Near Surface Geophysics



NS001
Advances in Exploration Geophysics
Primary Convener:  Kennedy O Doro, Science4Development Research & Teaching Initiative, Lagos, Nigeria
Conveners:  Anja Klotzsche, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Agrosphere Institute (IBG-3), Juelich, Germany, Nathan Philip Stoikopoulos, University of Toronto, Department of Earth Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada and Louise Pellerin, Green Geophysics, Berkeley, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Kennedy O Doro, Science4Development Research & Teaching Initiative, Lagos, Nigeria


NS002
Agricultural Geophysics
Primary Convener:  Erasmus K. Oware, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States
Conveners:  Johan Alexander Huisman, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Agrosphere (IBG-3), Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, Jülich, Germany, Anja Klotzsche, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Agrosphere Institute (IBG-3), Juelich, Germany and Yuxin Wu, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Erasmus K. Oware, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States


NS003
A tour of open-source software packages for the geosciences
Primary Convener:  Lindsey Justine Heagy, University of California Berkeley, Department of Statistics, Berkeley, United States
Conveners:  Rene Gassmoeller, University of California Davis, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Davis, United States, Leonardo Uieda, University of Hawaii at Manoa, School of Ocean & Earth Science & Technology, Honolulu, HI, United States and Jens F Klump, CSIRO Earth Science Resource Engineering, Perth, Australia
Primary Liaison:  Lindsey Justine Heagy, University of California Berkeley, Department of Statistics, Berkeley, United States


NS004
Bridging environmental magnetism with biogeophysics to study biogeochemical processes of today
Primary Convener:  Andrea Ustra, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, United States
Conveners:  Dimitrios Ntarlagiannis, Rutgers University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Newark, NJ, United States, Luigi Jovane, Oceanographic Institute of the University of São Paulo, Department of Fisical Oceanography, São Paulo, Brazil and Leonardo Sagnotti, Ist Naz Geofisica Vulcanologia, Rome, Italy
Primary Liaison:  Andrea Ustra, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, United States


NS005
Cosmic-Ray Muon Imaging: Methodological Advances and Applications
Primary Convener:  Marina Rosas-Carbajal, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Paris, France
Conveners:  Giovanni Macedonio, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Napoli, Italy, Jacques Marteau, IPNL, Lyon, France and Simon Bouteille, IRIS Instruments, Orleans Cedex 2, France
Primary Liaison:  Marina Rosas-Carbajal, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Paris, France


NS006
Geophysical Advances in Cryospheric Processes, Structure, and Environmental Change
Primary Convener:  Stephanie R. James, USGS Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, CO, United States
Conveners:  Daniel McGrath, Colorado State University, Geosciences Department, Fort Collins, CO, United States, Atsuhiro Muto, Temple University, Earth and Environmental Science, Philadelphia, PA, United States and Andy Parsekian, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States
Primary Liaison:  Stephanie R. James, USGS Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, CO, United States


NS007
Integrating Drones and Autonomous Vehicles into Near-Surface Geophysical Investigations: Airborne, Ground-based and Underwater Platforms for Remote Data Collection
Primary Convener:  John W Lane Jr, USGS Hydrogeophysics Branch, Storrs, CT, United States
Conveners:  Scott Tyler, University of Nevada, Geological Sciences and Engineering, Reno, NV, United States, Cian Dawson, USGS Hydrogeophysics Branch, Storrs, CT, United States and Martin Helmke, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, West Chester, PA, United States
Primary Liaison:  John W Lane Jr, USGS, Hydrogeophysics Branch, Storrs, CT, United States


NS008
Interrelating Near-Surface Geophysics, Logging and Sampling in Archaeological Research
Primary Convener:  Wolfgang Rabbel, Kiel University, Geosciences, Kiel, Germany
Conveners:  Natalie Pickartz, Kiel University, Institute of Geosciences - Applied Geophysics, Kiel, Germany, Philippe De Smedt, Ghent University, Department of Environment, Gent, Belgium and Mark Edward Everett, Texas A & M Univ, College Station, TX, United States
Primary Liaison:  Wolfgang Rabbel, Kiel University, Geosciences, Kiel, Germany


NS009
Mountain-Sourced Recharge Into Groundwater Systems: Insights Gained From Geophysics and Hydrogeochemistry
Primary Convener:  Andy Parsekian, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States
Conveners:  Hoori Ajami, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, United States, Rosemary J Knight, Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA, United States and Laurie Huning, University of California, Irvine, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Irvine, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Andy Parsekian, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States


NS010
Near-Surface Geophysics for Anthropogenic Targets
Primary Convener:  Isabel Mae Morris, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States
Conveners:  Rene E Chavez, UNAM National Autonomous University of Mexico, Instituto de Geofisica, Mexico City, Mexico and Steven J Fletcher, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Fort Collins, CO, United States
Primary Liaison:  Steven J Fletcher, Colorado State University, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Fort Collins, CO, United States


NS011
Near Surface Geophysics General Contributions
Primary Convener:  Matthew Sirianni, Florida Atlantic University, Geosciences, Boca Raton, FL, United States
Conveners:  Sina Saneiyan, Rutgers University Newark, Newark, NJ, United States, Tonian Robinson, University of South Florida, School of Geosciences, Tampa, FL, United States and Yonghui Peng, Rutgers University Newark, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Newark, NJ, United States
Primary Liaison:  Matthew Sirianni, Florida Atlantic University, Geosciences, Boca Raton, FL, United States


NS012
Near-surface geophysics in the critical zone
Primary Convener:  Gregory Mount, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Main Campus, Geosciences, Indiana, PA, United States
Conveners:  Roman A DiBiase, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Department of Geosciences, University Park, PA, United States, Jorden Hayes, Dickinson College, Carlisle, United States and Kristina Keating, Rutgers University Newark, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Newark, NJ, United States
Primary Liaison:  Jorden Hayes, Dickinson College, Carlisle, United States


NS013
Near-Surface Geophysics: A centennial perspective
Primary Convener:  Kristina Keating, Rutgers University Newark, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Newark, NJ, United States
Conveners:  Xavier Comas, Florida Atlantic University, Geosciences, Boca Raton, FL, United States, Erasmus K. Oware, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States and Anja Klotzsche, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Agrosphere Institute (IBG-3), Juelich, Germany
Primary Liaison:  Xavier Comas, Florida Atlantic University, Geosciences, Boca Raton, FL, United States


NS014
The Use of Geophysical Methods for Groundwater Evaluation and Management
Primary Convener:  John W Lane Jr, USGS Hydrogeophysics Branch, Storrs, CT, United States
Conveners:  Rosemary J Knight, Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA, United States, James J Butler Jr, University of Kansas, Kansas Geological Survey, Lawrence, KS, United States and Claudia C Faunt, U.S. Geological Survey, CA WSC, San Diego, CA, San Diego, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  John W Lane Jr, USGS Hydrogeophysics Branch, Storrs, CT, United States


NS015
Time-lapse and Baseline Geophysical Studies in Coastal Areas and Floodplains
Primary Convener:  Juan M Lorenzo, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Convener:  Sarah Kruse, Univ South Florida, School of Geosciences, Tampa, FL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Juan M Lorenzo, Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA, United States


NS016
Urban geophysics
Primary Convener:  Angela Perrone, CNR Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis, Potenza, Italy
Conveners:  Huaifeng Sun, Shandong University, Laboratory of Earth Electromagnetic Exploration, Jinan, China and Sebastian Uhlemann, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States
Primary Liaison:  Angela Perrone, CNR Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis, Potenza, Italy


B029
Centennial: Biogeophysics - New Frontiers for Understanding Subsurface Microbial Processes from Their Geophysical Signatures
Primary Convener:  Estella A Atekwana, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States
Conveners:  Lee D Slater, Rutgers University, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Newark, NJ, United States and Chi Zhang, University of Kansas, Department of Geology, Lawrence, KS, United States
Primary Liaison:  Lee D Slater, Rutgers University, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Newark, NJ, United States


H001
Advances in Geophysical Methods for Characterizing and Monitoring Landslide Hazards
Primary Convener:  Sebastian Uhlemann, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States
Conveners:  Matthew Crawford, University of Kentucky, Kentucky Geological Survey, Lexington, KY, United States and Jim Whiteley, University of Bristol, School of Earth Sciences, Bristol, BS8, United Kingdom
Primary Liaison:  Sebastian Uhlemann, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States


H002
Advances and Applications of Data Integration, Inverse Methods, and Machine Learning in Hydrogeophysics
Primary Convener:  Erasmus K. Oware, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States
Conveners:  Emily Voytek, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, Thomas Hermans, University of Liege, Urban and Environmental Engineering, Liege, Belgium and Niels Grobbe, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, Honolulu, HI, United States
Primary Liaison:  Erasmus K. Oware, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States


H015
Advances in Subsurface Characterization and Monitoring using Geophysical and Hydrogeological Methods
Primary Convener:  Chen Wang, Rutgers University, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Newark, NJ, United States
Conveners:  Deqiang Mao, Shandong University, Jinan, China, Gordon K Osterman, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark and Martin A Briggs, USGS Hydrogeophysics Branch, Storrs, CT, United States
Primary Liaison:  Chen Wang, Rutgers University, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Newark, NJ, United States


H038
Conventional and Enhanced Geothermal Systems: Characterization, Integration, Stimulation, Simulation, and Induced Seismicity
Primary Convener:  Souheil M Ezzedine, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States
Convener:  Markus Hilpert, Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD, United States
Primary Liaison:  Souheil M Ezzedine, Univ California LLNL, Livermore, CA, United States


H096
Micro/Nano Level Investigations on Transport Phenomena at Solid-Fluid Interfaces
Primary Convener:  Truong Vo, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
Conveners:  Tuan A. Ho, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States and Pania Newell, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Primary Liaison:  Truong Vo, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States


H105
Periodic Subsurface Flows Across Scales
Primary Convener:  Jeremy Patterson, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States
Conveners:  Pierre Fischer, University of Rouen, Mont-Saint-Aignan Cedex, France, Roseanna Neupauer, University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, Boulder, CO, United States and Abderrahim Jardani, Université de Rouen, Morphodynamique Continentale et Côtière,, Rouen, France
Primary Liaison:  Jeremy Patterson, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States


IN009
Applications of Free and Open-Source Technologies for Advancing Earth and Space Science
Primary Convener:  Timothy Mayer, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States
Conveners:  Francisco Jose Delgado, USRA, NASA-SERVIR, Huntsville, AL, United States, Manil Maskey, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States and Sarva Teja Pulla, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, SERVIR Science Coordination Office, Huntsville, AL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Timothy Mayer, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States


NH036
Role of borehole observations in comprehending natural hazards
Primary Convener:  Marco Bohnhoff, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
Conveners:  Harsh K Gupta, National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India, Hiroshi Ogasawara, Ritsumeikan University, Kusathu, Japan and Jim Mori, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Primary Liaison:  Harsh K Gupta, National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India


S010
Earthquake Ground Motion Simulation (Rupture Dynamics and Seismic Wave Propagation): Theory, Validation and Application.
Primary Convener:  Yongfei Wang, Southern California Earthquake Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States; University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
Conveners:  Feng Hu, University of Science and Technology of China, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Hefei, China, Thomas Ulrich, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Munich, Germany and Dunyu Liu, Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, TX, United States
Primary Liaison:  Kyle Withers, USGS National Earthquake Information Center Golden, Golden, CO, United States


S018
Geophysical Monitoring for Geologic Storage of CO2
Primary Convener:  Lianjie Huang, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Geophysics Group, Los Alamos, NM, United States
Conveners:  Thomas M Daley, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, Berkeley, CA, United States, Xianjin Yang, Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Livermore, CA, United States and Michel Verliac, Total, Borehole Geophysics Senior Specialist TOTAL S.A. EXPLO/GTS/MTG/IDI Innovation, Development and Industrialization CSTJF - Avenue Larribau, Pau, France
Primary Liaison:  Lianjie Huang, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Geophysics Group, Los Alamos, NM, United States


S020
High Speed Railways Seismology
Primary Convener:  Jieyuan Ning, Peking University, Beijing, China
Conveners:  Wenchao Chen, Xi'an Jiaotong University, School of Information and Communication Engineering, Xian, China and Youming Li, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Primary Liaison:  Xiaokai Wang, Xi'an Jiaotong University, School of Information and Communication Engineering, Xian, China


S036
Seismology Contributions: Earthquake Ground Motions and Engineering Seismology
Primary Convener:  German A Prieto, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Departamento de Geociencias, Bogota, Colombia
Convener:  Caroline Beghein, UCLA - Earth and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  German A Prieto, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States


S037
Seismology Contributions: Earthquakes
Primary Convener:  German A Prieto, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
Convener:  Caroline Beghein, UCLA - Earth and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  German A Prieto, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States