#  Andes-Amazon Project Meeting- November 2010 

 



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## **Andes-Amazon Meeting: Palo Alto, CA**

### November 8-10, 2010

[Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation](http://www.moore.org/)

## Attendees and Presenters

> Andrea Castanho  
> Mike Coe   
> Marcos Heil Costa  
> David Galbraith  
> Luis Gustavo Goncalves  
> Hewlley Imbuzeiro  
> Naomi Levine  
> Yadvinder Malhi  
> Sanaz Moghim   
> Paul Moorcroft  
> Michel Nobre   
> Tom Powell  
> Natalia Restrepo  
> Scott Saleska  
> Sepidah Sarachi   
> Luis Solorzano  
> Jingfeng Wang  
> Ke Zhang

## Lodging

Reservations have been made for attendees at Dinah's Garden Hotel. Please mention upon check-in that your reservation is with the "Andes-Amazon Group".

[Dinah's Garden Hotel](http://www.dinahshotel.com/index.htm)

  
4261 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, California 94306

## Meals

Breakfast will be available at [Dinah's Poolside Grill.](http://www.dinahshotel.com/palo-alto-restaurants/)

Lunch will be catered at the Moore Foundation by green catering company Eclecdish. You can find out more about their menu and catering practices here: [Eclecdish](http://www.eclecdish.com/)

The opening night dinner will be held at Trader Vic's Restaurant, adjoined to Dinah's Garden Hotel, on October 8 at 7:00 pm.

## Transportation and Directions

The closest airport to Palo Alto is the [San Francisco International Airport](http://www.flysfo.com/), which is 26 miles from the Hotel.

If you wish to drive, directions to Dinah's Garden Hotel can be found here: [http://www.dinahshotel.com/map\_of\_palo\_alto\_california.htm](http://www.dinahshotel.com/map_of_palo_alto_california.htm)

Public Transportation to Dinah's Garden Hotel from San Francisco International Airport is available through Caltrain. It's a rather complicated affair, but doable. You can find the route through Google Maps here: <https://www.google.com/maps> or you can consult Caltrain here: [http://www.caltrain.com/main.html](http://www.caltrain.com/)

Shuttle transportation to the Moore Foundation from Dinah's will be provided beginning at 8:30 each morning. Shuttles will begin return trips at 5:00 pm, with the exception of the 10th, when the shuttle will return to Dinah's after lunch at 1:00.

## Palo Alto and Surrounding Areas

There are many wonderful places in California to visit that are close to Palo Alto. Below is a list suggested by our host, Luis Solorzano.

<http://www.nps.gov/yose/>

<http://www.nps.gov/deva/>

<http://www.visitinglaketahoe.com/>

<http://www.bigsurcalifornia.org/>

<http://www.bigbasin.org/>

<http://www.nps.gov/muwo/>

<http://www.go-california.com/Santa-Cruz/Sightseeing-Tours/>

<http://www.onlyinsanfrancisco.com/>

## [Agenda](/file_url/138)

updated 11/05/10

**Disturbance SubGroup Project Meeting:**  
**Integrating Disturbance Data**

The goal of the Disturbance workshop is to bring together the modelers and those providing field measurements to design modeling experiments that will further the understanding of the dynamics of the Amazon forest ecosystem after a severe disturbance. The intention is to model three scenarios: drought, logging and fire, using four different land surface/ecosystem models: CLM, ED, IBIS and JULES.