9:00 AM J.S. Olson Introduction.

9:10 AM Ojima, Dennis^*,1, Lee, G-J², Saliendra, N.³, Johnson, D.A.^{3, 4}, Tang, Y-H⁵, Akshalov, K.⁶, Chuluun, Togtohyn⁷, ¹ Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO² Tsukuba University, Tsukuba, Japan, Japan³ Utah State University, Logan, UT⁴ USDA-ARS Forage and Range Research Lab, Logan, UT⁵ National Institute of Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan, Japan⁶ Barayev Kazakh Research Institute of Grain Farming, Shortandy, Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan⁷ Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Mongolia Shared templates for modeling carbon eddy flux and nitrogen cycling on Asian and American grasslands.

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9:40 AM Olson, Jerry^*,1, Oikawa, Takehisa², Lee, Giljae², Mo, Wenhong², ¹ Universityof Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA² Tsukuba University, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan Equations and rates of change for C3 and C4 grasses and classic sand dune successions.

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10:00 AM Ito, Akihiko^*,1, Post, Wilfred², Alexandrov, George³, ¹ Frontier Research System for Global Change, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan² Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge, Tennessee³ Center for Global Environmental Research, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan Simulation of Carbon Dynamics and Fire Regimes in Boreal Forests of Eurasia and North America.

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10:20 AM Kang, Sinkyu ^*,1, Kim, Joon², Heinsch, Faith Ann¹, Zhao, Maosheng¹, Kimball, John¹, Running, Steven¹, ¹ Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, School of Forestry, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.² Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Yonsei University, Seoul, Rep. Korea Monitoring local and global vegetation productivity and surface resistance using Moderate Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS).

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10:40 AM Break.

11:00 AM Panel Discussion 1: Can templates be shared for comparing tropical forests, crops, energy crops, and agroforestry.

11:25 AM Panel Discussion 2: Templates for biosphere-wide and local (LTER, eddy covariance tower) models.