Dear Ecolog, We encourage submissions from the ecology community to the AGU session on uncertainty and impacts on decision making. Abstract submissions are due August 6th. Questions can be directly to me.
Thanks for your consideration, Ray "Uncertainty and sensitivity in models and observations and their impacts on decision making related to geological, hydrological and environmental applications" Session ID#: 1628 Session Description: Uncertainty and sensitivity in models and observations can have a major impact on environmental management decision making related to diverse applications such as land surface modeling, energy and mineral exploration and development, water resources management, and contaminant fate and transport. However, potentially sparse observations have uncertainty and sensitivity that are often poorly quantified, while computational model representations of physical processes involve unknowns and complexities at multiple temporal and spatial scales. We seek contributions that discuss innovative approaches to characterizing model, observational, and decision uncertainties. Examples might include (but are not limited to) demonstrations of new or improved probabilistic and non-probabilistic methods that account for risks, uncertainties, unknowns and complexities associated with environmental management and applications. We especially encourage contributions that bridge multiple spatial scales; integrate field observations, remote sensing, and modeling; or which incorporate multi-disciplinary approaches to assess and integrate environmental uncertainty and sensitivity in applications and decision making processes. Conveners: Ray Anderson (US Salinity Laboratory, USDA-ARS), Velimir V Vesselinov (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Hoshin Gupta (U of Arizona), Todd Skaggs (US Salinity Laboratory, USDA-ARS), and Min-Hui Lo (National Taiwan University) (poster session). Invited speakers: Joseph Alfieri (Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, USDA-ARS), Jesús Carrera (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya), Daniel Tartakovsky (University of California at San Diego), and Jasper Vrugt (University of California at Irvine). Dr. Ray G. Anderson Research Soil Scientist USDA-ARS, U.S. Salinity Laboratory Contaminant Fate and Transport Unit George E. Brown Jr. Salinity Laboratory 450 W. Big Springs Rd. Riverside, CA 92507-4617 USA Office: 1-951-369-4851 Fax: 1-951-342-4964 This electronic message contains information generated by the USDA solely for the intended recipients. Any unauthorized interception of this message or the use or disclosure of the information it contains may violate the law and subject the violator to civil or criminal penalties. If you believe you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete the email immediately.
