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NOVEMBER 13th, 12PM Eastern Time<br><br>The CSDMS Basic Model Interface --- When a model is equipped with a Basic Model Interface (BMI), it acquires a common set of functions for querying and evolving its state. Further, if a BMI-enabled model is incorporated into a modeling framework, it can share information and couple with other models, possibly from other authors in different disciplines, which may in turn open new paths to scientific discovery. In this webinar, we'll provide an overview of BMI and the functions that define it. This webinar is appropriate for new users of BMI, although experienced users may also benefit.
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Presenter: '''Mark Piper, Research Software Engineer, INSTAAR, University of Colorado Boulder'''
When: '''November 13th, 12PM Eastern Time - Register: https://colorado.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6244ee030fc53edb530ad5be4&id=2d7f54ec0c&e=052cc92b4f''' +
Natural disasters consist of human and natural components that are interconnected. While progress has been made to mitigate and adapt to natural hazards, much of the existing research lacks interdisciplinary approaches that equally consider both natural and social processes. More importantly, this lack of integration between approaches remains a major challenge in developing disaster risk management plans for communities. The proposed early career researcher workshop on Modelling risk and resilience in human and natural systems aims to:
* Establish the progress made in modelling risk and resilience to natural hazards,
* Identify remaining challenges, and
* Discover opportunities for future research.
To achieve this, we are bringing together international researchers engaged in modelling risk and resilience to natural hazards. The result of the workshop will be a commentary article, in a scientific journal, based on the findings of presentations, group discussions, and post-workshop engagement of workshop participants. +
Numerical models are a critical tool in many disciplines for generating and testing hypotheses, examining sensitivity to perturbation, hindcasting or filling in data gaps, and making predictions about future behavior. Numerical experiments offer advantages over field or laboratory experiments in that they provide complete control over critical variables and greatly expand the spatial and temporal scales over which experiments are run, though often at the expense of some of the complexities of reality. However, with ongoing advances in computing technology, highly complex, multi-scale direct simulations are possible. But does the ability to see everything (i.e., the perfect experiment) improve our overall understanding of phenomena?
Early in the advent of computing, models were by necessity of a reduced form, capturing only the essential physics needed to interpolate between limited experimental observations or mechanistically test an idea. Despite the present ability to construct detailed numerical models, reduced complexity models (RCMs) have persisted, and their applications within the biological and physical environmental sciences have grown tremendously over past years. Arguably, RCMs offer some advantages over reductionist models, including the ability to perform more extensive coupling of physical and biological dynamics and provide a highly intuitive yet quantitative understanding of basic system dynamics. However, the advantage of RCMs depends on the rigor of the physical and biological processes simulated, which has varied widely within the literature. A diverse array of different assumptions and strategies for simplifying the governing physics or biology has accompanied the burgeoning application of RCMs. As a result, there is a need for the community to come together for synthesis. +
OCTOBER 9th, 12PM Eastern Time<br><br>
Using CSDMS in the Classroom - Learn about CSDMS software for running a suite of earth surface models through a web-based modeling tool (WMT). This webinar will share improved ways of using this tool in the classroom, gives a quick reminder demo, and points in detail to the resources online.
Instructor: '''Irina Overeem, CSDMS Deputy Director, University of Colorado, Boulder'''
When: '''October 9th, 12PM Eastern Time - Register: https://colorado.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6244ee030fc53edb530ad5be4&id=c4781760b9&e=052cc92b4f''' +
Oceanhackweek is a 5-day learning hackathon aimed at exploring, creating and promoting effective computation and analysis workflows for large and complex oceanographic data. By democratizing data access and increasing exposure to technological assets, our goals are to accelerate research, promote collaboration and cultivate data science literacy among the ocean sciences community. Examples include but are not limited to visualizing and analyzing high-resolution ocean GCMsimulations from ROMS, MOM, and MITgcm and working with datasets from ARGO, OOI, CCHDO, and IOOS.
Unlike conventional conferences and workshops, Oceanhackweek is constructed based on three core components: 1) immersive tutorials on libraries in the scientific Python ecosystem for accessing and manipulating large datasets, 2) peer-learning, and 3) on-site project work in a collaborative environment.
We invite all self-identified oceanographers who are motivated to learn new skills and workflows to apply. We especially encourage applications from graduate students, post-docs, and early-career scientists with strong interests or background in quantitative analysis of ocean data and models. We believe that every participant, regardless of technical skill level or research experience, can contribute to making Oceanhackweek a success.
To best benefit from the program, participants are expected to have some experience with Python programming. Applicants with extensive programming background in other languages are welcome to apply, if they are willing to get up-to-date on Python basics before the program. Participants are also expected to be present and fully engaged for the entire duration of the workshop. +
On behalf of the Coastlab16 Organizing and Scientific Committees, the University of Ottawa and the National Research Council of Canada, it is a pleasure to invite you to participate in the 6th International Conference on the Application of Physical Modelling in Coastal and Port Engineering and Science. Coastlab16, the 6th edition of the CoastLab international conference series, will take place in Ottawa, Canada’s capital city, from 10-13 May 2016, and will build on the successes of previous conferences held in Porto (2006), Bari (2008), Barcelona (2010), Ghent (2012) and Varna (2014).
Coastlab16 is organised under the auspices of the International Association of Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) and will be co-hosted by the University of Ottawa and the National Research Council of Canada. The conference is co-sponsored by the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering (CSCE) and the Coasts, Oceans, Ports and Rivers Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE-COPRI). Coastlab16 will provide a stimulating and enriching forum to discuss the latest developments in physical modelling applied to coastal and port engineering and coastal science. +
On behalf of the IAHR Committee on Fluvial Hydraulics it is our pleasure to invite you to participate in RIVERFLOW2020, the 10th International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, July 7-10, 2020.
MASTERCLASSES
Masterclasses will be held on the 6th of July 2020 at the faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences of the Delft University of Technology.
Conference themes are:
* rivers in urbanised areas;
* climate change and extreme events;
* river functions under pressure;
* nature based solutions;
* the healthy river;
* river resources: food, energy, water;
* the digital river;
* river fundamentals.
TECHNICAL TOUR
A technical tour is planned for Friday the 10th 2020. +
On behalf of the Organising Committee for the 6th International Palaeoflood Conference, we extend a warm invitation to join us at Massey University in Palmerston North, New Zealand for Palaeofloods VI. The theme for this event is understanding the past to prepare for the future. The need for robust reconstructions of flood histories is ever more pressing in an era of rapid global change. Improved understanding of past river behaviour and flood series extension are required to properly inform and prepare river managers, and society as a whole, for what the future may bring for our rivers and floodplains.
'''WHO SHOULD ATTEND?'''<br>
Anyone working on floods, past, present, and future! The conference theme aims to emphasise the inherent value in understanding flood histories in order to better understand future floods and prepare society for these events. Pure and applied research that is broadly relevant to this theme is welcome. +
On behalf of the international research consortium CREAR (Center for Research and Education of the Amazonian Rainforest) and the International Association for IAHR (Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research), we would like to invite you to participate in the 9th Symposyum on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics, RCEM 2015 to be held in Iquitos City, from August 30 to September 3, 2015.
The surrounding environment provides delegates a myriad of opportunities, not only to visit the largest city (population 400,000) in the Peruvian rainforest, but also to observe the dynamics of the Amazon River itself, and experience the Amazonian ecosystem. Peru’s tropical rainforests are the largest and most pristine in the world, providing many functions essential to sustain life on Earth: oxygen production, carbon dioxide sequestration, nitrogen fixation, temperature regulation, air purification, and a habitat for one of the most biologically diverse areas on our planet.
This highly successful series of RCEM conferences has played a key role in promoting an interdisciplinary approach to river and coastal problems. The conference is unique in promoting interactions between basic research and engineering applications, blending aspects from fundamentals advances in fluid mechanics to laboratory experiments and field studies. The conference provides a stimulating forum for applied mathematicians, engineers, geologists, ecologists, geomorphologists, biologists, computer scientists and water managers involved in the study of Earth surface processes. +
One of the things we will do at this meeting is to review and work on proof-of-concept projects that are underway and planned, as well as to generate ideas for new ones; collaborative projects involving interesting and relevant questions that can be addressed by coupling models of different environments. Since this meeting will be a combined Coastal/Terrestrial meeting, we'll be concentrating partly on ideas for questions involving coastal-terrestrial coupling. You are all welcome to participate in what should be a stimulating and enjoyable set of discussions, ranging from brainstorming to outlining grant proposals. Anyone interested should come with a few possible project ideas to toss out, which can involve scientific questions about a particular location, or can apply more broadly.
This meeting will also feature the opportunity to work on submitting model codes to CSDMS; time designated for CSDMS Integration Facility personnel to be on hand to help with tasks ranging from filling out the model questionnaire, to factoring the code into Initialize, Run, Finalize form, or making more sophisticated alterations. Remember, the process isn’t meant to involve too much, but with people there to help, it will be even easier to make ourselves get around to it. We can also make the knowledgeable Integration Facility people available by phone or video conference during these portions of the meeting, for those who can’t make it in person. +
Our overarching objective is to analyze and synthesize the main impacts of global change on estuarine systems from the perspective of research, observation, management and governance. Our intention is to understand the state-of-the-art and discuss future perspectives and strategies for collaboration between networks. The meeting will consider the main specific problems of deltaic systems, in particular water and sediment management under a scenario of increasing sea level and flooding risks, in order to discuss solutions based on an integrated and systematic approach. Another goal of the DeltaNet Symposium will be to involve other international networks on deltas, to hold a summit of world delta networks that will chart future collaboration avenues. +
Over the last century, a positive trend in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations has been observed at the Earth’s surface. Attempts to predict how such global changes will affect the biodiversity, functioning and productivity of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems in the future still remain elusive. This is partially because it is a challenge to work across the many disciplines and temporal and spatial scales required to understand the many feedbacks that are in place within the Earth system.
The objective of this symposium is to bring together a range of interdisciplinary, Earth system researchers based in Europe advancing frontier research within their discipline to present the state-of-the-art in our understanding of how climate change has affected the function of the atmosphere, biosphere and hydrosphere in the past and how it is being forecast to function in the ‘Anthropocene’. In addition to showcasing the exceptional advances underway across laboratories in Europe the symposium will also provide an opportunity to foster discussion around the subject of gender balance in science in general and in Earth System sciences in particular. +
Over the past 25 years, tremendous advances have occurred in understanding the linkages among climate, surface processes, and tectonics. The purpose of this workshop is to take stock of these advances, to identify the challenges that remain, and to set the stage for the next generation of research efforts. The overarching goals are to:
–Assess the current state of understanding of the linkages among climate, tectonics, and landscape evolution.
–Identify research goals that capitalize on interdisciplinary approaches to advance that understanding at a range of spatial and temporal scales.
–Discuss and articulate strategies for the implementation of the research goals.
–Encourage new collaborations between U.S. and Taiwan scientists, and engage early-career researchers.
The lectures and poster presentations associated with the workshop are open to the public. Financial support for international and domestic travel, housing, meals, and field trip expenses, however, is limited to 75 scientists by application, pending support from funding agencies. Groups underrepresented in STEM fields (women, underrepresented minorities, and persons with disabilities) and early-career scientists (students, post-docs, and pre-tenure faculty) are especially encouraged to apply.
For more information and for application instructions, visit http://facet2015.earth.sinica.edu.tw.
Application Deadline: March 1, 2015 (for U.S. participants); March 31, 2015 (for Taiwan participants). +
Owing to the shutdown of the federal government, the webinar scheduled for Jan. 9, 2019 to address the Frontier Research in the Earth Sciences (FRES) program was not held. Therefore, we are scheduling another one for Jan. 30. No new information that does not appear in the solicitation will be provided, but this will be an opportunity to ask clarifying questions. Also, the presentation will be the same as the one held on Dec. 5, 2018.
The webinar will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019 at 4 p.m. EST, with a brief overview of the program and the opportunity to ask questions. Please email dgeist@nsf.gov by noon on January 30 to enroll in the webinar. Those who enrolled for the Jan. 9 presentation do not need to respond again.
About FRES
A solicitation was recently posted for a new program from the Division of Earth Sciences: Frontier Research in the Earth Sciences (FRES). FRES supersedes the former Integrated Earth Systems (IES) program. In addition to substantive changes in the goals of the program and eligible projects, the proposed budget for the new program is larger. The target date for submission of proposals is Feb. 20, 2019.
The FRES program will support research in Earth systems from its core through the critical zone. The project may focus on all or part of the surface, continental lithospheric, and deeper Earth systems over the entire range of temporal and spatial scales. FRES projects will typically have a larger scientific scope and budget than those considered for funding by core programs in the Division of Earth Sciences (EAR). FRES projects may be interdisciplinary studies that do not fit well within the core programs or cannot be routinely managed by sharing between core programs. Innovative proposals within a single area with results that will have broad relevance to Earth Science research are also encouraged. Investigations may employ any combination of field, laboratory, and computational studies with observational, theoretical, or experimental approaches. Projects should be focused on topics that meet the guidelines for research funded by the Division of Earth Sciences.
If you would like timely news from the Division of Earth Sciences (EAR), subscribe to EAR Express Updates newsletter by sending a blank email to earth-subscribe-request@listserv.nsf.gov. You can unsubscribe at any time by emailing earth-unsubscribe-request@listserv.nsf.gov. Send updates and highlights about your NSF-funded research and education projects to EAR Communication.
PALEOFLOOD ABSTRACT THEMES
*The impact of climate and land-use changes on paleoflood magnitude and frequency.
*Pleistocene and Holocene geomorphic and sedimentary records of paleofloods, and the factors influencing their long-term preservation potential.
*River channel and catchment responses to paleofloods in different geomorphic contexts (upland vs. lowland, gorge vs. plain, bedrock vs. alluvial, etc.).
*River channel and basin ‘recovery’ following large floods.
*Evidence of megafloods on earth and on other planetary bodies.
*Hydroclimatic controls of paleofloods in various environmental settings (temperate, tropical, polar, dryland, etc.).
*Distinguishing characteristics of paleofloods generated by different mechanisms (direct meteorological events, glacial outburst floods, etc.).
*Methods and techniques of paleoflood reconstruction (geochronology, hydraulic modeling, soil stratigraphy, sedimentology, etc.).
*Innovative hydraulic modeling techniques used to reconstruct extreme flows.
*Databases (for floods, chronology, climate proxies, etc.) to compile paleoflood data and other information that could be used in studying paleofloods.
*Incorporation of paleoflood information in the assessment of flood hazard and risk related to engineered structures (dams, bridges, power plants, etc.).
*Application of paleoflood information to policy issues associated with flood hazards.
*Paleoflood hydrology and the archaeological record. +
PECS (Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas) is an independent organisation whose sole purpose is to organise the PECS biennial conferences. The objectives of these conferences are to:
promote exchange of information on recent developments in physics of estuaries and coastal seas;
stimulate cooperation between coastal engineers and coastal oceanographers, and
to provide a forum for graduate students and young scientists and engineers where they feel comfortable to interact with experienced scientists.
Emphasis is on the results of field and laboratory measurements, and theoretical and numerical analysis, with the aim of better understanding the underlying physical processes. Other relevant topics are also acceptable. This conference series emphasizes informal exchanges in a collegial environment. All sessions are plenary and attendance is limited up to two hundred participants. +
People in academia, industry (R&D), and government agencies are investigating and attempting to identify flood risk areas and predict changes in flood risk at large spatial and temporal scales. There is a recognized need to identify flood risk and exposure at higher resolution and with greater precision. Applied research studies either use satellite data to map hazard and exposure to flooding at large scales or use models that are typically run with stochastic data or flow return periods, with large uncertainties about extreme events like floods in the distribution tails. Furthermore, exposure and derived vulnerability data are often licensed or of restricted access. New technologies (e.g. small and cube-satellites, drones), advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI), improved use of crowdsources, social media and available census and other data, and interoperability standards, however, promise significant, even game changing, progress in this field for the coming years.
Flood risk assessments of both exposure and vulnerability should leverage the best available data- but often those producing or using such assessments are unaware of what is available.
In order to maximize exchange and value of required data and models, collaborative partnerships between private and public entities must be established. There is a clear need to bring together government agencies, humanitarian aid organizations, insurance and re-insurance providers, private sector industries, as well as academic and research institutions to increase collaboration and improve access to and flow of information around flood risk. +
People in academia, industry (R&D), and government agencies are investigating and attempting to identify flood risk areas and predict changes in flood risk at large spatial and temporal scales. There is a recognized need to identify flood risk and exposure at higher resolution and with greater precision. Applied research studies either use satellite data to map hazard and exposure to flooding at large scales or use models that are typically run with stochastic data or flow return periods, with large uncertainties about extreme events like floods in the distribution tails. Furthermore, exposure and derived vulnerability data are often licensed or of restricted access. New technologies (e.g. small and cube-satellites, drones), advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI), improved use of crowdsources, social media and available census and other data, and interoperability standards, however, promise significant, even game changing, progress in this field for the coming years.
Flood risk assessments of both exposure and vulnerability should leverage the best available data- but often those producing or using such assessments are unaware of what is available.
In order to maximize exchange and value of required data and models, collaborative partnerships between private and public entities must be established. There is a clear need to bring together government agencies, humanitarian aid organizations, insurance and re-insurance providers, private sector industries, as well as academic and research institutions to increase collaboration and improve access to and flow of information around flood risk.
'''Aim'''<br>
identify minimal requirements for mapping global flood risk that meets user needs
start new collaborative partnerships and strengthen existing ones
identify achievable short-term goals that do not require significant funding
determine a multi-year plan on how to achieve the workshop goals +
Please consider submitting an abstract to the Northeastern GSA sectional meeting. Because this year is GSA's 125th anniversary, the section meeting is going to be bigger than usual. +
Please join us at the Oceanhackweek 2018, August 20-24, 2018, at the University of Washington, Seattle, in collaboration with the UW eScience Institute. This 5-day hands-on workshop is aimed at exploring, creating and promoting effective computation and analysis workflows for large and complex oceanographic data. The focus will be on data provided by the National Science Foundation's Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI). Comparisons to other large-scale ocean observing assets, such as Argo, IOOS, etc. are welcome and encouraged.
Different from conventional conferences and workshops, the Oceanhackweek is constructed based on three core components: tutorials in data science methodologies such as data visualization and cloud computing, peer-learning, and on-site project work in a collaborative environment. We welcome all self-identified oceanographers at all career stages to apply and hope you will join us in this exciting endeavor!
Travel and lodging grants are available for non-local accepted participants. Participants are expected to attend the entire workshop.
More information is available on: https://oceanhackweek.github.io/
To apply, please fill out the application by May 7, 2018. Accepted applicants will be notified no later than May 21, 2018.
For questions, feel free to email oceanhkw@uw.edu. +
