Editor’s note (December 20, 2021): Registered in-person and virtual attendees of the 2021 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting can log in to the meeting platform to watch town hall recordings on demand until February 28.
The American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting features 60-minute town hall events. These events are open to all meeting attendees and are best for collecting feedback or raising awareness for individuals from government agencies, academic programs, special projects, and other focused interest groups via a presentation, roundtable, or panel discussion.
During the 2021 AGU Fall Meeting from December 13 to 17 in New Orleans, Louisiana, in-person town halls will be held daily at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, during the lunch break and in the evening. Also, they will include the option for individuals not physically at AGU to attend virtually. Town hall recordings will be made available no more than 72 hours after the event for on-demand viewing. You must be logged in to the AGU meeting platform to view the recording.
Select virtual town halls will be held the week before the Fall Meeting (December 6 to 9).
All times are listed in Central. Information is subject to change; please check the AGU Fall Meeting website for the most up-to-date information.
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- ARM-Related Town Halls
- Other DOE Earth and Environmental Systems Sciences Division Town Halls
- Other DOE Town Halls
- Related Interagency Town Halls
ARM-Related Town Halls
Week 2 (Monday, December 13 to Friday, December 17)
- TH13B – Clouds, Aerosol, and Air Quality in the Coastal Urban Environment: Interagency Field Campaigns in the Houston, Texas Region 2021–2022
Monday, December 13, 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Convention Center – Room 346–347 (also virtual)
Primary Contact: Michael Jensen, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Presenters: Laura Margaret Judd and John T. Sullivan, NASA; Pavlos Kollias, Stony Brook University; Chongai Kuang, Brookhaven National Laboratory; Greg McFarquhar, Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations
Related ARM news coverage:- Does Pollution Make Thunderstorms More Severe? (Brookhaven National Laboratory news release, September 2021)
- NASA Study Examines Houston-Area Air Quality Issues (NASA Langley Research Center news release, September 2021)
- Newly Funded ASR Projects Come With a Big TRACER Focus (August 2020)
- TH25I – SAIL and SPLASH: Integrated Mountainous Hydrology Science and Observations in the Upper Colorado River Basin
Tuesday, December 14, 6:15 to 7:15 p.m., Convention Center – Room 386–387 (also virtual)
Primary Contact: Daniel Feldman, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Presenters: Kenneth Hurst Williams, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Gijs de Boer, Robert Cifelli, and Allen B. White, NOAA
Related ARM news coverage:- ARM’s SAIL Campaign and NOAA’s SPLASH Study Launch in Colorado (December 2021)
Week 1 (Monday, December 6 to Friday, December 10)
- TH008 – Collaborate With a U.S. DOE User Facility: Learn About Available Expertise and Resources, Open-Call Opportunities, and Important Tips for Submitting Successful Proposals
Tuesday, December 7, 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Virtual
Primary Contact: Linda Isakson, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory/Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL)
Related ARM news coverage:- ARM Request for Preproposals Now Open (December 2021)
- AGU Scoop: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Working With ARM (December 2020)
- Polish Your ARM Preproposals: Principal Investigators Share Their Wisdom (March 2020)
- TH033 – Interagency Town Hall on Precipitation Processes and Predictability
Tuesday, December 7, 6:15 to 7:15 p.m., Virtual
Primary Contact: Renu Joseph, DOE
Moderators: Renu Joseph, DOE; Jin Huang, NOAA
Presenters: Jin Huang and Sandy E. Lucas, NOAA; Renu Joseph and Sally McFarlane, DOE; David B. Considine, NASA; Chungu Lu, National Science Foundation; Michael Patterson, U.S. CLIVAR Project Office
Related DOE climate modeling news coverage:- NOAA-DOE Precipitation Processes and Predictability Workshop Report Now Available (DOE Earth and Environmental System Modeling article, 2021)
- TH029 – Science and Deployment Plan for the DOE Third Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Mobile Facility (AMF3) in the Southeastern United States: Updates on Siting, Instrumentation, and Opportunities for Interagency Coordination
Wednesday, December 8, 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Virtual
Primary Contact: Chongai Kuang, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Moderators: Shawn Serbin and Scott Giangrande, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Related ARM news coverage/blog posts:- AMF3 Site Science Team Blog: Site Picture Comes Into Focus (December 2021)
- AGU Scoop: ARM Takes Aim at the Stormy U.S. Southeast (December 2020)
- TH016 – Integrated Research in Mountainous Hydroclimate at the U.S. Department of Energy
Wednesday, December 8, 6:15 to 7:15 p.m., Virtual
Primary Contact/Moderator: Jennifer Saleem Arrigo, DOE
Presenters: Gerald L. Geernaert, DOE; William Drew Collins, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/University of California, Berkeley; Daniel Feldman, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Jennie Rice and L. Ruby Leung, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Paul Aaron Ullrich, University of California, Davis
Related ARM news coverage:- Mountains of Data: An Unprecedented Climate Observatory to Understand the Future of Water (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory news release, August 2021)
- TH002 – Building a More Diverse Scientific Community: Research Opportunities in DOE’s Office of Biological and Environmental Research
Thursday, December 9, 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Virtual
Primary Contact: Daniel B. Stover, DOE
Moderators: Gerald L. Geernaert and Boris Wawrik, DOE
Related ARM news coverage:- Apply Now for DOE College Student and Faculty Programs (October 2021; please note applications are still being accepted for these opportunities until January 12, 2022)
- TH032 – DOE’s Integrative Artificial Intelligence Framework for Earth System Predictability: AI4ESP
Thursday, December 9, 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Virtual
Primary Contact/Moderator: Renu Joseph, DOE
Presenters: Gerald L. Geernaert and Randall Laviolette, DOE; Nicki Hickmon and Scott Collis, Argonne National Laboratory; Forrest M. Hoffman, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Haruko M. Wainwright, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Related ARM news coverage:- Predicting the Future of the Earth With Artificial Intelligence (Argonne National Laboratory news release, August 2021)
- DOE White Paper Call Results in 155 Submissions (May 2021)
- TH022 – Maximize Your Research by Harnessing Multiple Scientific User Facilities in One Proposal via FICUS
Thursday, December 9, 6:15 to 7:15 p.m., Virtual
Primary Contact: Linda Isakson, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory/Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL)
Related ARM news coverage:- Awardees Announced From ARM/EMSL User Facility Proposal Call (September 2021)
Additional ARM-related presentations can be found here.
Other DOE Earth and Environmental Systems Sciences Division Town Halls
Week 2 (Monday, December 13 to Friday, December 17)
- TH33D – AmeriFlux: Still Waters Run Deep
Wednesday, December 15, 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Convention Center – Room 350–351 (also virtual)
Primary Contact: Margaret S. Torn, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/University of California, Berkeley
Presenters: Deb Agarwal, Sébastien Biraud, Gilberto Pastorello, Danielle S. Christianson, and Stephen Chan, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Margaret S. Torn and Trevor F. Keenan, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/University of California, Berkeley; Dario Papale, University of Tuscia; Jennifer Saleem Arrigo and Daniel B. Stover, DOE; Marcy E. Litvak, University of New Mexico
Week 1 (Monday, December 6 to Friday, December 10)
- TH004 – A Vision for 1,000 Soil Carbon Measurements Across North America
Monday, December 6, 6:15 to 7:15 p.m., Virtual
Primary Contact: Nancy J. Hess, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Presenter: Emily Bonnell Graham, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- TH005 – Environmental System Science at the U.S. Department of Energy
Monday, December 6, 6:15 to 7:15 p.m., Virtual
Primary Contact: Jennifer Saleem Arrigo, DOE
Presenters: Gerald L. Geernaert, Brian Benscoter, Daniel B. Stover, and Paul E. Bayer, DOE
- TH026 – DOE’s Earth and Environmental System Modeling: Opportunities in Coastal Systems, Urban Resilience, and Extreme Events
Wednesday, December 8, 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Virtual
Primary Contact: Robert Vallario, DOE
Presenters: Gerald L. Geernaert, Renu Joseph, Xujing Davis, and Robert Vallario, DOE; L. Ruby Leung, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Christa Brelsford, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Paul Aaron Ullrich, University of California, Davis
Other DOE Town Halls
Week 1 (Monday, December 6 to Friday, December 10)
- TH014 – The U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science Initiatives in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusions: The Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Research Integrity Seeks Input From the Research Community
Wednesday, December 8, 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Virtual
Primary Contact: Daniel B. Stover, DOE
Moderator: Julie Carruthers, DOE
Related Interagency Town Halls
Week 2 (Monday, December 13 to Friday, December 17)
- TH25C – US CLIVAR and IARPC Town Hall: A Strategy for Understanding the Coevolution of the Atmosphere, Sea Ice, and Ocean in the New Arctic
Tuesday, December 14, 6:15 to 7:15 p.m., Convention Center – Room 346–347 (also virtual)
Primary Contact: Patrick C. Taylor, NASA
Moderators: Frederick Bingham, University of North Carolina at Wilmington; Marika M. Holland, National Center for Atmospheric Research; Linette Boisvert, NASA; Patrick Heimbach, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; An Nguyen, University of Texas at Austin
Presenters: Patrick C. Taylor, NASA; Amy Solomon, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences; Gijs de Boer, NOAA
- TH25D – Maximize Your Research Through Partnership With Federal User Research Facilities: Leveraging State-of-the-Art Technologies and No-Cost Access to Advance Discoveries
Tuesday, December 14, 6:15 to 7:15 p.m., Convention Center – Room 348–349 (also virtual)
Primary Contact: Dan Powers, Society for Science at User Research Facilities
- TH33M – Arctic Research Plan 2022-2026: Supporting Arctic Research Collaborations for the Next Five Years
Wednesday, December 15, 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Convention Center – Room 398–399 (also virtual)
Primary Contact: Liz Weinberg, Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee
Presenters: Larry D. Hinzman, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; Nikoosh Carlo, CNC North Consulting; Max Showalter, NOAA; Gerald L. Geernaert, DOE; Roberto Antonio Delgado, National Science Foundation
Week 1 (Monday, December 6 to Friday, December 10)
- TH031 – IARPC Townhall on Arctic System Modeling Capabilities
Tuesday, December 7, 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Virtual
Primary Contact: Renu Joseph, DOE
Moderators: Wilbert Weijer, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Richard I. Cullather, NASA
Presenters: Wilbert Weijer, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Richard I. Cullather, NASA; Larry D. Hinzman, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
- TH025 – Developing the U.S. Global Change Research Program’s Decadal Strategic Plan: Updates and Opportunities for Community Input
Thursday, December 9, 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Virtual
Primary Contact: Katie Reeves, U.S. Global Change Research Program
Moderator: J. Michael Kuperberg, DOE
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