Workshop on Climate Science and Services:
Coastal Applications for Decision Making through
Sea Grant Extension and Outreach
April 10 — 12, 2007
Charleston, South Carolina
Agenda & Presentations
Tuesday, April 10
7:30 a.m. Participants Meet in Hotel Foyer for Transport to NOAA Coastal Services Center
7:45 a.m. Buses Depart Hotel
8:30 a.m. Registration and Coffee at NOAA Coastal Services Center
9:00-10:15 a.m. Plenary Session I: Setting the Stage . . .
9:00 a.m. Welcoming Remarks, Introductions, and an Evolving Focus on Coastal Resilience
Jeff Payne, NOAA Coastal Services Center
9:25 a.m. Remarks and Observationsfrom the National Sea Grant Assembly of Extension Program Leaders
Jack Thigpen, National Sea Grant Assembly of Extension Program Leaders
9:40 a.m. Workshop Overview: Background, Objectives, and Structure (PDF, 436KB)
Dale Baker, New York Sea Grant, and Lisa Vaughan, NOAA Climate Program Office
10:00 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. Plenary Session II: Climate Impacts and Adaptation in Coastal Regions
Session Overview: Experts in climate science and products, impacts, and adaptation will address some of the most pressing issues related to climate, including the socio-economic and outreach dimensions.
10:30 a.m. Climate, Sea Level, and Extreme Events: the Latest Findings from the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (PDF, 1.60MB)
Jonathan Overpeck, University of Arizona and Climate Assessment for the Southwest Project
11:45 a.m. Vulnerability in Coastal Regions: What Shapes Vulnerability in Coastal Communities, and What Role Does it Play in Adaptation? (PDF, 2.46MB)
Emma Tompkins, Oxford University
12:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. Coastal Inundation, Erosion, and Coastal Climatology: Linking Processes to Products (PDF, 854KB)
John Marra, NOAA Integrated Data and Environmental Applications Center
2:00 p.m. Impact of Climate on Coastal Storms and Waves (PDF, 4.41MB)
Peter Bromirski, Scripps Institute of Oceanography
2:30 p.m. Climate Change Impacts in Alaska: the Weather Perspective (PDF, 772KB)
Aimee Fish, National Weather Service
3:00 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. Linking People and Climate: Processes for Stakeholder Interactions in the Pacific (PDF, 15.59MB)
Cheryl Anderson, University of Hawaii and Pacific Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessment Project
4:00 p.m. Building a Climate Services Partnership (PDF, 2.26MB)
Mark Shafer, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
4:30 p.m. Climate Products for the Great Lakes Region (PDF, 830KB)
Brent Lofgren, NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
5:00 p.m. Discussion and Introduction of Next Day’s Session
Jim Murray, National Sea Grant Program Office
5:15 p.m. Adjourn
Wednesday, April 11
7:30 a.m. Participants Meet in Hotel Foyer for Transport to NOAA Coastal Services Center
7:45 a.m. Buses Depart for NOAA Coastal Services Center
8:30 a.m.- 12:00 noon Plenary Session III: Climate and Coastal Extension
Session Overview: Through a panel, several members of the Sea Grant community will present their current approaches and lessons learned related to climate in an extension context. Participants will be invited to ask questions, offer comments, and share their own experiences in this area. The panel will be followed by a discussion of the role of coastal extension in helping decision makers include climate change considerations and adaptation strategies in their ongoing planning and decision making related to ecosystems, hazards, and other climate-sensitive management issues. Finally, this session will include a facilitated dialogue to identify and articulate critical needs and capabilities for climate-related decision support (e.g., climate information, products and training related to climate impacts and adaptation methodologies) within the Sea Grant community.
8:30 a.m. Panel on Current Sea Grant Program Activities Related to Climate
Jim Murray, Moderator, National Sea Grant Program Office
Jay Tanski, New York Sea Grant (PDF, 3MB)
Joe Cone, Oregon Sea Grant (PDF, 3.26MB)
Jim Hurley and Gene Clark, Wisconsin Sea Grant (PDF, 1.79MB)
Robert Bacon, South Carolina Sea Grant (PDF, 555KB)
10:00 a.m. Potential Role of Extension in Fostering Effective Adaptation (PDF, 2.32MB)
Lara Hansen, World Wildlife Fund
10:40 a.m. Break
10:50 a.m. Dialogue on Climate-Related Challenge and Opportunities in Coastal Resource Management from the Extension and Outreach Perspective
Facilitator: Tricia Ryan, NOAA Coastal Services Center
12:00 noon Lunch
12:45 p.m. Preparing for Other Coastal Hazards: an Update on the NOAA Tsunami Ready Program
Donald Hawkins, National Weather Service, North Carolina
1:00-< 5:30 p.m. Plenary Session IV: Climate Decision-Support Capabilities and Resources
Session Overview: This session will provide an overview and specific examples of the range of decision-support resources and climate products available for applications in coastal extension and outreach in support of resource management. This information will be conveyed through a series of presentations by and demonstrations and small-group discussions with members of the climate research and services community. The purpose of this session is to educate extension staff members about already available resources for climate-sensitive planning and decision making and to identify missing resources for future development by NOAA and the scientific community.
1:00 p.m. The NOAA Climate Program: Impacts and Adaptation Research for Coastal Decision Making (PDF, 743KB)
Lisa Vaughan, NOAA Climate Program Office
1:20 p.m. Introduction to the National Weather Service Climate Services (PDF, 1.58MB)
Michael Brewer, National Weather Service, Climate Services Division
1:50 p.m. NCDC’s Coastal and Marine Archives: Overview of the National Climatic Data Center Products and Services (PDF, 3.73MB)
Sam McCown, National Climatic Data Center
2:20 p.m. NOAA Regional Climate Centers (PDF, 344KB)
Kevin Robbins, Southern Regional Climate Center
2:40 p.m. Role of the State Climatology Offices in Delivering Climate Information (PDF, 2.95MB)
Hope Mizzell, South Carolina State Climatology Office
3:00 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. Perspectives from NOAA’s Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments Program Teams
Kirstin Dow, Carolinas Integrated Sciences and Assessment Project (PDF, 8.57MB)
Melissa Griffin, Southeast Climate Consortium (PDF, 1.44MB)
Sarah Trainer, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (PDF, 2.28MB)
Alexander (Sascha) Petersen, Climate Impacts Group (PDF, 415KB)
4:15 p.m. Assessing Coastal Vulnerability and Change-Potential in the Contiguous U.S. and Coastal National Park Units (PDF, 3.71MB)
Elizabeth Pendleton, U.S. Geological Survey
4:45 p.m. Introduction of Next Day’s Session
Dale Baker, New York Sea Grant Program
5:00 p.m. Informal Discussion and Opportunity to Explore Select Decision-Support Resources in a “Hands-on” Fashion
5:30 p.m. Adjourn for the Day
Thursday, April 12
7:30 a.m. Participants Meet in Hotel Foyer for Transport to NOAA Coastal Services Center
7:45 a.m. Buses Depart for NOAA Coastal Services Center
8:30 a.m. Informal Discussion and Opportunity to Explore Select Decision-Support Resources in a “Hands-on” Fashion
9:00 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. Plenary Session V: Moving into the Future
Session Overview: This session will explore potential next steps that could involve enhanced collaboration among the university, nongovernmental, and federal climate and Sea Grant extension communities. The session will open with two presentations intended to stimulate discussion. The first one will focus on how Americans perceive the subject of climate change, an essential element to consider in communicating about climate change with (potentially) affected stakeholders. The second will address how climate appears to be affecting the Arctic and potential implications beyond the region, including how the local experience of climate change impacts alters the communication and engagement needs. The session will wrap up with a discussion of potential opportunities for collaboration (e.g., climate extension programming, development of materials, training, joint projects) that use climate science and services to support decision making and sound coastal management.
9:00 a.m. What Americans Really Think About Climate Change – Attitude Formation and Change in Response to a Scientific Controversy (PDF, 2200KB)
- The Origins and Consequences of Democratic Citizens' Policy Agendas: A Study of Popular Concern About Global Warming (PDF, 348KB)
- Global Warming 2007 ABC News Release (PDF, 47KB)
- Global Warming SIE ABC Release on GW Poll (PDF, 44KB)
10:00 a.m. Climate Change in the Arctic and Its Potential Implications Beyond the Region (PDF, 9MB)
Robert Corell, Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Discussion of Opportunities and Next Steps
12:00 noon Closing Remarks
Workshop Adjourns
12:30 p.m. Depart NOAA Coastal Services Center