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Featuring plenary speakers,
workshops, informal discussion groups, and business/planning interactions
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Open to all interested
scientists, researchers and students.
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Workshops will emphasize
group discussions, and will be product-oriented (e.g., publications, future
research proposals, cross-site project agreements).
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PRELIMINARY
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MEETING
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Proposed
Workshop Titles
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Workshops will
be 2-3 hours in length, and will vary in format based on the organizer's
planning. Workshops may include both presentations and group discussions,
and will be product-oriented (e.g., publications, future research proposals,
cross-site
project agreements).
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QUICK
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*****CROSS
SITE COMPARISONS*****
WORKSHOP CS-1:
Developing international science collaborations through long-term ecological
research
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON |
Organizers:
Bob Waide (NET) and Bill Chang (NSF) |
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WORKSHOP CS-2:
Network analysis for cross site comparisons
THURSDAY MORNING |
Organizer:
Bob Christian (VCR) |
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WORKSHOP CS-3:
Organizing and managing long-term, interdisciplinary research projects:
models from the LTER Network
THURSDAY AFTERNOON |
Organizer:
Bob Waide (NET) |
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WORKSHOP CS-4:
Cross-site
research and collaborative research.
FRIDAY MORNING |
Organizer:
Stephanie Madson (CWT) |
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***** LTER DATA
MANAGEMENT & MOVEMENT *****
WORKSHOP DM-1:
The partnership between long-term ecological research and information management:
successes and challenges
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON |
Organizers:
Barbara Benson (NTL), Dick Olson (DACC-ORNL), John Magnuson (NTL) |
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WORKSHOP
DM-2: Advanced Communications and Networking: Opportunities
and Challenges for LTER/ILTER
THURSDAY MORNING |
Organizers:
William Chang (NSF), Tony Fountain (SDSC), and John Vande Castle (NET) |
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WORKSHOP DM-3:
Ecological informatics: Innovative tools and technologies
THURSDAY AFTERNOON |
Organizers:
Hap Garritt (PIE) and John Porter (VCR) |
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WORKSHOP DM-4:
The LTER Network Information System and beyond
FRIDAY MORNING |
Organizer:
Peter McCartney (CAP) |
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WORKSHOP DM-5:
GIS on the Internet and LTER: a frontier for research, applications, and
solutions
FRIDAY AFTERNOON |
Organizer:
Ned Gardiner (CWT) |
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***** REMOTE
SENSING *****
WORKSHOP RS-1:
Scaling carbon flux to the site level in the context of EOS/MODIS validation.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON |
Organizers:
David Turner (AND), Warren Cohen (AND), Peter Reich (CDR), John Vande Castle
(NET) |
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WORKSHOP RS-2:
Practical statistics for long-term data.
THURSDAY MORNING |
Organizer:
Karen Wilson (NTL) |
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WORKSHOP RS-3:
New remote sensing satellite products: Potential applications in ecology.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON |
Organizers:
Michele Thorton, Steve Running (University of Montana), Dave Verbyla (BNZ) |
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WORKSHOP RS-4:
Spread spectrum radio communication - Remote sensing and the Internet.
FRIDAY MORNING |
Organizer:
Paul Hanson (NTL) |
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WORKSHOP RS-5:
Introduction to Lidar remote sensing
FRIDAY AFTERNOON |
Organizer:
Michael Lefsky (AND) |
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***** CLIMATE
AND METEOROLOGICAL STUDIES *****
WORKSHOP CM-1:
Ecosystem responses to short-term climate variability
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON |
Organizers:
Doug Schaefer (LUQ), and Lloyd Swift (CWT) |
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WORKSHOP CM-2:
Climate variability and ecosystem response (CVER) and quasi-quintennial
scale (including ENSO).
THURSDAY MORNING |
Organizers:
Ray Smith (PAL) and David Greenland(AND/NWT). |
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WORKSHOP CM-3:
CVER and the interdecadal scale (e.g. PDO and NAO)
THURSDAY AFTERNOON |
Organizer:
Doug Goodin, KNZ/Climate Committee |
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WORKSHOP CM-4:
Climate variability and ecosystem response: Century to millennial time
scales (paleo-climate).
FRIDAY MORNING |
Organizers:
Berry Lyons (MCM) and Andrew Fountain (MCM). |
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WORKSHOP CM-5:
Biogeographical and biogeochemical analysis of climate variability and
change
FRIDAY AFTERNOON |
Organizers:
Dennis Ojima (SGS), Ron Neilson (AND), William Parton (SGS), and Tim Kittel
(NCAR) |
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***** ECOSYSTEM
PROCESSES, LEGACIES, AND MANAGEMENT*****
WORKSHOP EL-1:
Characteristics
and roles of biological legacies in ecosystem recovery
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON |
Organizers: Jerry F. Franklin (AND) and Robert Waide (LUQ) |
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WORKSHOP EL-2:
Importance of past and current human and natural disturbance in ecosystems
THURSDAY MORNING |
Organizers: David Foster, Nick Brokaw, Bill McDowell, Charles
Redman, Jill Thompson, Bob Waide |
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WORKSHOP EL-4:
Integrating LTER research into ecosystem management.
FRIDAY MORNING |
Organizers: Larry Dyer (KBS) and Phil Robertson (KBS) |
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WORKSHOP EL-3:
Learning from spatial vs. temporal variability in ecosystem processes and
their drivers
FRIODAY AFTERNOON |
Organizers: Tim Kratz (NTL), Bill Lauenroth (SGS), John
Blair (KNZ), Alan Knapp (KNZ) |
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WORKSHOP EL-9:
Catastrophic Disturbances in Ecosystems in the East Asian Region
THURSDAY AFTERNOON
Listed in "Educational Programs" on the
Regisrtation Page |
Organizer:
Hen-biau King |
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***** HYDROLOGY/GEOMORPHOLOGY
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WORKSHOP HG-1:
Human modification of hydrologic and nutrient cycles at local and regional
scales. )
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON |
Organizers:
Nancy Grimm (CAP) and Larry Band (BES |
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WORKSHOP HG-2:
Intersite Hydrology studies in the LTER Network
THURSDAY MORNING |
Organizer:
Julia Jones (AND) |
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WORKSHOP HG-3:
Interactions between surface and ground waters: Implications for landscape-level
biogeochemical fluxes
THURSDAY AFTERNOON |
Organizers:
Steve Hamilton (KBS), Randy J. Hunt (NTL), Walter Dodds (KNZ) |
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WORKSHOP HG-4:
Intersite comparisons of channel and watershed geomorphology: What can
we learn?
FRIDAY MORNING |
Organizers:
Gordon Grant (AND) and Fred Scatena (LUQ) |
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WORKSHOP HG-5:
Surface energy fluxes: Common currency for ecosystems
FRIDAY AFTERNOON |
Organizers:
Gayle Dana (MCM) and Gordon Grant (AND) |
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***** RHIZOSPHERE,
SOILS, AND NUTRIENTS *****
WORKSHOP RH-1:
Chemical weathering and landscape development
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON |
Organizers:
Bill McDowell (LUQ), Dave Long (KBS), Berry Lyons (MCM) and, tentatively,
Gwen Macpherson (KNZ) and Carl Bowser(NTL) |
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WORKSHOP RH-2:
Controls on nutrient exchange processes between terrestrial and aquatic
ecosystems
THURSDAY MORNING |
Organizers:
Alan Yeakley (CWT), Steve Wondzell (HJA) |
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WORKSHOP RH-3:
Links between herbivores, trees, and nitrogen cycling.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON |
Organizer:
Kevin Kosola (KBS) |
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WORKSHOP RH-4:
The enigma of occult N in ecosystems
FRIDAY MORNING |
Organizers:
E. A. Paul, S. J. Morris. Michigan State University. |
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Ecosystem-level nutrient dynamics: cross-comparisons FRIDAY AFTERNOON |
Organizer:
Baker (CAP) |
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WORKSHOP RH-10:
Soil resource heterogeneity and ecosystem processes: relevance, applications,
and analysis.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Listed in Social
and ecnomic research in LTER on the Regisrtation Page |
Organizers:
S.J. Morris(KBS), and S.G. Baer (KNZ). |
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WORKSHOP RH-15:
Long- and short-term sequestration and release of soil C, nutrients, microbes,
and mesofauna by soil aggregates. Projects: WWW database and data from
KBS/LTER
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Listed in "Educational Programs" on the
Regisrtation Page |
Organizer:
Alvin Smucker, MSU/KBS/LTER/NSF |
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***** ORGANIC
MATTER DYNAMICS/PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY*****
WORKSHOP OM-1:
The role of light fraction and particulate organic matter in intensively
managed systems.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON |
Organizer:
Ann-Marie Ezanno (KBS), Chris Blackwood (KBS), and Johan Six (NREL) |
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WORKSHOP OM-2:
Long-term decomposition studies in the LTER Network.
THURSDAY MORNING |
Organizer:
Mark Harmon (AND) |
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WORKSHOP OM-3:
Dissolved organic matter (C & N) in soil interstitial water, lakes
and streams: approaches for functional characterization
THURSDAY AFTERNOON |
Organizers:
Diana McKnight (MCM) |
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WORKSHOP OM-4:
Primary productivity in forests: Status of research and planning for the
future.
FRIDAY MORNING |
Organizer:
Tim Fahey (HBR) |
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WORKSHOP OM-5:
: Biodiversity and Net Primary Productivity demonstration projects for
ILTER and GTOS.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON |
Organizer:
Jim Gosz (SEV) |
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*****POPULATION
STUDIES/BIODIVERSITY ******
WORKSHOP PS-1:
Studies of fungi at LTER sites
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON |
Organizer:
Mike Allen (SEV) |
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WORKSHOP PS-2:
Non-indigenous, invasive species: Causes and effects of global change.
THURSDAY MORNING |
Organizers:
T.R. Seastedt (NWT) and Laura Huenneke (JRN) |
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WORKSHOP PS-5:
The DIVERSITAS - International Biodiversity Observation Year: raising the
profile of biodiversity science. Where are we now and what more is needed?
FRIDAY AFTERNOON |
Organizer:
Diana Wall (MCM) |
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WORKSHOP PS-6:
Strategies for examining the effects of species interactions on ecosystem
processes: do different research strategies yield consistent results?
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON |
Organizers:
Scott Cooper (SBC), Robin Ross (MCM), and Joel Trexler (FCE) |
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WORKSHOP PS-7:
Arthropod studies in the LTER Network: Current assessments, cross-site
activities, and future directions.
THURSDAY MORNING |
Organizers:
B. Parmenter (SEV), S. Gage (KBS), S. Faeth (CAP), and N. McIntire (CAP) |
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WORKSHOP PS-8:
Biodiversity, disturbances, and climate variability in arid and semiarid
grasslands: A global synthesis.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON |
Organizers: Edit Kovacs Lang (Hungary), Jim Gosz (SEV),
Debra (Coffin) Peters (JRN) |
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WORKSHOP PS-9:
Removal experiments on the role of biodiversity in ecosystem functioning
Part
I.
FRIDAY MORNING |
Coordinators:
F. S. Chapin III (BNZ) and Sandra Diaz (Argentina) |
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WORKSHOP PS-10:Removal
experiments on the role of biodiversity in ecosystem functioning Part
II.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON |
Organizer:
F. S. Chapin III (BNZ) and Sandra Diaz (Argentina) |
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WORKSHOP PS-11:
Long-term
studies on trophic interactions in aquatic ecosystems
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON |
Organizer:
Tadeusz Prus (Poland), Francisco Barbosa (Brazil), Miroslawa Prus (Poland)
and Pawel Bijok |
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WORKSHOP PS-12:
Stable isotopes in aquatic food web research: pitfalls and potentials.
THURSDAY MORNING |
Organizer:
David F. Raikow (KBS) |
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WORKSHOP PS-13:
Monitoring the status of biodiversity in tropical forest habitats.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON |
Organizers:
Claude Gascon (Brazil), Gustavo Fonseca (Brazil), Tom Lacher (Texas A&M
University) |
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WORKSHOP PS-14:
Soil and sediment infauna studies in LTER and ILTER sites
FRIDAY MORNING |
Organizers:
David C. Coleman (CWT) and Diana H. Wall (MCM) |
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WORKSHOP PS-15:
The articulation and dissemination of a research agenda for cross-site
and collaborative research in forest canopy studies at the LTER Network
FRIDAY AFTERNOON |
Organizer:
Nalini M. Nadkarni (Evergreen State College and the International Canopy
Network) |
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***** LANDSCAPE
STUDIES AND SCALING *****
WORKSHOP LS-1:
Scaling from sites to a region: Incorporating landscape processes into
regional analyses.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON |
Organizers:
Debra (Coffin) Peters (JRN) and David Foster (HFR) |
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WORKSHOP LS-2:
Interactions and feedbacks between plots and landscapes: Scaling processes
through time and space.
THURSDAY MORNING |
Organizers:
Debra (Coffin) Peters (JRN), Jeff Herrick (JRN) and Kris Havstad (JRN). |
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WORKSHOP
LS-5: Fundamental questions that define regional analysis.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON |
Organizers:
D. Ojima, J. Helly, S. Gage |
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WORKSHOP LS-4:
The role of land surface processes in affecting weather and climate.
FRIDAY MORNING |
Organizer:
Roger Pielke (SGS) |
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***** EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAMS IN LTER *****
WORKSHOP ED-2:
Using site/schoolyard/campus LTER projects (and plots) to conduct long-term
investigations
THURSDAY MORNING |
Organizers:
Monica Elser, Education Liaison, et. al (CAP) at and Richard Boone, BNZ |
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WORKSHOP ED-3:
Learning from LTER Data in K-12 Classrooms
FRIDAY MORNING |
Organizer:
Marianne Krasny |
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***** SOCIAL
AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH IN LTER *****
WORKSHOP SE-1:
Spatial and temporal scales issues in the social and ecological sciences.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON |
Organizer:
Peter Nowak (NTL) |
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WORKSHOP SE-2:
Strategies for the integration of social, life, and earth sciences for
the LTER network.
THURSDAY MORNING |
Organizers:
Jennifer Edmonds (CAP) and Morgan Grove (BES)
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WORKSHOP SE-3:
Data: methods, tools, and protocols for integrated research
THURSDAY AFTERNOON |
Organizer:
Morgan Grove (BES) |
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WORKSHOP SE-4:
A framework for integrating core social science areas for the LTER Network
and opportunities for cross-site comparisons
FRIDAY MORNING |
Organizers:
Morgan Grove (BES) and Chuck Redman (CAP) |
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resource heterogeneity and ecosystem processes: relevance, applications,
and analysis. |
Organizers
S.J. Morris(KBS), and S.G. Baer (KNZ). |
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***** LAND-MARGIN
WORKSHOPS *****
WORKSHOP LM-1:
Potential intersite stream studies.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON |
Organizer:
Sherri Johnson (AND) and Stanley V. Gregory (AND) |
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WORKSHOP LM-2:
Development of coupled hydrological-biogeochemical models of materials
transport at the landscape scale.
THURSDAY MORNING |
Organizers:
John Melack, Tom Dunne & Nancy Grimm (CAP) |
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WORKSHOP
LM-3: The small watershed approach: New frontiers in intersite
comparisons.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON |
Organizers:
Peter Groffman (HBR) and Charles Driscoll (HBR) |
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WORKSHOP
LM-4: Regulation of Organic Matter Preservation in Wetland Sediments.
FRIDAY MORNING |
Organizers:J.
Morris & C. Hopkinson (PIE), I. Anderson (VCR), R. Jaffe (FCE), S.
Pennings (GAC) |
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WORKSHOP
LM-5: Microbial biogeography: cross-site comparison of aquatic
systems.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON |
Organizer:
T. Hollibaugh(co-organizer J. Prischu) |
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***** GRADUATE
STUDENT WORKSHOPS *****
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Student Seminars: The primary emphasis of these seminars is
the education of those who are interested in, but are not currently familiar
with the topic. We have a web-based sign up for
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WORKSHOP GW-1:
An Introduction to GIS
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON |
Organizer: Deana Pennington (AND) |
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WORKSHOP GW-2:
Career Development Workshop.
THURSDAY MORNING |
Organizer: Erica Hoffa (AND) |
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WORKSHOP
GW-3: Remote Sensing Seminar
THURSDAY AFTERNOON |
Organizer: Erica Hoffa (AND) |
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