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AmeriFlux: Community Action, Decadal Synthesis, and the Year of Methane
Margaret Torn | Berkeley Lab/UC Berkeley
Sebastien Biraud | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Deb Agarwal | Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Trevor Keenan | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Gilberto Pastorello | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Stephen Chan | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Housen Chu | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Danielle Christianson | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Sara Knox | Stanford University
Dario Papale | University of Tuscia
Best Practices for a Future Open Code Policy for NASA Space Science
Chelle Gentemann | Earth and Space Research
Mark Parsons | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Abigail Sheffer | National Academy of Sciences
Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (ECCO) Town Hall: The Latest Global Ocean and Sea Ice State Estimate from the ECCO Consortium
Ichiro Fukumori | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Gael Forget | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Patrick Heimbach | University of Texas, Austin
Ian Fenty | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
International Transdisciplinary Research Approaches for Sustainable Development
Karim-Aly Kassam | Cornell University
Kate Brauman | University of Alabama
Jennifer Schmidt | University of Alaska Anchorage
Seth Gorelik | NASA DEVELOP
Paul Berkman | EV Research Ltd.
Maria Uhle | National Science Foundation
NASA Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite-2 Mission Status
Tom Neumann | NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr.
Ron Kwok | Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Benjamin Smith | University of Washington
Steve Tanner | National Snow and Ice Data Center
Thorsten Markus | NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr
Nathan Kurtz | NASA Goddard
Lori Magruder | University of Texas at Austin
Science to Action: Innovations for Funding Adaptation and Resilience Science
Sarah Close | Lenfest Ocean Program
Christopher Clavin | Science & Technology Policy Institute
Lawrence Friedl | NASA Headquarters
Claudia Nierenberg | NOAA
Janet Ranganathan | World Resources Institute
Erica Goldman | National Council for Science and the Environment
Lisa Graumlich | University of Washington Seattle Campus
Amplifying Open Innovation in Hazard Science for Emergency Management
Emily Martuscello |
Rich Frazier |
Ivan Deloatch | Federal Geographic Data Committee
Sophia Liu | U.S. Geological Survey
Diversity and Inclusion Town Hall: Action Recommendations from AGU and NAS
Jill Karsten | National Science Foundation
Billy Williams | American Geophysical Union
Implementation of the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 at NOAA
Craig McLean | NOAA (Retired)
John Cortinas | NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
DaNa Carlis | NOAA Ocean and Atmospheric Research
Ocean Observatories Initiative Facility Board Town Hall
Lisa Clough | National Science Foundation
Bauke Houtman | National Science Foundation
Sarah Gille | Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
Larry Atkinson | Old Dominion University
Partnering with NASA Centers for Science
James Green | NASA HQ
James Garvin | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Gary Jedlovec | NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Mark Simons | California Institute of Technology
Eileen Stansbery |
David Young | NASA Langley Research Center
Jacob Cohen | NASA Ames Research Center
Louis Barbier | NASA Headquarters
College of Fellows Town Hall: Advancing the career versus the science: how should scientific excellence be evaluated?
Steven Goldstein | Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Artesha Moore | American Geophysical Union
The Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem (PACE) Mission: Status, Science, Advances
Paula Bontempi | NASA Headquarters
Jeremy Werdell | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Update on the Second International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE-2)
Jeremy Wiggert | The University of Southern Mississippi
Viviane Menezes | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Lynne Talley | Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
Raleigh Hood | University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Horn Point Laboratory
U.S. International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) Town Hall: An Overview and Discussion on IASC Research, Engagement Activities, and Associated Opportunities
Larry Hinzman | University of Alaska Fairbanks
Lee Cooper | University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; IASC Marine WG Chair
Robert Hawley | Dartmouth College
Vladimir Romanovsky | University of Alaska Fairbanks
Michelle Mack | Northern Arizona University
Gijs de Boer | BNL
Alice Bradley | Williams College
Matthew Druckenmiller | National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado Boulder
Alternative Careers: Research in Action in Washington, D. C.
Debra Knopman | RAND Corporation
Alexis McKittrick |
Claudia Ringler |
Geoffrey Slipher |
Helen Ding | World Resources Institute
Meredith Richardson Martin | University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Coalescing Large-Scale Environmental Research Infrastructures Across the Globe
Hank Loescher | NEON Inc
W. Christopher Lenhardt | Renaissance Computing Institute
W. Lenhardt | Renaissance Computing Institute
Ulpu Leijala | Finnish Meteorological Institute
Francisco Bonet-García | University of Granada
Melissa Genazzio | Battelle- NEON
Data Fair: Credit for Data Work
Erin Robinson | Foundation for Earth Science Information Partners
Shelley Stall | American Geophysical Union
NASA Earth Science Division Town Hall Session
Michael Freilich | NASA Headquarters
Sandra Cauffman | NASA Headquarters
Eric Ianson | NASA Headquarters
Lawrence Friedl | NASA Headquarters
Pamela Millar | University of Colorado at Boulder
Patricia Jacobberger-Jellison | NASA Headquarters
Jack Kaye | NASA Headquarters
PEcAn Town Hall: Let's Talk Model Data Integration
Michael Dietze | Boston University
Elizabeth Cowdery | Boston University
Istem Fer | Boston University
Rob Kooper | National Center for Super Computing Applications
Anthony Gardella | Boston University
Process Understanding and Climate Extremes Analysis for CMIP6
Michael Wehner | Applied Mathematics and Computational Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Rein Haarsma | Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Pier Luigi Vidale | University of Reading
Malcolm Roberts | Met Office Hadley Centre
Scientific Drilling in the Polar Regions
Mary Albert | Dartmouth College
John Goodge | Univ Minnesota Duluth
Unmanned Untethered Vehicles (UUVs): Expanding Our Capacity for Exploration, How Far Can We Go?
Scott Glenn | Rutgers University
Eric Lindstrom |
Guillermo Auad |
Craig McLean | NOAA (Retired)
Liesl Hotaling | Eidos Education/Marine Technology Society
Using Observationally Based Metrics to Evaluate and Improve Earth System Model Precipitation
Christian Jakob | Monash University
Peter Gleckler | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Angeline Pendergrass | Cornell University
Renu Joseph | Department of Energy Washington DC
AgMIP Town Hall
Alexander Ruane | NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Jonathan Winter | Dartmouth College
Cynthia Rosenzweig | NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Atlantic Seafloor Partnership for Integrated Research and Exploration (ASPIRE): 2019–2020
Alan Leonardi | NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research
Larry Mayer |
Vicki Ferrini |
David Millar |
Alan Leonardi | NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research
AGU Ethics Policy: Developing Equity in Science
Billy Williams | American Geophysical Union
Randy Townsend | American Geophysical Union
Building a Global Network of Geochemical Data
Lesley Wyborn | Australian National University
Kerstin Lehnert | Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Community Forum: The Role of an Open-Source Software Initiative Within AGU
Lion Krischer | Mondaic AG
Leonardo Uieda | Universidade de São Paulo
Lindsey Heagy | University of British Columbia
European Research Council (ERC) Funding Opportunities
Barbara Romanowicz | University of California Berkeley
Catherine McCammon | University of Bayreuth
Claudia Jesus-Rydin | European Research Council
EXport Processes in the Ocean from RemoTe Sensing (EXPORTS)
Paula Bontempi | NASA Headquarters
Michael Sieracki | University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
David Siegel | Univ of California Santa Barbara
Ivona Cetinic | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Integrating Applications Users in NASA Earth Science Mission Development
Lawrence Friedl | NASA Headquarters
Christine Bonniksen | NASA Headquarters
Vanessa Escobar | NASA Headquarters
International Climate Science in the Next Decade: A Vision from the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM)
Guy Brasseur | National Center for Atmospheric Research
Amanda Lynch | Brown University
J Michael Kuperberg | US Global Change Research Program
Amanda Staudt | National Academy of Sciences
Recent Findings and Tools from the NASA Sea Level Change Team
Carmen Blackwood | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Eric Larour | Jet Propulsion Laboratory
R Steven Nerem | Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences
Benjamin Hamlington | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
U.S. CLIVAR Climate Process Teams for Developing Improved Parameterization of Atmosphere and Ocean Climate Model Processes: Why, When, Where, and How
Aneesh Subramanian | University of Colorado at Boulder
Caroline Ummenhofer | WHOI
Hyodae Seo | University of Hawaii at Manoa
Victoria Coles | University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Horn Point Laboratory
Carbon, Climate, and Everything Else: More Than 20 Years of Research Coordination, Advancing, and Assessing Science—What Do We Do Next, and How?
Nancy Cavallaro | USDA/NIFA
Zhiliang Zhu | U.S. Geological Survey
James Butler |
Paula Bontempi | NASA Headquarters
Libby Larson | NASA
Heather Benway | Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst.
Gyami Shrestha | Carboneers, LLC
NOAA Ocean Satellite Data Products for Science and Applications
Veronica Lance | NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information ServiceNOAA (CICS UMD)
Paul DiGiacomo | NOAA
Michael Soracco | Riva Solutions, Inc
Emily Smail | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Data Fair: Managing Research Data Outputs and Funder Open-Data Expectations: Practical Tools for Researchers
Maria Uhle | Belmont Forum
Hannah Smith | John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Heather Joseph | Open Research Funders Group
Shelley Stall | American Geophysical Union
Simon Hodson | International Science Council/ CODATA
Hilary Hanahoe | Research Data Alliance
Erin Robinson | Foundation for Earth Science Information Partners
Rorie Edmunds | International Science Council/ CODATA
Robert Samors | Belmont Forum e-Infrastructures and Data Management Project
EarthScope and Beyond: Current and Future Facility Support for Geodesy, Seismology, and Geophysics Research and Education in the Geosciences
Jeffrey Freymueller | Michigan State University
Bob Detrick | Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
M Meghan Miller | UNAVCO
Federal Interagency Coordination for Research in the Arctic: The Power of Partnership
Chloe Kontos | Office of Science and Technology Policy
Simon Stephenson | Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee
Craig McLean |
James Kuperberg | Office of Science and Technology Policy
Sara Bowden | Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee
NASA Operation IceBridge Open Town Hall Meeting
Brooke Medley | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Linette Boisvert | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Eric Rignot | University of California Irvine
Joseph MacGregor | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Preparing for the Next Decadal Surveys
Sarah Brothers | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Abigail Sheffer | National Academy of Sciences
James Lancaster | US National Research Council of the National Academies
Colleen Hartman | US National Research Council of the National Academies
SERVIR’s Approach to Sustainable Services in the Use of Earth Observations in Decision-Making
Daniel Irwin | NASA Marshall Space Flght Ctr
Katherine Casey | Chemonics International, Inc
Ashutosh Limaye | NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Kevin Coffee | US Agency for International Development
U.S. Group on Earth Observations (USGEO) Town Hall
Erik Noble | White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Neil Jacobs | NOAA Washington DC
Karen St. Germain | NASA Headquarters
Lawrence Friedl | NASA Headquarters
Greg Snyder | USGS National Land Imaging Program
Jason Gallo | Science and Technology Policy Institute
Critical Zone Observatories: Platforms for Collaborative Science
Praveen Kumar | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
William Dietrich | University of California Berkeley
Timothy White | Pennsylvania State University Main Campus
Data Fair: Sharing Your Software—What Is FAIR?
Erin Robinson | Foundation for Earth Science Information Partners
Daniel Katz | University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Neil Chue Hong | University of Edinburgh
Shelley Stall | American Geophysical Union
Developing NOAA’s Fiscal Year 2019–2023 R&D Plan: Public Input Listening Session
Gary Matlock | NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
Christopher Moses | NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
The Coral Reef Ecosystem: Observation, Configuration, and Communication at the Intersection of Art and Science
Ysabel Banon | NOAA-CREST REU
Diane Burko | Community College of Philadelphia
C. Mark Eakin | NOAA College Park
Susan Eriksson | Eriksson Associates
Marguerita Hagan | Self Employed
Nathalie Goodkin | Nanyang Technological University
Molly Moynihan | Nanyang Technological University
Stuart Sandin | Scripps Institution of Oceanography
NASA Planetary Science Division Town Hall
Lori Glaze | NASA Headquarters
Doris Daou | NASA Headquarters
NASA Scientific Ballooning Road Map Town Hall
Robyn Millan | Dartmouth College
James Anderson | Harvard University
NASA SnowEx Town Hall
Hans-Peter Marshall | Boise State University
Jared Entin | NASA HQ - SMD
Edward Kim | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Michael Durand | Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center
Carrie Vuyovich | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Jeffery Deems | Airborne Snow Observatories Inc.
Anne Nolin | University of Nevada Reno
Mark Raleigh | Oregon State University
Dorothy Hall | University of Maryland
Past Global Changes Early-Career Network: Perspectives on Open Data Practices
Xavier Benito | National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC)
Alexander Koch | University College London
Madelyn Mette | Uni Research Climate, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Caroline Quanbeck | University of Florida
EarthCube: A Community-driven Cyberinfrastructure for the Geosciences – A Progress Report
Kenna Rubin | Univ Hawaii
Mohan Ramamurthy | UCAR/NCAR
Eva Zanzerkia | National Science Foundation
James Davies | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
The U.S. Global Change Research Program’s Interagency Integrated Water Cycle Group
Gerald Geernaert | Department of Energy
Wayne Higgins | NOAA
Jared Entin | NASA HQ - SMD
Karen Metchis | Environmental Protection Agency Washington DC
David Lesmes | USGS
Stacey Archfield | US Geological Survey
Renu Joseph | US Department of Energy
Jennifer Arrigo | US Global Change Research Program
WHONDRS: A Community Resource for Studying Dynamic River Corridors
James Stegen | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Emily Graham | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Vanessa Garayburu-Caruso | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Data Science and a New Scientific Frontier in Space Science
Barbara Thompson | NASA GSFC
Madhulika Guhathakurta | NASA Headquarters/NASA Ames Research Center
Daniel Crichton | Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Chelle Gentemann | Earth and Space Research
Amy Walton | National Science Foundation
Jeffrey Hayes |
Matthew Hancher |
Michael Little | NASA Langley Research Center
Ryan McGranaghan | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
DOE’s Climate and Environmental Sciences Division Strategic Plan
Gerald Geernaert | Department of Energy
Daniel Stover | Department of Energy Germantown
Fly Right? Tracking and Addressing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Air Travel at Your Institution
Seth Wynes | University of British Columbia
Lauren Parr | American Geophysical Union
Simon Donner | University of British Columbia
FORGE Ahead: A Road Map for Geothermal Research
Lauren Boyd | Department of Energy
Alexis McKittrick | Science and Technology Policy Institute
Christopher Clavin | Science & Technology Policy Institute
Leslie Abrahams |
Elisabet Metcalfe | SRA International
Planning for the Next U.S. Global Class Research Vessel
Gregory Cutter | Old Dominion University
James Swift | UCSD/SIO
Suzanne Carbotte | Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
The Adventures, Opportunities, and Challenges of Being a Geoscience Faculty Member at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution
Kristin Burkholder | Stonehill College
Katherine Straub | Susquehanna University
Karen Castle |
Michele LaVigne |
Ben Kopec |
The National Academies Committees on Exoplanet Science Strategy and Astrobiology Science Strategy for the Search for Life in the Universe
Barbara Sherwood Lollar | University of Toronto
Bernard Gaudi | Ohio State University Main Campus
Town Hall on the U.S. Geological Survey Partnership Program to Map and Improve the Nation’s Understanding of Its Subsurface Geology and Critical Mineral Resources
Geoffrey Plumlee | USGS Chief Scientist
Kevin Gallagher | U.S. Geological Survey
Anjana Shah | USGS
Richard Ortt | Maryland Geological Survey
Sonia Esperanca | National Science Foundation
Elizabeth Eide | National Academies of Science Engineering and Medicine
Updates from the Coastal Carbon Research Coordination Network: Year 1
James Holmquist | Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Patrick Megonigal | Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Learning Through Citizen Science: Enhancing Opportunities by Design
Rajul Pandya | American Geophysical Union
Kenne Dibner | National Academy of Sciences
CICE-Consortium Town Hall: Sea Ice Model Development for and by the Community
Elizabeth Hunke | Los Alamos National Laboratory
Alice DuVivier | NCAR
David Bailey | National Center for Atmospheric Research
Jean-Francois Lemieux | Environment Canada Dorval
Richard Allard | Naval Research Laboratory
DOE’s Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM): Release, Plans, and Community Engagement
Gerald Geernaert | Department of Energy
L. Ruby Leung | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Katherine Calvin | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Stephen Price | Los Alamos National Laboratory
Jean-Christophe Golaz | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Dorothy Koch | United States Department of Energy
Insights from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Assessments
Jeannine Cavender-Bares | University of Minnesota
Brian Klatt | Michigan State University
Clifford Duke | Ecological Society of America
Sarah Weiskopf | National Climate Adaptation Science Center
Kate Brauman | University of Alabama
Robert Watson | Organization Not Listed
Stephen Polasky | University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Walter Jetz | Yale University
Matthew Potts | University of California Berkeley
Laura Thompson | National Climate Adaptation Science Center
Siobhan Fennessy | Kenyon College
Power from the Sea: How Can Energy from the Ocean Serve Research Scientists and Coastal Communities?
Scott Jenne | National Renewable Energy Laboratory Golden
Heather Spence | Global Research and Arts Center for Investigation and Advancement of Sustainability Solutions
William McShane | Department of Energy Washington DC
Andrea Copping | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Storm Warning Validity
Se-Hwan Yang |
Namyoung Kang | KMA Korea Meteorlogical Administration
The Food Web of the Ross Sea: Understanding Its Dynamics in a Changing Environment
Meng Zhou | Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Giorgio Budillon | Parthenope University of Naples
Dennis McGillicuddy | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Eileen Hofmann | Old Dominion University
Updates and Current Status of Planning for Mars Sample Return
David Beaty | Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Michael Meyer | NASA HQ
Sanjay Vijendran | European Space Research and Technology Centre
Harry McSween | University of Tennessee
Monica Grady | Open University
Brandi Carrier | Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Where Does Arctic Research and SEARCH Go Next?
Brendan Kelly | University of Alaska Fairbanks
Marika Holland | Natl Ctr Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Waleed Abdalati | University of Colorado
Jennifer Francis | Woodwell Climate Research Center
Edward Schuur | Univ FloridaNorthern Arizona University