research and environmental monitoring are relevant to the broader societal goal of combating global terrorism. Topics include seismology, watershed monitoring, plume migration, weather forecasting for military and counterterrorism applications, space weather, and parameters relevant to understanding and protecting against bioterrorism.
1:30 pm, Rm. WCC30

Fires, Scars, and Smoke: Observations, Impact, and Policies (A21B, A22E)
This session will review fire-related studies including observation and application of fire attributes in understanding the relationship between fire, weather, climate, environment and ecosystem; modeling fire spread and smoke transportation; and policy issues related to wildfire management.
1:30 pm, Rm. WCC15   (Poster session: 8:30 am, WCC Hall D)

Wednesday 29 May 2002

Integrating Climate Research, Applications, and Assessment (U31A)
This session will deal with research and societal perspectives on climate inputs for impact assessments; response of ecological and social systems to climate; development of assessment methods; building regional and local capacity for understanding and response; integration in government-funded programs.
8:30 am, Rm. WCC30

Sustainability of Fresh Water, Fossil Fuels, Minerals, and Other Earth Resources: How Much, How Deep, How Expensive, and How Certain? (U32A)
This session will examine the challenges posed by sustainable development with finite supplies of fresh water, fossil fuels, and other resources, including the availability of these resources, the environmental risks associated with recovering them, and the need for collaboration between scientists, economists, and policy makers to manage these resources.
1:30 pm, Rm. WCC30

Carbon Management Technologies: Feasibility, Impacts, Risks, and Economics (GC31A, GC32A)
This session will examine carbon management technologies, focusing on their feasibility, scalability, environmental impacts and risks, and implementation costs and time-constants, relative to informed public policy and a secure energy future.
1:30 pm, Rm. WCC15 (Poster session: 8:30 am, Rm. Hall D)

Thursday 30 May 2002

Policy-Relevant Versus Policy-Driven Atmospheric Chemistry Research: What Role Do Policy Applications Play in Determining Questions, Methods, and Funding? (A41E, A42C) This session will discuss how policy applications affect scientific research on air quality, including implications for funding, dissemination of information, and how science can work to meet the needs of the policy community.
10:15 am, Rm. WCC27 and 1:30 pm, Rm. WCC27

Math and Science Partnerships: School-College Collaborations on a New Scale (ED41B)
This session will offer comments about the current status of the math and science partnerships programs as implemented in federal agencies, and explore existing partnerships that provide models for future work. Contributed papers demonstrate effective interactions among science departments, schools of education, universities, school districts, and state educational programs.
10:40 am, Rm. WCC10

Geophysics in the 20th Century: Contributions from Washington (U42B)
This session will explore the historical legacies and interagency linkages that have contributed to the development of the geophysical sciences in the Washington, D. C. area over the last 100 years. Contributions to this session will highlight the role of the Washington scientific community in the growth of Geophysics.
1:30 pm, Rm. WCC30

Impacts of Urban Land Use Change: Hydrologic, Biogeochemical, and Policy Issues (H42F)
This session will review both science and policy perspectives to the problems associated with urbanization, including the scientific exploration of urbanization impacts and the policy realm of controlled or directed development.
1:30 pm, Rm. WCC29

Use of Remote Sensing as Policy-Relevant Information (B42B)
This session will examine the impact of remote sensing based research and applications on policy decisions, address the scientific needs of policy makers, and describe both successes and deficiencies in the link between Earth science and policy.
3:20 pm, Rm. WCC25

Friday 31 May 2002

Science, Politics, and Watershed Management (H51E)
This session will examine understanding of watershed processes relevant to watershed management and environmental policy development. In order to encourage discourse between natural scientists, social scientists, and policy makers, this session will include a broad array of presentations related to watershed hydrology, ecology, management, and policy.
8:30 am, Rm. WCC28

Detailed session descriptions and additional information about the AGU 2002 Spring Meeting is available at: http://www.agu.org/meetings/sm02top.html.
 

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