AGU Fall Meeting 2020: Scientific Workshops

Scientific Workshops

Tuesday, 1 December 2020

07:00-10:00

SCIWS1

Optimizing Color's Potential: A Hands-on Tutorial on Color Tools and Strategies Enabling Effective Exploration, Knowledge Extraction, and Communicating Your Data and Science

Submitter: Francesca Samsel, University of Texas at Austin, Texas Advanced Computing Center, Austin, TX, United States

Onsite Contact: Francesca Samsel, University of Texas at Austin, Texas Advanced Computing Center, Austin, TX, United States

Organizer: Francesca Samsel, University of Texas at Austin, Texas Advanced Computing Center, Austin, TX, United States

Presenters: Francesca Samsel, University of Texas at Austin, Texas Advanced Computing Center, Austin, TX, United States, Phillip J. Wolfram Jr, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States, Maxwell Omdal, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Computer Science, Minneapolis, MN, United States and Richard Saltus, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States

10:00-16:00

SCIWS2

AGU Workshop on Distributed Acoustic Sensing

Submitter: Scott Tyler, University of Nevada, Geological Sciences and Engineering, Reno, NV, United States

Onsite Contact: Herbert F Wang, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States

Organizer: Scott Tyler, University of Nevada, Geological Sciences and Engineering, Reno, NV, United States

Presenters: Robert Woodward, IRIS, Washington, DC, United States, Robert S Detrick, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, Seattle, WA, United States, Herbert F Wang, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States and Scott Tyler, University of Nevada, Geological Sciences and Engineering, Reno, NV, United States

Wednesday, 2 December 2020

07:00-10:00

SCIWS3

Scientific Writing Workshop: Essential Skills for Earth Scientists

Submitter: Avriel D Licciardi, Accdon/LetPub, Waltham, NH, United States

Onsite Contact: Avriel D Licciardi, Accdon/LetPub, Waltham, NH, United States

Organizer: Avriel D Licciardi, Accdon/LetPub, Waltham, NH, United States

Presenters: Joseph M Licciardi, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States, Alia Lesnek, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, United States, Donald T Rodbell, Union College, Schenectady, NY, United States, Sarah E Crump, University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Geological Sciences and the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Boulder, CO, United States, Thomas J Glose, University of Kansas, Kansas Geological Survey, Lawrence, KS, United States, Simon Pendleton, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, CO, United States; University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, Clark Holdsworth, Accdon/LetPub, Waltham, MA, United States and Kristin Poinar, University at Buffalo, Department of Geology, Buffalo, NY, United States

10:00-16:00

SCIWS4

Applications and Advances in Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) for Earth and Space Sciences

Submitter: Scott Tyler, University of Nevada Reno, Geological Sciences and Engineering, Reno, NV, United States

Onsite Contact: Scott Tyler, University of Nevada, Geological Sciences and Engineering, Reno, NV, United States

Organizer: Scott Tyler, University of Nevada, Geological Sciences and Engineering, Reno, NV, United States

Presenter: John S Selker, Oregon State University, Biological and Ecological Engineering, Corvallis, OR, United States

Thursday, 3 December 2020

05:00-08:00

SCIWS5

Using R and Python for Environmental Data Science

Submitter: Geoffrey Millard, Environmental Protection Agency Cincinnati, Contaminated Sites and Sediments Branch, Cincinnati, OH, United States

Onsite Contact: Geoffrey Millard, Environmental Protection Agency Cincinnati, Contaminated Sites and Sediments Branch, Cincinnati, OH, United States

Organizer: Geoffrey Millard, Environmental Protection Agency Cincinnati, Contaminated Sites and Sediments Branch, Cincinnati, OH, United States

Presenters: Geoffrey Millard, Environmental Protection Agency Cincinnati, Contaminated Sites and Sediments Branch, Cincinnati, OH, United States and Caitlin G Eger, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, United States

08:00-11:00

SCIWS6

Using and Uploading Data to the Magnetics Information Consortium (MagIC) Data Repository

Submitter: Nicholas Jarboe, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States

Onsite Contact: Nicholas Jarboe, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States

Organizer: Nicholas Jarboe, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States

Presenters: Nicholas Jarboe¹, Rupert Minnett², Lisa Tauxe¹, Catherine Constable³ and Anthony A P Koppers⁴, (1)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States(2)Cogense, Inc., Seattle, WA, United States(3)UCSD, La Jolla, CA, United States(4)Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States

10:00-16:00

SCIWS7

Bringing Your Film Idea to Life: Crafting Outreach Videos for Diverse Audiences

Submitter: Daniel W Zietlow, Provare Media and NCAR, Boulder, CO, United States

Onsite Contact: Daniel W Zietlow, Provare Media and NCAR, Boulder, CO, United States

Organizer: Daniel W Zietlow, Provare Media and NCAR, Boulder, CO, United States

Presenters: Lorena Medina Luna, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Education and Outreach, Boulder, CO, United States, Daniel W Zietlow, Provare Media and NCAR, Boulder, CO, United States, Ryan W Vachon, Earth Initiatives, Provare Media & University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States and Rebecca Haacker, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Education & Outreach, Boulder, CO, United States

Friday, 4 December 2020

08:00-13:00

SCIWS8

Working with Cloud-Based NASA Earth Observations Data and Tools

Submitter: Catalina M Oaida, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States

Onsite Contact: Catalina M Oaida, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States

Organizer: Catalina M Oaida, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States

Presenters: Catalina M Oaida¹, Amy Steiker², Andrew P Barrett², Walt Meier³, Jack McNelis⁴, Mike Gangl⁵, Luis Alberto Lopez² and Jessica Hausman⁶, (1)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States(2)National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO, United States(3)National Snow and Ice Data Center, CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States(4)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, PO.DAAC, Pasadena, United States(5)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States(6)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States

09:00-15:00

SCIWS9

Introduction to the Community WRF-Hydro Modeling System: Interactive Hands-on Tutorial (This is a synchronous tutorial)

Submitter: Molly McAllister, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States

Onsite Contact: Molly McAllister, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States

Organizer: Molly McAllister, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States

Presenters: David Gochis¹, Arezoo Rafieeinasab² and Molly McAllister², (1)NCAR, Boulder, CO, United States(2)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States

Monday, 14 December 2020

07:00-13:00

SCIWS10

Toward an International Critical Zone Network-of-Networks for the Next Generation Through Shared Science, Tools, Data, and Philosophy

Submitter: Bhavna Arora, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Energy Geosciences Division, Berkeley, CA, United States

Onsite Contact: Bhavna Arora, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Energy Geosciences Division, Berkeley, CA, United States

Organizer: Bhavna Arora, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Energy Geosciences Division, Berkeley, CA, United States

Presenters: James Stegen, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, Jannis Groh, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany, Genevieve Ali, University of Guelph, School of Environmental Sciences, Guelph, ON, Canada, Pamela L Sullivan, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science, Corvallis, OR, United States, Basile Hector, Institut de Physique du Globe Strasbourg, Strasbourg Cedex, France, Adam Wymore, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States and Andrew M Ireson, Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

Tuesday, 15 December 2020

05:00-08:00

SCIWS11

Python for Remote Sensing: Analysis, Visualization, and Workflow for Earth Scientists

Submitter: Rebekah Esmaili, Science and Technology Corporation, Boulder, CO, United States

Onsite Contact: Rebekah Esmaili, Science and Technology Corporation, Boulder, CO, United States

Organizer: Rebekah Esmaili, Science and Technology Corporation, Boulder, CO, United States

Presenter: Rebekah Esmaili, Science and Technology Corporation, Boulder, CO, United States

10:00-16:00

SCIWS12

Tutorial on Machine Learning and Deep Learning for the Environmental and Geosciences

Submitter: Karthik Kashinath, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States

Onsite Contact: Karthik Kashinath, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States

Organizer: Karthik Kashinath, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States

Presenters: Imme Ebert-Uphoff, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States, David John Gagne II, NCAR/MMM, Boulder, CO, United States, Katie Dagon, NCAR, Boulder, CO, United States, Pierre Gentine, Columbia University, Earth and Environmental Engineering, New York, NY, United States, Claire Monteleoni, University of Colorado Boulder, Computer Science, Boulder, CO, United States, David Hall, NVIDIA, Lafayette, CO, United States, Ankur Mahesh, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, United States, Maike Sonnewald, NOAA Princeton, Princeton, United States, Ben Toms, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, United States, Karthik Kashinath, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States and Christiane Jablonowski, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

Wednesday, 16 December 2020

08:00-11:00

SCIWS13

Best Practices for Developing and Sustaining Your Open-Source Research Software

Submitter: Rene Gassmoeller, University of California Davis, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Davis, CA, United States

Onsite Contact: Rene Gassmoeller, University of California Davis, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Davis, CA, United States

Organizer: Rene Gassmoeller, University of California Davis, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Davis, CA, United States

Presenters: Lindsey Justine Heagy, University of California Berkeley, Department of Statistics, Berkeley, CA, United States, Rene Gassmoeller, University of California Davis, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Davis, CA, United States, Bane Sullivan, Kitware Inc., Clifton Park, United States and Leah A Wasser, University of Colorado at Boulder, Earth Lab Earth Analytics Education Initiative - CIRES, Boulder, CO, United States

10:00-16:00

SCIWS14

3D Printing for Geosciences: Emerging Technology in Education, Research, and Communication

Submitter: Rick J Chalaturnyk, University of Alberta, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Onsite Contact: Serg Ishutov, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Organizer: Serg Ishutov, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Presenters: Serg Ishutov¹, Kevin J Hodder², Gonzalo Zambrano¹ and Rick J Chalaturnyk³, (1)University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada(2)University of Alberta, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Edmonton, AB, Canada(3)Univ Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Thursday, 17 December 2020

08:00-11:00

SCIWS15

Proposal-Writing Workshop: Using NASA ROSES As an Example

Submitter: Christina Richey, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States

Onsite Contact: Christina Richey, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States

Organizer: Christina Richey, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States

Presenters: Christina Richey, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Paul Propster, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States