Multiple Session Announcements and Calls for Abstracts
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
5-9 December 2011
San Francisco, California
Abstract Submission Deadline for all Sessions:
Thursday, 4 August 2011
U33 - Coupled Processes in the Arctic System: Feedbacks,
Amplification, and Impacts on Mid-latitudesED32 - Innovative Education, Outreach, and Communication (EOC)
Activities by Early Career Scientists (ECS)ED51 - Using International Networks to Develop the Future Global
Geoscience Workforce
- U33 - Coupled Processes in the Arctic System: Feedbacks,
Amplification, and Impacts on Mid-latitudes
Organizers of Session U33, "Coupled Processes in the Arctic System:
Feedbacks, Amplification, and Impacts on Mid-latitudes," announce a call
for abstracts. The session will be convened at the American Geophysical
Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, 5-9 December 2011 in San Francisco,
California.
Through multiple feedbacks and amplification processes, some surprising
and not well understood, arctic changes are occurring earlier and in
ways other than anticipated from uniform anthropogenic contributions
alone. These interactions are occurring between atmosphere, permafrost,
vegetation, hydrology, geomorphology, biogeochemistry, snow, clouds, sea
and glacial ice, and the oceans over a range of space and time scales.
These changes are also beginning to impact oceans, land, and atmospheric
circulation beyond the Arctic.
Organizers welcome observational, theoretical, and numerical studies
focused on emergent, nonlinear, and threshold dominated amplification
processes and teleconnections.
The abstract submission deadline for this and all other sessions is
Thursday, 4 August 2011 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. To submit
an abstract, you must enter the first author's current AGU member ID and
password at: http://agu-fm11.abstractcentral.com/.
For further information, please contact:
James Overland
Email: james.e.overland [at] noaa.gov
James White
Email: james.white [at] colorado.edu
Cathy Wilson
Email: cjw [at] lanl.gov
Stan Wullschleger
Email: wullschlegsd [at] ornl.gov
- ED32 - Innovative Education, Outreach, and Communication (EOC)
Activities by Early Career Scientists (ECS)
Organizers of Session ED32, "Innovative Education, Outreach, and
Communication (EOC) Activities by Early Career Scientists (ECS),"
announce a call for abstracts. The session will be convened at the
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, 5-9 December 2011 in San
Francisco, California.
Beyond research, scientists are expected to communicate their science.
EOC activities by scientists enhance public understanding of pressing
topics, foster scientific literacy among the public, open lines of
communication with scientists, and inspire young people to consider
science careers. EOC skill development is crucial for ECS. While
important for obtaining funding, ECS training generally does not
cultivate EOC skills. ECS efficacy in EOC occurs through practical
experience and professional development activities.
This session aims to highlight innovative EOC activities initiated and
conducted by ECS, as well as professional development activities
designed to foster these skills.
The abstract submission deadline for this and all other sessions is
Thursday, 4 August 2011 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. To submit
an abstract, you must enter the first author's current AGU member ID and
password at: http://agu-fm11.abstractcentral.com/.
For further information, please contact:
Allen Pope
Email: ap556 [at] cam.ac.uk
Angelika Renner
Email: ahh.renner [at] gmail.com
Kristin Timm
Email: kristin [at] arcus.org
Joanne Venus
Email: eejhv [at] leeds.ac.uk
- ED51 - Using International Networks to Develop the Future Global
Geoscience Workforce
Organizers of Session ED51, "Using International Networks to Develop the
Future Global Geoscience Workforce," announce a call for abstracts. The
session will be convened at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall
Meeting, 5-9 December 2011 in San Francisco, California.
As the geoscience workforce becomes increasingly global, geoscience
graduates need to be equipped with strong geoscience skills and
experience in international collaboration. Data from the IUGS Global
Geoscience Taskforce indicates that developed nations face the immediate
need to replace the current wave of retiring geoscientists while
developing nations need to bolster human and capital infrastructure to
support the training of future geoscientists. International geoscience
networks, which remove geographical constraints and connect
geoscientists via the web, may help solve the unequal distribution of
geoscience capacity while providing geoscience students with the ability
to develop international experience.
The abstract submission deadline for this and all other sessions is
Thursday, 4 August 2011 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. To submit
an abstract, you must enter the first author's current AGU member ID and
password at: http://agu-fm11.abstractcentral.com/.
For further information, please contact:
Amel Barich
Email: amel.barich [at] gmail.com
Leila Gonzales
Email: lmg [at] agiweb.org
Christopher Keane
Email: keane [at] agiweb.org
Allen Pope
Email: ap556 [at] cam.ac.uk