Form:CSDMS annual meeting

The joint 2016 CSDMS - SEN^* Annual Meeting
Capturing Climate Change

May 17 -19^th 2016, Boulder Colorado, USA

Optional: May 16^th 2016, pre-conference bootcamp

Registration

Registration will open Mid January. Please don't register yet, we're in a testing phase right now.

The online conference registration is a three step process:

Step 1: Log in	Log in (or create account for non-CSDMS members) Forgot username? Search or email:CSDMSweb@colorado.edu
Step 2: Register	Start registration
Step 3: Academia or Government, registration fee: $200 Industry, registration fee: $1,500 Third party website

Note 1: You only are successfully registered by fulfilling the above steps
Note 2: Do you want to make changes to you abstract?

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2. Select your registration record in "participants" and start making changes by clicking "Edit registration".

Objectives and general description

The joint CSDMS - SEN^* 2016 annual meeting will focus on “advances in simulating the imprint of climate change on the land and seascapes, including the processes that influence them”. We would like presentations to either focus on the impacts of present and future climate change, or how climate change has impacted the earth in the past. Topics of interests also include modeling research that integrate different disciplines, different scales, and the synergy between models and experimental data. As in past meetings, keynote speakers are by invitation only, and poster presentations are the general media. The meeting will include:

1. State-of-the art keynote presentations in earth-surface dynamics and modeling
2. Hands-on clinics related to community models, tools and approaches
3. Transformative software products and approaches designed to be accessible, easy to use, and relevant
4. Breakout sessions for Working, Focus Research Groups and the Initiatives
5. Poster Sessions

and more!

Poster Information: The poster boards are configured for 4' wide by 6' tall (portrait orientation) posters. The deadline to submit abstracts is April 15, 2016.

Agenda

Click here to view the draft agenda of 12/29/2015.

Keynote Speakers

As of now:

Wonsuck Kim University of Texas	draft - Sediment Experimentalists Network Activities and Future Direction

Jean Braun Institut des Sciences de la Terre, Universitaire de Grenoble

Links Between Mantle Convection, Tectonics, Erosion and Climate: Recent Model Developments and Results

Plate tectonics is the primary process controlling the Earth’s surface topography. In recent years, geodynamicists have emphasised the role that deep mantle flow may play in directly creating long wavelength, low amplitude topography (a so-called “dynamic” contribution to surface topography). In parallel, geomorphologists have investigated how surface processes (erosion, transport and sedimentation) may affect dynamic topography, with the aim of better understanding its signature in the geological record. To achieve this, we have developed a new class of surface processes models that represent the combined effects of physical erosion and chemical alteration within continental interiors. In developing these models, we have paid much attention to maintaining high efficiency and stability such that they could be used to model large continental areas with sufficient spatial resolution to represent the processes at the appropriate scale. I will briefly present these algorithms as well as the results of two separate studies in which we explain the anomalously rapid erosion of surface material during the passage of a continent over a fixed source of dynamic topography driven by upward flow in the mantle. I will also comment on how these models are strongly dependent on precipitation patterns and, ultimately, will need to be fully coupled to climate models to provide more meaningful constraints on the past evolution of surface topography.

Nikki Lovenduski Department of Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences and Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder

Ocean Carbon Uptake and Acidification: Can We Predict the Future?

The oceans have absorbed a large fraction of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions, having consequences for ocean biogeochemistry and ecosystems via ocean acidification. Simulations with Earth System Models can be used to predict the future evolution of ocean carbon uptake and acidification in the coming decades and beyond, but there is substantial uncertainty in these model predictions, particularly on regional scales. Such uncertainty challenges decision makers faced with protecting the future health of ocean ecosystems. Uncertainty can be separated into three component parts: (1) uncertainty due to internal variability, (2) uncertainty due to model structure, and (3) uncertainty due to emission scenario. Here, we isolate and quantify the evolution of these three sources of prediction uncertainty in ocean carbon uptake over the next century using output from two sets of ensembles from the Community Earth System Model (CESM) along with output from models participating in the Fifth Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5). We find that the three sources of prediction uncertainty in ocean carbon uptake are not constant, but instead vary with prediction lead time and the scale of spatial averaging. In order to provide valuable predictions to decision makers, we should invest in reducing the main sources of uncertainty.

Enrique Curchitser Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University	draft - Multi-Scale Modeling of Ocean Boundary Currents

Jean-Francois Lamarque National Center for Atmospheric Research	draft - Community Earth System Model

Zach Tessler Environmental CrossRoads Initiative, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center	draft - Sea Level Changes

Jon Pelletier University of Arizona	Earth's Future - Landscape Response to Climate and Land-Use Change

Clinic Leaders

As of now:

Zheyu Zhou, Xiaofeng Liu & Tom Hsu Univ. Delaware, Penn State, Univ. Delaware,

Modeling coastal processes using OpenFOAM

Eric Hutton & Mark Piper CSDMS, University of Colorado

draft BMI: Live!

Irina Overeem & Mark Piper CSDMS, University of Colorado

draft Using TopoFlow in the classroom

Greg Tucker CIRES, University of Colorado

Landlab: A Python library for building, exploring, and coupling 2D surface-process models

Gregory E. Tucker 1, Daniel E.J. Hobley 1, Jordan M. Adams 2, Sai S. Nudurupati 3, Eric Hutton 4, Nicole M. Gasparini 2, and Erkan Istanbulluoglu 3 1 CIRES and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder 2 Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University 3 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington 4 CSDMS, University of Colorado at Boulder Writing the software to implement a two-dimensional numerical model can be a daunting exercise, even when the underlying discretization and numerical schemes are relatively simple. The challenge is even greater when the desired model includes ``advanced features such as an unstructured grid, a staggered-grid numerical solver, or input/output operations on gridded data. Landlab is a Python-language programming library that makes the process of 2D model-building simpler and more efficient. Landlab's core features include: (1) a gridding engine that lets you create and configure a structured or unstructured grid in just a few lines of code, and to attach data directly to the grid; (2) a library of pre-built process components that saves you from having to re-invent the wheel with common geoscience algorithms (such as flow routing on gridded terrain, linear and nonlinear diffusion, and elastic plate flexure); (3) a mechanism for coupling components together to create integrated model; and (4) a suite of tools for input/output and other common operations. Although Landlab's components are primarily related to earth-surface dynamics (including geomorphology and hydrology), its basic framework is applicable to many types of geophysical system. This clinic provides a hands-on tutorial introduction to Landlab. Participants will learn about Landlab's capabilities, and how to use it to build and run simple 2D models. Familiarity with the Python language and the Numpy library is helpful but not critical.

Participants

Interested to see who registered for the meeting as of 05/18/2024?

• Participants meeting
• Submitted abstracts
• Participants bootcamp

Reimbursement

Within its budget, CSDMS intends to support member applicants to attend the annual meeting. Towards this goal, we encourage members to fully or partially cover their expenses if capable. We additionally thank those in the industry and agency fields for understanding that 1) we cannot compensate federal agency participants since our own funding is from NSF, and 2) we request that our industrial/ corporate participants cover their own costs thereby allowing more academic participants to attend.

To the extent possible, CSDMS intends to reimburse the registration fee, lodging (shared rooms at 100% and single rooms at 50% at conference hotels), and a limited amount of travel expenses for qualified registrants - those members who will attend all three days of the meeting and are not industry or federal employees.

Important for foreign travelers requesting reimbursement: If you need a visa to travel to USA, select a business visa. If you need an invitation letter, please email csdms@colorado.edu as soon as possible. Also indicate whether specific wording is required in the letter. Second, we will need to copy the entry stamp in your passport sometime during the meeting as proof that you were here on business as required by US tax laws for reimbursement (especially when dealing with airfare.) We are only able to provide reimbursement for airfare within the U.S. All airfare that is being reimbursed must be for airlines that are U.S. flag carriers.

Travel, Lodging and Conference Center Information

The meeting will be held at SEEC
Hotel: Millennium Harvest House Hotel
Transportation: You can book transportation between DIA and Boulder here: Green Ride Boulder. And information on how to find Green Ride Boulder at DIA.
We will provide a bus between the hotels and the meeting venue each day. We will also provide transportation to the banquet.

Pre-conference one-day Software Carpentry bootcamp

CSDMS will host a Pre-conference one-day Software Carpentry bootcamp on Monday May 16^th, 2016. The objective is to teach basic programming skills that will be useful for scientific computing and model development. This is an intensive, hands-on workshop, during which certified instructors will cover basic elements of:

1. the Unix bash shell,
2. Python programming and NumPy, and
3. Github for version control.

Our instructors are earth scientists and have familiarity with the CSDMS framework, such that lessons and examples will be targeted toward relevant problems in your field. The bootcamp intentionally precedes the CSDMS meeting, so the skills participants develop should be useful in the clinics during the meeting.

Note:

• Registration is open till April 1^st (or until program fill) and is handled through the 2016 meeting site.
  
• The bootcamp is capped at 30 participants (first paid first serve), and it has a $25 registration fee.
• Participant will be responsible for cost / organization of their extra day of hotel accommodation and dinner. Costs will not be reimbursed.
• We will cover coffee and lunch during the bootcamp.

Student Scholarships (two options)

CSDMS

This year CSDMS is offering a limited number of scholarships (up to 12) for graduate students to attend the CSDMS annual meeting. Three scholarships will be offered for the purpose of increasing participation of underrepresented students. To be eligible, graduate students need to meet the following requirements:

• Attend the whole meeting (May 17-19, 2016)
• Submit an abstract
• Be enrolled as a graduate student at the time of the meeting (bring proof)
• Submit a letter of motivation that states why you wish to participate in the meeting, and explain how your participation would enhance diversity in the field of surface dynamics modeling.

The CSDMS scholarships will cover:

• Registration costs
• Travel (air fare ONLY within the United States and local transport)
• Per diem to help reimburse the cost of meals from 17-19 May 2016 not offered in the conference schedule

SEN

The Sediment Experimentalist Network (SEN) is sponsoring a data-utilization contest for graduate-student and early-career geoscience modelers who feel passionate about advancing science through experimental data sharing and reuse. The top four winners of the data-utilization contest will have all travel and registration costs paid for.

To apply:

• Please check the box during registration to indicate that you are applying for the SEN travel grant.
• Send your application materials (proposal, professional biography) to sedimentexp@gmail.com by April 1, 2016.
• Full instructions for the travel grant application are available here.
  
  

Important dates

• January 15^th: Registration opens
• March 1^st: Deadline for student scholarship applications
• April 1^st: Deadline for abstract submission & registration
• May 16^th: Optional: pre-conference bootcamp
• May 17-19^th: CSDMS annual meeting
• May 20^th: CSDMS Executive and Steering committees meeting (by invitation only)

^* The Sediment Experimentalist Network (SEN) integrates the efforts of sediment experimentalists to build a knowledge base for guidance on best practices for data collection and management. The network facilitates cross-institutional collaborative experiments and communicates with the research community about data and metadata guidelines for sediment-based experiments. This effort aims to improve the efficiency and transparency of sedimentary research for field geologists and modelers as well as experimentalists.