UNION SESSIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
U21A BCC:310 Tues 0830h
Calendar Reform for the Year 2000
Presiding: C Emiliani, Univ Miami; O Gingerich,
Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr
0830h INTRODUCTION: C Emiliani,University of Miami
0835h U21A-01 INVITED Societal Impact of Calendar Reform:
*S F Singer
0855h U21A-02 INVITED Some Parallels in the Development
of Maya and Roman Calendars: *A F Aveni
0915h U21A-03 INVITED Astronomical Cycles and the Calendar:
*L E Doggett
0935h U21A-04 INVITED The Year -9999 in the Astronomical
Calendar: *R W Fairbridge
0955h U21A-05 INVITED The Gregorian Calendar Reform and
the Aera Dionysianae: *O Gingerich
1015h Break
1035h U21A-06 INVITED The Calendar Through Geological Time:
*G D Rosenberg
1055h U21A-07 INVITED Late Glacial and Early Holocene
Climate Change: A Benchmark of the 12,000
Year Countdown:: *K J Kukla
1115h U21A-08 INVITED The Beginning of the Holocene: *J
Shaw, P Blanchon
1135h U21A-09 INVITED Calendar Reform for the Year 2000: *C
Emiliani
1155h Discussion
U22A BCC:310 Tues 1340h
Imperatives in the Atmospheric Sciences Entering the
Twenty-First Century (joint with A,O,SA)
Presiding: J Dutton, Pennsylvania State Univ
1340h INTRODUCTION: J Dutton,The Pennsylvania State Univ
1400h U22A-01 INVITED The Imperatives for Atmospheric
Chemistry Research Entering the 21st Century:
*W L Chameides
1430h U22A-02 INVITED Research in Climate and Climate
Change: Imperatives for the 21st Century: *E J
Barron
1500h Break
1520h U22A-03 INVITED Upper Atmosphere Imperatives
Entering the Twenty-First Century: *M A
Geller
1550h U22A-04 INVITED Atmospheric Physics Entering the
21st Century: *W A Cooper
1620h U22A-05 Research in Atmospheric Dynamics and Weather
Forecasting: the State of the Art and
Priorities for the Coming Decade: *K A
Emanuel
U31A BCC:309 Wed 0830h
Mantle Structure, Dynamics and Geochemical Reservoirs I (joint
with G,GP,S,T,V)
Presiding: R J O'Connell, Harvard Univ; W M White, Cornell Univ
0830h INTRODUCTION: R J O'Connell,Harvard University
0835h U31A-01 INVITED Using Seismic Earth Structures and
Convection Models to Constrain the Degree of
Mantle Flow Stratification: *P Puster, T H
Jordan
0850h U31A-02 Constraints on Upper Mantle Composition From
New Measurements of the Elasticity of
Forsterite to Transition Zone Pressures: *T S
Duffy, C S Zha, R T Downs, H K Mao, R J
Hemley
0905h U31A-03 3-D Models of Shear and Bulk Velocities in
the Mantle: A M Dziewonski, *W Su
0920h U31A-04 The Growth of Deep Mantle Plumes in a Large
Scale Shear Flow: Laboratory and Numerical
Experiments: *C Kincaid, I S Sacks, C W Gable
0935h U31A-05 Archons, Perisphere, and Non-plumes: *D L
Anderson
0950h U31A-06 A Unified Model for Rare Gases With Mass
Transport and Subduction: *G J Wasserburg, D
Porcelli
1005h Break
1035h U31A-07 Accretion and Early History of the Earth:
Rare Gas Systematics: *I N Tolstikhin, R K
O'Nions
1050h U31A-08 INVITED Post-accretion History of Mantle
Recorded in Rare Gas Systematics: *R K
O'Nions, I N Tolstikhin
1105h U31A-09 INVITED A Model for the Origin and
Evolution of the Plume Source: *S B Jacobsen
1120h U31A-10 INVITED Origin of Noble Gases in the Earth:
*C L Harper, S B Jacobsen
1135h U31A-11 INVITED Plate Tectonic History and Mantle
Dynamics: Models of Mantle Density
Heterogeneity, the Geoid and Plate Motions:
*C Lithgow-Bertelloni, M A Richards, Y
Ricard
1150h U31A-12 Dynamic Influences of Plates With Faulted
and Mobile Margins on Slab Penetration
Through the 670-km Phase Change: M Gurnis, S
Zhong
U31B BCC:310 Wed 0830h
Global Change Data Sets From Operational Environmental
Satellites: The NOAA/NASA Pathfinder Program I (joint with A,O,
SA)
Presiding: D Halpern, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
0830h U31B-01 INVITED Overview of the NOAA/NASA
Pathfinder Program: *G Ohring, J Dodge
0845h U31B-02 INVITED Review of the NOAA/NASA Advanced
Very High Resolution Radiometer Pathfinder
Calibration Activity: *C R Nagaraja Rao
0900h U31B-03 An Overview of the Pathfinder AVHRR Land
Dataset: Processing Procedures and Product
Description: *S N Kalluri, J R Townshend, P M
Smith, M E James
0915h U31B-04 Development of Global Land Surface
Climatology From Advanced Very High
Resolution Radiometer Data: *G Gutman, A
Ignatov, S Olson
0930h U31B-05 Extracting Ecological and Biophysical
Information From AVHRR Optical Measurements
Using Models of Canopy Radiative Transfer:
*B H Braswell, B Moore, D S Schimel, J L
Privette
0945h U31B-06 Global Monthly Climatology of Afternoon Land
Surface Temperature From AVHRR Data: *A
Ignatov, G Gutman
1000h Break
1020h U31B-07 INVITED An Overview of the ISLSCP
Initiative I Global Data Sets: *P J Sellers,
B W Meeson, J Closs, J McManus, D Myers, K J
Sun, F Corprew, F G Hall, J Collatz, D
Dazlich, Y Kerr, R Koster, S Los, K Mitchell,
P Try
1035h U31B-08 A Multi-temporal Cloud Detection Algorithm
for AVHRR Pathfinder SST Fields: J Cayula,
J J Bisagni, K S Casey, *P C Cornillon
1105h U31B-09 Validation of Pathfinder AVHRR Sea Surface
Temperature Estimates: *E A Smith
1120h U31B-10 Annual Atlases of Global Monthly Oceanic
Data for 1987 - 1994: *D Halpern, K Perry
1135h U31B-11 Using AVHRR Pathfinder SST Data to Examine
Subtropical Mode Water: *M A Alfultis, P
Cornillon
1150h U31B-12 Improved Global Sea Surface Temperatures
Using Empirical Orthogonal Functions: *R W
Reynolds, T S Smith, R E Livezey
U32A BCC:Hall C Wed 1330h
Mantle Structure, Dynamics, and Geochemical Reservoirs II Posters
(joint with M,S,T,V)
Presiding: R J O'Connell, Harvard Univ
1330h U32A-01 POSTER Local Topography Anomalies in the
Oceans and the Onset of Small-Scale
Convection: P Calcagno, *A Davaille, A
Cazenave, C Jaupart
1330h U32A-02 POSTER 3D-Thermal Convection in a Mantle
Layered in Density and Viscosity: An
Experimental Approach: *A Davaille
1330h U32A-03 POSTER Mantle Tomography and Layered
Convection: Implications From Global Heat
Flow: *G Pari, W R Peltier
1330h U32A-04 POSTER Gondwanaland Breakup Triggers Mantle
Avalanches and the Mid-Cretaceous Superplume
Episode: *R L Larson
1330h U32A-05 POSTER Influences of Temperature-Dependent
Rheology on Time-Dependent, 3-D Compressible
Convection in a Spherical-Shell: *S Zhang,
D A Yuen
1330h U32A-06 POSTER The Growth of Deep Mantle Plumes in
a Large Scale Mantle Shear Flow: Entrainment
Processes: *I S Sacks, C Kincaid, C W Gable
1330h U32A-07 POSTER P- and S-wave Relative Delay Times
Across the ICEMELT Array: A Signature of the
Iceland Plume?: I T Bjarnason, *C J Wolfe,
S C Solomon, J C VanDecar
1330h U32A-08 POSTER Global High-Resolution P-Wave Mantle
Structure: Result of the Top 1200 km: *H Zhou
1330h U32A-09 POSTER The Osmium Isotopic Composition of
the Early Archean Mantle: V C Bennett, T M
East
1330h U32A-10 POSTER A Mixed Up Mantle: The Effect of
Thermodynamics and Chemical Changes on
Mixing in the Mantle: *J J Ita, S D King
1330h U32A-11 POSTER Two Point Correlation and Its
Eigen-decomposition for Optimal
Characterization of Mantle Convection and
Tomographic Results: *S Balachandar
U32B BCC:310 Wed 1330h
Global Change Data Sets From Operational Environmental
Satellites: The NOAA/NASA Pathfinder Program II (joint with A,O,
SA)
Presiding: J J Simpson, Scripps Inst Oceanography
1330h U32B-01 New High Accuracy Aerosol-Robust Sea Surface
Temperature Algorithms for ATSR, the Along
Track Scanning Radiometer: *S J Brown, I M
Mason, A R Harris, A M Zavody
1345h U32B-02 The AVHRR Atmosphere Pathfinder Project: *L L
Stowe, J A Coakley
1400h U32B-03 Evolution and Validation of CLAVR-2 Cloud
Algorithms: *P A Davis, L L Stowe, G Luo
1415h U32B-04 Initial Earth Radiation Budget and Aerosol
Products From AVHRR Atmosphere Pathfinder
Project: *H Jacobowitz, L L Stowe, V R Taylor,
F Jing
1430h U32B-05 Top of the Atmosphere Radiative Fluxes
Obtained With AVHRR Pathfinder-Like
Observations for CEPEX: *J A Coakley
1445h U32B-06 Results From the Scripps GOES Pathfinder
Project, A, Signal Analysis and Cloud
Detection: *J J Simpson, R Frouin
1500h Break
1530h U32B-07 Results From the Scripps GOES Pathfinder
Project, B, Radiometric Calibration: *R
Frouin, J J Simpson
1545h U32B-08 A Cloud Fraction Retrieval Scheme Suitable
for Global Change Studies That is
Insensitive to Satellite Sensor Resolution
and Uneven Calibration: *G I Molnar, D
Chesters
1600h U32B-09 INVITED Microwave Datasets and Products for
Global Climate Studies: The SSMI Pathfinderr
Project: *C M U Neale
1615h U32B-10 NOAA/NASA SSM/I Pathfinder Level 3
Brightness Temperatures: An Earth-Gridded
Data Set for Global Change Research: *R L
Armstrong, M J Brodzik
1630h U32B-11 Climatological Data Sets Derived From the
SSM/I: N C Grody, *R R Ferraro, F Weng
1645h U32B-12 Cloud Liquid Water Climatology From the
SSM/I: Two Distinct Analyses: F Weng, *N C
Grody, R R Ferraro
U41A BCC:310 Thurs 0830h
Spanning the Plate Tectonic Revolution: The Career of James R.
Heirtzler (joint with GP,T)
Presiding: P Taylor, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center; J Oliver,
Cornell Univ
0830h INTRODUCTION: P Taylor,Goddard Space Flight Center
0835h U41A-01 INVITED Lamont in Its Early Years: The
Setting for Heirtzler's Contributions to
Plate Tectonics: *J Oliver
0850h U41A-02 INVITED Lamont Circa 1960: Jim Heirtzler
Was There: *J Dorman
0905h U41A-03 INVITED Reversal Frequency Over the Last
330 Million Years: *N D Opdyke
0920h U41A-04 INVITED Current Status of the Heirtzler et
al. Time Scale: *D V Kent, S C Cande
0935h U41A-05 INVITED Applications of Heat Flow Data From
the Ocean Basins: *C A Stein, S Stein
0950h U41A-06 INVITED Avoiding Trouble on the Ocean Floor:
*T J G Francis
1005h U41A-07 INVITED Virtual Ocean Crust: *H Schouten, C
Denham
1020h Break
1045h U41A-08 INVITED Sea Floor Spreading, Magnetic
Reversals, and the Interpretation of Marine
Magnetic Anomalies Over the Gulf of Aden and
Red Sea: *R W Girdler
1100h U41A-09 A Comparison of the East African Rift and
the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge: *J R
Heirtzler
1115h U41A-10 INVITED Magnetic Petrology of the Oceanic
Serpentinites; Implications for Plate
Tectonics: P J Wasilewski, K A Nazarova, H
Dick
1130h U41A-11 INVITED Global Tectonics From Space Geodesy:
*D E Smith
1145h U41A-12 INVITED A Model of the Near Earth
Magnetospheric Field From Satellite and
Observatory Data - Comparison With a
Magnetospheric Model: *R A Langel, T J Sabaka,
R T Baldwin
1200h U41A-13 INVITED The 12 Key Discoveries in Geology
and Geophysics Since 1900: A Personal View:
*P D Lowman
U41B BCC:319 Thurs 0830h
Global Change Data Sets From Operational Environmental
Satellites: The NOAA/NASA Pathfinder Program III (joint with A,O
,SA)
Presiding: N A Scott, Ecole Polytechnique
0830h U41B-01 INVITED The NOAA/NASA TOVS Pathfinder
Program: *O E Thompson
0845h U41B-02 The TOVS Pathfinder Path A Data Set: *J
Susskind, A V Mehta
0900h U41B-03 Production, Archive, and Distribution of the
TOVS Pathfinder Path A Data Set: *G N
Serafino
0915h U41B-04 TOVS Path-P: A Pathfinder Data Set of
Atmospheric and Surface Variables for
Process and Climate Studies of the Arctic
Basin: *J A Francis, A J Schweiger, D A
Rothrock
0930h U41B-05 Microwave Sounding Unit Six-Hourly Datasets
for Climate and Process Studies: *R W Spencer,
W D Braswell
0945h U41B-06 Merging Strategies Used in the MSU Global
Temperature Datasets: *J R Christy
1000h Break
1030h U41B-07 Diurnal Differences in Thick Layer
Temperatures From TOVS MSU Temperature Fields:
*W D Braswell, R W Spencer
1045h U41B-08 NOAA Path-C Products for Monitoring Climate
Change: *M D Goldberg
1100h U41B-09 Correcting Intersatellite Biases in a TOVS
Polar Dataset: *S J Khalsa, J R Key
1115h U41B-10 INVITED Access to NOAA/NASA Pathfinder Data
Sets: *P J Topoly, M Maiden
1130h U41B-11 Improving the Use and Interuse of Pathfinder
and EOS Data Sets: M Botts
U42A BCC:Hall C Thurs 1330h
Global Change Data Sets From Operational Environmental
Satellites Posters (joint with A,O,SA)
Presiding: D L Randel, STC-METSAT
1330h U42A-01 POSTER Comparison of HIRS2 Small-Scale
Water Vapor Variability With In Situ
Observations and Model Simulations: *E
Fetzer, S Granger, R Haskins
1330h U42A-02 POSTER NVAP: The Merging of Two Pathfinder
Data-Sets to Create a New Global Water Vapor
Product: *D L Randel, T H Vonder Haar, M A
Ringerud, G L Stephens, T J Greenwald, C L
Combs
1330h U42A-03 POSTER Multi-scale Variations of Radiative
Forcings From the 4-D Data Assimilation
Using the Goddard Earth Observation System
and Pathfinder-A: *M L C Wu, N E Huang, K M
Lau, N C Yen
1330h U42A-04 POSTER Use of TOVS Pathfinder Data to
Evaluate Model Performance: *R Haskins, E
Fetzer, T Barnett, M M Tyree, E Roeckner
1330h U42A-05 POSTER A Comparison of Sea Surface
Temperature Data From the NOAA/NASA AVHRR
Oceans Pathfinder Project and Sea Level Data
From the GEOSAT Altimeter in the Gulf Stream:
*J Vazquez, E Smith
1330h U42A-06 POSTER Coral Bleaching Events of 1994 and
High SST: G K Emery, T M Winter, A E Strong
1330h U42A-07 POSTER CLAVR-2 Mapped Cloud Product
Evaluation: *G Luo, P A Davis, L L Stowe, K A
Campana, Y T Hou
1330h U42A-08 POSTER Estimation of African Percent Forest
Cover Using Multi-sensor, Multi-resolution
Data and Channel Metrics: R S DeFries, R A
Sohlberg, M K Steininger
1330h U42A-09 POSTER Modeling and Remote Sensing of
Spatial Variability in Ecosystem Processes
Using AVHRR Pathfinder: *H Fisher, D S
Schimel, T G F Kittel, B H Braswell
1330h U42A-10 POSTER Reclassification of Partly Cloudy
(Mixed) and Restored Clear Pixels Using
Dynamic Thresholds Developed From
CLAVR-Clear-sky Radiation Data Sets: *S
Vemury, L Stowe, V Anne, D Love
1330h U42A-11 POSTER Fractal Texture and Shape Descriptors:
M A Noah, S B Petroy, *B Bancroft, P V Noah
1600h Discussion
U42B BCC:310 Thurs 1315h
Tectonics and Climate (joint with A,O,T)
Presiding: T J Crowley, Texas A&M Univ; K Burke, Univ of Houston
1315h U42B-01 INVITED Tectonic Uncertainties in Climate
Model Simulations: *T J Crowley
1335h U42B-02 A New View of Cretaceous Paleogeography:
Potential Influence on Climate and Ocean
Circulation: *R M DeConto, W W Hay, S L
Thompson
1350h U42B-03 New Constraints on True Polar Wander From
Pacific Sites: *J A Tarduno
1405h U42B-04 Paleozoic Eustasy and Continental
Hypsometry: Reconstruction From
Paleocontinental Flooding Records: *T J Algeo,
K B Seslavinsky
1420h U42B-05 INVITED Orographic Evolution of the
Himalaya and Tibetan Plateau: *T M Harrison,
P Copeland
1440h Break
1510h U42B-06 Orographic Rainfall and Erosional
Short-Circuiting of Exhumation in
Collisional Mountain Belts: *S Willett
1525h U42B-07 INVITED Opening of Drake Passage and the
Development of the ACC: L A Lawver
1545h U42B-08 INVITED Cenozoic Gateway Opening and
Closing in the Caribbean: Control on Inter
Oceanic and Inter Hemispheric Exchange of
Water Masses Between the Atlantic and
Pacific Oceans?: A W Droxler, *K Burke
1605h U42B-09 Weathering of Simatic Crust, the Carbon
Cycle, and Climate: *D N Reusch, K A Maasch
1620h U42B-10 Comparison of the Distribution of
Climatically Sensitive Sediments With
Vegetation Habitat Predictions Made by
Paleoclimate Modeling: *C R Scotese, B L
Ott-Bliesner, A J Boucot
1640h U42B-11 Ocean Circulation Model Simulation of the
Early Eocene: Initial Results: *K L Bice, W H
Peterson, E J Barron
U51A BCC:310 Fri 0830h
Computational Advances in the Geophysical Sciences (joint
with M,S,T,V)
Presiding: S D King, Purdue Univ; R E Cohen, Geophysical Lab
0830h INTRODUCTION: S D King, Purdue Univ
0835h U51A-01 INVITED The Computer as a Window Into
Dynamical Properties of Earth Materials: *R
Cohen
0905h U51A-02 INVITED A Generalized Approach to
Visualization of Earth and Space Sciences
Data: *L A Treinish
0935h U51A-03 INVITED A Snapshot of Numerical Modelling
of Mantle Convection in the Mid 1990s: *D A
Yuen
1005h U51A-04 Parallel Programming in Global Seismology: *P
Puster, T H Jordan
1020h Break
1045h U51A-05 INVITED Density Functional Theory: New
Windows Into Planetary Interiors: *L
Stixrude, R E Cohen
1115h U51A-06 3D Seismic Study of Subduction Zones Using
Parallel Wave Animation: *O G Johnson, G Chen,
H Zhou
1130h U51A-07 Parabolic Equation Techniques for
Nonseparable Wave Propagation Problems in
Geophysics: *M D Collins, W L Siegmann
1145h U51A-08 Applications of Spectral Localization
Techniques to Geophysical Time Series: *L
Mansinha, Kamal, R G Stockwell
U52A BCC:Hall C Fri 1330h
Applications of Computation in the Geophysical Sciences Posters
(joint with M,S,T,V)
Presiding: S D King, Purdue Univ
1330h U52A-01 POSTER Electronic and Crystal Structure of
NiO at High Pressures: I I Mazin, R E Cohen
1330h U52A-02 POSTER Thermal Properties of Periclase
Under Extreme Conditions: I Inbar, R E Cohen
1330h U52A-03 POSTER Molecular Dynamics Calculation of
the Thermal Conductivity of MgO at High
Pressure: M D Kluge, R Cohen
1330h U52A-04 POSTER Circumventing Storage Limitations in
Variational Data Assimilation Computational
Studies: *J M Restrepo, G K Leaf, A Griewank
1330h U52A-05 POSTER Towards an Efficient and Robust
Method for Solving 3D Mantle Convection
Problems: R A Trompert, U Hansen
1330h U52A-06 POSTER Distributed and Network Computing: A
New Challenge for High Performance
Computation in the Earth Sciences: *H P Bunge,
J R Baumgardner
1330h U52A-07 POSTER Nusselt Versus Rayleigh Number
Relations in Core-Cooling Models: *V
Steinbach, D A Yuen, U Hansen
1330h U52A-08 POSTER Backward Flush Instability - Slab
Retrograde Motions and Their Relationship to
Megaplume Formation in the Lower Mantle: *B A
Schroeder, D A Yuen
1330h U52A-09 POSTER Time-Dependent Convection With
Temperature-Dependent Viscosity, an
Endothermic Phase Transformation, and an
Imposed Slab Like Geometry: The Movie: *S D
King, J J Ita
1330h U52A-10 POSTER Thermal Convection In a Cylindrical
Annulus With a Non-Newtonian Upper Surface:
*S A Weinstein
1330h U52A-11 POSTER Strong Viscous Dissipation in
Thermal Convection With Non-Newtonian
Temperature-Dependent Viscosity: *T Larsen,
D A Yuen, A Malevsky
1330h U52A-12 POSTER Trade Off Between Radial and Lateral
Viscosity Variations in Regional, Dynamic
Models of Slabs: *L Moresi, M Gurnis
1330h U52A-13 POSTER Analytic Solutions for Mantle Flow
With Lateral Variations in Viscosity and
Their Applications: *S Zhong, L N Moresi, M
Gurnis
1330h U52A-14 POSTER Change of the Earth's Rotation Axis
Inferred From Advection of Mantle Density
Heterogeneities: *B Steinberger, R J
O'Connell
1330h U52A-15 POSTER Convection in a Rotating Fluid
Sphere and the Banded Structure of the
Jovian Atmosphere: J B Manneville, *P Olson
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