| Abstract: | The Second USGS Modeling Conference was held February 11-14, 2008, in Orange Beach, Ala. Participants at the conference came from all U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) regions and represented all four science discipline - Biology, Geography, Geology, and Water. Representatives from other Department of the Interior (DOI) agencies and partners from the academic community also participated. The conference, which was focused on ‘painting the big picture‘, emphasized the following themes: Integrated Landscape Monitoring, Global Climate Change, Ecosystem Modeling, and Hazards and Risks. The conference centered on providing a forum for modelers to meet, exchange information on current approaches, identify specific opportunities to share existing models and develop more linked and integrated models to address complex science questions, and increase collaboration across disciplines and with other organizations. Abstracts for the 31 oral presentations and more than 60 posters presented at the conference are included here.
The conference also featured a field trip to review scientific modeling issues along the Gulf of Mexico. The field trip included visits to Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge, Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, the 5 Rivers Delta Resource Center, and Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge. On behalf of all the participants of the Second All-USGS Modeling Conference, the conference organizing committee expresses our sincere appreciation for the support of field trip oganizers and leaders, including the managers from the various Reserves and Refuges.
The organizing committee for the conference included Jenifer Bracewell, Sally Brady, Jacoby Carter, Thomas Casadevall, Linda Gundersen, Tom Gunther, Heather Henkel, Lauren Hay, Pat Jellison, K. Bruce Jones, Kenneth Odom, and Mark Wildhaber. |
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| Citation Author: | Edited by Brady, Shailaja R. |
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| Citation Series: | Scientific Investigations Report |
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| Citation Series Number: | 2009-5013 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Proceedings of the Second All-USGS Modeling Conference, February 11-14, 2008: Painting the Big Picture; 2009; SIR; 2009-5013; Edited by Brady, Shailaja R. |
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| Text: | Proceedings of the Second All-USGS Modeling Conference, February 11-14, 2008: Painting the Big Picture; 2009; SIR; 2009-5013; Edited by Brady, Shailaja R. |
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| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5013/ |
| Date Other: | Sat, 4 Apr 2009 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
