| Wednesday,
July 17 |
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Topic
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Presenter
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8:00
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Light
Breakfast Fare |
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8:30
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Introductory Remarks
and Workshop Goals
Future Directions
for MESH
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deMenocal
& Ravelo
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9:00
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Role
of the MESH Office at WHOI |
Curry
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9:15
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Program
Status of ESH and MESH
Program status and direction of MESH/ESH
ESH program review |
Poore
& Verardo
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9:30
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Role of the Tropics
Climate Variability - A Broad Overview
Pre-Pliocene tropics
Quaternary tropics
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Norris
Ravelo
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10:15
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Break |
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11:00
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A Research
Program on the role of the Tropics
What are the Major Scientific Objectives? |
deMenocal
& Ravelo
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12:30
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Lunch |
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1:30
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Continue
Discussion of Scientific Objectives |
deMenocal
& Ravelo
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3:00
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What
Research Plan Will Achieve the Objectives?
Types of analyses?
Spatial coverage of records?
Priority time intervals?
Modeling initiatives? |
deMenocal
& Ravelo
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5:00
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Beer
and Dinner |
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| Thursday,
July 18 |
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8:00
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Light
Breakfast Fare |
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8:30
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How
can the Research Plan be Implemented?
Outline of an implementation plan
Future RFP |
deMenocal
& Ravelo
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12:30
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Lunch |
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1:30
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Charge
an ad hoc group to write the research and implementation
plan
Begin planning/writing. |
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4:00
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Selling
the program - what are the next steps? |
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5:00
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Close
of workshop |
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