2002 Spring Meeting Themes

Climate and Global Change

  • Union Tutorials (U21A)
  • Fires, Scars, and Smoke I: Observations, Impact, and Policies Posters (A21B)
  • Fires, Scars, and Smoke II: Smoke Aerosol and Fire Chemistry (A22E)
  • The Stimulation of Plant Production by Rising Atmospheric CO2: Did It Trigger Settled Life and Food Production at the End of the Last Glacial? (B22C)
  • Closing the N2O Budget Through Isotopic Discrimination (B22D)
  • Climate and Development From Seasons to Centuries: How Our Understanding of and Responses to Seasonal Climate Variability Can Build Insight Into Human Adaptation to Long-Term Climate Change (GC21A)
  • Global Precipitation Measurement for Hydrology and Hydrometeorology (H21B)
  • Remote Sensing of Precipitation Posters (H22A)
  • Remote Sensing for Hydrology Posters (H22B)
  • The Mesosphere/Lower Thermosphere Region: Structure, Dynamics, Composition, and Emission I (SA21A)
  • Integrating Space Geodetic Techniques and Results for Global Earth Observing I (G21A)

      Wednesday, May 29

  • Fire, Scars, and Smoke III: Biomass Burning (A31D)
  • Ice Cores: Glaciology and Environmental Change I (A32B)
  • Closing the N2O Budget and Other Biogeochemistry Posters (B31A)
  • Land-Atmosphere Interactions I Posters (B32A)
  • Carbon Management Technologies: Feasibility, Impacts, Risks, and Economics I Posters (GC31A)
  • Carbon Management Technologies: Feasibility, Impacts, Risks, and Economics II (GC32A)
  • Land-Atmosphere Interaction and the Atmospheric Boundary Layer I Posters (H32C)
  • Advances in Global Water Cycle Research (H32E)
  • Ocean Variability (OS32A)
  • Airborne and Spaceborne Laser Altimetry Observations: Scientific Applications, Processing Techniques, and Synergy With Other Remote Sensing Observations I Posters (G31A)
  • Airborne and Spaceborne Laser Altimetry Observations: Scientific Applications, Processing Techniques, and Synergy With Other Remote Sensing Observations II (G32A)
  • Geochemistry in the Environment: Present and Past I (GS31A)

      Thursday, May 30

  • Ice Sheets, Neotectonics, and Sea-Level Change I (U41A)
  • Ice Sheets, Neotectonics, and Sea-Level Change II Posters (U42A)
  • Ice Cores: Glaciology and Environmental Change II Posters (A41A)
  • Clouds and Aerosols (A41D)
  • Upper Air Temperature Data Products for Climate Studies: Methods, Products, and Challenges (A42D)
  • Land-Atmosphere Interactions II (B41A)
  • Land-Atmosphere Interactions III (B42A)
  • Atlantic Decadal Variability (GC41A)
  • Reconstruction and Understanding the Late Maunder Minimum Climate Anomaly (GC41B)
  • Pacific Decadal Variability (GC42A)
  • Predictability in Hydrometeorology (H42E)
  • Mars Polar and Paleopolar Deposits: Implications for Climate Change (P42A)
  • Geochemistry in the Environment: Present and Past II Posters (GS41A)

      Friday, May 31

  • AERONET: Aerosol Observations, Related Investigations, and Synergism I Posters (A51B)
  • Clouds, Aerosols, and Radiation Posters (A51C)
  • Physics and Chemistry Near the Tropical Tropopause I (A51D)
  • Physics and Chemistry Near the Tropical Tropopause II Posters (A52A)
  • Recent Climate Trends and Interactions (A52D)
  • Variability of Storm Tracks (A52E)
  • AERONET: Aerosol Observations, Related Investigations, and Synergism II (A52F)
  • Bridging the Gap Between Ecosystem and Atmospheric Studies of Ecosystem-Atmosphere CO2 Fluxes I (B51A)
  • Bridging the Gap Between Ecosystem and Atmospheric Studies of Ecosystem-Atmosphere CO2 Fluxes II Posters (B52A)
  • Comparing Arctic Models I Posters (GC51A)
  • Decadal Climate Variability Posters (GC51B)
  • Comparing Arctic Models II (GC52A)
  • Remote Sensing, Hydrology, and Field Experiments (H51D)
  • Land-Atmosphere Interaction and the Atmospheric Boundary Layer II (H52C)

    Earth's Dynamic Interior

      Tuesday, May 28

  • Union Tutorials (U21A)
  • Advances in Mineral Physics Using Synchrotron Radiation (M22A)
  • A Memorial Session for Ronald W. Girdler: Rifts, Ridges, Reversals, and Regional Studies Posters (T22A)
  • Hydrothermal Environments: Coupling Experimental, Field, and Analytical Techniques I Posters (V21A)
  • Basalts, Volcanic and Magmatic Processes, and Experimental Petrology Posters (V21B)
  • Hydrothermal Environments: Coupling Experimental, Field, and Analytical Techniques II (V22A)

      Wednesday, May 29

  • Transformations in Earth Materials: Electronic, Magnetic, and Structural Transitions (M32A)
  • Hotspots and the Dynamics of the Oceanic Upper Mantle I Posters (S32A)
  • Neotectonics and Hazards: Caribbean and Beyond (T31A)
  • Determining Diamond Provenance I (V31A)
  • Determining Diamond Provenance II Posters (V32A)

      Thursday, May 30

  • Viewing Seismic Observations Through the Lens of Mineral Physics (M42A)
  • Hotspots and the Dynamics of the Oceanic Upper Mantle II (S41A)
  • Isotope Geology and Metamorphic Petrology Posters (V42A)

      Friday, May 31

  • Earth's Core: New Insights and Challenges I (U51A)
  • Earth's Core: New Insights and Challenges II Posters (U52A)
  • Mineral Structures and Stabilities Posters (M51A)
  • Earthquakes and Earth Structure I Posters (S51A)
  • Earthquakes and Earth Structure II (S52A)
  • Continents and Convergent Margins Posters (T51A)
  • Volcanic Volatile Budgets and Light Elements in Magmatic Systems Posters (V51A)
  • Element Partitioning and Diffusion in the Earth's Interior I Posters (V51B)
  • Education on Volcanology at the Graduate and Undergraduate Levels (V51C)
  • Volatiles and Light Elements in Magmatic Systems (V51D)
  • Multidisciplinary Constraints on Volcanic Volatile Budgets (V52A)
  • Element Partitioning and Diffusion in the Earth's Interior II (V52B)

    Environmental Quality

      Tuesday, May 28

  • Atmospheric Impacts of Urban Air Pollution I (A21C)
  • Atmospheric Impacts of Urban Air Pollution II Posters (A22A)
  • Bioclogging of Natural Porous Media (H21A)
  • Hydrology and Transport of Contaminants in Riparian Zones (H22C)
  • Designing and Optimizing Long-Term Groundwater Monitoring Programs (H22D)
  • Physical Processes in Salt Marshes and Barrier Islands (OS21A)

      Wednesday, May 29

  • Species Populations and Relationships to Climate and Water Quality (B31C)
  • Links Between Hydrology and Water Quality in the Florida Everglades I Posters (H31A)
  • Coupled Watershed and Ecosystem Processes: Methodologies, Models, Measurements, and Management Posters (H31B)
  • Environmental Vadose Zone Hydrology Posters (H32A)
  • Uncertainty Assessments for Environmental Modeling in the Unsaturated Zone I Posters (H32B)
  • Links Between Hydrology and Water Quality in the Florida Everglades II (H32D)

      Thursday, May 30

  • Looking to Tomorrow: Research Projects of High School-Aged Geoscientists Posters (ED42A)
  • Links Between Hydrology and Water Quality in the Florida Everglades III (H41B)
  • Uncertainty Assessments for Environmental Modeling in the Unsaturated Zone II (H41C)
  • Water Quality of Natural Systems Posters (H42D)

      Friday, May 31

  • The Effects of Urban/Suburban Development on Nutrient Cycling Processes and Water Quality (B52B)

    Science and Policy Interactions

      Tuesday, May 28

  • Union Tutorials (U21A)
  • Geophysics and Terrorism (U22A)
  • Remote Sensing for the Biogeosciences Posters (B22B)
  • Climate and Development From Seasons to Centuries: How Our Understanding of and Responses to Seasonal Climate Variability Can Build Insight Into Human Adaptation to Long-Term Climate Change (GC21A)

      Wednesday, May 29

  • Integrating Climate Research, Applications, and Assessment (U31A)
  • Sustainability of Fresh Water, Fossil Fuels, Minerals, and Other Earth Resources: How Much, How Deep, How Expensive, and How Certain? (U32A)
  • Much Ado About Criterion Two (ED31B)
  • Carbon Management Technologies: Feasibility, Impacts, Risks, and Economics I Posters (GC31A)
  • Carbon Management Technologies: Feasibility, Impacts, Risks, and Economics II (GC32A)
  • Langbein Lecture (H31D)
  • Determining Diamond Provenance I (V31A)
  • Determining Diamond Provenance II Posters (V32A)

      Thursday, May 30

  • Geophysics in the 20th Century: Contributions From Washington (U42B)
  • Policy-Relevant Versus Policy-Driven Atmospheric Chemistry Research: What Role Do Policy Applications Play in Determining Questions, Methods, and Funding? I (A41E)
  • Policy-Relevant Versus Policy-Driven Atmospheric Chemistry Research: What Role Do Policy Applications Play in Determining Questions, Methods, and Funding? II (A42C)
  • Use of Remote Sensing as Policy-Relevant Information (B42B)
  • Math and Science Partnerships: School-College Collaborations on a New Scale (ED41B)
  • Impacts of Land Use Change: Scientific Issues and Policy Relevance (H42F)

      Friday, May 31

  • Science, Politics, and Watershed Management (H51E)
  • The Role of Models and Data in the TMDL Process (H52B)
  • Mars Sample Return: Science, Implementation, Issues, and Plans (P51A)
  • Education on Volcanology at the Graduate and Undergraduate Levels (V51C)

    Space Weather

      Tuesday, May 28

  • Union Tutorials (U21A)
  • The Mesosphere/Lower Thermosphere Region: Structure, Dynamics, Composition, and Emission II (SA22A)
  • Magnetic Topology and Complexity of CMEs I Posters (SH21A)
  • Magnetic Topology and Complexity of CMEs II (SH22D)
  • Mysteries of Magnetotail Dynamics I Posters (SM22A)
  • Research Progress and Model Validation Through Community Access to State-of-the-Art Space Science Models I (SM22B)

      Wednesday, May 29

  • The Mesosphere/Lower Thermosphere Region: Structure, Dynamics, Composition, and Emission III Posters (SA32A)
  • Comparative Studies of Solar Activity During the Rising and Declining Phases of Cycle 23 I Posters (SH32A)
  • Solar Energetic Particles and Shock-Related Phenomena Posters (SH32B)
  • Mysteries of Magnetotail Dynamics II (SM31B)
  • Mysteries of Magnetotail Dynamics III (SM32B)

      Thursday, May 30

  • Aeronomy Posters (SA41A)
  • Parker Lecture (SA42A)
  • Comparative Studies of Solar Activity During the Rising and Declining Phases of Cycle 23 II (SH41A)
  • Parker Lecture (SH42A)
  • Comparative Studies of Solar Activity During the Rising and Declining Phases of Cycle 23 III (SH42B)
  • Storms and Substorms Posters (SM42B)
  • Parker Lecture (SM42C)

      Friday, May 31

  • Preliminary Results From the Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere, Energetics, and Dynamics (TIMED) Mission I (SA51A)
  • Preliminary Results From the Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere, Energetics, and Dynamics (TIMED) Mission III Posters (SA52A)
  • Preliminary Results From the Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere, Energetics, and Dynamics (TIMED) Mission II (SA52B)
  • The Heliosphere at Solar Maximum: Karolen Paulerena, In Memoriam I Posters (SH51A)
  • Operational Space Weather Products and Models I (SH51B)
  • Operational Space Weather Products and Models II Posters (SH52A)
  • Magnetosphere/Ionosphere Response to Solar Wind Dynamics (SM51B)
  • Ring Current and Radiation Belt (SM52A)