PUBLIC AGENDA
March 4-5, 2015
Meeting of the
OCEAN STUDIES BOARD
The National Academy of Sciences
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20037
Meeting Highlight:
*********************Roger Revelle Commemorative Lecture********************
Overturning Assumptions
Past, Present, and Future Concerns about Ocean Circulation
M. Susan Lozier, Ph.D.
Duke University
5:30 pm, Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Baird Auditorium, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
OPEN SESSION – NAS Board Room
10:00 a.m.
NEW REPORT: Sea Change: 2015-2025 Decadal Survey of Ocean Sciences—
Shirley Pomponi and Dave Titley, co-chairs; Ed Boyle, Mel Briscoe, and Steve
Murawski, committee members
11:00 a.m.
Panel Discussion on the Decadal Survey—David Conover, SUNY Stony Brook;
Deborah Bronk, VIMS; Rick Murray, NSF
12:00 p.m.
Working Lunch – available outside meeting room
1:00 p.m.
Planning for the new NRC Standing Committee for BOEM—Bill Brown and
Rodney Cluck, BOEM
2:00 p.m.
NEW REPORT: Climate Intervention— David Titley and Scott Doney (via
WebEx) committee members; Ed Dunlea, NRC study director
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March 4-5, 2015
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3:00 p.m.
North Atlantic Coast Comprehensive Study—Roselle Henn, U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers
4:00 p.m.
The Future of Nearshore Processes Research—Nicole Elko, Vice President of
ASBPA, Tuba Özkan-Haller, OSU
4:30 p.m.
Adjourn
5:30 p.m.
15th Annual Roger Revelle Commemorative Lecture—
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History – Baird Auditorium
6:30 p.m.
Reception –Rotunda and Ocean Hall at the Museum
Thursday, March 5, 2015
OPEN SESSION – NAS Board Room
11:00 a.m.
Blue Economy: potential joint workshop with the NRC’s Government –
University – Industry Research Roundtable (GUIRR)— Susan Sloan, GUIRR;
Rick Spinrad, NOAA
12:00 p.m.
Working Lunch— available outside meeting room
1:00 p.m.
Updates on proposed joint summer study and new activities at Board on
Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (BASC) and Polar Research Board
(PRB)—Amanda Staudt
2:00 p.m
Earth Sciences and Applications from Space 2017-2027 Decadal Survey—
Michael Moloney, Art Charo Space Studies Board
3:00 p.m.
Break
3:30 p.m.
Ocean Issues in the 114th Congress — Sara Gonzalez-Rothi and Fern Gibbons
(Senate Commerce); others TBA
4:30 p.m.
Adjourn Open Session
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