Near Surface Geophysics



NS001
Advances in Active Remote Sensing for Hydrology and Terrestrial Ecosystems
Primary Convener:  Jessica V Fayne, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Conveners:  Roger Michaelides, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, United States and Sarah W Cooley, University of Oregon, Eugene, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Roger Michaelides, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, United States


NS002
Advances in Exploration Geophysics
Primary Convener:  Anja Klotzsche, Agrosphere (IBG-3), Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Juelich, Germany
Conveners:  Louise Pellerin, Green Geophysics, Berkeley, CA, United States, Solomon Ehosioke, University of Toledo, Environmental Sciences, Toledo, United States and Christopher Terra, Rutgers University Newark, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Newark, NJ, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Christopher Terra, Rutgers University Newark, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Newark, NJ, United States


NS003
Advancing Near Surface Geophysics in Anthropogenic Environments
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 Timothy S. de Smet, Binghamton University, Department of Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies, Binghamton, United States


NS004
Advancing the Use of Geophysical and Geodetic Methods for Groundwater Science and Management
Primary Convener:  John W Lane Jr, USGS ESPD Hydrogeophysics Branch, Reston, VA, United States
Conveners:  Rosemary J Knight, Stanford Univ, Stanford, United States and Susanna Werth, Virginia Tech, Department of Geosciences, Blacksburg, United States


NS005
Cryogeophysics: Innovations and Discoveries Through Geophysical Observations of 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:  Daniel McGrath, Colorado State University, Department of Geosciences, Fort Collins, United States and Rodrigo Correa Rangel, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Riley Culberg, Stanford University, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford, CA, United States


NS006
Geophysical techniques applied in Archaeology: From Prospection to Archaeomagnetism
Primary Convener:  Evdokia Tema, University of Turin, Earth's Science Department, Turin, Italy
Convener:  Jorg Fassbinder, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Geophysics Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Munich, Germany


NS007
Geophysics as a tool to “look” into the past – From Archaeogeophysics to Paleo-environmental research
Primary Convener:  Ulrike Werban, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ Leipzig, Department Monitoring and Exploration Technologies, Leipzig, Germany
Conveners:  Rita Deiana, University of Padova, Department of Cultural Heritage, Padova, Italy, Giorgio Cassiani, University of Padova, Department of Geosciences, Padova, Italy and Christoph Zielhofer, University of Leipzig, Institute for Geography, Leipzig, Germany


NS008
Near-surface geophysics for characterizing and monitoring natural hazards
Primary Convener:  Sebastian Uhlemann, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
Conveners:  Sina Saneiyan, University of Oklahoma, School of Geosciences, Norman, United States, Angela Perrone, CNR Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis, Potenza, Italy and Xavier Comas, Florida Atlantic University, Geosciences, Boca Raton, FL, United States


NS009
Near-surface geophysics for vadose zone and soil processes
Primary Convener:  Anja Klotzsche, Agrosphere (IBG-3), Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Juelich, Germany
Conveners:  Adam R Mangel, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States and Adrian Flores Orozco, TU Wien, Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Vienna, Austria


NS010
Near surface geophysics in a changing climate
Primary Convener:  Lindsey Justine Heagy, University of British Columbia, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Conveners:  Seogi Kang, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, Eileen Rose Martin, Colorado School of Mines, Geophysics, Applied Math and Statistics, Golden, CO, United States and Andy Parsekian, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States


NS011
Near-surface Geophysics in the Critical Zone
Primary Convener:  Gregory Mount, Broward County Florida, Environmental Protection and Growth Management Dept, Davie, FL, United States
Conveners:  Kristina Keating, Rutgers University Newark, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Newark, NJ, United States, Roman A DiBiase, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Department of Geosciences, University Park, United States and Jorden L Hayes, Co-Author, Department of Earth Sciences, Laramie, United States


NS012
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, United States
Convener:  Xavier Comas, Florida Atlantic University, Geosciences, Boca Raton, FL, United States


NS013
Show us how open-source tools in near-surface geophysics were used to address your scientific problems?
Primary Convener:  Seogi Kang, Stanford University, Department of Geophysics, Stanford, CA, United States
Conveners:  Lindsey Justine Heagy, University of British Columbia, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Vancouver, BC, Canada and Dieter Werthmuller, Delft University of Technology, Geoscience & Engineering, Delft, Netherlands
Student/Early Career Convener:  Aakash Ahamed, Stanford University, Geophysics, Stanford, CA, United States


C034
Remote Sensing of the Earth’s Northern Landscapes
Primary Convener:  Roger J Michaelides, Colorado School of Mines, Department of Geophysics, Golden, United States
Convener:  Sarah W Cooley, University of Oregon, Eugene, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Jessica V Fayne, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Geography, Los Angeles, CA, United States


H071
Introducing the paradigm of Critical Zone science to agrohydrology
Primary Convener:  Ying Zhao, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
Conveners:  Kathleen Bailey Boomer, Smithsonian Institution, Queenstown, MD, United States, Steven P Loheide III, University of Wisconsin Madison, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Madison, WI, United States, Ying Fan, Rutgers University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Piscataway, United States and Yanping Li, University of Saskatchewan, Global Institute for Water Security, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Student/Early Career Convener:  Jian Liu, Nanjing Normal University, School of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing, China