Weekly CIG Seminar

Date

Speaker

Topic

Oct 1

Ed Sarachik, CSES

Quarterly Climate Report

Ed Sarachik and others, CSES

Panel discussion on the performance of warm and cold phase ENSO events over glacial/interglacial timescales based on two recent articles in Science (vol 297): Stott et al. 2002 (pp. 222-226) and Koutavas et al. 2002 (pp.226-230). See also the summary interpretation by Lea (pp.202-203). (Links to Science magazine will only work if accessed from an institutional subscriber.)

Oct 8

Ze'ev Gedalof, CIG

Atmospheric and climatic controls on severe wildfire years in the Northwestern United States
Abstract / Presentation

Oct 15

Ed Miles, CIG

Designing a distributed regional climate impacts model for the PNW (I): Assembling a target list of policy relevant questions

The seminar will focus on the first stage of designing an integrated regional climate impacts model for the PNW. We will first discuss a summary of our discussion from our annual meeting of June 13, 2002 (compiled by ELM), making corrections and additions as necessary. Then we will focus on Rick Palmer's blockbuster question as follows: What are the 10-12 basic questions we want to answer in five years with our integrated model?

Required reading: Walker et al. 2002. Resilience management in social-ecological systems: A working hypothesis for a participatory approach

Oct 22

Lara Whitely Binder, CIG

Assessing vulnerability to climate impacts at a watershed scale: Developing an alternative approach

Oct 29

Don McKenzie, CIG

Predicting conifer species responses to climatic and other biophysical parameters
Abstract / Presentation

Nov 5

Ed Miles, CIG

Designing a distributed regional climate impacts model for the PNW (II): Assembling a target list of policy relevant questions

This seminar will continue where the Oct 15 discussion left off.

November 14 ** special day (Thurs) but normal time

Mike Dalton

The California rockfish conservation area: Climate fluctuations and groundfish trawlers at Moss Landing Harbor
Abstract / Paper (looks grainy in e-form but prints clearly) / Presentation

Nov 19

Ed Sarachik, CSES

Book Review: Diffusion of Innovations (Rogers 1995. New York: Free Press).

Nov 26

Ed Miles, CIG

Designing a distributed regional climate impacts model for the PNW (III): Assembling a target list of policy relevant questions

This seminar will continue where the Oct 15 discussion left off.

Dec 3

Pete Lawson, NOAA

Closing the loop: Environmental variability throughout the life-cycle of Oregon coastal natural coho salmon
Abstract / Paper / Presentation

Dec 10

Nathan Mantua, CIG

Regional impacts of day-to-day changes in the large-scale Pacific North America (PNA) pattern: observations and prospects for skillful 7-14 day lead-time weather risk forecasts
Abstract / Presentation