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International Transdisciplinary Research Approaches for Sustainable Development
Karim-Aly Kassam, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States, Maria E Uhle, National Science Foundation, Directorate for Geosciences, Arlington, VA, United States, Kate A Brauman, University of Alabama, Global Water Security Center, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, Jennifer Schmidt, University of Alaska Anchorage, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Anchorage, AK, United States, Steven M. Gorelick, Stanford Univ, Stanford, United States and Paul Arthur Berkman, EV Research Ltd., Medford, MA, United States
Advances in Hydrologic Science by Early Career Scientists: A Discussion of the Publishing Process
Megan R.M. Brown, University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Geological Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States, Martyn P Clark, Hydrometeorological Applications Program, Research Applications Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, Ciaran J Harman, Johns Hopkins University, Environmental Health and Engineering, Baltimore, MD, United States, Jessica D Lundquist, University of Washington, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seattle, United States, Charles H Luce, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Boise, ID, United States, Terri S Hogue, Colorado School of Mines, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hydrologic Science and Engineering, Golden, CO, United States, Kevin M Befus, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States and Caitlin R Rushlow, Idaho State University, Department of Geosciences, Idaho Falls, ID, United States
DOE’s Strategic Developments at the Terrestrial-Aquatic Interface
Daniel B Stover, Department of Energy Germantown, Washington, United States, Vanessa L Bailey, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, Patrick Megonigal, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, United States and Joel C Rowland, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos, NM, United States
NASA Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 Mission Applications – Preparing for Launch: 2018
Sabrina Delgado Arias1, Molly Elizabeth Brown2, Vanessa M Escobar3, Michael F Jasinski4, Frederick S Policelli5, Tom Neumann6 and Thortsen Markus6, (1)Sigma Space Corporation, Lanham, MD, United States(2)University of Maryland, Department of Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States(3)NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, Silver Spring, DC, United States(4)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, United States(5)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, Greenbelt, United States(6)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
NOAA Modeling Development Forum
Michael B Ek, NSF NCAR, Boulder, United States, Hendrik L Tolman, NOAA Washington DC, NWS, Office of Science and Technology Integration, Washington, DC, United States and Vijay Tallapragada, NOAA/NCEP/EMC, College Park, United States
Science on a Light Beam: NASA Space Communications and Navigation Program
Barbara Adde1, Phillip Liebrecht2, Badri Younes3, James Brian Garvin4 and Gerald W Bawden1, (1)NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States(2)NASA Headquarters, Space Communications and Navigation- Deputy Program Manager, Washington, DC, United States(3)NASA Headquarters, Space Communications and Navigation- Program Manager, Washington, DC, United States(4)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) Interagency Working Group on Integrated Observations
Sally A McFarlane, Department of Energy Germantown, Germantown, MD, United States, Barry L Lefer, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States, Diane Stanitski, NOAA, Boulder, United States, James Howard Mather II, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, UNITED STATES, James H Butler, NOAA/ESRL Global Monitoring Division, Boulder, CO, United States, Robert Swap, NASA Goddard Space Flight Cente, Greenbelt, United States, Chidong Zhang, NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA, UNITED STATES, Hank A Margolis, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada and Michelle C Mack, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States
Data Fair Kickoff Panel on Emerging Sources of Scientific Data - Drones, CubeSat, and Citizen Science
Shelley Stall, American Geophysical Union, Open Science Leadership, Washington, DC, United States, Erin Robinson, Foundation for Earth Science Information Partners, Boulder, CO, United States and Brooks Hanson, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States
Space Physics and Aeronomy Agency Night
Larry J Paxton, Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, MD, United States, Michael James Wiltberger, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States and Peg Luce, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States
AmeriFlux: Research Initiatives for Network Action
Margaret S Torn1, Deb Agarwal2, Marilyn Saarni2, Dennis D Baldocchi3, Dario Papale4, Danielle S Christianson2, Dr. Housen Chu2, Stephen Chan5, Sigrid Dengel5, Gilberto Pastorello2 and Daniel B Stover6, (1)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Berkeley, CA, United States(2)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States(3)University of California Berkeley, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, Berkeley, CA, United States(4)Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC), IAFES - ICOS Ecosystem Thematic Centre, Viterbo, Italy(5)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States(6)Department of Energy Germantown, Washington, United States
Coordinated Model Evaluation Capabilities (CMEC) for CMIP DECK and Historical simulations
Renu Joseph1, Peter J Gleckler2, Dr. Forrest M Hoffman, PhD3, William Drew Collins4, Dean Norman Williams2 and Gerald L Geernaert5, (1)Department of Energy Washington DC, Washington, United States(2)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States(3)Computational Earth Sciences Group and Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, United States(4)Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley, Berkeley, United States(5)Department of Energy, Office of Science, Biological and Environmental Research, Washington, United States
Earth Science in Real Time with the Planet SmallSat Constellation
Joseph Mascaro1, Sarah W Cooley2, Samapriya Roy3, Bas Altena4, Matthew McCabe5 and Elizabeth Douglas1, (1)Planet Labs, San Francisco, CA, United States(2)Brown University, Providence, RI, United States(3)Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, United States(4)University of Oslo, Department of Geosciences, Oslo, Norway(5)King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Hydrology, Agriculture and Land Observation (HALO) Laboratory, Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
NASA Earth Science Division Town Hall
Jack A Kaye1, Michael H Freilich1, Sandra Cauffman2, Eric Ianson3, Lawrence Friedl2, Patricia A Jacobberger-Jellison1 and Robert Bauer4, (1)NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States(2)NASA Headquarters, Earth Science Division, Washington, DC, United States(3)NASA Headquarters, Washington, United States(4)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Earth Science Technology Office, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Observationally Driven Routine Large-Eddy Simulations: Enhancing Community Research through the DOE LASSO Project
William I Gustafson Jr, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change Division, Richland, WA, United States, Andrew M Vogelmann, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, United States, James Howard Mather II, PNNL, Richland, WA, United States, Jeremy McGibbon, Allen Institute for AI, Seattle, United States and Mariko Oue, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, UNITED STATES
Scientific Drilling in the Polar Regions
Mary R Albert, Dartmouth College, Thayer School of Engineering, Hanover, NH, United States and John W Goodge, Univ Minnesota Duluth, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Duluth, United States
SOCCR-2: The 2nd State of the Carbon Cycle Report, a Sustained National Climate Assessment report encompassing North America and Surrounding Waters
Dr. Gyami Shrestha, Ph.D., Carboneers, LLC, Oakton, United States, Nancy Cavallaro, USDA Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States, Libby K Larson, NASA, Washington, United States, Carolyn Olson, U.S. Geological Survey, Emerita, USDA Retired, Washington, United States, Zhiliang Zhu, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, United States, Laura Lorenzoni, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States and Daniel B Stover, Department of Energy Germantown, Washington, United States
AGU Data Fair: Data Planning
Shelley Stall, American Geophysical Union, Open Science Leadership, Washington, DC, United States and Erin Robinson, Foundation for Earth Science Information Partners, Boulder, CO, United States
Gulf of Mexico Restoration and Science Programs – Coordinating Science and Comprehensive Understanding
Maggie Walser1, Chris Elfring1, Jessica Henkel2, Julien Lartigue3, Jonathan Porthouse4, Ehab A Meselhe5 and Denis A Wiesenburg6, (1)National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, United States(2)RESTORE Council, New Orleans, LA, United States(3)NOAA Restore Act Science Program, Stennis, MS, United States(4)National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Baton Rouge, LA, United States(5)Water Institute of the Gulf, Baton Rouge, United States(6)Univ. of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, United States
How are NASA and NOAA progressing in opening up options for obtaining Earth Science and Operational Earth Observation Measurements from Non-Governmental Small Satellite sources?
Christine K Bonniksen1, Christina Moats-Xavier2, Michael H Freilich1 and Kate Becker3, (1)NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States(2)NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States(3)NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, OSAAP, Silver Spring, MD, United States
NSF Geosciences Town Hall
Margaret A Cavanaugh, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, United States, William E Easterling, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, PA, United States and Melissa Lane, NSF Geosciences, Arlington, VA, United States
The Updated AGU Ethics Policy—Broader Impacts: Why the Changes and How They Apply to Me.
Randy Townsend, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States and Billy M Williams, American Geophysical Union, Executive Vice President, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Science, Washington, DC, United States
EarthScope Science and Synthesis
Jeffrey Todd Freymueller, Michigan State University, Earth and Environmental Sciences, East Lansing, MI, United States and Maggie Benoit, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, United States
FACET: Investigating feedbacks among climate, erosion, and tectonics via U.S.-Taiwan collaborations
Brian J Yanites, Indiana University Bloomington, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Bloomington, IN, United States, Eric Kirby, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Department of Geosciences, University Park, United States and Jian-Cheng Lee, Academia Sinica, Institute of Earth Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan
NASA Operation IceBridge Open Town Hall Meeting
Nathan T Kurtz, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Cryospheric Science Lab, Greenbelt, United States, Joseph A MacGregor, Institute for Geophysics, Austin, TX, United States, Eric J Rignot, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, Thomas P Wagner, NASA, Washington DC, United States and Thorsten Markus, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Trials and Tribulations of Fluorescent Dissolved Organic Matter Chemical Interpretations: Converging Fluorescent Community Challenges
Juliana D'Andrilli, Montana State University, Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Bozeman, MT, United States, Fernando Rosario-Ortiz, University of Colorado at Boulder, Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, Boulder, CO, United States and Kathleen Murphy, Chalmers, Göteborg, Sweden
United States Group on Earth Observations (USGEO) Town Hall
Jason Gallo, Science and Technology Policy Institute, Washington, DC, United States, Lawrence Friedl, NASA Headquarters, Earth Science Division, Washington, DC, United States and Timothy R Newman, USGS Headquarters, National Land Imaging Program, Reston, United States
Actionable Science: Arctic Research Addressing Stakeholder Needs
Sara Bowden, Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee, Arlington, VA, United States, Martin O. Jeffries, Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA, United States and Brendan Patrick Kelly, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Study of Environmental Arctic Change, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Critical Zone Observatories: Platforms for Collaborative Science
Timothy S. White, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, University Park, PA, United States, William H McDowell, University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, Durham, United States and Susan L Brantley, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Earth & Environmental Systems Institute, University Park, PA, United States
Deep Ocean Observing Strategy (DOOS) Town Hall
Adam A Soule, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States and Dr. Bruce M Howe, PhD, University of Hawaii, Department of Ocean and Resources Engineering (ORE), School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), Honolulu, United States
Drone Applications
Judith E. Dalie, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States and Robert Moorhead, Mississippi State University, Geosystems Research Institute, Mississippi State, United States
Expanding the StraboSpot Digital Data System for Structural Geology and Tectonics to Petrology and Sedimentary Geology Field Data, and Natural and Experimental Microstructures
Julie Newman, Texas A & M University College Station, College Station, TX, United States, Marjorie A Chan, Univ Utah, Salt Lake City, United States, Basil Tikoff, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, United States, Philip A Skemer, Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, St. Louis, United States and J. Douglas Walker, University of Kansas, Geology, Lawrence, KS, United States
Coordination of Subduction Hazard Science
Terry A Plank, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, United States, Michael Manga, Univ of California Berkeley, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Berkeley, United States, Joan S Gomberg, US Geological Survey, Earthquake Science Center, Seattle, United States and Harold J Tobin, University of Washington Seattle, Earth and Space Sciences, Seattle, WA, United States
Belmont Forum: Funding Transdisciplinary Science for a Sustainable Future
Erica Key, Belmont Forum, Montevideo, Uruguay, Susanna Ehlers, National Science Foundation, Geosciences, Alexandria, VA, United States and Barron Joseph Orr, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
Diversity and Inclusion in Earth and Space Science: Issues, Opportunities, and the Role for AGU
Billy M Williams, American Geophysical Union, Executive Vice President, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Science, Washington, DC, United States and David E Harwell, American Geophysical Union, Talent Pool, Washington, DC, United States
Introducing a U.S.-based Research Coordination Network for Blue Carbon
James Robert Holmquist1, Patrick Megonigal1, Emily Pidgeon2, Jianwu Tang3, Kevin D Kroeger4 and Lisamarie Windham-Myers5, (1)Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, United States(2)Conservation International, Arlington, VA, United States(3)Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, United States(4)U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA, United States(5)United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, United States
NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD)Tailoring Guidance for implementation of “Class D” missions. NASA “Class D” missions are nominally projects with a higher informed risk posture and lower management oversight.
Christine K Bonniksen1, Gregory l Robinson2, Michael H Freilich1 and Jesse A Leitner3, (1)NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States(2)NASA Headquarters, Science Mission Directorate, Washington, DC, United States(3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Permafrost Young Researchers: Future Directions in Permafrost Science
Joanne K. Heslop, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada, Allen C Bondurant, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Water and Environmental Research Center, Fairbanks, United States, John D Schade, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States and Anna M Wagner, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), Fort Wainwright, AK, United States
Policies on Scientific Integrity and Freedom in the Federal Government: A Discussion
Timia A Crisp, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States, Gifford J Wong, Dartmouth College, Hanover, United States, Gretchen T Goldman, Union of Concerned Scientists Washington DC, Washington, DC, UNITED STATES, Scott A Mandia, Suffolk County Comm. College, Selden, NY, United States and Zack Kopplin, Government Accountability Project, New Orleans, LA, United States
Student & Early Career: Leadership Opportunities in New Orleans and in your local community
Cheryl Enderlein, American Geophysical Union, Washington, United States, Aisling M Dolan, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2, United Kingdom, Annie Tamalavage, Smithsonian environmental research center, Edgewater, United States, Kristie LLera, Southwest Research Inst, San Antonio, United States, Catalina M Oaida Taglialatela, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, Jasmine Crumsey, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States, Tim H M van Emmerik, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands, Melanie Harrison Okoro, Eco-Alpha Environmental and Engineering Services, Sacrament, CA, United States, Jenny Riker, USGS, Natural Hazards Mission Area, Reston, United States and Hans N Lechner, Michigan Technological Univers, Houghton, MI, United States
