Near Surface Geophysics



Advances in Exploration Geophysics
Primary Convener:  Anja Klotzsche, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich 52428, Germany
Conveners:  Stefan Klingler, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Esther Babcock, Logic Geophysics and Analytics LLC, Anchorage, United States and Louise Pellerin, Green Geophysics, Berkeley, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Anja Klotzsche, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Agrosphere Institute (IBG-3), Juelich, Germany


Advancing the Use of Geophysical and Geodetic Methods for Groundwater Science and Management
Primary Convener:  Rosemary J Knight, Stanford University, Geophysics, Stanford, CA, United States
Conveners:  John W Lane Jr, USGS, Hydrogeophysics Branch, Storrs, CT, United States, Susanna Werth, Virginia Tech, Department of Geosciences, Blacksburg, VA, United States and Adrian A Borsa, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Rosemary J Knight, Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA, United States


Cryogeophysics: Emerging Technologies for Sensing Dynamic Cold Region Environments
Primary Convener:  Dan R Glaser II, Rutgers University Newark, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Newark, NJ, United States; US Army ERDC Cold Regions Research & Engineering Laboratory, Signature Physics Branch, Hanover, NJ, United States
Conveners:  Anna M Wagner, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory Alaska, Fort Wainwright, AK, United States and Baptiste Dafflon, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Dan R Glaser II, Rutgers University Newark, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Newark, NJ, United States


Delving into the Cryosphere: Innovations and Discoveries through Geophysical Observations
Primary Convener:  Stephanie R. James, USGS Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, CO, United States
Conveners:  Andy Parsekian, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States, Atsuhiro Muto, Temple University, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Philadelphia, PA, United States and Daniel McGrath, Colorado State University, Geosciences Department, Fort Collins, CO, United States
Primary Liaison:  Stephanie R. James, USGS Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, CO, United States


Fingering Instabilities in Subsurface Porous Media
Primary Convener:  Qingwang Yuan, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States
Conveners:  Ran Hu, State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, Hossein Hejazi, University of Calgary, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Calgary, Canada and Bowen Ling, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Primary Liaison:  Qingwang Yuan, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States


Geophysical investigations for environmental and human processes in the near-surface
Primary Convener:  Isabel Mae Morris, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Socorro, NM, United States
Conveners:  Philippe De Smedt, Ghent University, Department of Environment, Gent, Belgium and Sajad Jazayeri, University of South Florida, Tampa, United States
Primary Liaison:  Isabel Mae Morris, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States


Integrated Geophysical Investigations for Seismic Site Characterization
Primary Convener:  Sean Ahdi, USGS Geologic Hazards Science Center, Golden, CO, United States and COSMOS Site Characterization Project International Facilitation Committee
Conveners:  Aysegul Askan, Middle East Technical Univ, Ankara, Turkey, Sebastiano D'Amico, University of Malta, Department of Geosciences, Msida, Malta, Marco Pilz, GFZ, Potsdam, Germany and COSMOS Site Characterization Project International Facilitation Committee
Primary Liaison:  Sean Ahdi, USGS Geologic Hazards Science Center, Golden, CO, United States and COSMOS Site Characterization Project International Facilitation Committee


Near Surface Geophysics General Contributions
Primary Convener:  Joshua Thompson, Rutgers University Newark, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Newark, NJ, United States
Conveners:  Alexander Jacob, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States, Matthew Lees, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, United States and Matthew Sirianni, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, United States
Primary Liaison:  Joshua Thompson, Rutgers University Newark, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Newark, NJ, United States


Near-surface geophysics for characterizing and monitoring natural hazards
Primary Convener:  Sebastian Uhlemann, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States
Conveners:  Xavier Comas, Florida Atlantic University, Geosciences, Boca Raton, FL, United States, Angela Perrone, CNR Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis, Potenza, Italy and Sina Saneiyan, Rutgers University Newark, Newark, NJ, United States
Primary Liaison:  Sebastian Uhlemann, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States


Near-surface geophysics for soil and vadose zone structure and processes
Primary Convener:  Niels Claes, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark
Conveners:  Anja Klotzsche, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Agrosphere Institute (IBG-3), Juelich, Germany, Adrian Flores Orozco, TU-Vienna, Geodesy and Geoinformation, Vienna, Austria and Matthew Sirianni, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, United States
Primary Liaison:  Niels Claes, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark


Near-surface geophysics in the critical zone
Primary Convener:  Gregory Mount, Broward County Florida, Environmental Protection and Growth Management Dept, Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States
Conveners:  Kristina Keating, Rutgers University Newark, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Newark, NJ, United States, Jorden Hayes, Dickinson College, Carlisle, United States and Roman A DiBiase, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Department of Geosciences, University Park, PA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Brady Adams Flinchum, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States


Near-Surface Geophysics: A cross-cutting Section that facilitates diverse scientific and societal studies in support of Earth sciences
Primary Convener:  Burke J Minsley, USGS, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, CO, United States
Convener:  Xavier Comas, Florida Atlantic University, Geosciences, Boca Raton, FL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Burke J Minsley, USGS, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, CO, United States


Open-source software for near-surface geophysics and its applications
Primary Convener:  Seogi Kang, Stanford University, Department of Geophysics, Stanford, CA, United States
Conveners:  Aakash Ahamed, Stanford University, Geophysics, Stanford, CA, United States, Lindsey Justine Heagy, University of California, Berkeley, Statistics, Berkeley, CA, United States and Dieter Werthmuller, Delft University of Technology, Geoscience & Engineering, Delft, Netherlands
Primary Liaison:  Seogi Kang, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States


Recent advances and novel applications of waterborne geophysical methods.
Primary Convener:  Dimitrios Ntarlagiannis, Rutgers University Newark, Newark, NJ, United States
Conveners:  Sina Saneiyan, Rutgers University Newark, Newark, NJ, United States and Kisa E Mwakanyamale, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Dimitrios Ntarlagiannis, Rutgers University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Newark, NJ, United States


Extreme weather and climate in urban areas, their social impacts, and mitigation
Primary Convener:  Quang Van Doan, University of Tsukuba, Center for Computational Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan
Conveners:  Ashish Sharma, University of Notre Dame, Department of Civil Engineering, Environmental and Earth Sciences, Notre Dame, IN, United States, Fei Chen, NCAR/RAL, Boulder, CO, United States and Donald J Wuebbles, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Urbana, IL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Quang Van Doan, University of Tsukuba, Center for Computational Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan


Process-based Testing and Evaluation of Weather and Climate Models
Primary Convener:  Weiwei Li, National Center for Atmospheric Research and Developmental Testbed Center, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Michael B Ek, National Center for Atmospheric Research and Developmental Testbed Center, Boulder, United States, Lulin Xue, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Developmental Testbed Center, Boulder, CO, United States and Stan Benjamin, NOAA Global Systems Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States
Primary Liaison:  Weiwei Li, National Center for Atmospheric Research and Developmental Testbed Center, Boulder, CO, United States