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All ecosystems will be impacted to some extent by climate change, with forecasts for more frequent and severe drought likely to have the greatest impact on terrestrial ecosystems. Session:  Monday August 31 - Working Group Session 1 Room Assignment:  Ruesch Auditorium - Dodge (Capacity 50)

Two previous international meetings laid the groundwork for the establishment of an International Hurricane Research Network, with a focus on the Caribbean and Central America.Working Group Reports Final reports:  ASM 2015 working group final report.docx Participant list:  ASM working group contacts with email.xlsx Session:  Monday August 31 - Working Group Session 1 Tuesday September 1 - Working Group Session 3 Room Assignment:  Emerald Mountain Aspen Glenn – (Capacity 90)

Addressing the ‘broader impacts’ of LTER science is both a priority and a challenge. How do we engage stakeholders with LTER science in a way that makes our science usable, useful, and important?Working Group Reports Final reports:  Stakeholder Engagement working group notes by cmhart.docx Participant list:  SKMBT_C25215090911311.pdf Session:  Monday August 31 - Working Group Session 1 Room Assignment:  Longs Peak Granite Pass – (Capacity 80)

Scientists are accustomed to thinking about time trajectories in monitoring studies, but directional change in the control plots within experiments is often masked in analysis & presentation.Working Group Reports Final reports:  Final report Participant list:  ControlTrajectoriesWG-participants.pdf Session:  Monday August 31 - Working Group Session 2 Room Assignment:  Longs Peak Boulderfield – (Capacity 80)

Topography is a key driver of ecological processes, but complex topography remains difficult to study in spite of relatively recent advances in satellite technology, LiDAR, remote sensing and compuWorking Group Reports Final reports:  Final report Session:  Tuesday September 1 - Working Group Session 5 Room Assignment:  Longs Peak Diamond West (Capacity 100)