Past Chapman Conferences
Small, highly focussed meetings that provide significant time for discussion and interaction among the participants. Often held in locations selected because they offer few distractions from the meeting program or because they provide opportunities for relevant side trips.
2009
- Chapman Conference on Examining Ecohydrological Feedbacks of Landscape Change Along Elevation Gradients in Semiarid Regions
- 5–9 October 2009, Sun Valley, Idaho, USA
- Chapman Conference on the Biological Carbon Pump of the Oceans
- 1–4 September 2009, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England
- Chapman Conference on Abrupt Climate Change
- 15–19 June 2009, Columbus, Ohio
- Chapman Conference on Effects of Thunderstorms and Lightning in the Upper Atmosphere
- 10–14 May 2009; The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
- Chapman Conference on Arsenic in Groundwater of Southern Asia
- 24–27 March 2009; Siem Reap, Cambodia
2008
- Chapman Conference on Physics of Wave-Mud Interaction
- 17–20 November 2008; Amelia Island, Florida
- Chapman Conference on Universal Heliophysical Processes (IHY)
- 10–14 November; Savannah, Georgia
- Chapman Conference on Atmospheric Water Vapor and Its Role in Climate
- 20–24 October; Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
- Chapman Conference on Organic Matter Fluorescence
- 20–23 October 2008; University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
- Chapman Conference on Biogeophysics
- 13–16 October 2008; Portland, Maine
- Chapman Conference on Shallow Mantle Composition and Dynamics Fifth International Orogenic Lherzolite Conference
- 22–26 September 2008; Mount Shasta Resort, Mount Shasta, Calif.
- Chapman Conference on Lakes and Reservoirs as Sentinels, Integrators, and Regulators of Climate Change
- 8–10 September 2008; Lake Tahoe, Incline Village, Nevada
- Chapman Conference on the Solar Wind Interaction with Mars
- 22–25 January 2008, Bahia Resort Hotel, San Diego, California, USA
2007
- Long Time-Series Observations in Coastal Ecosystems: Comparative Analyses of Phytoplankton Dynamics on Regional to Global Scales
- 8–12 October 2007; Hotel Eden, Rovinj, Croatia
- The Role of the Stratosphere in Climate and Climate Change
- Santorini, Greece; 24–28 September 2007
- Mid-latitude Ionospheric Dynamics and Disturbances
- Yosemite National Park, Calif.; 3–6 January 2007
2006
- Active Tectonics and Seismic Potential of Alaska
- Alyeska Resort, Girdwood, Alaska; 11–14 May 2006
- Exploring Venus as a Terrestrial Planet
- Key Largo, Fla.; 13–16 February 2006
- Jets and Annular Structures in Geophysical Fluids
- Savannah, Ga.; 9–12 January 2006
2005
- The Effects of Basement, Structure, and Stratigraphic Heritages on Volcano Behaviour
- Taal Volcano, Tagaytay City, Philippines; 16–20 November 2005
- The Great Plume Debate: The Origin and Impact of LIPs and Hot Spots
- Ben Nevis Hotel, Fort William, Scotland; 28 August–1 September 2005
- The Role of Marine Organic Carbon and Calcite Fluxes in Driving Global Climate Change, Past and Future
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, Mass.; 24–27 July 2005
- Radiated Energy and the Physics of Earthquake Faulting
- Portland, Maine; 13–17 June 2005
- Magnetospheric ULF Waves
- Bahia Resort Hotel, San Diego, Calif.; 21–25 March 2005
- Tropical-Extratropical Climatic Teleconnections, A Long-Term Perspective
- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii; 8–11 February 2005
- Corotating Solar Wind Streams and Recurrent Geomagnetic Activity
- Tropical Manaus Eco-Resort and Convention Center, Manaus, Brazil; 6–12 February 2005
- The Science and Technology of Carbon Sequestration
- Bahia Resort Hotel, San Diego, Calif.; 16–20 January 2005
2004
- Salt Marsh Geomorphology: Physical and Ecological Effects on Landform
- Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; 9–13 October 2004
- Solar Energetic Plasmas and Particles
- Turku, Finland; 2–6 August 2004
- Gravity Waves Processes and Parameterization
- Waikoloa Beach Marriott, Kohala Coast, Hawaii; 10–14 January 2004
2003
- The Role of Diatom Production and Si Flux and Burial in the Regulation of Global Cycles
- Paroikia, Paros, Greece; 22–26 September 2003
- Physics and Modelling of the Inner Magnetosphere
- Helsinki, Finland; 25–29 August 2003
View Published Volume - Ecosystem Interactions with Land Use Change
- Courtyard by Marriott Hotel, Santa Fe, N.M.; 14–18 June 2003
View Published Volume - Timescales of the Geomagnetic Field
- University of Florida, Gainesville; 9–11 March 2003
2002
- Continent-Ocean Interactions within the East Asian Marginal Seas
- The Bahia Resort, San Diego, Calif.; 11–14 November 2002
View Published Volume - Eco-hydrology of Semiarid Landscapes: Interactions and Processes
- Taos, N.M.; 9–13 September 2002
- High-Latitude Ocean Processes
- L’Esterel, Quebec, Canada; 26–29 August 2002
- Volcanism and the Earth’s Atmosphere
- Thera, Greece; 17–21 June 2002
View Published Volume - Explosive Subaqueous Volcanism
- Dunedin, New Zealand; 21–25 January 2002
View Published Volume
2001
- State of the Art in Hillslope Hydrology
- Sunriver Resort, Sunriver, Ore.; 8–12 October 2001
- Exploration Geodynamics: Practical Applications of Global Dynamic Models
- Western Australia; 19–24 August 2001
- Atmospheric Absorption of Solar Radiation
- Rocky Mountain Park Holiday Inn, Estes Park, Colo.; 13–17 August 2001
- The Formation of Sedimentary Strata on Continental Margins
- Ponce, Puerto Rico; 17–19 June 2001
- The Low-Latitude Boundary Layer and Its Dynamic Interaction with the Solar Wind and Magnetosphere
- New Orleans, La.; 16–20 April 2001
View Published Volume - Storm-Substorm Relationship
- Lonavala, Mumbdi, India; 12–16 March 2001
View Published Volume
2000
- The North Atlantic Oscillation
- University of Vigo, Galicia, Spain; 28 November–1 December 2000
View Published Volume - The Gaia Hypothesis
- University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain; 19–23 June 2000
- Space Weather: Progress and Challenges in Research and Applications
- Clearwater, Fla.; 20–24 March 2000
View Published Volume
1999
- Magnetospheric Current Systems
- Kona, Hawaii; 11–15 January 1999
View Published Volume - Atmospheric Science Across the Stratopause
- Annapolis, Md.; 19–22 April 1999
View Published Volume - Water Vapor in the Climate System
- Potomac, Md.; 12–15 October 1999
1998
- Stable Continental Region Earthquakes
- Hyderabad, India; 25–29 January 1998
- Fractal Scaling, Non-linear Dynamics and Chaos
- Clemson University, South Carolina; 5–8 May 1998
- Mechanisms of Millennial-Scale Global Climate
- Snowbird, Utah; 14–18 June 1998
View Published Volume - Magnetic Helicity in Space and Laboratory Plasmas
- Boulder, Colo.; 28–31 July 1998
View Published Volume - The West Antarctic Ice Sheet
- Orono, Maine; 13–18 September 1998
Published Volume - Out of Print - Space Based Radio Observations at Long Wavelengths
- Paris, France; 19–23 October 1998
View Published Volume
1997
- Microgal Gravimetry: Instruments, Observations and Applications
- Flagler College, St. Augustine, Fla.; 3–6 March 1997
- The History and Dynamics of Global Plate Motions
- Marconi Conference Center, California; 17–22 June 1997
View Published Volume - The Geodynamics of Venus: Evolution and Current State
- Snowmass, Aspen, Colo.; 4–6 September 1997
- The Applications of GIS, Remote Sensing, Geostatistics, and Solute Transport Modeling to the Assessment of Non-Point Source Pollutants in the Vadose Zone
- Riverside, Calif.; 19–24 October 1997
View Published Volume
1996
- Magnetic Storms
- Pasadena, Calif.; February 1996
View Published Volume
Section Sponsors: Space Physics and Aeronomy
Conveners: Walter Gonzalez, Yohsuke Kamide, and Bruce Tsurutani - Long Lava Flows
- Townsville, Australia; 11–12 July 1996
Convenors: P.J. Stephenson, G.P.L. Walker - Coronal Mass Ejections: Causes and Consequences
- Bozeman, Mont.; 11–15 August 1996
Published Volume - Out of Print
Conveners: Nancy Crooker, JoAnn Joselyn - Geomorphic and Climatic Significance of Rock Glaciers
- Wyoming; 24–29 August 1996
Convenors: Douglas Clark, Eric Steig, Noel Potter, and Alan Gillespie
Information and Preliminary Program - Crater Lakes, Terrestrial Degassing Hyper-acids Fluids in Environment
- Crater Lake, Ore.; 4–9 September 1996
Convenors: Johan C. Varekamp and Gary L. Rowe - Nitrogen Cycling in Forested Catchments
- Sunriver, Ore.; 16–20 September 1996
Convenors: Robbins Church, Charles Driscoll - The Earth's Magnetotail: New Perspectives
- Japan; November 1996
View Published Volume
Convenors: A.Nishida (Japan) and D.N.Baker (USA) - Shallow Level Processes in Ocean Island Magmatism: Distinguishing Mantle and Crustal Signatures
- Canary Islands; 10–16 November 1996
Conveners: Wendy Bohrson, Jon Davidson, and John Wolff
Preliminary Program
1995
- The Circulation of Intra-Americas Sea (IAS: Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Straits of Florida, and Adjacent Waters)
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico; 22–27 January 1995
Section Sponsors: Atmospheric Sciences, Hydrology, and Ocean Sciences
Conveners: George Maul and Christopher Mooers - Biomass Burning and Global Change
- Williamsburg, Va.; 13–17 March 1995
Section Sponsors: Atmospheric Sciences and Hydrology
Convener: Joel Levine - The Measurements of Space Plasmas
- Sante Fe, N.M.; 2–7 April 1995
View Published Volume
View Published Volume
Section Sponsors: Space Physics and Aeronomy
Conveners: Joseph Borovsky and Robert Pfaff
1994
- The Physics of Magnetopause
- San Diego, Calif.; 21–25 February 1994
View Published Volume
Section Sponsors: Space Physics and Aeronomy
Conveners: B. U. O. Sonnerup and Paul Song
Attendance: 141 - Hydrogeological Processes: Building and Testing Atomistic- to Basin-Scale Models
- Lincoln, N.H.; 7–10 June 1994
Section Sponsors: Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism, Hydrology, Seismology, Tectonophysics, and Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology
Convener: Thomas Torgerson - Topical Conference on Scrutiny of Undergraduate Geoscience Education: Is the Viability of the Geosciences in Jeaopardy as we Approach the 21st Century?
- Washington, D.C.; 7–11 September 1994
Reviewers: Gilbert Hanson, Richard Barber, Curtis Collins, Marcia McNutt
Conveners: Dottie Stout, Eugene Bierly, John Snow - Aqueous Phase and Multiphase Transport in Fractured Rocks
- Burlington, Vt.; 12–15 September 1994
Section Sponsors: Hydrology
Conveners: Leslie Smith, Paul Hsieh, and Kent Novakowski - Water Vapor in the Climate System
- Jekyll Island, Ga.; 25–28 October 1994
Section Sponsors: Atmospheric Sciences, Hydrology, and Ocean Sciences
Conveners: Dian Gaffen and William Elliott
View Report White Paper: Water Vapor in the Climate System
1993
- Nonlinear Variability in Geophysics: Scaling and Multifractals
- Cargese, Corsica, France; 13–17 September 1993
Section Sponsors: Atmospheric Sciences, Hydrology, Seismology, Space Physics and Aeronomy, Tectonophysics, and Volcanology
Conveners: Shaun Lovejoy and Daniel Schertzer - The Fractals, Chaos, and Predictability in Oceanography and Meteorology
- Galway, Ireland; 20–22 September 1993
Section Sponsors: Atmospheric Sciences and Ocean Sciences
Convener: A. Denny Kirwan - The Double-Diffusive Convection
- Scottsdale, Ariz.; 3–6 November 1993
View Published Volume
Section Sponsors: Ocean Sciences
Conveners: Harindra (Joe) Fernando and Alan Brandt
1992
- Micro and Meso Scale Phenomena in Space Plasmas
- Kauai, Hawaii; 17–21 February 1992
View Published Volume
Section Sponsors: Solar Planetary Relationships
Conveners: Maha Ashour-Abdalla and Tom Chang - Climate, Volcanism, and Global Change
- Hilo, Hawaii; 20–23 March 1992
Section Sponsors: Atmospheric Sciences, Ocean Sciences, and Volcanology
Conveners: Stephen Self and Richard Turco
Report: White Paper - Tectonics and Topography
- Snowbird, Utah; June 1992
Section Sponsors: Hydrology and Tectonophysics
Conveners: Michael Ellis and Dorothy Merritts - The Solar Wind Sources of Magnetospheric Pulsations
- Williamsburg, Va.; 14–18 September 1992
View Published Volume
Section Sponsors: Solar Planetary Relationships
Conveners: Mark Engebretson and Kazue Takahashi - The Lower Thermosphere and Upper Mesosphere
- Asilomar, Calif.; November 1992
View Published Volume
Section Sponsors: Solar Planetary Relationships
Conveners: Roberta Johnson and Timothy Killeen
1991
- Geodetic VLBI: Monitoring Global Change
- Washington, D.C.; 22–26 April 1991
Section Sponsors: Geodesy
Convener: William Carter - Studying the Earth’s Climate Using Continental Isotopic Indicators
- Jackson Hole, Wyo.; 10–14 June 1991
View Published Volume
Section Sponsors: Hydrology, Ocean Sciences, and Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology
Convener: Peter Swart - Time Dependent Positioning: Modeling Crustal Deformation
- Annapolis, Md.; 23–25 September 1991
Section Sponsors: Geodesy
Conveners: Richard Snay and Sandford Holdahl - The Auroral Plasma Dynamics
- Minneapolis, Minn.; 2–2 October 1991
View Published Volume
Section Sponsors: Solar Planetary Relationships
Conveners: Robert Lysak, George Parks, and Kinsey Anderson - Rocky Mountain - Plate Tectonics Puzzle
- Santa Fe, N.M.; 27–31 October 1991
Section Sponsors: Tectonophysics
Convener: Robert E. Riecker
