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Workshopon
RegionalClimateChangeandEnvironmentalResponseinHawaiʻ i
AsiaRoom‐IminInternationalConferenceCenter
UniversityofHawaiʻ iatMānoaCampus
hostedbytheInternationalPacificResearchCenter
July22‐23,2014
PurposeoftheMeeting Regional climate change research is dealing with the problem of estimating the physical changes in the natural environment on a local scale, whereas the driving forcing is acting on a global scale. A number of research projects sponsored by the Pacific Islands Climate Science Center (PICSC) and the Pacific Islands Climate Change Cooperative (PICCC) are currently in-vestigating new scientific data, methods and techniques to monitor environmental changes and to investigate their causes, and to model future environmental changes under a changing climate. One particular goal is to connect the physical global climate science with the biological sciences to understand how ecosystems respond regionally to time-dependent climatic changes. The primary goal of this workshop is to improve the mutual understanding for the scientific research methods in the two disciplines and to strengthen trans-disciplinary information exchange. In this 1 1/2-day workshop, we will bring together researchers that actively work on the regionalization of climate change scenarios for Hawaiʻi, and researchers in leading roles of understanding the consequences of climatic changes on ecosystems, biogeographic changes and bio-dynamical changes in Hawaiʻi. The first day will give participants the opportunity to present their research results to the audience and to communicate the latest information to the participating researchers. Ample of discussion time is planned in, which will allow participants to engage in scientific debates. Day two is intended to direct the discussions towards research solutions and scientific conclusions. In breakout groups, the participants will discuss in-depth the strengths and weaknesses of current research methods/ data, evaluate confidence/ uncertainty of research results, and identify solutions or improvement that appear most promising to advance our knowledge about regional environmental changes. ExpectedOutcomes
The workshop is expected to foster collaboration among the different PICSC-sponsored projects, to increase the awareness and understanding of the various scientific research methods and data products. Further, we want to enhance the overall communication among researchers with a wide range of different expertise. This includes (but is not limited to):
• Quantify the effects of climate change on complex ecosystems or selected species
• Identify possible feedbacks between biological changes and regional climate changes
• Find quantitative ways to track and measure uncertainties in the research process
• Define a priority-list of climate-change variables for environmental impact studies
• Foster the communication between ‘producers’ and ‘users’ of climate information
Agenda
Day1‐July22,2014
(AlltimesisHawaiʻ iStandardTime(HST))
8:00‐8:30am Setup8:30‐8:45am Registration8:45‐8:50am OpeningRemarks&Announcements8:50‐9:00am IntroductionofparticipantsSession1:ClimateChangeinHawaiʻ i:RecentTrendsandFutureProjections
Chair:TamaraWong,JonPriceThephysicalaspectsofregionalclimatechangeandconfidence/uncertaintyassessments
9:00‐9:15amHenryDiaz,NOAA,ESRLBoulder,CO
Enhancedwarmingwithelevation:Projectionsandobservationalevidence
9:15‐9:30amRyanLongman,Dept.ofGeography,UniversityofHawaiʻiatMānoaTemporalsolarradiationchangeathighelevationsinHawai‘i
9:30‐9:45amPao‐ShinChu,Dept.Meteorology,UniversityofHawaiʻiatMānoaRegionalprecipitationextremesinHawaiiundernon‐stationaryclimateconditions:Statisticalmodelinganddynamicaldownscaling
9:45‐10:00amKevinTrick,DavidField,HawaiiPacificUniversity
Betterunderstandingandquantifyingtheassociationbetweenlarge‐scaleclimateandthevariabilityinrainfallonthemainHawaiianIslands
10:00‐10:15amMaoyaBassiouni,PacificIslandsWaterScienceCenter,USGeologicalSurvey
Developmentofstatisticalmethodstoestimatefuturebaselineandlow‐flowcharacteristicsofungaugedstreamsinHawaiʻi
10:15‐10:30amShortpresentations: DavidBeilman,Dept.Geography,UniversityofHawaiʻiatMānoa VictoriaKeener,East‐WestCenter,PacificRISA MatthewWidlansky,IPRC,UniversityofHawaiʻiatMānoa OliverElisonTimm,DAES,UniversityatAlbany10:30‐10:45amBreak
Session1:ClimateChangeinHawaiʻ i:RecentTrendsandFutureProjections
(Chair:TamaraWong&JonPrice)10:45‐11:00amThomasGiambelluca,Dept.ofGeography,UniversityofHawaiʻiatMānoa ObservedandprojectedchangesinHawaiʻi'sclimate.11:00‐11:30amDieterMueller‐Dombois,Dept.Botany,UniversityofHawaiʻiatMānoa
BioticImpoverishment&ClimateChange:GlobalCausesofForestDecline?11:30‐12:15Discussion1:ClimateChangeinHawaiʻ i
(Moderators:ErikFranklin&AuroraKagawa‐Viviani)Climatechangegroupleadingdiscussion:Criticalreviewofthemethods,explainingsourcesofuncertainty,quantificationofconfidenceranges,synthesisofcurrentresults:agreementandambiguityinthedownscaledscenarios.
12:15‐1:45pmLunchBreak
(seemapforlunchoptionsoncampus)Session2:Environmental&EcosystemResponsetoClimateChange
Chair:(DavidField&OliverElisonTimm)Thescientificaspectsofenvironmentalandecosystemresponsetoclimatechange1:45‐2:00pm JimJacobi,PacificIslandEcosystemsResearchCenter,U.S.GeologicalSurvey
DevelopingtherevisedHI‐GAPlandcovermapandHawaiianIslandshabitatqualitymap
2:00‐2:15pm TamaraWong,JonathanPrice,JimJacobi,Dept.ofGeographyandEnvironmentalSciences,UniversityofHawaiʻiatHilo,andPIERC
Modelingclimate‐drivenchangestodominantvegetationintheHawaiianIslands
Session2:Environmental&EcosystemResponsetoClimateChangeChair:(DavidField&OliverElisonTimm)
Thescientificaspectsofenvironmentalandecosystemresponsetoclimatechange2:15‐2:30pmKirstenOleson,Dept.ofNaturalResourcesandEnvironmentalManagement,UniversityofHawaiʻiatMānoa
Usingecosystemservicemodelingtosupportridge‐to‐reefmanagementandconservationinHawaiiandthePacific
2:30‐2:45pmErikFranklin,HawaiiInstituteofMarineBiology,UniversityofHawaiʻiatMānoa
FuturecoralcommunityprojectionsfortheHawaiianIslands2:45‐:3:00pm TiffanyAnderson,CharlesFletcher,SOEST,UniversityofHawaiʻiatMānoa
Apracticalapproachtomappingshorelinechangeunderfuturesealevelrisescenarios3:00‐3:15pmBreak3:15‐3:30pmEbenPaxton,USGSPacificIslandEcosystemsResearchCenter
ArerecentpopulationtrendsinHawaiianforestbirdslinkedtoclimatechange?3:30‐3:45pmWei‘Joy’Liao,MikeSamuel,UniversityofWisconsin‐Madison
TheeffectsofclimatechangeonavianmalariaandHawaiianforestbirds3:45‐4:00pmRickCamp,HawaiʻiCooperativeStudiesUnit,UniversityofHawaiʻiatHilo
ChangingclimateandthealtitudinalrangeofavianmalariaintheHawaiianIslands‐anongoingconservationcrisisontheIslandofKaua‘i
4:00‐4:15pmBreak4:15‐5:00pmDiscussion2:ProjectedEnvironmentalChangesinHawaiʻ i
(Moderators:ThomasGiambelluca&AbbyFrazier)EcosystemResponsegroupleadingdiscussion:Criticallyassessourlatestresearchprogress,exchangemethodsthatcanimproveresearchattheinterfacesacrossourdisciplines,discussexperienceswithimportingclimatechangeproducts(usageintentionsandcaveats),strategicplanningforfutureproducts.5:00pmEndofDay1
Day2‐July23,2014
Breakoutgroupmeetings9:00‐10:30amBreakoutGroups
(a) Researchmethodsinregionalclimatechange:Currentstatus,limits,andfuturedirectionsChair:HenryF.Diaz&MatthewWidlansky
(b) Researchmethodsinregionalecosystemchanges:Currentstatus,limits,andfuturedirectionsChair:KirstenOleson&LaurenKaiser
(c) Exchangeofinformationbetweentworesearchdisciplines:dataformats,metadata,andcommunicationChair:VictoriaKeener&MaoyaBassiouni
10:30‐10:45amBreak10:45am‐12:15pmFinalDiscussion
(a) Reportsfromthebreakoutgroups(b) Recommendationsforfutureresearchstrategies,collaborations,andcommunications
12:15pmEndofWorkshop(Afternoon:KeyPIsdraftingworkshopreportforPICSC)
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Participants:
TiffanyAndersonUniversityofHawai‘iatMā[email protected]
StephenAnthonyUSGS,Honolulu,[email protected]
CarterT.AtkinsonUSGS,Honolulu,[email protected]
MaoyaBassiouniUSGS,Honolulu,[email protected]
DavidBeilmanUniversityofHawai‘iatMā[email protected]
JeffBurgettHonolulu,[email protected]
RichardCampHawai‘iCooperativeStudiesUnitPacificIslandEcosystemsResearchCenterrick_camp@usgs.gov
Pao‐ShinChuUniversityofHawai‘iatMā[email protected]
HenryF.DiazESRLBoulder,[email protected]
OliverElisonTimmUniversityatAlbanyDepartmentofAtmosphericandEnvironmentalSciencesoelisontimm@albany.edu
DavidFieldHawaiiPacificUniversityMarineScienceDivisiondfield@hpu.edu
ChipFletcherUniversityofHawai‘iatMā[email protected]
LucasFortiniUSGS,Honolulu,[email protected]
ErikFranklinUniversityofHawai‘iatMā[email protected]
AbbyFrazierUniversityofHawai‘iatMā[email protected]
ThomasW.GiambellucaUniversityofHawai‘iatMā[email protected]
ChristianGiardinaUSFS,Hawaii,[email protected]
StephenGingerichUSGS,Honolulu,[email protected]
DavidHelwegUSGS,Honolulu,[email protected]
HlaHtunUniversityofHawai‘iatMānoaDepartmentofNaturalResourcesandEnvironmentalManagementhlahtun@hawaii.edu
JamesD.JacobiUSGS,Honolulu,[email protected]
AuroraKagawa‐VivianiUniversityofHawai‘iatMā[email protected]
LaurenKaiserUniversityofHawai‘iatMā[email protected]
VictoriaKeenerEast‐WestCenter,Honolulu,[email protected]
DennisA.LaPointeUSGS,Honolulu,[email protected]
MamiLeMasterUniversityofHawai‘iatMā[email protected]
Wei'Joy'LiaoUniversityofWisconsin,[email protected]
RyanLongmanUniversityofHawai‘iatMā[email protected]
AlanMairUSGS,Honolulu,[email protected]
MarieMcKenzieUniversityofHawai‘iatMā[email protected]
DieterMueller‐DomboisUniversityofHawai‘iatMā[email protected]
KirstenOlesonUniversityofHawai‘iatMānoaDepartmentofNaturalResourcesandEnvironmentalManagementkoleson@hawaii.edu
EbenPaxtonUSGS,HawaiiNationaParkPacificIslandEcosystemsResearchCenterepaxton@usgs.gov
JonathanPriceUniversityofHawai‘iatHiloDepartmentofGeographyandEnvironmentalSciencesjpprice@hawaii.edu
MichaelD.SamuelUniversityofWisconsin,[email protected]
GordonTribbleUSGS,Honolulu,[email protected]
KevinTrickHawaiiPacificUniversityMarineScienceDivisionkevintrick@gmail.com
RobertoVenegasNOAAIRC,Honolulu,[email protected]
MatthewWidlanskyUniversityofHawai‘iatMā[email protected]
TamaraWongUniversityofHawai‘iatHiloDepartmentofGeographyandEnvironmentalSciencestamarawo@hawaii.edu
ChunxiZhangUniversityofHawai‘iatMā[email protected]
AcknowledgementsandDisclaimer:
The organization and execution of thisworkshop is supported by the USGS Pacific
Island Climate Science Center (PICSC) throughthe Cooperative Agreement #G12AC20502.Contentsandviewsexpressedinthisdocument
are solely the responsibility of the workshoporganizers and do not represent the officialviewsoftheUSGS.Thetitlepagefigureshown
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WorkshopOrganizers:
• OliverElisonTimm
DepartmentofAtmosphericandEnvironmentalSciencesUniversityatAlbany1400WashingtonAvenue‐ES316AAlbany,NY,12222Phone:+1+518‐442‐3584Email: [email protected]
• TamaraWong
DepartmentofGeographyandEnvironmentalSciences
UniversityofHawaiiatHilo200W.KawiliSt.Hilo,HI96720‐4091
LocalHostOrganization&Logistics
InternationalPacificResearchCenterPOSTBldg.,Room401
1680East‐WestRoad,UniversityofHawaiʻiHonolulu,Hawai‘i96822USAPhone:+1‐808‐956‐5019
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