AGU 2023: DOE and ESS Relevant Town Halls and Booths

Join the ESS community at this year’s American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting in San Francisco on December 11–15. The following list highlights DOE, ESS, and Urban Integrated Field Laboratory–related town halls and booths that may be of interest to our community.

DOE and ESS Relevant Town Halls

Monday, December 11

TH15D–The Rapidly Changing Landscape of Energy-Water Connections: Opportunities Spanning Science to Applications at the U.S. Department of Energy
6:30 – 7:30 p.m. PST | Level 2, West, Moscone Center 2008–West

Tuesday, December 12

TH23C–DOE’s Strategic Development in Coastal Research: Advancing a Coupled Model-Experiment Research Approach in U.S. Coastal Zones
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. PST | Level 2, West, Moscone Center 2018–West

TH23L–Accelerate Your Research by Leveraging the Power of Multiple Scientific User Facilities Through One Competitive Proposal: Learn About the Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science (FICUS) Program
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. PST | Level 2, West, Moscone Center 2016–West

TH25J–Translating Climate Science into National Security Missions: Opportunities, Progress, and Research Challenges in Enhancing Climate Security
6:30 – 7:30 p.m. PST | Level 2, West, Moscone Center 2007–West

TH25B–E3SM: A Decade of Earth System Modeling Effort at the Department of Energy
6:30 – 7:30 p.m. PST | Level 2, West, Moscone Center 2005–West

Thursday, December 14

TH43O–Building a More Diverse Scientific Community: Emerging Opportunities in DOE’s Biological and Environmental Research Program
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. PST | Level 3, West, Moscone Center 3001–West

TH45E–Opportunities for Engagement in Extreme Events Research: Promoting Open Science Awareness from DOE’s Earth and Environmental System Modeling Program
6:30 – 7:30 p.m. PST | Level 2, West, Moscone Center 2010–West

DOE and ESS Relevant AGU Booths

Visit the DOE Biological and Environmental Research (BER) program at Booth 414 for up-to-date information about ESS research projects, funding opportunities, awards, and workshops. You can also chat with ESS program managers and several ESS principal investigators who’ll be holding booth office hours during the week. Check with booth representatives for a schedule. While you’re there, pick up some BER-themed stickers and other programmatic materials.

Additional booths that may be of interest are:

  • Booth 614: DOE Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility
  • Booth 515: DOE Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  • Booth 1248: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • Booth 1242: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • Booth 514: Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • Booth 1246: Sandia National Laboratories

Urban Integrated Field Laboratory AGU Activities

December 11, 2023

2:10 pm

Advancing Flood Frequency Analysis with an Integrated Surface-Subsurface Model and Realistic Stochastic Storm Catalogs - H13O-1676

Location: Poster Hall A-C - South (Exhibition Level, South, Moscone Center)
Presenter: Gabriel Perez, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Type: Poster
Project: SETX

4:18 pm

Data Management Challenges for the DOE Baltimore Social-Environmental Collaborative Urban Integrated Field Laboratories (BSEC UIFL) - IN14B-07

Location: eLightning Theater IV, Hall D - South (Exhibition Level, South, Moscone Center)
Presenter: Chris Forest, Pennsylvania State University

Type: eLightning Session
Project: BSEC

December 12, 2023

10:20 am

Multisector Dynamics: Confluence of Societal and Environmental Change in Urban Areas - GC22E

Location: 2008 - West (Level 2, West, Moscone Center)
Presenter: Melissa Allen, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Type: Oral presentation
Project: SW-IFL

11:10 am

Multi-Model Future Typical Meteorological (fTMY) Weather for Nearly Every US County - GC22E-06

Location: 2008 - West (Level 2, West, Moscone Center)
Presenter: Fengqi (Frank) Li, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Type: Oral presentation
Project: SW-IFL

11:10 am

Stormwater Storage and Ecological Resilience of Restored Urban Prairies - H22E-05

Location: 3002 - West (Level 3, West, Moscone Center)
Presenter: Colleen O'Brien, Northwestern University

Type: Oral presentation
Project: CROCUS

2:10 pm

Extreme Weather and Climate in Urban Areas, Their Social Impacts, and Mitigation - A23D

Location: 3000 - West (Level 3, West, Moscone Center)
Presenter: Ahram Cho, University of Illinois–Chicago

Type: Oral presentation
Project: CROCUS

2:10 pm

Quantifying Compound Flooding in Southeast Texas: A Novel Approach for Assessing Impacts on Communities and Infrastructure - NH23D-0744

Location: Poster Hall A-C - South (Exhibition Level, South, Moscone Center)
Presenter: Mark Wang, University of Texas–Austin

Type: Poster
Project: SETX

December 13, 2023

8:30 am

Can Plant Functional Traits Be Used as Integrators of Environmental Stressors in Urban Areas? - A31I-2495

Location: Poster Hall A-C - South (Exhibition Level, South, Moscone Center)
Presenter: Nicole Dziedzic, University of Illinois–Chicago

Type: Poster
Project: CROCUS

8:30 am

Developing an Index to Understand Large-Scale Rainfall Patterns in Southeast Texas - A31H-2484

Location: Poster Hall A-C - South (Exhibition Level, South, Moscone Center)
Presenter: Lochana Kalyanaraman, University of Texas–Austin

Type: Poster
Project: SETX

8:30 am

Does a Luxury Effect Exist in Chicago, Illinois? An Analysis of Tree Biodiversity and its Relationship to Social/Environmental Factors Across the 77 Community Areas of Chicago - A31I-2498

Location: Poster Hall A-C - South (Exhibition Level, South, Moscone Center)
Presenter: Ashley Rasmussen, University of Illinois–Chicago

Type: Poster
Project: CROCUS

10:40 am

BSEC: A Community-Integrated Approach to Urban Climate Research - GC32B-03

Location: 2006 - West (Level 2, West, Moscone Center)
Presenter: William Eliott Foust, Pennsylvania State University

Type: Oral presentation
Project: BSEC

2:10 pm

Simulation of ecohydrological hot spots of nitrogen in a suburban watershed - H33U-2064

Location: Board 2064, Poster Hall A-C South (Exhibition Level, South, Moscone Center)
Presenter: Ruoyu Zhang, University of Virginia

Type: Poster
Project: BSEC

2:30 pm

Implications of Budget Policies and Other Constraints on Urban Adaptation: The Case of Extreme Heat Impacts - GC33G-1227

Location: Poster Hall A-C - South (Exhibition Level, South, Moscone Center)
Presenter: Ali Eyni, Johns Hopkins University

Type: Poster
Project: BSEC

2:35 pm

Harmonizing High-Resolution Earth Observation and Health Data to Examine Associations Between Extreme Heat and Asthma Exacerbations in Baltimore, MD - GH33A-03

Location: 2020 - West (Level 2, West, Moscone Center)
Presenter: Bianca Corpuz, Johns Hopkins University

Type: Oral presentation
Project: BSEC

6:30 pm

AmeriFlux Town Hall: Enhancing the Impact of Flux Science for the World - TH35F

Location: 2003 - West (Level 2, West, Moscone Center)
Presenter: Enrique Vivoni, Arizona State University

Type: Town Hall
Project: SW-IFL

December 14, 2023

2:10 pm

Evaluating Tropical Cyclone Projections Downscaled from the Energy Exascale Earth System Model - NH43C-0811

Location: Poster Hall A-C - South (Exhibition Level, South, Moscone Center)
Presenter: Phong Le, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Type: Poster
Project: SETX

2:10 pm

Examining Long-Term Dynamics and Budgets of CO2 Flux Dynamics in a Suburban Community in Phoenix, Arizona - B43E-2594

Location: Poster Hall A-C - South (Exhibition Level, South, Moscone Center)
Presenter: Xiangmin Sun, Arizona State University

Type: Poster
Project: SW-IFL

3:10 pm

Odor Fingerprinting and Chemical Toxicity Estimates from Gas-Phase Mobile Measurements in Southeast Texas - A43D-07

Location: 3002 - West (Level 3, West, Moscone Center)
Presenter: Evelyn Deveraux, University of Texas–Austin

Type: Oral presentation
Project: SETX