from: scottstgeorge 1 month ago

Graphics prepared for an upcoming talk at the University of Arizona's Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research

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from: scottstgeorge 1 month ago

Presentation to the Manitoba chapter of the Canadian Water Resources Association, November 27, 2008

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from: scottstgeorge 2 months ago

Graphics prepared for an October 23 workshop on historical climate data in Canada.

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from: scottstgeorge 2 months ago

Graphics supporting at October 9 presentation at 'Climate change impacts on hydroelectric water resource management'. http://www.ceati.com/Meetings/WM2008/

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from: scottstgeorge 4 months ago

A colleague and I propose to study long-term changes in wind (and wind energy) in the Canadian Prairie Provinces. I put these slides together to help us convince co-workers and potential stakeholders that this information will help create better assessments of wind energy potential in this part of Canada.

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from: scottstgeorge 4 months ago

At AmeriDendro 2008, Brian Luckman was awarded the Harold Fritts Award for lifetime achievement in dendrochronology.

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from: scottstgeorge 6 months ago

Instrumental records of drought on the Canadian Prairies cover, at most, the last one hundred years. In this presentation, I describe how tree rings can be used to extend our perspective of the severity, frequency and causes of Prairie drought

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from: scottstgeorge 7 months ago

These graphics were prepared for a brief presentation introducing myself to my co-workers in a new office. There are over 60 graphic slides, but I'm confident I'll be able to move through them quickly and be finished in less than 10 minutes.

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from: scottstgeorge 9 months ago

Graphics supporting a February 20 lecture at the University of Arizona's Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research.

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from: scottstgeorge 9 months ago

I've been asked to give a presentation at a workshop to be held in Alberta in March. The workshop will revolve mainly around the use of tree rings and other natural 'proxy' records to water issues in the Canadian Prairie provinces. I'll be presenting material drawn from the last chapter of my doctoral dissertation, and will talk about the strengths and limitations of tree-ring records as indicators of past drought. The audience will include between 50 and 100 water managers from the region, and for many of them, the workshop will be their first exposure to tree rings and other forms of paleoclimatology. I think it will be in their best interest (and mine) that the scientific presentations focus more on big-picture ideas and less on technical details and methodology. With an eye towards getting my point across more effectively, I've worked up a set of slides in the 'Presentation Zen' style. I've included more photos than I have in previous presentations, and have also tried to swap out complex journal-style diagrams and replace them with simpler graphics. I'm excited (and a little nervous) to see how the presentation is received - I imagine its style will be quite different from the other talks in the workshop. I've posted the slides at Slideshare.net, and would appreciate any comments or suggestions - the workshop is not for another six weeks, so I have plenty of time left to tweak or change my plans.

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