Presentations
Pileus Project team members often present their methods and findings through outreach presentations to various stakeholder and research organizations. The following represent a sample of these presentations.
Agriculture
- Climate Change and the Tart Cherry Industry in the Great Lakes Region: Introducing the Pileus Project; presented at the Northwest Orchard Show, in Traverse City, Michigan, January, 2005.
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Introduction of the Pileus Project, with a focus on the work being done for the tart cherry industry. Historical climate trends, variability and their impacts on the tart cherry industry are discussed. This presentation shows some of the potential benefits of the Pileus Project, including: development of simple crop models that may ultimately be used to evaluate the impact of future climate trends and variability on tart cherry production.
Climate
- Pileus Project: Climate Science for Decision Support; presented to the University of Oaklahoma, in February 2006.
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Julie Winkler gave an invited presentation on the Pileus Project to the faculty and students of the Department of Geography and Department of Meteorology at the University of Oklahoma in February, 2006. The attached file focuses on the climate portion of this presentation, including some of the underlying research for the Future Scenarios Tool (including screenshots of the tool) and future work and collaborative efforts.
General
- The Pileus Project: Climate Variability and Change for Decision-Makers in the Great Lakes Region; presented to the Regional Data Exchange conference in Detroit, Michigan, October, 2004.
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There is significant evidence that our global climate is changing, and as the climate changes, so too will the risk faced by stakeholders. Many regional industries are affected by climate, and industry stakeholders routinely make decisions to manage that risk. The Pileus Project focuses on potential benefits and risks associated with climate variability and change, with respect to economic decision-making for two regional industries: agriculture and recreation/tourism.
Tourism
- Pileus Project Overview: The Tourism Team; presented at the Tourism General Stakeholders Meeting, in East Lansing, Michigan, February, 2004.
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Tourism Team gives an overview of their method, rationale and outreach strategy to develop tools that tourism and outdoor recreation businesses in Michigan can use to incorporate climate variability and change into their strategic planning activities.
- Development of a Snow Accumulation and Ablation Model to Evaluate Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Downhill Ski Conditions in Northern Lower Michigan; presented at the Tourism Workshop in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, May, 2005.
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Description of the SAAMS model is presented and applied to GCM output to evaluate potential impacts of climate change on the downhill ski season in northern lower Michigan. - Tourism Traffic Decision Support Tool; presented by Charles Shih at the Tourism stakeholder workshop, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, May 2005.
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