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LOICZ/UNEP-GEF Synthesis Workshops

Information for Participants

Contents

1. Background and Project Description

For information on LOICZ: http://www.nioz.nl/loicz/

For basic information on the UNEP-GEF Project, see notice on p.5, LOICZ Newsletter No. 12 (pdf file, Adobe Acrobat Reader required).

2. Biogeochemical Budget Information

See the Budgets website at http://data.ecology.su.se/MNODE/; additional, workshop-specific information will be posted and linked as it becomes available.

3. Clustering, LoiczView, and Typology

a. Background

For a popular explanation of the conceptual approach, see the first article in LOICZ Newsletter No. 15 (pdf file, Adobe Acrobat Reader required).

The methodological foundation of the LOICZVIEW clustering package is described in a paper (pdf file) by Maxwell and Buddemeier. This paper has been accepted for publication in Regional Environmental Change; an earlier version is available and citable as Kansas Geological Survey Open-file Report 2000-53, Kansas Geological Survey, 1930 Constant Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66047 USA.

See also Bruce's LOICZ page at http://www.palantir.swarthmore.edu/loicz/.

b. Learning and using the method

See the Bruce Maxwell's page (and specific section) listed above.

An instruction list to step through the process.

Some comments and suggestions for the new user are available for viewing. CONTRIBUTIONS SOLICITED -- we will be happy to add other notes based on user experience or requests -- please send them in.

A web-based tutorial guide to the LOIVZVIEW WWW pages and forms is available at http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Hexacoral/Tools/Cluster/LVlink.html; pop-up descriptions provide information on features and functions. Requires at least version 4.0 browsers.

c. Results and Examples

As results and examples are developed we will try to post them for others to see and use.

4. Workshops

Group Mail to LOICZ Synthesis Workshops Resource Team

a. Asia-Australia Regional Synthesis. Brisbane, 14-17 January 2001, at the CRC for Coastal Zone Estuary & Waterways Management (website). Theme -- hydrologic variability.

Participant Contributions from the Brisbane Workshop
     --- Results of clustering and typology experiments conducted at the workshop

Group Mail to Brisbane regional invitees

b. Americas Regional Synthesis. Ensenada, Mexico, April 29-May 2, 2001, at the Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California.

Supporting documents for activities at and after the Ensenada workshop

Presentations made at or related to the Ensenada Workshop
Powerpoint versions of background and tutorial material

Vilma 1 Crude Model for Delta DIP
Vilma 2 Weighted Means
Lechuga_Contreras_Merino Mexico Classification

Participant Contributions from the Ensenada Workshop
     --- Results of clustering and topology experiments conducted at the workshop

Group Mail to: Ensenada regional invitees

c. Europe-Africa Regional Synthesis. July 2-5, 2001; The Hague, Netherlands.

Participant Contributions from the Hague Workshop
     --- Results of clustering and typology experiments conducted at the workshop

Supporting documents for activities at and after the Hague workshop

Presentations made at or related to the Hague Workshop
     --- Html and Powerpoint versions of background and tutorial material

Group Mail to: The Hague regional participants

Report of mini-Workshop at Swarthmore College Oct 14-15 2001
           

d. Global Synthesis. November 11-14, 2001; Lawrence, Kansas.

Group E-mail to: Global Synthesis Invitees

• Budget bibliography -- draft version contributed by Jean-Pierre Gattuso (who would appreciate receiving suggestd additions) (html) (rtf)
  Toward a simple process model for loading -- essay by SV Smith and JD Bartley
  Laura David's analysis -- in preparation

  
  Database information:

Examples, Prototypes and Tests (Database Library)

Web-LoiczView Tutorial