2007 Conference Presentations
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| Monday, September 10, 2007 | Tuesday, September 11, 2007 | Wednesday, September 12, 2007 | Thursday, September 13, 2007 |
| MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2007 | |||
| Date/Time | Presenter | Presentation Title | Link to Presentation |
| Welcome and Introduction Session Chair: Kelly Birkinshaw (California Energy Commission) |
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| 9:00 - 9:10 a.m. | Arthur Rosenfeld (California Energy Commission) | Welcome | Download PDF file 128 kb |
| 9:10 - 9:30 | Anthony Brunello (California Resource Agency) | Deputy Secretary for Climate Change and Energy | |
| 9:30 - 9:50 | Martha Krebs (California Energy Commission) | Overview | Download PDF file 339 kb |
| 9:50 - 10:10 | Q & A | ||
| 10:10 - 10:30 | BREAK | ||
| The Economics of Climate Policy Session Chair: Alan Sanstad (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) |
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| 10:30 - 10:50 | Charles Kolstad (University of California, Santa Barbara) | Regulating Greehouse Gas Emissions in California: Issues In Regulatory Design | Download PDF file 72 kb |
| 10:50 - 11:10 | John Weyant (Stanford University) | Frameworks for Addressing Uncertainty and Risk in Climate Policy | Download PDF file 240 kb |
| 11:10 - 11:30 | Hadi Dowlatabadi (University of British Columbia | Understanding the Gap Between Economics and Commerce in Realizing Greenhouse Gas Reductions: Lessons from the Trenches | Download PDF file 412 kb |
| 11:30-11:45 | Q & A | ||
| 11:45 - 1:15 Lunch (Exhibit Hall E) |
Keynote Speaker: Larry Goulder (Stanford University) |
Climate Policy Developments in the U.S.: Some Economic and Political Perspectives | Download PDF file 76 kb |
| Regional Climate Modeling Session Chair: Daniel Cayan (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) |
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| 1:15 - 1:30 | Hugo Hidalgo (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) | Downscaling Daily Precipitation and Temperature Fields Over the U.S. Using Constructed Analogues | Download PDF file 1.6 MB |
| 1:30 - 1:45 | Norm Miller (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) | Intercomparison of Regional Climate Models for California | Download or View files |
| 1:45 - 2:00 | Edwin Maurer (Santa Clara University) | Detection of the Climate Change Signal in the Hydrological Record | Download PDF file 2.1 MB |
| 2:00 - 2:15 | Q & A | ||
| Greenhouse Gas Inventory Methods and Options to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Agricultural Sector Session Chair: Steve Shaffer (California Department of Food and Agriculture) |
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| 2:20-2:35 | Charles Krauter (California State University, Fresno) | Measurement of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Dairy Farms in California | Download PDF file 8.95 MB |
| 2:35-2:50 | Changsheng Li (University of New Hampshire) | Development and Application of the Manure De-Nitrification-DeComposition Model to Estimate Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Dairy Farms in California | Download PDF file 528 kb |
| 2:50-3:05 | Stephen De Gryze (University of California, Davis) | Regional Estimates of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Potentials by Adopting Alternative Farming Management Practices in California | Download PDF file 1.42 MB |
| 3:05-3:20 | Richard Howitt (University of California, Davis) | Developing a Geographic Information System-based Economic Model for Farmer Emission Trading | Download PDF file 746 kb |
| 3:20-3:35 | Q&A | ||
| 3:35 - 3:50 | BREAK | ||
| Identification of Vulnerability to Climate Change: Sea Level Rise Session Chair: Christine Blackburn (California Ocean Protection Council) |
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| 3:50-4:10 | Peter Adams (University of Florida) | Identifying Potential Hotspots of Coastal Erosion Along the Southern California Coast Through Numerical Modeling | Download or View files |
| 4:10-4:25 | Reinhard Flick (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) | Southern California and Sea Level Rise | Download PDF file 1.83 MB |
| 4:25-4:40 | Noah Knowles (United States Geological Survey) | Seal Level Rise and Tides in San Francisco Bay | Download PDF file 1.45 MB |
| 4:40-4:55 | Q&A | ||
| The Climate Record Session Chair: Michael Anderson (California Department of Water Resources) |
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| 5:00-5:15 | Nicholas Graham (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) | Simulation of the Mono Lake Low Stands: Verification of the Timing and Magnitude of Medieval California Drought Note: Powerpoint file available for download is not compatible with Powerpoint for Macintosh 2004. PDF file not yet available | Download Powerpoint file 2.0 MB |
| 5:15-5:35 | Kelly Redmond (Desert Research Institute) | The California Climate Tracker: A New Monitoring Tool | Download PDF file 3.21 MB |
| 5:35-5:50 | Q&A | ||
| TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2007 | |||
| Date/Time | Presenter | Presentation Title | Link |
| Climate Change and Water Resources in California Session Chair: Jamie Anderson (California Department of Water Resources) |
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| 8:00-8:20 | Sam Earman (Desert Research Institute) | Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Groundwater Recharge, with Implications for Groundwater and Surface Water Resources | Download PDF file 2.28 MB |
| 8:20-8:40 | Fred Martin Ralph (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | A 21st Century Observing System for California Weather and Climate: Current Plans and Future Possibilities | Download PDF file 12.8 MB |
| 8:40-9:00 | Sebastian Vicuña (University of California, Berkeley) | Adaptation to Climate Change Impacts on Water Resource Systems: A Case Study of the Merced River Basin | Download PDF file 1.03 MB |
| 9:00-9:20 | Levi Brekke (U.S. Bureau of Reclamation) | Assessing the Risks of Shifting Climate on Water and Power Operations in the Reclamation Regions | Download PDF file 322 KB |
| 9:20-9:40 | Michael Dettinger (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) | California Flood Risks in a Changing Climate | Download PDF file 2.01 MB |
| 9:40-10:00 | Q&A | ||
| 10:00-10:15 | BREAK | ||
| Effects of Aerosols on Climate and Precipitation Session Chair: Joe O'Hagan (California Energy Commission) |
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| 10:15-10:35 | Ruby Leung (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) | Modeling the Effect of Aerosols on Precipitation in the Western United States | Download PDF file 1.29 MB |
| 10:35-10:55 | Odelle Hadley (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) | Black Carbon in Rain and Snow in the Sierra Nevada | Download PDF file 840 kb |
| 10:55-11:15 | Craig Corrigan (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) | Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles as a Tool for Measuring Pollution and Climate Change | Download PDF file 2.34 MB |
| 11:15-11:30 | Q&A | ||
| 11:30-1:00 Lunch (Exhibit Hall E) |
Keynote Presentation William Collins (University of California, Berkeley) | The Future of California's Climate from a Global Perspective | Download PDF file 7.04 MB |
| Tracking Greenhouse Gas Emissions Session Chair: Richard VanCuren (Air Resources Board) |
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| 1:00-1:20 | Adam Hirsch (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) | Tracking Emissions at the Continental and Global Scales | Download PDF file 2.64 MB |
| 1:20-1:35 | Donald Blake (University of California, Irvine) | Identifying Sources and Verifying Fluxes of Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases Using Ambient Measurements | Download PDF file 3.4 MB |
| 1:35-1:50 | Chris Potter (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) | Tracking Land Cover Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Western United States | Download PDF file 2 MB |
| 1:50-2:05 | Marc Fischer (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) | Designing a California Greenhouse Gas Measurement (CALGEM) Network: A Bay Area and Sacramento Valley Case Study |
Download PDF file 900 kb |
| 2:05-2:20 | Q&A | ||
| 2:20-2:35 | BREAK | ||
| Options to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Energy Efficiency Session Chair: John Wilson (California Energy Commission) |
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| 2:35-2:50 | Eric Masanet (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) | Energy Efficiency Potential for Data Centers | Download PDF file 430 kb |
| 2:50-3:10 | Jayant Sathaye (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) | Energy Efficiency Potential for Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Findings from the IPCC Fourth Assessment | Download PDF file 312 kb |
| 3:10-3:30 | Steve Smith (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) | Energy Efficiency, California Building Energy Use, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Mitigation for the 21st Century | Download PDF file 3 MB |
| 3:30-3:50 | Q&A | ||
| Regional and Global Climate Issues Session Chair: Nehzat Motallebi (Air Resources Board) |
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| 3:50-4:10 | Michael Kleeman (University of California, Davis) | Climate Impacts on Future Ozone Concentrations in California: Explaining the Uncertainty | Download PDF file 425 kb |
| 4:10-4:30 | Ben Santer (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) | Identification of Human-Induced Changes in Atmospheric Moisture Content | Note: Presentation not available on line until September 21, 2007, following publishing in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. |
| 4:30-4:50 | Mark Jacobson (Stanford University) | Energy Solutions to Air Pollution and Climate Change in California | Download PDF file 1.7 MB |
| 4:50-5:00 | Q&A | ||
| 5:00-7:30 | Poster Session | ||
| WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2007 | |||
| Date/Time | Presenter | Presentation Title | Link |
| Carbon Sequestration Session Chair: Douglas Wickizer (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection) |
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| 8:00-8:20 | Nicholas Martin (Winrock International) | Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration and Emission Reduction Pilot Activities in Shasta County, California | Download PDF file 8 MB |
| 8:20-8:40 | Patrick Gonzalez (The Nature Conservancy) | Monitoring Forest Carbon in Sierra Nevada and North Coast Forests with Field Inventories, LIDAR, and QuickBird | Download PDF file 14.9 MB |
| 8:40-9:00 | Rob Trautz (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) | Rosetta Resources CO2 Storage Pilot Tests | Download PDF file 4.3 MB |
| 9:00-9:20 | Q&A | ||
| Economic Issues Session Chair: Anthony Brunello (California Resources Agency) |
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| 9:20-9:40 | Tom Corringham (University of California, San Diego) | Impacts of Climate Variability on Flood Insurance Claims and Pay-outs | Download PDF file 1.5 MB |
| 9:40-10:00 | Maximilian Auffhammer (University of California, Berkeley) | Estimating the Impact of Climate Change on Electricity Load for California's Utilities | Download PDF file 2.7 MB |
| 10:00-10:20 | Alan Sanstad (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) | A Stochastic Framework for Analyzing Long-Run CO2 Abatement Strategies | Download PDF file 400 kb |
| 10:20-10:35 | Q&A | ||
| 10:35-10:50 | BREAK | ||
| 2008 Scenarios Project: Impacts and Adaptation Options in California Session Chair: Guido Franco (California Energy Commission) |
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| 10:50-11:05 | Guido Franco | Overview | Download PDF file 1.11 MB |
| 11:05-11:20 | Dan Cayan, Alan Sanstad, Amy Luers | Impacts and Adaptation Issues | |
| 11:20-11:30 | Q&A | ||
| 11:30-1:00 Lunch (Exhibit Hall E) |
Keynote Presentation Chris Field (Carnegie Institution) | California Ecosystems in a Changing Climate | Download PDF file 2.24 MB |
| Developing Coping/Adaptation Strategies at Regional Levels Session Chair: Amy Luers (Union of Concerned Scientists) |
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| 1:05-1:25 | Jennifer Penney (Clean Air Partnership) | Cities Preparing for Climate Change: A Study of Six Urban Regions | Download PDF file 1.69 MB |
| 1:25-1:40 | Lara Whitely Binder (Climate Impacts Group) | A Guidebook on Local/Regional Planning for Global Warming | Download PDF file 470 KB |
| 1:40-2:00 | Rebecca Shaw (The Nature Conservancy) | Applying Adaptation Principles to Conservation | Download PDF file 14.68 MB |
| 2:00-2:25 | Q&A | ||
| 2:25-2:40 | BREAK | ||
| The Interface Between Climate Change Science and Policy in California Session Chair: Andrew Altevogt (California Environmental Protection Agency) |
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| 2:40-2:50 | Andrew Altevogt (CalEPA) | California Climate Change Research and its Relationship to State Climate Policy | Download PDF file 194 KB |
| 2:50-3:00 | Julia Lave Johnston (Governor's Office of Planning & Research) | Apples to Oranges: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Effective Policy Development | Download PDF file 1.83 MB |
| 3:00-3:10 | Joshua Bushinsky (Pew Center) | Anticipating Tomorrow's Research Needs Today | No On-screen Presentation |
| 3:10-3:20 | Michael Mastrandrea (Stanford University) | Addressing Climate Risks Through Science/Policy Partnerships | Download PDF file 383 KB |
| 3:20-3:30 | Mark Cowin (Department of Water Resources) | Adapting California Water Management to Climate Change | Download PDF file 380 KB |
| 3:30-4:00 | Q&A | ||
| Ecological Impacts Session Chair: Marc Hoshovsky (California Department of Fish and Game) |
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| 4:00-4:20 | William Sydeman (Point Reyes Bird Observatory) | Ocean Climate and Marine Ecosystems: Indicators of Change in Structure and Productivity | Download PDF file 2.47MB |
| 4:20-4:40 | Laurie Koteen (University of California, Berkeley) | A Comparison of Carbon Cycling and the Surface Energy Balance Between Native Perennial and Exotic Annual Grass Communities in Northern Coastal California | Download PDF file 4.22 MB |
| 4:40- 5:00 | Lydia Ries (University of California, Santa Barbara) | Dynamic Ecological Model Results | Download PDF file 2.28 MB |
| 5:00-5:15 | Q&A | ||
| THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2007 | |||
| Date/Time | Presenter | Presentation Title | Link |
| Stabilizing Atmospheric CO2: The Role of Technology Session Chair: Martha Krebs (California Energy Commission)" |
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| 8:00-8:30 | Hugh Pitcher (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) | Stabilization and the Role of Technology in the Near, Mid, and Long Term: Lessons from The Global Energy Technology Strategy Program (GTSP) Phase 2 | Download PDF file 344 kb |
| 8:30 - 9:00 | Daniel Kammen (University of California, Berkeley) | How Far Can We Reach with Emerging Generation Technologies at the Global Scale? | Download PDF file 3.40 MB |
| 9:00 -9:30 | Q&A among the panelists, with some questions from the public | ||
| 9:30 - 9:50 | BREAK | ||
| California: Achieving the 2050 Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goal Session Chair: Laurie ten Hope (California Energy Commission)" |
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| 9:50 - 10:10 | Steven Schiller (California Institute for Energy and Environment) | Implications of Defining and Achieving California's 80% Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goal | Download PDF file 3.87 MB |
| 10:10 - 10:30 | Joan Ogden (University of California, Davis) | Envisioning Clean Transportation Systems for California: Contribution to the 2050 Target | Download PDF file 660 KB |
| 10:30 - 10:50 | Alan Lamont (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) | Fuel Choices: The Impact of Alternative Transportation Choices on the Natural Gas and Electricity Markets | Download PDF file 1.14 MB |
| 10:50 - 11:10 | Hal La Flash (Pacific Gas and Electric) | How Far Can We Reach with Emerging Generation Technologies? | Download PDF file 4.01 MB |
| 11:10 - 11:30 | Art Rosenfeld (California Energy Commission) | How Far Can We Reach with Energy Efficiency? | Download PDF file 751 kb |
| 11:30 - 11:50 | Q&A among the panelists, with some questions from the public | ||
| Closing Remarks | |||