Session 1 Special session honoring Professor John M. Norman (invited speakers only)

Monday, 28 April 2008: 9:00 AM-12:15 PM
Floral Ballroom Jasmine (Wyndham Orlando Resort)
Host: 28th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
Chair:
Tracy E. Twine, University of Minnesota, Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, St. Paul, MN
CoChair:
William P. Kustas, USDA/ARS, Hydrology and Remote Sensing Lab, Beltsville, MD

Papers:
9:00 AM
1.1
John Norman: Beyond an exceptional environment physicist
Bertrand Tanner, Campbell Scientific Inc., Logan, UT
Recorded presentation

9:15 AM
1.2
Forty years of figuring, finding, and finesse
Jonathan M. Welles, LI-COR BioSciences, Lincoln, NE
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (823.6 kB)

9:30 AM
1.3
Careful Measurements and Energy Balance Closure - The Case of Soil Heat Flux
Thomas J. Sauer, USDA/ARS, Ames, IA
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (116.1 kB)

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
Recorded presentation

10:00 AM
1.5
Estimating site-specific environmental impacts of agriculture with PALMS
Christine C. Molling, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI
Recorded presentation

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
Recorded presentation

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
Recorded presentation

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
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (319.2 kB)

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

- Indicates paper has been withdrawn from meeting
- Indicates an Award Winner
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