CSDMS Groups

Working Groups

CSDMS currently has five Working Groups, which includes three environmental (or discipline) working groups, two integrative working groups, and six focus research groups. As of Aug, 2012, membership came from 116 U.S. universities, 22 U.S. Federal Labs, 12 U.S. corporations, 225 foreign research institutions from more than 67 different countries, (see also member distribution per country). Working groups typically meet once per year, coordinating much of their activity via remote communication systems. Chairs of the Working Groups form the Executive Committee of CSDMS.

Learn more about the charge of the working groups (PDF file).

1. Terrestrial Working Group (Chair, Greg Tucker), 475 members, weathering, hillslope, fluvial, glacial, aeolian, lacustrial
2. Coastal Working Group (Chair, Brad Murray), 366 members, delta, estuary, bays and lagoons, nearshore
3. Marine Working Group (Chair, Courtney Harris), 249 members, shelf, carbonate, slope, deep marine
4. Education and Knowledge Transfer (EKT) Working Group (Chair, Sam Bentley), 159 members, targeting researchers with model & visualization tools; planners with decision-making tools; and educators with pre-packaged models to help illustrate surface processes, tools to build intuition.
5. Cyberinformatics and Numerics Working Group (Chair, Eckart Meiburg), 157 members includes technical computational aspects of the CSDMS, ensures that the modeling system properly functions and is accessible to users; software protocols are maintained, along with model standardization and visualization; works with our cyberinformatic partners.

Focus Research Groups

CSDMS currently has six Focus Research Groups or FRGs. FRGs differ from Working Groups in that they serve a unique subset of our surface dynamics community, and usually represent a well-developed community. FRGs are often co-sponsored by another organization. FRGs are similarly supported by the CSDMS Integration Facility as Working Groups, including access to CSDMS High Performance Computers. FRG's typically meet once per year, coordinating much of their activity via remote communication systems. Chairs of FRGs report directly to the CSDMS Executive Director, and often to the Chair or Director of the co-sponsoring organization.

1. Hydrology Focus Research Group, 358 members, represents the hydrological modeling community, and is being co-sponsored by CUAHSI. This FRG deals with aspects of the hydrological system that impact earth-surface dynamics. (Chair, Jon Goodall)
2. Carbonate Focus Research Group, 66 members, is the outgrowth of the recent NSF effort to coordinate the carbonate modeling community and their development of a numerical carbonate workbench (Chair, Peter Burgess)
3. Chesapeake Focus Research Group, 47 members, is our first 'geographically-focused' effort representing and co-sponsored by the Chesapeake Community Modeling Program, with their unique collection of models and field data set (Chair, Carl Friedrichs)
4. Critical Zone Focus Research Group, 11 members, is originated to develop compatibility between CSDMS architecture & protocols and developed models & data produced by the co-sponsor Critical Zone Observatory (Chair, Chris Duffy)
5. Anthropocene Focus Research Group, 8 members. (Chair, Kathleen Galvin and Mike Ellis)
6. Geodynamics Focus Research Group, 14 members. represents the geodynamic modeling community, and is being co-sponsored by GeoPRISMS. This FRG deals with aspects of the geodynamic system that impact earth-surface. (Chair, Phaedra Upton and Mark Behn)

Groups Area

The links below will guide you to the different group web sites. Each community has its own web site set up, such to pursue their goals the best.

Chair	Working Groups (WG) / Focus Research Groups (FRG)	Members
Greg Tucker	Terrestrial WG	475 Members
Brad Murray	Coastal WG	366 Members
Courtney Harris	Marine WG	249 Members
Sam Bentley	Education and Knowledge Transfer (EKT) WG	159 Members
Eckart Meiburg	Cyberinformatics and Numerics WG	157 Members
Jon Goodall	Hydrology FRG	358 Members
Peter Burgess	Carbonate FRG	66 Members
Carl Friedrichs	Chesapeake FRG	47 Members
Chris Duffy	Critical Zone FRG	11 Members
Kathleen Galvin and Mike Ellis	Anthropocene FRG	8 Members
Phaedra Upton and Mark Behn	Geodynamics FRG	14 Members
		All members of CSDMS

CSDMS Mailing lists

There are several e-mail lists that exist for CSDMS. These lists are all available as ordinary e-mail information lists, which you may subscribe to by using the links in the table below.

List	Description	List Admin
Mailing lists for CSDMS Working Groups
CSDMS-Terrestrial	Keep up to date with new findings from the Terrestrial Working Group.	Greg Tucker / Marlene Lofton
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CSDMS-Coastal	Follow announcements and information from the Coastal Working Group.	Brad Murray / Marlene Lofton
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CSDMS-Marine	Stay informed about upcoming meetings and more information from the Marine Working Group.	Courtney Harris / Marlene Lofton
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CSDMS-EKT	Keep up to date with new findings from the Education and Knowledge Transfer (EKT) Working Group.	Sam Bentley / Marlene Lofton
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CSDMS-Cyber	Keep up to date with new findings from the Cyberinformatics and Numerics Working Group.	Eckart Meiburg / Marlene Lofton
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Mailing lists for CSDMS Focus Research Groups
CSDMS-Hydrology	Keep up to date with new findings from the Hydrology Focus Research Group.	Jon Goodall / Marlene Lofton
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CSDMS-Carbonate	Keep up to date with new findings from the Carbonate Focus Research Group.	Peter Burgess / Marlene Lofton
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CSDMS-Chesapeake	Keep up to date with new findings from the Chesapeake Focus Research Group.	Carl Friedrichs / Marlene Lofton
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CSDMS-CZ	Keep up to date with new findings from the Critical Zone Focus Research Group.	Chris Duffy / Marlene Lofton
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CSDMS-Anthropocene	Keep up to date with new findings from the Anthropocene Focus Research Group.	Kathleen Galvin, Mike Ellis / Marlene Lofton
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CSDMS-Geodynamics	Keep up to date with new findings from the Geodynamics Focus Research Group.	Phaedra Upton, Mark Behn / Marlene Lofton
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