Frontiers Talks

These presentations are identified as Frontiers talks because they highlight exciting developments that will be of interest to many attendees.

Tuesday, 28 May

Wednesday, 29 May

Thursday, 30 May

Friday, 31 May

Meeting Highlights

Descriptions of many other sessions at the Spring Meeting are also highlighted.

Ice Breaker

Monday, 27 May
5:30 P.M.-7:00 P.M.
Washington Convention Center, Lobby

Complimentary Refreshments

Tuesday, 28 May through Friday, 31 May
9:45 A.M.–10:45 A.M.
2:45 P.M. –3:45 P.M.
Washington Convention Center, Hall D

AGU Editors Open Forum

Tuesday, 28 May
5:50 P.M.-6:30 P.M.
Washington Convention Center, Room 30
All meeting attendees are welcome.

Honors Ceremony

Wednesday, 29 May
5:30 P.M.
Reception to follow ceremony
Washington Renaissance Hotel, Grand Ballroom North
Pay tribute to the 2002 AGU medalists and fellows.

Honors Banquet

Wednesday, 29 May
7:00 P.M.
Washington Renaissance Hotel, Grand Ballroom South
$ 50 per person (ticketed event)

AGU Council Meeting

Thursday, 30 May
5:30 P.M.
Washington Renaissance Hotel, Renaissance West A

The Annual Business Meeting of the Union takes place immediately following the Council Meeting. All members of the AGU are welcome to attend this meeting.

Geodesy Section Luncheon

Tuesday, 28 May
12:00 P.M.-1:30 P.M.
Washington Renaissance Hotel, Renaissance West A
$ 25 per person (ticketed event)

Receptions

Tuesday, 28 May
5:30 P.M.-7:00 P.M.
Washington Convention Center
Light snacks and beer.

• Atmospheric Sciences, Room 33
• Biogeosciences, Room 27
• Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism, Room 15
• Hydrology, Room 31
• Planetary Sciences and Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology (Joint), 9th Street Lobby
• Seismology, Room 28
  

Space Physics and Aeronomy Dinner

Tuesday, 28 May
6:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M.
National Press Club, 529 14th St., NW
$ 45 per person (ticketed event)
Robert L. Park of the University of Maryland has agreed to present anafter-dinner talk on the topic of "Voodoo Science", based largely on his book with the same title.

NSF Subglacial Lake Exploration and Research Forum

Tuesday, 28 May
6:30 P.M.-8:00 P.M.
Washington Convention Center, Room 13

Ocean Exploration Town Meeting

Wednesday, 29 May
12:00 P.M.-1:15 P.M.
Washington Convention Center, Room 15

NASA Earth Science Town Hall Meeting

Thursday, 30 May
5:30 P.M.-7:30 P.M.
Washington Convention Center, Room 10
This NASA Earth Science Town Hall Meeting will have two parts. The first part, "NASA Earth Science Vision 2010-2025," will introduce AGU members to the ongoing Earth Science Vision activities aimed at framing big questions on which to focus NASA's Earth Science research in the 2010-2025 period. A small team has worked for 6 months to create these questions, which are designed to be revolutionary, deep, of long-term benefit to society, specific (yet rainmakers for a broad range of subjects), and which require the types of measurement systems NASA builds. There are five teams: Extreme Weather; Medium-Term Climate; Long-Term Climate; Biosphere, Ecosystems, and Human-Biosphere Interactions; and Solid Earth, Ice Sheets, and Sea Level. Each team has produced one primary and one secondary question, with each question receiving a complete end-to-end treatment including requirements for necessary observations, modeling, application support, and information systems. An overview talk will be followed by five short talks from the leaders of each team and a general discussion period. The second part of the Town Hall Meeting, "An update on Future NASA Earth Science Initiatives and Missions," will be devoted to an update on activities in the period up to 2010 including planned missions and research initiatives like Carbon Cycle and Global Water and Energy.

National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) Town Meeting

Thursday, 30 May
5:30 P.M.-7:30 P.M.
Washington Convention Center, Room 13
A meeting will be held to provide information about the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), which is currently being developed by the National Science Foundation. NEON is conceived to be a nationwide network of research platforms for integrated ecological research at multiple spatial scales. The progress in the development of this program will be presented, and there will be an opportunity for discussion and input from the AGU science community.

Geoscience Career Alternatives and Career Planning Workshop

Tuesday, 28 May
5:00 P.M.-7:00 P.M.
Washington Convention Center, Room 23
A panel of geoscientists representing a wide variety of career choices will be available to answer questions about how geoscience skills fit into their jobs or businesses, the pathways they took to their current employment, their level of job satisfaction and insights into the job market, and their perspectives on hunting for the perfect job. Midcareer changes will also be highlighted. After the panel discussion is completed, there will be a brief tutorial on career planning and job hunting strategies, followed by a wine and cheese reception with the panelists. Conveners: Ines L. Cifuentes, Carnegie Institution of Washington, and Ellen S. Kappel, Geosciences Professional Services, Inc.

Geophysical Information for Teachers (GIFT) Workshop

Thursday, 30 May, and Friday, 31 May
8:00 A.M.-3:30 P.M.
Washington Renaissance Hotel, Renaissance East
A workshop will be offered for teachers of precollege students, giving teachers a chance to meet the scientists doing the research that is defining our physical world and its environment in space. For further information, please contact Jill Karsten at AGU, Tel: 1-800-966-2481 or +1-202-777-7508, Fax: +1-202-328-0566, E-mail: jkarsten@agu.org

How to Become a Congressional Fellow or Mass Media Fellow – and Why!

Thursday, 30 May
12:15 P.M.-1:30 P.M.
Washington Renaissance Hotel, Grand Ballroom North
Broaden your experience and become a more savvy scientist by participating in the policy process on the national level or reporting and writing science news for a major publication. Current and past fellows from both of these programs will share their experience and answer your questions. Mass Media Fellows report on and write about science news for a newspaper, magazine, or radio or TV station for a 10-week period during the summer. Congressional Science Fellows deal with science issues in the office of a senator, representative, or committee for a full year. Space is limited. Lunch provided (first come, first serve).

• Thursday, 30 May 2002, 7:00 P.M., the Kennedy Center presents the National Symphony Orchestra with Leonard Slatkin, conductor, and Emanuel Ax, piano. Seats will be located in the Concert Hall, Second Tier, right and left sections. Tickets are $45 per person.

• Friday, 31 May 2002, 8:00 P.M., the Washington Opera presents Carmen. Artistic Director Placido Domingo conducts a score that blazes with brilliance, highlighted by the rousing "Toreador Song", the famous Habanera and the seductive Seguedille. Performed in French with English Surtitles. Seats will be located in the Opera House, in the rear of the Orchestra seating. Tickets are $90 per person.

Each field trip is limited to 20 participants and will include lunch and transportation ($35 per person). To reserve a space, please contact the AGU Meetings Department, Tel: +1-202-777-7332, Fax: +1-202-328-0566.

Baltimore Ecosystem Study
The Baltimore Ecosystem Study aims to understand Baltimore as an ecological system and to determine how the ecosystem changes over long time periods. Participants will visit a set of small catchments and experimental plots located in forested, agricultural, suburban, and urban land uses. Participants will view measurements and results from a set of ecosystem plots and catchment-scale studies that focus on storage and fluxes of terrestrial carbon, water, and nutrients. The trip will be led by Larry Band from the University of North Carolina and Peter Groffman from the Institute of Ecosystem Studies.

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) is dedicated to increasing knowledge of the biological and physical processes that sustain life on earth. SERC's interdisciplinary research applies long-term studies to examine ecological questions about landscapes of linked ecosystems, especially those impacted by human activities. Located on the shore of Chesapeake Bay in Edgewater, Maryland, SERC uses the geographic features of the nation's largest estuary to investigate interconnections of aquatic, terrestrial, and atmospheric components of complex landscapes, which are then compared on regional, continental, and global scales. Participants will view measurement sites for specific field-based research projects, including the response of a salt marsh ecosystem to elevated CO2, nutrient export from a riverine ecosystem to the Chesapeake Bay, and the effects of ultra-violet radiation on plankton. The field trip will be led by Patrick Magonigal, a research scientist at SERC.

Complete information regarding exhibits and exhibitors
2001 Spring Meeting Exhibitors

Exhibits from government agencies, book publishers, instrumentation equipment providers, and others will be on display. For additional information please contact Dazzerine Hall, Tel: +1-202-777-7318, Fax: +1-202-328-0566, E-mail: exhibits@agu.org.

Message and Information Center

Tuesday, 28 May through Friday, 31 May
8:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M.
Washington Convention Center, Lobby
Phone: +1-202-371-5005
Fax: +1-202-371-5006
This is the central information center for the Spring Meeting. Anyone trying to contact meeting attendees should call the number listed above. Telephone messages will be posted on message boards. Please plan to check these boards regularly in case other attendees are trying to reach you. Individuals cannot be paged. Outside of registration hours it is recommended that messages be left at the attendee's hotel.

Public Information

How to Reach the Public
If you are presenting research that could be of interest to the general public, we suggest you first contact the public information office at your institution or agency for assistance in writing a news release. For information about scheduling a news conference at the Spring Meeting, contact the Spring Meeting program committee member for your AGU section or:

Harvey Leifert
Public Information Manager
American Geophysical Union
2000 Florida Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20009 USA
Tel: +1-202-777-7507
Fax: +1-202-328-0566
E-mail: hleifert@agu.org

AGU Career Center

Employers: Need to fill a position? Take advantage of AGU's Career Center. You can also review hundreds of résumés for a nominal fee.
Job Candidates: Looking for a new position? Come to the Career Center daily and view the job postings. Bring five copies of your résumé for review by potential employers. All job candidates must be registered for the meeting.

Child Care

KiddieCorp will provide professional child care services for children aged 6 months to 12 years. Fees are $6 per hour, wiht a 3-hour minimum reservation. Children will enjoy games, story time, arts and crafts, and other fun-filled activities.

Child care services are a contractual agreement between each individual and KiddieCorp. AGU assumes no responsibility for the services rendered.

For more information, contact KiddieCorp, Tel: +1-858-455-1718, E-mail: springkids@kiddiecorp.com. Advance reservations are required by 30 April 2002.

E-mail

Coat Check

First Aid Station

Accessibility for the Physically Challenged

Meeting Chair and Union: Scott King, Purdue University, Department ofEarth and Atmospheric Sciences, West Lafayette, IN USA 47907-1397, Tel:+1-765-494-3696, Fax: +1-765-496-1210 E-mail: sking@purdue.edu

Atmospheric Sciences: Linnea M. Avallone, University of Colorado,Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Campus Box 590, Boulder, CO USA80309, Tel: +1-303-492-5913, Fax: +1-303-492-6444, E-mail: avallone@lasp.colorado.edu

Biogeosciences: Ruth Defries, University of Maryland, Department of Geography, Lefrak Hall, College Park, MD USA Tel: +1-301-405-4884, Fax:+1-301-314-9299, E-mail: rd63@umail.umd.edu

European Union of Geosciences: Jason Phipps Morgan, GEOMAR Research Center for Marine Geosciences, Geodynamics
Group Wischhofstr. 1-3, Geb. 8D, D-24148 Kiel (Germany), Tel:+49-(0)431-600-2271, Fax: +49-(0)431-600-2922,E-mail:
jpm@geomar.de

Geodesy: Jeanne M. Sauber, Geodynamics Branch, NASA/ Goddard SpaceFlight Center, Mail Code 921, Greenbelt, MD USA 20771, Tel: +1-301-614-6465,Fax: +1-301-614-6522, E-Mail: jeanne@steller.gsfc.nasa.gov

Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism: Michael Purucker, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Geodynamics Branch and Raytheon ITSS, Code 921, Greenbelt, MD USA20771, Tel: +1-301-614-6473, Fax: +1-301-614-6522, E-mail: purucker@geomag.gsfc.nasa.gov

Geochemical Society: Adina Paytan, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford CA 94305-2115 USA, Tel: +1-650-724-4073,Fax: +1-650-725-0979, E-mail: apaytan@pangea.stanford.edu

Hydrology: Allen Bradley, University of Iowa, Institute of Hydraulic Research, 404 Hydraulics Laboratory, Iowa City, IA USA 52242, Tel:+1-319-335-6117, Fax: +1-319-335-5238, E-mail: allen-bradley@uiowa.edu

Mineralogical Society: Yingwei Fei, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Road, NW, Washington, DC USA 20015,Tel: +1-202-478-8936, Fax: +1-202-478-8901, E-mail: fei@gl.ciw.edu

Nonlinear Geophysics: Chair, Kristy Tiampo, 3142 5th Street, Boulder,CO USA 80304, Tel: +1-303-492-4779, Fax: +1-303-545-0106, E-Mail: kristy@caldera.colorado.edu;Co-chair, Seth Veitzer, USGS/NRC, CIRES/CCCC, Campus Box 216 UCB, University of Colorado, Boulder CO 80309 USA, Tel: +1-303-492-8124, Fax: +1-303-492-5070,E-mail: veitzer@colorado.edu

Ocean Sciences: Alan C. Mix, Oregon State University, College of Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences, Oceanography Administration Building 104,Corvallis, OR USA 97331-5503, Tel: +1-541-737-5212, Fax: +1-541-737-2064,E-mail: mix@coas.oregonstate.edu

Planetary Sciences: James R. Zimbelman, Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum, CEPS MRC 315, Washington, DC USA 20560, Tel:+1-202-786-2981, Fax: +1-202-786-2566, E-mail: jrz@nasm.si.edu

Seismology: Edward Garnero, Arizona State University, Department ofGeology, Box 871404, Tempe, AZ USA 85287-1404, Tel: +1-480-965-7653, Fax:+1-480-965-8102, E-mail: garnero@asu.edu,Web site: http://garnero.asu.edu

Space Physics and Aeronomy: Chair (SA) Robert R. Meier, Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Avenue, Washington, DC USA 20375, Tel:+1-202-767-2773, Fax: +1-202-404-8090, E-mail: meier@uap.nrl.navy.mil; CommitteeMembers (SH)Nancy Crooker, Boston University, Center for Space Physics,725 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA USA 02215, Tel: +1-617-353-7423, Fax:+1-617-353-6463, E-mail: crooker@bu.edu; (SM)Terrance G. Onsager, NOAA Space Environment Center, 325 Broadway R/E/SE, Boulder, CO USA80303, Tel: +1-303-497-5713, Fax: +1-303-497-3645, E-mail: tonsager@sec.noaa.gov

Tectonophysics: Lars Stixrude, University of Michigan, Department of Geological Sciences, 2534 CC Little Building, 425 East University Ave, AnnArbor, MI USA 48109-1063, Tel: +1-313-647-9071, Fax: +1-313-763-4690, E-mail: stixrude@umich.edu

Volcanology: Steven B. Shirey, Carnegie Institute of Washington, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, 5241 Broad Branch Rd. NW, Washington, DC USA 20015, Tel: +1-202-478-8473, Fax: +1-202-478-8821, E-mail: shirey@dtm.ciw.edu

Committee on Education and Human Resources (CEHR): Stephanie Ann Stockman, NASA/GSFC, Code 921, Greenbelt, MD USA 20771, Tel:+1-301-614-6457, Fax: +1-301-614-6522, E-mail: stockman@core2.gsfc.nasa.gov

Committee on Public Affairs (COPA): Jack D. Fellows, PO Box3000, Boulder CO USA 80307-3000, Tel: +1-303- 497-8655, Fax: +1-303-497-8638,E-mail: jfellows@ucar.edu

Committee on Global Environmental Change: Eric T. Sundquist, U.S.Geological Survey, 34 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543 USA , Tel:+1-508-457-2397, Fax: +1-508-457-2310, E-mail: esundqui@usgs.gov

History of Geophysics Committee (HGC): Susan Weiler, Chair, Biology Department, Whiman College, Walla Walla, WA 99362 USA Tel:+1-509-527-5948; Fax: +1-509-527-5961; weiler@whitman.edu

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