Fall 2012 Andes-Amazon Meeting: Palo Alto, CA
December 3-5, 2012
Attendees and Presenters
Rafael Bras
Andrea Castanho
Mike Coe
Marcos Heil Costa
Leonardo Fleck
David Galbraith
Hewlley Acioli Imbuzeiro
Naomi Levine
Paul Moorcroft
Gabriel Moreno
Tom Powell
Scott Saleska
Erin Sullivan
Jingfeng Wang
Ke Zhang
Lodging
Reservations have been made for attendees at Dinah's Garden Hotel.
4261 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, California 94306
Agenda (will be provided shortly)
Fall 2011 Andes-Amazon Meeting: Palo Alto, CA
November 14-16, 2011
Attendees and Presenters
Jorge A. Ahumada
Jordan Borak
Rafael Bras
Andrea Castanho
Mike Coe
Brad Christofferson
David Galbraith
Anna Harper
Hewlley Acioli Imbuzeiro
Naomi Levine
Paul Moorcroft
Gabriel Moreno
Luis Solórzano
Ke Zhang
Lodging
Reservations have been made for attendees at Dinah's Garden Hotel.
4261 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, California 94306
Agenda
Transportation and Directions
The closest airport to Palo Alto is the San Francisco International Airport, which is 26 miles from the Hotel.San Francisco International Airport
If you wish to drive, directions to Dinah's Garden Hotel can be found here:http://www.dinahshotel.com/map_of_palo_alto_california.htm
or here:
Spring 2011 Andes-Amazon Meeting: Belem and Caxiuana, Brazil
May 17-24, 2011
*May 17th: There will be a sub-meeting with the Caxiuana project collaborators at the Museu Goeldi
*May 18th & 19th: Moore Project Meeting held at Hotel Regente
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Attendees and Presenters
Rafael Bras
Andrea Castanho
Bradley Christoffersen
Mike Coe
Marcos Heil Costa
Chris Doughty
David Galbraith
Naomi Herra
Hewlley Imbuzeiro
Yadvinder Malhi
Patrick Meir
Daniel Metcalfe
Paul Moorcroft
Gabriel Moreno
Laszlo Nagy
Tom Powell
Scott Saleska
Abigail Swan
Ke Zhang
Lodging
Reservations have been made at the Regente Hotel.
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Head southwest |
170 m |
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Turn right |
17 m |
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Turn left |
400 m |
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Turn left |
33 m |
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Turn right toward Rod. Artur Bernardes |
600 m |
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Continue straight onto Rod. Artur Bernardes |
400 m |
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Turn right to stay on Rod. Artur Bernardes |
4.4 km |
8. |
Turn right at Av. Pedro Álvares Cabral |
1.7 km |
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Turn right at Av. Doca/Av. Visc. de Souza Franco |
110 m |
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Turn left at Av. Mal. Hermes |
22 m |
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Turn left at Av. Doca/Av. Visc. de Souza Franco |
1.2 km |
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Turn left at R. Boaventura da Silva |
140 m |
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Take the 1st right onto Tv. Alm. Wandenkolk |
280 m |
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Turn right at Av. Gov. José Malcher Destination will be on the right |
73 m |
Price for taxi from airport to the Regente Hotel is R$35 wich is about $22-24 USD
Meeting Agenda
Andes-Amazon Project Meeting Schedule
http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/moorcroft/andes-amazon/index.html
May 17-19, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 Museu Geoldi |
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9.00am-5.30pm |
Caixuana project science sub-meeting |
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011 Hotel Regente, Belem |
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9.00 am |
Welcome (Paul) |
9.15 am |
Prof. Antonio Carlos Lola da Costa (UFPA) |
10.00 am |
Results of the Drought Simulation Experiments (Tom, David and Hewelley) |
10:45 am |
Morning Coffee Break |
11:00 am |
Results of the Drought Simulation Experiments continued. (Tom, David and Hewelley) |
12:00 pm |
Lunch |
1.30 pm |
Analysis of the short-term ecosystem dynamics at the 10 priority sites (Naomi) |
3:00 pm |
Afternoon Coffee Break |
3.30pm |
Results of the regional model simulations (Ke and Andrea) |
4:45 pm |
End of the Day Wrap-up (Paul) |
5.00 pm |
Meeting Adjourns |
7:00 pm |
Dinner |
Thursday, May 19, 2011 Hotel Regente, Belem |
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast |
9.00 am |
Dr. Lazslo Nagy (LBA/INPA) |
9:30 am |
Results of long-term simulations of above-ground biomass and NPP model data comparisons (Naomi & David) |
10.45 am |
Morning Coffee Break |
11.15 am |
Hydrologic dynamics model-data comparison (Brad) |
12:00 pm |
Lunch |
1.30 pm |
Scientific consensus paper regarding the vulnerability of different Amazonian ecosystems to climate change (Mike Coe) |
2.15 pm |
Site-level and Regional level meteorological driver (Bras) |
3:00 pm |
Afternoon Coffee Break |
3.30pm |
Break-out groups: (1) future work plans for the site-level simulations, (2) experimental manipulations and (3) regional simulations |
4.15pm |
Reports from the breakout groups |
4:30 pm |
End of the Day Wrap-up (Paul) |
4.45 pm |
Meeting Adjourns |
5:30 pm |
Travel by taxi to the Port of Belem to catch the ferry to Breves |
Meals
Complementry breakfast,coffee breaks and lunch will be provided at Hotel Regente
Caxiuana Field Visit Itinerary
May 19 (travel)
Evening: Take commercial passenger boat from Belem to Breves (~12 hours)
May 20 (travel)
Morning: Arrive in Breves/Travel to Caxiuana; on the Ferreira Pena (owned by the Museu Goeldi, ~9 hours)
Late afternoon/Evening: Arrive in Caxiuana
May 21 (Field visit)
Morning: Visit ESECAFLOR (drought experiment) plots
Afternoon: Visit TOWER plot and TEAM plot:
(www.teamnetwork.org)for more details on the TEAM project
May 22 (Field Visit)
Morning:Visit Terra Preta plot
Afternoon: Visit site of archaeological interest (Ilha da Terra'- about 1 hour away from the research station);
May 23 (travel)
Morning (~7:00): leave Caxiuana for Breves on the Ferreira Pena
Evening (~18:00): take commercial passenger boat from Breves to Belem/arrive in Belem early on May 24
Stay tuned for more details.
updated 5/15/11
Fall 2010 Andes-Amazon Meeting: Palo Alto, CA
November 8-10, 2010
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Attendees and Presenters
Andrea Castanho
Mike Coe
Marcos Heil Costa
David Galbraith
Luis Gustavo Goncalves
Hewlley Imbuzeiro
Naomi Levine
Yadvinder Malhi
Sanaz Moghim
Paul Moorcroft
Michel Nobre
Tom Powell
Natalia Restrepo
Scott Saleska
Sepidah Sarachi
Luis Solorzano
Jingfeng Wang
Ke Zhang
Lodging
Reservations have been made for attendees at Dinah's Garden Hotel. Please mention upon check-in that your reservation is with the "Andes-Amazon Group".
4261 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, California 94306
Meals
Breakfast will be available at Dinah's Poolside Grill.
Lunch will be catered at the Moore Foundation by green catering company Eclecdish. You can find out more about their menu and catering practices here: Eclecdish
The opening night dinner will be held at Trader Vic's Restaurant, adjoined to Dinah's Garden Hotel, on October 8 at 7:00 pm. Trader Vic's Restaurant
Transportation and Directions
The closest airport to Palo Alto is the San Francisco International Airport, which is 26 miles from the Hotel.San Francisco International Airport
If you wish to drive, directions to Dinah's Garden Hotel can be found here:http://www.dinahshotel.com/map_of_palo_alto_california.htm
or here:
Public Transportation to Dinah's Garden Hotel from San Francisco International Airport is available through Caltrain. It's a rather complicated affair, but doable. You can find the route through Google Maps here:http://tiny.cc/t3vw. Or you can consult Caltrain here:
http://www.caltrain.com/main.html
Shuttle transportation to the Moore Foundation from Dinah's will be provided beginning at 8:30 each morning. Shuttles will begin return trips at 5:00 pm, with the exception of the 10th, when the shuttle will return to Dinah's after lunch at 1:00.
Palo Alto and Surrounding Areas
There are many wonderful places in California to visit that are close to Palo Alto. Below is a list suggested by our host, Luis Solorzano.
http://www.visitinglaketahoe.com/
http://www.bigsurcalifornia.org/
http://www.go-california.com/Santa-Cruz/Sightseeing-Tours/
http://www.onlyinsanfrancisco.com/
Agenda
updated 11/05/10
Disturbance SubGroup Project Meeting:
Integrating Disturbance Data
The goal of the Disturbance workshop is to bring together the modelers and those providing field measurements to design modeling experiments that will further the understanding of the dynamics of the Amazon forest ecosystem after a severe disturbance. The intention is to model three scenarios: drought, logging and fire, using four different land surface/ecosystem models: CLM, ED, IBIS and JULES.
October 5-6, 2010
Woods Hole Research Center
Attendees and Presenters
Andrea Castanho
Brad Christoffersen
David Galbraith
Hewlley Acioli Imbuzeiro
Koichi Sakaguchi
Marcos Heil Costa
Mike Coe
Paul Moorcroft
Paulo Brando
Patrick Meir
Scott Miller
Tom Powell
Lodging
The Inn on the Square40 North Main St. (Route 28), Falmouth, Massachusetts 02540
Meals
Breakfast will be available at Persy's Place, a newly opened cafe in the Inn on the Square. Lunch will be catered at Woods Hole Research Center by Artie's Cafe.
Transportation
Attendees traveling by air will need to arrive at Logan Airport in Boston and rent a car, obtain a taxi, or use the Peter Pan Busline to reach Falmouth. Car rental companies and taxis are readily available at the airport. The Peter Ban Bus station in Falmouth is located behind the Inn on the Square.
Peter Pan Busline
Logan Airport GetUThere
Shuttle service to and from the Woods Hole Research Center from the Inn on the Square will be provided.
Directions
Boston Logan Airport to the Inn on the Square
Falmouth and Woods Hole
Falmouth and Woods Hole are lovely and quaint. If you are interested in seeing some of the Cape before or after the meeting, or if you're looking for interesting dinner ideas, you might want to take a look at the following links:
Agenda
Previous Meetings
Spring 2010 Andes-Amazon Meeting: Cusco, Peru
May 17-19, 2010
Fall 2009 Andes-Amazon Meeting: Ouro Preto, Brazil
November 16-18, 2009
Spring 2009 Andes-Amazon Meeting: Woods Hole, MA
May 4-6, 2009
updated 9/30/10