Session 1 | |||
Special session honoring Professor John M. Norman (invited speakers only) | |||
| CoChair: William P. Kustas, USDA/ARS, Beltsville, MD Chair: Tracy E. Twine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN | |||
| 9:00 AM | 1.1 | John Norman: Beyond an exceptional environment physicist ![]() Bertrand Tanner, Campbell Scientific Inc., Logan, UT | |
| 9:15 AM | 1.2 | Forty years of figuring, finding, and finesse ![]() Jonathan M. Welles, LI-COR BioSciences, Lincoln, NE | |
| 9:30 AM | 1.3 | Careful Measurements and Energy Balance Closure - The Case of Soil Heat Flux ![]() Thomas J. Sauer, USDA/ARS, Ames, IA | |
| 9:45 AM | 1.4 | Investigation of carbon sequestration in maize-based agroecosystems ![]() Timothy J. Arkebauer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE; and E. A. Walter-Shea and M. A. Mesarch | |
| 10:00 AM | 1.5 | Estimating site-specific environmental impacts of agriculture with PALMS ![]() Christine C. Molling, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI | |
| 10:15 AM | Break | ||
| 10:45 AM | 1.6 | The closure problem: Happiness is a balanced equation ![]() Tracy E. Twine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN | |
| 11:00 AM | 1.7 | The Energy Budget within and above an Oak Forest in a Temperate-Humid Climate Tim Wilson, NOAA/ERL/ARL/ATDD, Oak Ridge, TN | |
| 11:15 AM | 1.8 | Measurements and modeling of canopy architecture in high latitude, non-random forests: tales from BOREAS ![]() Christopher J. Kucharik, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI | |
| 11:30 AM | 1.9 | Mapping Drought and Soil Moisture with a Thermal Two-Source Surface Flux Model ![]() Martha C. Anderson, USDA/ARS, Beltsville, MD; and W. P. Kustas | |
| 11:45 AM | 1.10 | Strategy, the Right Questions, the Right Tools and Gamesmanship: Lessons on being a Scientist from Professor John Norman Charles L. Walthall, USDA, Beltsville, MD | |
| 12:00 PM | Closing Remarks from Prof. J. M. Norman | ||
Monday, 28 April 2008: 9:00 AM-12:15 PM, Floral Ballroom Jasmine
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