Union
U21A CC:307 Tues 0830h
Carl Sagan: His Pioneering Science and Current Studies of
Life in Extreme Environments
Presiding: O B Toon, NASA Ames Research Center; R P Turco,
Univ of Calif, Los Angeles,M Meyer, NASA Headquarters
0830h U21A-01 Carl Sagan and the Exploration of
Mars and Venus: *O B Toon
0845h U21A-02 INVITED Sagan's Voyage Through the
Outer Planets: *D Morrison
0905h U21A-03 INVITED Carl Sagan, Comets, and the
Origins of Life: *C F Chyba
0925h U21A-04 INVITED Pseudoscience and Public
Opinion: *J Randi
0945h Break
1005h U21A-05 INVITED Carl Sagan and the
Greenhouse Effect: *J Hansen
1025h U21A-06 INVITED Carl Sagan and Nuclear
Winter: *R P Turco
1040h U21A-07 INVITED New Evidence Related to
Possible Biogenic Activity in a Martian
Meteorite: *E K Gibson, D S McKay, K
Thomas-Keprta, C S Romanek
1100h U21A-08 INVITED Self-Sustaining Microbial
Ecosystems in the Subsurface: *T O Stevens
1120h U21A-09 INVITED Geochemical Support of Life
at High Temperature: *E L Shock
1140h U21A-10 INVITED Microbial Diversity in
Siliceous Thermal Springs Near the Upper
Temperature Limits of Life: Implications for
Recognizing the Biogenicity of Ancient
Analog Hydrothermal Deposits: *S L Cady, C E
Blank, D J Des Marais, M R Walter
1155h U21A-11 INVITED Polar Analogs of the
Ancient Martian Biosphere: *P T Doran, R A
Wharton
U22A CC:307 Tues 1330h
Earth Sciences in Natural Hazard Mitigation
Presiding: D D Jackson, Univ of Calif, Los Angeles; R Krimm,
Federal Emergency Management Agency
1330h INTRODUCTION: D D Jackson,
Univ of Calif, Los Angeles
1335h U22A-01 INVITED Natural Hazard Mitigation:
New Challenges for the Earth Sciences: *W H
Hooke
1355h U22A-02 Evaluating the Cost-Effectiveness of
Hazard Mitigation Projects and Communicating
the Results to Decision-Makers: *K A Goettel,
G L Sepulvado
1410h U22A-03 The Consequences Assessment Tool Set
(CATS) for the Automated Assessment of
Natural and Technological Disasters: J E
Bruno, T P Coffey, G R Doenges, M C Monteith,
J M Pickus, M J Rubenstein, W B Samuels, *H A
Singer, J M Skubal, K S Voelkening
1425h Break
1445h U22A-04 Issues in Volcano Hazards Mitigation:
*D P Hill, M Guffanti
1505h U22A-05 INVITED Seismic Monitoring of the
September-December 1996 Eruptions of Pavlof
Volcano by the Alaska Volcano Observatory:
*S R McNutt
1525h U22A-06 Scale-Invariance of Soil Moisture
Variability and Its Implications for the
Frequency-Size Distribution and Mitigation
of Landslides: B D Malamud, J D Pelletier, T
Blodgett, D L Turcotte
1540h U22A-07 PAR for the Shore: "Preserve,
Augment, Restore" to Mitigate Coastal
Property Damage: *D M Bush, O H Pilkey, W J
Neal, R S Young
1555h U22A-08 Extreme Meteorological Events and
the Global Climate Change Variables: A
Di Fazio, P Battinelli, *S Orsini, P Rosci,
A Rotondi, E Arcaleni, M Montucchiari
1610h U22A-09 INVITED Space Weather Hazards:
Forecasts, Consequences, Mitigations: *E
Hildner
U31A CC:308 Wed 0830h
Building on the Legacies of the International Geophysical
Year (IGY) for the 21st Century I
Presiding: S C Solomon, Carnegie Inst of Washington
0830h INTRODUCTION: S C Solomon,
Carnegie Inst of Washington
0835h U31A-01 Building on the Legacies of the
International Geophysical Year (IGY) for the
21st Century: *T F Malone
0855h DISCUSSION
U31B CC:308 Wed 0900h
Building on the Legacies of the IGY for the 21st Century II:
Science -- An Endless Frontier I
Presiding: S C Solomon, Carnegie Inst of Washington
0900h Panelists: M G Wolman, Johns Hopkins Univ;
D Liverman, Univ of Arizona; J McCarthy, Harvard Univ;
H Mooney, Stanford Univ
0940h DISCUSSION
1000h Break
U31C CC:308 Wed 1030h
Building on the Legacies of the IGY for the 21st Century III:
Science -- An Endless Frontier II
Presiding: S C Solomon, Carnegie Inst of Washington
1030h Panelists: R M White, National Academy of Engineering;
G Hornbburger, Univ of Virginia; W J Merrell, The H. John
Heinz III Center; D W Simpson, Incorporated Res Inst for Seismology
1130h Discussion
U32A CC:308 Wed 1330h
Building on the Legacies of the IGY for the 21st Century IV:
Knowledge -- Enabler at the Frontier
Presiding: M Neugebauer, Jet Propulsion Lab
1330h Introduction M Neugebauer, AGU Past President
1335h Panelists: L Lederman, Fermi National Accel Lab;
P Brownlee, Assoc American Colleges and Univ; F James,
Florida State Univ; P Magrath, National Assoc State Univ
and Land Grant Colleges; J Poley, A*DEC, Distance Learning Consortium
1425h Discussion
1450h Discussion
U32B CC:308 Wed 1515h
Building on the Legacies of the IGY for the 21st Century V:
Synthesis and Prognosis
Presiding: M Neugebauer, Jet Propulsion Lab
1515h Panelists: T Malone, Sigma Xi; R Frosch, Harvard Univ;
M Krichevsky, Bionomics International; L Lederman, Fermi
National Accel Lab; B Moore, Univ of New Hampshire;
K Prewitt, Soc Science Res Council
1605h DISCUSSION
1630h SUMMATION R Correll, National Science Foundation
1645h Discussion
U32C CC:314 Wed 1330h
Sea Level Variations: Measurements, Interpretation and
Societal Impact I (joint with EGS)
Presiding: S Zerbini, Univ of Bologna; J O Dickey,
Jet Propulsion Lab
1330h U32C-01 INVITED Monitoring Global Sea Level
Change With Tide Gauges: *B C Douglas
1350h U32C-02 INVITED Sea Level and Society: *R
Bilham
1410h U32C-03 INVITED Societal Impacts of Sea
Level Rise in the Chesapeake Bay Region: *S P
Leatherman
1430h U32C-04 INVITED Sea Level Changes From an
Oceanographic Perspective: *C Wunsch
1450h U32C-05 INVITED The Contribution of
Satellite Altimetry to Monitoring Long-Term
Sea Level Change: *R S Nerem
1510h Break
1530h U32C-06 INVITED Sea Level Variations and
Sea Surface Temperature Changes From
Satellites: *P Knudsen, O B Andersen
1550h U32C-07 INVITED Sea Level Monitoring in the
Mediterranean Sea Using Satellite Altimetry:
*P Y Le Traon, N Ayoub, P De Mey, A
Cazenave
1610h U32C-08 INVITED Sea-Level Change: A
Glaciological Perspective: *C R Bentley
1630h U32C-09 INVITED Postglacial Sea Level
History and Glacial Isotatic Adjustments: *W R
Peltier
1650h U32C-10 INVITED New Approaches in Holocene
Sea-Level Data Collection: Examples From
North Atlantic Seaboards: *O van de Plassche,
S van Heteren, D J Huntley, W R Gehrels
U41A CC:HALL E Thurs 0830h
Sea Level Variations: Measurements, Interpretation and
Societal Impact (joint with EGS)
Presiding: S Zerbini, Univ of Bologna; J O Dickey,
Jet Propulsion Lab
0830h U41A-01 POSTER Stability of Sites in
BAYONET, The Chesapeake Bay GPS Network: *M
Schenewerk, T M vanDam, R S Nerem
0830h U41A-02 POSTER Determination of Decadal
Global Mean Sea Level Variations Using
Satellite Altimetry: M D Guman, *C K Shum,
B D Tapley, G L H Kruizinga, J C Ries
0830h U41A-03 POSTER Sea Level Variability From
TOPEX/POSEIDON and Its Interpretation: *J
Chen, C K Shum, C R Wilson, D Chambers
0830h U41A-04 POSTER The Potential for West
Antarctic Ice Sheet Collapse: An Inverse
Approach: *T K Dupont, R B Alley
0830h U41A-05 POSTER Mass Balance of the Ice
Sheets With Precision GPS: I M Whillans, *G S
Hamilton
0830h U41A-06 POSTER Anthropogenic Impacts on
Global Sea Level: *D Sahagian, B F Chao, C
Vorosmarty
0830h U41A-07 POSTER US East Coast Storm Surges:
A Unique Twentieth Century Climate Record: K
Zhang, *B C Douglas, S P Leatherman
0830h U41A-08 POSTER Relative Sea Level Change
Due to Deglacial Polar Motion: *B G Bills,
T S James
0830h U41A-09 POSTER Sea Level Rise and Climate
Change: The Last Millennium: *J C Varekamp,
E Thomas
0830h U41A-10 POSTER Observations and Predictions
of Late Holocene Far Field Sea-Level
Response to Deglaciation: *E E Grossman, C H
Fletcher, R W Peltier
U41B CC:316 Thurs 0830h
Impact of Natural Hazards on Coastal Zones I
Presiding: N Valette-Silver, NOAA; S Lord, NOAA
0830h INTRODUCTION: W H Hooke,NOAA/OAR
0845h U41B-01 HRD Analyzed Surface Winds Fields
for Recent Landfalling Hurricanes: *S H
Houston, M D Powell, W A Shaffer, J Chen
0905h U41B-02 Forecasting and Responding to
Flooding From Coastal Storms: *W A Shaffer
0925h U41B-03 INVITED Tsunami Hazards in the
Coastal Zone: *G T Hebenstreit
0945h U41B-04 INVITED Ongoing Eruption of Kilauea
Volcano Devastates Coastal Communities: C
Heliker, *T L Wright
1005h Break
1025h U41B-05 Peak Onshore Accelerations From
Liquefaction Evidence, for the Subduction
Earthquake of 1700 AD, Washington-Oregon: S F
Obermeier, S E Dickenson
1045h U41B-06 Coastal Earthquake Risks in Oregon: *Y
Wang, G R Priest
1105h U41B-07 INVITED Seismic Zonation of
California: *C R Real, J F Davis
1125h U41B-08 INVITED Harmful Algal Blooms as
Natural Hazards: Impacts on Water Quality,
Living Resources and Public Health: D Scavia,
K G Sellner
1145h U41B-09 INVITED Incorporating Damages to
Natural Resources in the Analysis of the
Costs of Disasters, and in the Design of
Mitigation Policies: *C A Jones
U42A CC:314 Thurs 1330h
Shaping the Future of Undergraduate Earth and Planetary
Sciences Education I
Presiding: C Manduca, Carleton College; F W Ireton,
American Geophysical Union
1330h INTRODUCTION: F W Ireton,
American Geophysical Union
1335h U42A-01 Shaping the Future of Undergraduate
Earth Science Education Using an Earth
System Approach: *D W Mogk, F W Ireton, C
Manduca
1355h U42A-02 INVITED Discussion of the Report to
NSF Entitled: "Shaping the Future: New
Expectations for Undergraduate Education in
Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and
Technology": *R Watson
1415h U42A-03 INVITED Integration of Geoscience
Research and Geoscience Education at the
National Science Foundation: *M A Mayhew
1435h U42A-04 Expanding the Sphere of Influence
Through Important Career Opportunities for
Our Geoscience Majors: *R W Ridky
1455h Break
1515h U42A-05 Changing the Academic Culture: A
Challenge to Colleges and Universities: *H R
Macdonald, J T Snow, J L Hannah
1530h U42A-06 INVITED The Future of Undergraduate
Earth Systems Sciences Education:
Integration of Research and Education: *T S
Ledley, L Bettison-Varga, J W Creasy, D Dyar,
P G Knight, D A McManus
1545h U42A-07 INVITED Spheres of Influence: How
to Teach Earth Systems Science: *R Sternberg,
B Prothero, M Giorso, M Ramamurthy, R
Richardson, J Stanesco, D Stout, B Tewksbury
1600h U42A-08 INVITED Antarctic Science and
Policy: Interdisciplinary Research Education
(ASPIRE): *P A Berkman
1615h U42A-09 Capacity Building in Atmospheric
Chemistry: *E W Bierly, C J Gilman
1630h U42A-10 "Introduction to Global Change": An
Interdisciplinary Course Sequence at the
University of Michigan: *T L Killeen, J D
Allan, J Teeri, E Dey, V Abreu, G Kling,
G Krenz, S Cash, B Fahey, J Fenty, T G
Barrett, D Strahlberg, R Abell, G Jain
1645h U42A-11 "Modeling the Earth System": A New
Interdisciplinary STELLA-Based Course at the
University of Illinois: *W A Robinson, T F
Anderson, S A Isard
U42B CC:316 Thurs 1330h
Impact of Natural Hazards on Coastal Zones II
Presiding: N Valette-Silver, NOAA; D Walker,
National Research Council
1330h U42B-01 Coastal Vulnerability to Hurricanes,
Floods, and Blizzards: A Framework for
Assessment and Review of Understanding: *R A
Pielke
1350h U42B-02 INVITED Effectiveness of Common
Mitigation Strategies in the South Carolina
Coastal Zone: A Manager's Perspective: *D L
Hernandez
1410h U42B-03 INVITED The National Earthquake
Loss Reduction Program: *R H Volland
1430h U42B-04 INVITED Understanding and Reducing
the Risk of Coastal Hazards: *M A Davidson,
S Ward
1450h Discussion
U42C CC:316 Thurs 1530h
The Role of Research in Reducing Natural Hazards
Presiding: N Valette-Silver, NOAA; P Silver,
Carnegie Inst of Washington
1530h Discussion Panel TBA
U51A CC:HALL E Fri 0830h
Shaping the Future of Undergraduate Earth and Planetary
Sciences Education II Posters
Presiding: D Mogk, Univ of Montana; C Manduca, Carleton College
0830h U51A-01 POSTER A UCAR Geosciences Research,
Education, and Academic Technology Team
(GREATT) Initiative: *M Marlino
0830h U51A-02 POSTER Interdisciplinary Minor in
Global Sustainability, University of
California Irvine: Use of the World Wide Web
in Environmental Education Access: P J Bryant,
*W S Reeburgh, P A Bowler
0830h U51A-03 POSTER An Example of Implementing
an Earth Systems Approach to Undergraduate
Education: *D H Speidel
0830h U51A-04 POSTER Petrology in Context: *D W
Mogk
0830h U51A-05 INVITED POSTER Student Creativity
and Ownership: A Key to Succesful Learning:
*D Perkins
0830h U51A-06 POSTER Field-Based Watershed Study
as a Method of Teaching Introductory
Undergraduate Hydrogeology: *L A Reinen
0830h U51A-07 POSTER Integration of
Mineralogy/Petrology and Cultural/Historical
Geography Courses, Middle Tennessee State
University: J D Heffington, *J W Cribb
0830h U51A-08 POSTER Figures Summarizing the
Global Cycles of Biologically Active Elements:
*W S Reeburgh
0830h U51A-09 POSTER Using a Comparative
Watershed Study as an Inquiry-Based Research
Experience for Undergraduate Sophomores: *R M
Newton
0830h U51A-10 POSTER K-T Impact Opinion Poll:
Overwhelming Support for the Impact and an
Impact-Induced Iridium Layer, but Doubts
That the Impact Extinguishing Dinosaurs: *C
Galvin
U51B CC:HALL E Fri 0830h
Impact of Natural Hazards on Coastal Zones III Posters
Presiding: N Valette-Silver, NOAA
0830h U51B-01 POSTER Hypsographic Demography: The
Global Distribution of Human Population and
Continental Topography: *C Small, J E Cohen
0830h U51B-02 INVITED POSTER Water Level
Predictions From a Coastal Ocean Forecast
System for the U.S. East Coast: *F Aikman,
E J Wei, J R Schultz, L Breaker
0830h U51B-03 POSTER Shuttle Laser Altimeter
(SLA) Topographic Observations of Low-Lying
Coastal Areas: *J B Garvin, S B Luthcke, J J
Frawley, J L Bufton, J B Blair, D J Harding,
J A Marshall
0830h U51B-04 POSTER Using Remote Sensing Methods
to Model the Temporal Change of the Rosetta
Coast, Nile Delta, Egypt: M M Farag, V Klemas,
*P T Taylor
0830h U51B-05 POSTER GIS-Based Coastal Hazard
Risk Mapping: *R S Young, G M Bates, L J
Walker, D M Bush
0830h U51B-06 POSTER Soft-Copy Photogrammetry
Method for Historical Shoreline Change
Analysis: *M A Coyne, C H Fletcher, B M
Richmond
0830h U51B-07 INVITED POSTER Impact of Volcanic
Eruptions on Coastal Areas: *N J
Valette-Silver
0830h U51B-08 POSTER Tsunami Waves Generated by
Mt. St. Augustine Volcano, Alaska: Z Kowalik,
*E Troshina
0830h U51B-09 POSTER Partnerships Toward
Integrated Multi-Hazard Mitigation in Rhode
Island: *V Lee, P Rubinoff
0830h U51B-10 POSTER Coastal Hazard Management in
Auckland, New Zealand: Challenges and
Opportunities: *H D Brookes
0830h U51B-11 POSTER The Subcommittee on Natural
Disasters Reduction: Who We Are and What We
Do: W H Hooke, *N J Valette-Silver, R M
Hamilton
U51C CC:310 Fri 0830h
Contributions of Satellites to Global Climate Monitoring I
Presiding: G Ohring, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA; V Salomonson,
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
0830h INTRODUCTION: G Ohring,NOAA/NESDIS/ORA
0835h U51C-01 INVITED Monitoring Snow Cover From
Space: *D A Robinson
0855h U51C-02 INVITED Satellite Monitoring of
Global Sea Ice for Climate Change: *C L
Parkinson, D J Cavalieri, P Gloersen, H J
Zwally, J C Comiso
0915h U51C-03 INVITED Monitoring Ice Sheets From
Space: *R Bindschadler
0935h U51C-04 INVITED Monitoring Global
Vegetation From Satellites: *G Gutman
0955h Break
1015h U51C-05 INVITED Global Sea Surface
Temperature Analyses From In Situ and
Satellite Data (1982-Present): *R W Reynolds,
D C Stokes
1035h U51C-06 INVITED Progress in Oceanography
and Geophysics From Satellite Altimetry: *B
Cheney
1055h U51C-07 INVITED Global Atmospheric
Temperatures From Microwave Sounding Units
Since 1979: *J R Christy
1115h U51C-08 INVITED Monitoring of Global
Precipitation Patterns Using Merged
Satellite and Gauge Information: *R Adler,
P Arkin, P P Xie
1135h U51C-09 INVITED Space-Based Monitoring of
Solar Radiative Climate Forcing: *J Lean
1155h U51C-10 INVITED Satellite Monitoring of
Ozone Trends: *R S Stolarski, A J Miller
U52A CC:HALL E Fri 1330h
Contributions of Satellites to Global Climate Monitoring II
Posters
Presiding: G Ohring, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA; V Salomonson,
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
1330h U52A-01 POSTER The Climate Total Solar
Irradiance Variability Database: *R C Willson
1330h U52A-02 POSTER 1984-1996 Total Solar
Irradiance Variability: Earth Radiation
Budget Satellite (ERBS) Solar Monitor: *R B
Lee, R S Wilson
1330h U52A-03 POSTER SBUV/2 Long-Term
Measurements of Solar Spectral Variability:
*M T DeLand, R P Cebula
1330h U52A-04 POSTER Preliminary Results From the
Earth Probe TOMS Instrument: *R D McPeters,
P K Bhartia, G J Labow, C J Seftor
1330h U52A-05 POSTER Evaluating Ozone Holes Using
TOVS Total Ozone Data: *A C Neuendorffer
1330h U52A-06 POSTER Role of the Characterization
of the Post-Launch Performance of
Meteorological Satellite Sensors in the
Generation of Climate Data Sets: *C R N Rao,
J Chen, J T Sullivan, N Zhang
1330h U52A-07 POSTER A Long Term Monitoring of
Cloud Hydrology Using the Special Sensor
Microwave Imager and the Advanced Microwave
Sounding Unit: *F Weng, R R Ferraro
1330h U52A-08 POSTER Evaluation of Initial
Products From the AVHRR Pathfinder
Atmosphere (PATMOS) Project: *H Jacobowitz,
L L Stowe, C Kondragunta, G Luo
1330h U52A-09 POSTER Diurnal and Seasonal
Variability of Marine Stratiform Cloudiness
Using Multispectral GOES-8 Imagery: *G I
Molnar, D Chesters
1330h U52A-10 POSTER Global Positioning System
(GPS) Radio Occultation Temperature
Measurements for Stratospheric Climate
Monitoring: *J G Yoe
1330h U52A-11 POSTER A 10-Year Climatology of
Hydrological Cycle Parameters Derived From
the SSM/I: *R Ferraro, F Weng
1330h U52A-12 POSTER Global Land Surface
Characterization Using Combined Passive
Microwave and Visible/Near Infrared
Satellite Data: R Bennartz, K Paape, G
Gutman
1330h U52A-13 POSTER 14-Year Clear Radiance
Dataset for Near Realtime and Climate Scale
Applications: S K Vemury, P Davis
1330h U52A-14 POSTER River Flooding Clearly
Revealed From Phase Decorrelation of
Interferometric SAR: L C Smith, *D E Alsdorf
1330h U52A-15 POSTER Interactive Multisensor Snow
and Ice Mapping System: *B H Ramsay
U52B CC:310 Fri 1330h
The Digital Earth in 1997: Models and Computations in the
Solid, Fluid and Magnetic Earth
Presiding: L Mansinha, Univ of Western Ontario; W R Peltier,
Univ of Toronto
1330h INTRODUCTION: W R Peltier,Univ of Toronto
1340h U52B-01 Melting of Iron in Virtual
High-Pressure Devices: *A B Belonoshko, A N
Osiptsov
1355h U52B-02 INVITED The Avalanche Effect in
Phase Transition Modulated Mantle Mixing: S
Butler, W R Peltier
1420h U52B-03 Geomagnetic Models of the Earth as
of 1997: *J C Cain
1445h Break
1515h U52B-04 INVITED High Degree Geopotential
Model Solutions Using Parallel Processing
Techniques: *S R Poole, C K Shum, G A Baker,
M C Kim, J C Ries, B E Schutz, B D Tapley
1540h U52B-05 Numerical Modeling of the Geodynamo:
*W Kuang, J Bloxham
1555h U52B-06 Fractal Models of Continental Crust:
*J P Todoeschuck, M Pilkington
1610h U52B-07 Fractal Models of Crustal
Magnetization: M Pilkington, *J P
Todoeschuck
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