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Exploring Surface Processes: How to Build Coupled Models
CSDMS Full Day Workshop at AGU 2019 Fall Meeting (registration is through the AGU Fall Meeting Registration Page)
December 8th, 2019
San Francisco, CA
Instructors:
Irina Overeem and Mark Piper, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Nicole Gasparini, Tulane University, LA
Andrew Ashton, Woodshole Oceanographic Institute, MA
Predicting long-term Earth surface change or the impacts of short-term natural hazards requires computational models. Many existing numerical models quantitatively describe sediment transport processes, predicting terrestrial and coastal change at a variety of scales. However, these models often address a single process or component of the earth surface system.
The Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System (CSDMS) is an NSF-funded initiative that supports the open software efforts of the surface processes community. CSDMS distributes >200 models and tools and provides cyberinfrastructure to simulate lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere or cryosphere dynamics. Many of the most exciting problems in these fields arise at the interfaces of different environments and through complex interactions of processes.
This workshop presents recent cyberinfrastructure tools for hypothesis-driven modeling – the CSDMS Python Modeling Toolkit (pymt) and Landlab. Pymt allows users to interactively run and couple numerical models contributed by the community. There are already tools for coastal and permafrost modeling, stratigraphic and subsidence modeling, and terrestrial landscape evolution modeling (including hillslope, overflow, landslide processes and a suite of erosions processes with vegetation interactions) and these are easy to run and further develop in a Python environment.
The full-day tutorial aims to provide a short overview of the CSDMS pymt and Landlab, a demonstration of running a coupled model and hands-on exercises using Jupyter notebooks in small groups of attendees. The organizers will facilitate breakout groups for discussion of pressing research needs and then have a plenary discussion with reports of each of the breakouts on future frontier applications of coupled landscape process modeling.
Draft Agenda
8:30 - 9:00 welcome and introduction
9:00-9:30 overview of coupled modeling; why is it needed? examples and where do we want to go?
9:30-10:00 break-out groups: guided inventory of ideas and participants
10-10:30 break
10:30-12:30 basic tutorials Landlab and PyMT. Hands-on examples of hypothesis-driven modeling and visualization in Jupyter notebooks
12:30-1:30 lunch
1:30 - 2:30 breakout groups guided inventory of ideas with PyMT and Landlab as a modeling toolkits
2:30-4:00 more advanced tutorials Landlab and PyMT. Hands-on examples of coupled modeling in Jupyter notebooks, demonstration of uncertainty quantification
4:00-5:00 Plenary discussion on state-of-the art research frontiers, where can hypothesis-driven modeling go next?
Register through AGU Fall Meeting Registration page: https://www.agu.org/Fall-Meeting/Pages/Plan-Fall-Meeting/#0
Following the success of I.S.Rivers 2012 and 2015, the GRAIE and ZABR are launching the third edition of I.S.Rivers in 2018, dedicated to research and practices on natural and human-impacted large rivers worldwide.
I.S.Rivers will take place from June 4 to 8, 2018 at the Lumière Lyon 2 University, a prestigious venue situated near the Rhône river.
This international conference is dedicated to research and practices on natural and human-impacted large rivers, in particular functioning, changes and processes, interface and interactions, management policies, engineering.
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The I.S.Rivers conference concentrates on the state of art management strategies and lessons learned from individual case studies. Particular consideration is given to the integration of physical, ecological and social perspectives of the different stakeholders involved in river management (governance, economy, culture), which is reflected in the title of the conference (“Integrative Sciences for rivers”). +
Following the successful first workshop of 2005, this three-day informal meeting will be an opportunity for discussion on all aspects of the behaviour of turbidity and related gravity currents, including relevant studies on non-particulate gravity currents, from direct observations in the environment and the laboratory to numerical simulation. The workshop will consist of a combination of relatively informal plenary sessions, posters, and an offsite half-day excursion to promote informal discussion. We suggest that this should be a work- in-progress meeting, and anticipate perhaps 50 to 60 participants. +
For a quarter of a century, the Supercomputing Conference has served as the crossroads for the entire HPC community. From users and program managers to colleagues and vendors...from government to private industry to academia...SC has provided unparalleled cooperation, unequaled collaboration, and unmatched exposure.
And what better place to celebrate our 25th year than in Denver, Colorado? Located near the center of the continental United States, at the convergence of mountain and prairie, where high-rise buildings greet open range and the earth touches the sky, Denver is a community boldly moving into the future.
Spotlighting the most advanced scientific and technical applications in the world, SC13 will bring together the international supercomputing community for an exceptional program of technical papers, tutorials and timely research posters. The SC13 Exhibition Hall will feature exhibits of the latest and greatest technologies from industry, academia and government research organizations; many of these technologies will be seen for the first time in Denver. +
From 16-18 October 2019, the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), in collaboration with the European Geosciences Union (EGU), the University of Luxembourg and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), will organize the conference "Global change, landscape ageing and the pulse of catchments" at the Belval Innovation Campus (Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg).
During the conference, we intend to assess the current status quo and potential ways forward on (i) catchment evolution conceptualization, (ii) conciliation of (dynamic) catchment complexity and (static) model complexity, as well as (iii) re-connection of field research and hydrological modelling.
The conference will be wired around three complementary sessions:
* Session 1: Catchment ageing and changing water cycles – a matter of co-evolution, randomness or both?
* Session 2: Moving beyond the diagnosis of catchment complexity and heterogeneity
* Session 3: Mesoscale experiments and environmental simulators – the missing link between models and field research?
Additional information on the conference, registration, abstract submission and accomodation can be found via the following link:
https://www.list.lu/en/event/global-change-landscape-ageing-and-the-pulse-of-catchments/ +
Fully integrated EKT components focused on three end-user groups: researchers, planners and educators
* Researchers with model and visualization tools for the testing of hypotheses in support of data interpretation, and development of field programs. The archiving of benchmark data sets, documented source code, and the ability to download models with user-friendly graphical interfaces are key objectives.
* Planners with decision-making tools to run scenarios, and relate GIS output to environmental factors and land use while quantifying uncertainties.
* Educators with pre-packaged models to help illustrate surface processes, teaching tools to build intuition with “what-if”-type model runs, case studies that integrate field data and model simulations, and exploratory exercises for students. Our principal audiences are university students, professionals, teachers at the secondary school and college levels, and the general public. +
GES-9 will emphasize human interactions with geochemical processes at all spatial and temporal scales. We strive to create a comfortable, friendly setting for presenting your research and learning about related work. Most presentations will be in unhurried poster sessions adjoining the lecture hall. In-depth presentations from invited speakers will synthesize recent work. We will take a half-day for field trips to explore the local environments of the Colorado Front Range, including the Boulder Creek Critical Zone Observatory. Student participation is encouraged, and partial support will be available to student presenters. +
GeoMod is a biennial conference dedicated to latest results of analogue and numerical modelling of lithospheric and mantle deformation.
At GeoMod2014 we will focus on rheology and deformation at a wide range of temporal and spatial scales: from earthquakes to long-term deformation, from micro-structures to orogens and subduction systems, as well as volcanotectonics and the interaction between tectonics and surface processes.
The conference will be followed by a 2-day short course on "Constitutive Laws: from Observation to Implementation in Models" (lectures, lab visits and practical exercises), as well as a 1-day hands-on tutorial on the ASPECT numerical modeling software (see here). +
GeoMod is a biennial international conference focusing on experimental and numerical modelling in Geosciences. The main aim is to discuss and present the latest ideas, methods and results of laboratory, analytical and numerical modeling of geological processes. A particular focus will be on controversial topics and natural observations that are explained by different models. GeoMod 2016 wants to bring together junior and senior researchers from both Academia and Industry.
GeoMod 2016 is organized as a four days workshop (Monday 17 to Friday 20 of October) with three days dedicated to invited talks and a poster session with posters on display throughout the entire conference duration.
The workshop will be followed by a one day (October 21th, 2016) geological field trip in the Languedoc region. +
Geography involves a comprehensive understanding of both natural and human factors and their interactions. Related research topics can be generated from various disciplines (e.g., geomorphology, hydrology, soil science, biology, climate science, and social science), and the focus is on exploring the interactive mechanisms of surface processes. During the research of modern geography, increasing challenges emerge along the complexity, synthesis, quantification and multi-scale of geography. Accordingly, this trend has caused a great deal of challenges on current comprehensive geographical modeling and simulation. Obviously, a single model alone has very limited capacity of simulating complex geographical phenomena, and it can be difficult for a single research group with specific domain knowledge to address comprehensive geographic problems. A reasonable solution for scientific research on complex problems is to engage dispersed multi-disciplinary experts to discuss problems, perform experiments, and find optimal answers through collaborative research. As well, this is feasible and appropriate for geographic research. Nowadays, collaborative geographic modeling and simulation is becoming increasingly popular, involves a number of key issues, i.e., standardization for heterogeneous model, model building in visualized methods, model sharing and reuse on the web, and model integration and simulation. To facilitate collaborative study, an open geographical modeling and simulation architecture is highly desired, which will involve more scholars and their contributions on geographic problem solving. This workshop aims at exploring related theories, methods, and potential applications, facilitating communication between experts from multidisciplinary domains, encouraging extensive discussion regarding the potential directions of the field, and promoting further research for a bright future. +
Go to the official meeting website: https://csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/Form:Annualmeeting to find out more about pre- and post meeting workshops and how to register for the annual meeting. +
Goals:
#Climate change affects all Earth surface systems but with the arguably greatest impact in high-latitude and high-altitude cold environments. In these areas, climate change shapes earth surface processes not just by altering vegetation cover and human activities but also through its impact on frost penetration and duration within the ground surface layers. All of these factors influence patterns of erosion, transport and deposition of sediments and related fluxes (e.g., nutrients, solutes, carbon). It is a challenge to develop a better understanding of how these factors combine to affect sedimentary transfer processes and sediment budgets in cold environments. Our baseline knowledge on the erosion, sedimentary transfer and depositional processes operating within Holocene and present-day climates and as landscape systems evolved and under given vegetation covers, forms our basis for predicting the consequences of predicted future climate change and related vegetation cover changes. However, much of this information is limited in terms of spatial and temporal coverage and needs to be extended and consolidated. Only when we have these reliable models response to landscape and climate change we will have fuller understanding of probable future changes to these regions.
#Central issues will be the further discussion of relevant science questions to be addressed within the SEDIBUD programme, the presentation and further discussion of the SEDIFLUX Manual (Revised Version), the presentation of SEDIBUD key test sites (catchments), the development of the SEDIBUD metadata database, and the development of further ideas to continue and to extend the scientific activities within SEDIBUD. +
Goldschmidt is the foremost annual, international conference on geochemistry and related subjects, organized by the Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry. +
Goldschmidt2013 is the world's largest geochemistry conference, held in Florence, Italy, 25-30 August, 2013 +
Gully erosion remains a critical concern worldwide. Gullies, rills, and other erosion within concentrated flows are the dominant causes of soil loss from hillslopes and agricultural regions. They can cause severe water quality impairment and landscape degradation, they can have important implications for biogeochemical cycles, and they can have devastating, long-lasting effects on society. It is for these reasons that scientists, land managers, and practitioners have sought to understand the processes of gully erosion, to engage in field- and laboratory-based experimental monitoring and management programs, and to develop theoretical and analytical arguments for soil erosion prediction technology. Through these collective efforts, tremendous gains have been made in the understanding of these important geomorphic phenomena and in the successful management of these critical resources. +
Halifax, Nova Scotia will host Canada’s premier international conference on coastal and ocean issues June 15-19th 2014. The Coastal Zone Canada Conference (CZC2014) will bring together participants from around the globe to assess benefits and threats to our coasts and oceans. Hundreds of participants will work together to develop and evaluate effective approaches for realizing socio-economic and environmental benefits from the World’s coastal zones. A primary goal of the collaboration will be to identify ways to sustain commitment and momentum concerning coastal and ocean management. Social media tools will be used extensively to promote participation in the meeting rooms, in the hallways and beyond.
Amidst climate change, increasing populations, expanding exploitation of arctic resources and many other pressures, CZC2014 will host presentations, discussions and working sessions on topics ranging from science and technology, to policy, to governance and citizen engagement. These themes will continue the work addressed in previous conferences of the CZC series. +
Has humanity’s impact on the Earth been so significant that it defines a new geological epoch? In the blink of a geological eye, through our need for energy, food, water, minerals, for space in which to live and play, we have wrought changes to Earth’s environment and life that are as significant as any known in the geological record.
In 2000, Nobel Prize winner Paul Crutzen first characterised this ‘perfect storm’ of human impacts on the planet, its ecosystems and the geological record as constituting a new ‘Anthropocene’ geological epoch, and the concept has since gained a firm foothold, both in the geological community and more widely. Its significance is not simply a matter of geological taxonomy – it constitutes a new organising principle for natural and social scientists from a wide range of disciplines studying our interactions with life and the planet, for policy makers addressing resource use and environmental challenges, and for a broader public engaging with these debates through traditional and new media. +
Here is the current list of topics for MODFLOW and More 2013:
* Integrated modeling to understand and manage water supply, water quality, and ecology
* Optimization and uncertainty in support of resource management and remediation design
* Sensitivity and Calibration Analysis: Their Use and Presentation
* Advances in integrated hydrologic modeling
* Integrating surface water and groundwater MODELERS: sharing insights and ideas for assimilating data and models
* Using models to identify data needs and guide data acquisition
* Modeling groundwater dependent ecosystems
* Implications of human activities on water quantity and quality
* Working together: scientists, stakeholders and decision makers
* Using models to inform policy making
* The hindcasting controversy: examples and perspectives from practicing modelers and others
* Simulation Code Verification, Benchmarking and Intercomparisons
* Modeling of mines: applications and issues
* The Analytic Element Method: Developments and Applications
* Promoting transparency and reproducibility: examples and perspectives
* Remaining quietly archived while the hydrosphere degrades: taking models out of the closet
* Fracture Flow Modeling
* Unsaturated Zone and Multiphase Modeling
* Coupled flow and Transport Modeling
* Geochemical and Biogeochemical Reactive Trabsport Modeling
* Variable-density flow modeling
* New developments in graphical user interfaces, visualization and GIS software
* Prgramming Resources for model developers
* Arid Land Groundwater Resource Issues +
Hosted by the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), University of Colorado, Boulder
The meeting is open to all interested in the Arctic and Antarctic environments. Talks and poster sessions will cover all aspects of high latitude environments, including those of the past, present, and future. Previous Workshops have included presentations on Arctic and Antarctic climate, paleoenvironment, atmospheric, archeology, environmental geochemistry, geomorphology, hydrology, glaciology, soils, ecology, oceanography, Quaternary history and more.
We strive for a relaxed, friendly, and interactive experience, fostered in part by our relatively small size. And unlike most meetings, you can present your very latest research; the abstract deadline is only a few weeks before the Workshop. Please join our annual gathering of international researchers!
For more information, please go to http://instaar.colorado.edu/news-events/conferences/
or contact ArcticWS@colorado.edu +
Hydroinformatics is a strongly inter-disciplinary field, which links water and environmental problems with various computational modelling methods and fast developing information and communication technologies. Especially the need to standardize and harmonize data protocols and descriptions has prompted many researchers to seek approaches and solutions to overcome data and communication heterogeneity aimed at increased levels of interoperability between different data systems. Hence, a special focus of this conference will be the assessment of the current state of the development of data management (in the broadest sense) approaches that address important aspects related to data storage, data curation, data interoperability, data registration, data provenance, data stewardship, and data annotations. Finding solutions to these challenging problems requires close collaboration between scientists – established as well as young ones, – informaticists, software developers, practitioners, and stake holders from public and federal organizations. So we encourage you to contribute to the development of future solutions and to widen your own expertise and profile by attending and participating in the conference. This event is the latest in a well-established series of bi-annual Hydroinformatics conferences started in the early nineties. Furthermore this conference is supported by three world-leading international organisations, IAHR (International Association of Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research), IAHS (International Association of Hydrological Sciences) and IWA (International Water Association). On behalf of the organizing committee, we invite you to come to the “big apple” as New York City is also called and to enjoy a few days in one of the most exciting cities in the world. New York City Tourist Guide. +
