research activities
11:30 - 12:45 Lunch
12:45 PM - Climate Modeling and Monitoring: The Speakers in this session
will address the current and developing observational record of climate, and the
pros and cons of computer simulation models that are used to project long term
climate change due to greenhouse gases.
- Witold Krajewski, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
University of Iowa: Monitoring climate.
- Warren Washington, Head, Climate Change Research, National Center for
Atmospheric Research: What's right with global climate models.
- Richard Lindzen, Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Meteorolgy, MIT: What's wrong
with global climate models.
- Panel Chair: Gregory Carmichael, Professor of Chemical and Biochemical
Engineering, University of Iowa.
2:45 - 3:00 Break
3:00 - Impacts of Climate Change: In this session speakers will address
what is known about the potential impacts of future climate change, based on
observations from the past, current understanding of processes, and projections
of the future.
- David McGinnis, Assistant Professor of Geography, University of Iowa: Water
resources.
- Herman H. Shugart, Corcoran Professor of Environmental Science and Director,
Global Change Program, University of Virginia: Ecosystems.
- Jonathan Patz, Director, Program on Health Effects of Global Environmental
Change, Johns Hopkins University: Human Health.
- Panel Chair: Larry Bean, Administrator, Energy & Geological Resources Div.,
Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
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