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Date of this Version

1995

Citation

Great Plains Regional Center for Global Environmental Change. 1995. Toward an Integrated Regional Research Program on Global Change and the Nation's Major Grasslands.

Comments

OFR-201

Abstract

I DIRECTOR'S REPORT:

A GPRC Research Framework and Thrusts

B FY94 GPRC Grant Competition

C Synopsis of Current Projects 1 Thrust 1: Impacts of Climate Change 2 Thrust 2: Measuring and Modeling Net Carbon Exchange 3 Other Projects

D Summary and Recommendations of FY94 GPRC PI's Workshop 1 Biogeochemical Cycling Group 2 Climate Scenarios Group 3 Managed and Unmanaged Ecosystem Impacts Group 4 Scaling Group 5 Actions Prompted by the Workshop

E Research Integration with ARM-CART: Eco-ARM

F Future Directions for the GPRC

Appendix I-A: Biogeochemical Cycling Group Workshop Report • Appendix I-B: Climate Change Scenarios Group Workshop Report • Appendix I-C: Managed and Unmanaged Ecosystem Impacts Group Workshop Report • Appendix 1-0: Funded Projects Table • Appendix I-E: Core Research Program Diagram • Appendix I-F: Regional Map

II RESEARCH PROGRESS REPORTS (Title, Principal Investigator, Institution):

A IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

1 Process Studies Effects of Altered Soil Moisture and Temperature on Soil Communities, Primary Producers and Ecological Processes in Grassland Ecosystems · John M Blair, Kansas State University

Impacts of global climate change on phytoplankton productivity in lakes along a thermal gradient · Kyle D Hoagland, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Natural Responses of Shallow Lakes and Wetlands for Detecting Climatic/Environmental Change · Donald C Rundquist, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

2 Climate Scenarios for Impact Analysis

Space-time Local Hydrology Influenced by Changing Climatology: Disaggregation, Prediction and Comparison · Istvan Bogardi, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Observational and Numerical Study for Interannual and Interdecadel Variabilities of the Atmospheric Circulation · Tsing-Chang Chen, Iowa State University

The Effect of Ecosystems on Cloud Microphysics and Aerosol Distribution · Qinghuan Han, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Development of a Nested Regional Model for the Conterminous United States and Formation of High Resolution Climate Change Scenarios with an Application to Crop Climate Models · Linda Mearns, National Center for Atmospheric Research

The detection of Climate Change Using Long Term Daily Climate Records Over Grassland Regions of the Northern Hemisphere · Michael A Palecki, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

3 Modeling Impacts of Climate Change

Assessment of Climate Change on a Mixed Agricultural Landscape on the North American Great Plains · James R Brandle, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

The Economic and Environmental Impact of Major Shifts in Land Use into Energy Biomass Production for Part of the Great Plains · Paul T Dyke, Texas A&M University

Local and Regional Scaling With a Spatially Explicit Ecological Model · George P Malanson, University of Iowa

Potential Global Warming Impacts on Vegetation Distribution, Productivity, and Hydrology at Landscape to Regional Scales in the Great Plains Region · Ronald P Neilson, Oregon State University

B MEASUREMENT AND MODELING OF NET CARBON EXCHANGE

1 Process Studies

Carbon, Water, and Energy Fluxes From a Tallgrass Prairie: A Long-term investigation of Biological, Environmental, and Land Use Factors · Jay M Ham, Kansas State University

An Integrated Investigation of Methane and Carbon Dioxide Fluxes in Mid-Latitude Prairie Wetlands: Micrometeorological Measurements, Process-Level Studies and Modeling · Shashi B Verma, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

2 Modeling Studies

Regional projections of C Dynamics with Global Change in the Central US Edward T Elliott, Colorado State University

Assessment of Climate and Management Induced Directional Changes in Great Plains Vegetation with NDVI and Stable Carbon Isotopes Larry L Tieszen, Augustana College

C DETECTION OF CLIMATE CHANGE

Climate Change in the Mid-continent of North America " William D Gosnold, University of North Dakota 105

Satellite Observation of Lake Ice as a Robust Indicator of Regional Climate Change Thomas M Ullesand, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Appendix II-A: Author Index

Great Plains Regional Center for Global Environmental Change

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This material is based upon work supported by the US Department of Energy under Cooperative Agreement No DE-FC03-90ER61 01 O Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the US Department of Energy

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