Dear Experimentalists,
From August 28-30, we plan to webcast the Stratodynamics Keynote talks from Nagasaki University. Each day starts at 9a local time (8p EDT in the United States)
Aug 28 (Aug 27, 8p in US EDT)
Astrid Blom, Stratigraphy formed by river dunes and Gilbert deltas (45 min)
Aug 29 (Aug 28, 8p in US EDT)
Michael Lamb, What sets the size of river deltas (45 min)
Aug 30 (Aug 29, 8p in US EDT)
Miwa Yokokawa and Norihiro Izumi (TBD) (90 min)
We will also plan to webcast some of the collaborative experiments, although these will be at 3p local time (2am EDT in the US), so we will try to make some highlight videos to post.
The connection link is as follows:
1. Please join my meeting.
https://global.gotomeeting.com/meeting/join/779601301
2. Use your microphone and speakers (VoIP) - a headset is recommended. Or, call in using your telephone.
United States: +1 (312) 878-3078
Access Code: 779-601-301
Audio PIN: Shown after joining the meeting
Meeting ID:779-601-301
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Sediment Experimentalist Network August News
Dear Experimentalists,
We hope your summer has been a fun and productive one. Here are a few news items before the Fall begins!
1. Take the Sediment Experimentalist Network (SEN) challenge
2. Follow Sediment Experimentalists on Twitter
3. Stratodynamics workshop keynote talks to be broadcast online (August 27, 28, 29 in United States time zones)
1. Take the Sediment Experimentalist Network (SEN) Challenge
Complete as many of the data-related tasks as you can, then email sedimentexp@gmail.com by Sept 1, 2013, with a record of what you completed.
We will choose randomly from the highest-ranking student participants for support to a future SEN activity.
The tasks range from creating Investigator IDs, to short surveys, to joining NSF communities that are talking about data and cyberinfrastructure. Everyone on the mailing list has already completed task #1!
https://sites.google.com/site/sedimentexperimentalists/sen-challenge
2. Follow Sediment Experimentalists on Twitter
The Sediment Experimentalists have joined twitter!
Follow us @SedimentExp (http://www.twitter.com/sedimentexp)
3. Stratodynamics workshop keynote talks to be broadcast online
The Keynote "Review" talks at next week's Stratodynamics Workshop at Nagasaki University will be broadcast online.
The talks begin at 9:00am on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday (August 28, 29, 30) local time. (Nagasaki time is GMT/UTC + 09:00 hour, which is US Eastern Daylight Time +13h, so the talks begin at 8:00p on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday for the East coast of the U.S.)
We will post more information here when we have it.
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Sediment Experimentalist Network
Blog: http://sedimentexperiments.blogspot.com/
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/sedimentexperimentalists/
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/sedimentexp
We hope your summer has been a fun and productive one. Here are a few news items before the Fall begins!
1. Take the Sediment Experimentalist Network (SEN) challenge
2. Follow Sediment Experimentalists on Twitter
3. Stratodynamics workshop keynote talks to be broadcast online (August 27, 28, 29 in United States time zones)
1. Take the Sediment Experimentalist Network (SEN) Challenge
Complete as many of the data-related tasks as you can, then email sedimentexp@gmail.com by Sept 1, 2013, with a record of what you completed.
We will choose randomly from the highest-ranking student participants for support to a future SEN activity.
The tasks range from creating Investigator IDs, to short surveys, to joining NSF communities that are talking about data and cyberinfrastructure. Everyone on the mailing list has already completed task #1!
https://sites.google.com/site/sedimentexperimentalists/sen-challenge
2. Follow Sediment Experimentalists on Twitter
The Sediment Experimentalists have joined twitter!
Follow us @SedimentExp (http://www.twitter.com/sedimentexp)
3. Stratodynamics workshop keynote talks to be broadcast online
The Keynote "Review" talks at next week's Stratodynamics Workshop at Nagasaki University will be broadcast online.
The talks begin at 9:00am on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday (August 28, 29, 30) local time. (Nagasaki time is GMT/UTC + 09:00 hour, which is US Eastern Daylight Time +13h, so the talks begin at 8:00p on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday for the East coast of the U.S.)
We will post more information here when we have it.
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Sediment Experimentalist Network
Blog: http://sedimentexperiments.blogspot.com/
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/sedimentexperimentalists/
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/sedimentexp
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
AGU 2013 Session: Connecting natural landscapes to experimental and numerical models
Dear Sediment Experimentalists,
We are excited to announce a session at the AGU Fall Meeting that brings together experimentalists, modelers, and field practitioners. Please contribute to the session to show the strength of our experimentalist community.
EP005. Connecting natural landscapes to experimental and numerical models of Earth and planetary surface evolution
Experimental and numerical modeling approaches in geomorphology provide distinctive insights that gain relevance through comparison to direct observations of natural landscapes. This session considers how to connect, validate, and benchmark experimental and numerical models alongside field observations. We seek contributions exploring how to link experimental, numerical, and field approaches across a range of processes, scales, methods, and model complexities. Contributions exploring all aspects of such linkages are welcome, including those focused solely on experiments, numerics, or field data.
Invited Speakers:
Man Liang (University of Texas, Austin)
Mark Schmeeckle (Arizona State University)
Gary Parker (University of Illinois)
Convenors:
Dan Hobley (University of Colorado)
Leslie Hsu (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory)
Raleigh Martin (University of Pennsylvania)
Nicole Gasparini (Tulane University)
The abstract submission deadline is August 6, 2013,
Abstract Submission : https://fallmeeting.agu.org/2013/scientific-program/abstract-submission-policies/
We are excited to announce a session at the AGU Fall Meeting that brings together experimentalists, modelers, and field practitioners. Please contribute to the session to show the strength of our experimentalist community.
EP005. Connecting natural landscapes to experimental and numerical models of Earth and planetary surface evolution
Experimental and numerical modeling approaches in geomorphology provide distinctive insights that gain relevance through comparison to direct observations of natural landscapes. This session considers how to connect, validate, and benchmark experimental and numerical models alongside field observations. We seek contributions exploring how to link experimental, numerical, and field approaches across a range of processes, scales, methods, and model complexities. Contributions exploring all aspects of such linkages are welcome, including those focused solely on experiments, numerics, or field data.
Invited Speakers:
Man Liang (University of Texas, Austin)
Mark Schmeeckle (Arizona State University)
Gary Parker (University of Illinois)
Convenors:
Dan Hobley (University of Colorado)
Leslie Hsu (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory)
Raleigh Martin (University of Pennsylvania)
Nicole Gasparini (Tulane University)
The abstract submission deadline is August 6, 2013,
Abstract Submission : https://fallmeeting.agu.org/2013/scientific-program/abstract-submission-policies/
Saturday, June 22, 2013
June News and Announcements
Dear Sediment Experimentalists,
Hope your summer months are full of experiments and experimental data. This month we've compiled a few items for you on data management, experimental method publication, meetings, and social networking.
1. How do you manage your data?
2. Want to share your experimental method
3. The International Workshop on Stratodynamics
4. Join the EarthCube Member Connections Site
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1. How do you manage your data?We'd like to know, and we hope that you do too! We've created a new page on our Sediment Experimentalists website to collect ideas. Take a look! Check out the examples already provided, or create your own and email it to us at sedimentexp@gmail.com. More information is available on the website for how to do this.
2. Want to share your experimental methods, but feel that typical paper journals aren't cutting it?
Then consider submitting a manuscript to the Journal of Visualized Experiments (JOVE)! JOVE is a peer-reviewed journal for experimental methods in disciplines across the sciences. You submit a manuscript as you normally would to any other journal, but if accepted, JOVE will send a filming team to your lab to document the methods described in your paper. In addition to the other traditional editorial functions provided by the journal, production of the methods film and video hosting on the JOVE website are included in the cost of publication ($2400 -- standard access, $4200 -- open access). Starting this fall, JOVE will be publishing articles in the environmental sciences, and they are now open to manuscript submissions. Click here for more information.
2. Want to share your experimental methods, but feel that typical paper journals aren't cutting it?
Then consider submitting a manuscript to the Journal of Visualized Experiments (JOVE)! JOVE is a peer-reviewed journal for experimental methods in disciplines across the sciences. You submit a manuscript as you normally would to any other journal, but if accepted, JOVE will send a filming team to your lab to document the methods described in your paper. In addition to the other traditional editorial functions provided by the journal, production of the methods film and video hosting on the JOVE website are included in the cost of publication ($2400 -- standard access, $4200 -- open access). Starting this fall, JOVE will be publishing articles in the environmental sciences, and they are now open to manuscript submissions. Click here for more information.
3. The International Workshop on Stratodynamics will be held August 28-30, 2013, at Nagasaki University in Japan.
The international workshop “Stratodynamics” aims to develop a new research framework for understanding sedimentary processes, geomorphology and genetic stratigraphy on the basis of morphodynamics of earth surface processes. The topics in the workshop will include experimental and theoretical studies of bedforms, geomorphological processes and the genetic stratigraphy. We also welcome research based on field measurement, computational modeling and coupled interdisciplinary works. Workshop discussion will focus on basic concepts, future research targets, and user requirements for accessing experimental data and advanced experimental technologies to address grand challenges in stratodynamics.
The workshop will include keynote speakers, small-group discussion sessions, community flume experiments, and oral and poster presentations from participants.
Registration
To register please contact the organizing committee at stratodynamics@gmail.com
Registration deadline: July 15th 2013
4. Join the EarthCube Member Connections Site
EarthCube is an initiative to build linkages among earth-science researchers, with a focus on discovery and access to data. EarthCube recently created a social networking site, "EarthCube Member Connections," to build these linkages. It's really important to get many people to join, as this will demonstrate the interest of our community to NSF, which will in turn affect funding decisions! You can see the site here: http://earthcube.ning.
Please take a few minutes to sign up! Unfortunately, the sign up process is not extremely intuitive, so I've written some instructions based on my own experience.
1. First, you need to become a member of EarthCube. Go the EarthCube site: http://ear
Please take a few minutes to sign up! Unfortunately, the sign up process is not extremely intuitive, so I've written some instructions based on my own experience.
1. First, you need to become a member of EarthCube. Go the EarthCube site: http://ear
2. Once you've created an EarthCube page, this information should populate into the EarthCube Member Connections site. Unfortunately, this process does not appear to be entirely automatic. So, I suggest you send an email to ec_apps@sdsc.edu to ask them to populate your Member Connections card. You may need to give this a couple of days. NOTE: The Member Connections site requires Microsoft Silverlight (a free web app) to function properly.
3. Once populated, your EarthCube Member Connections card will only contain basic information. To update it with information such as domain (i.e. your subdiscipline) and a statement about your research interests, go to the Member Connections site and search for your name. Once you've found your name card, double click on it. A pop-up window should appear (if not, I suggest trying another browser such as Firefox or IE). Once your card appears in the popup window, click to "Create Account." Once you've done this, you should be able to login and add your information / research interests to the card.
3. Once populated, your EarthCube Member Connections card will only contain basic information. To update it with information such as domain (i.e. your subdiscipline) and a statement about your research interests, go to the Member Connections site and search for your name. Once you've found your name card, double click on it. A pop-up window should appear (if not, I suggest trying another browser such as Firefox or IE). Once your card appears in the popup window, click to "Create Account." Once you've done this, you should be able to login and add your information / research interests to the card.
Saturday, May 4, 2013
May 2013 Announcements and Opportunities
Dear Sediment Experimentalists,
Data and models go hand in hand. Experimentalists tend to have lots of data, and modelers tend to be looking for data for model validation and testing. Several recent efforts in the CSDMS (Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System) and EarthCube communities encourage and facilitate the connection of data and models. Sediment Experimentalists can help the cause by exposing our datasets, documenting them properly, and engaging modelers in dialog for how to best connect data and models.
The recent CSDMS meeting took on this topic in the Terrestrial Working Group breakout session, and data subgroup was born (see the CSDMS TWG data page). We also have a space on the CSDMS site to collect general ideas of linking experimental data and models (see the CSDMS Experimental Data wiki page). Email us at sedimentexp@gmail.com if you want to participate or have ideas for improving data-model connections.
2. Data Rescue
Where will your data be in 20 years? Rescuing data that is in danger of being lost on old disks or paper printouts is a growing priority in the science community and beyond.
Check out the International Data Rescue Award in the Geosciences, organized by Elsevier Research Data Services and IEDA (Integrated Earth Data Applications). The award was established to improve the preservation and access of research data in the Geosciences, particularly of dark data, and to share the varied ways that these data are being processed, stored, and used. The winner of the challenge will receive a $5000 prize at the American Geophysical Union meeting in December 2013.
3. EarthCube Member Connections Site
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Please read below for several opportunities to share, use, and link your experimental data and results:
- Linking Experimental Data and Models
- Data Rescue
- EarthCube Member Connections Site
- Amtrak Club: Soil to Sea Geomorphology (registration deadline May 6)
Sediment Experimentalists
Email: sedimentexp@gmail.com
Blog: http://
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1. Linking Experimental Data and Models
Data and models go hand in hand. Experimentalists tend to have lots of data, and modelers tend to be looking for data for model validation and testing. Several recent efforts in the CSDMS (Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System) and EarthCube communities encourage and facilitate the connection of data and models. Sediment Experimentalists can help the cause by exposing our datasets, documenting them properly, and engaging modelers in dialog for how to best connect data and models.
The recent CSDMS meeting took on this topic in the Terrestrial Working Group breakout session, and data subgroup was born (see the CSDMS TWG data page). We also have a space on the CSDMS site to collect general ideas of linking experimental data and models (see the CSDMS Experimental Data wiki page). Email us at sedimentexp@gmail.com if you want to participate or have ideas for improving data-model connections.
2. Data Rescue
Where will your data be in 20 years? Rescuing data that is in danger of being lost on old disks or paper printouts is a growing priority in the science community and beyond.
Check out the International Data Rescue Award in the Geosciences, organized by Elsevier Research Data Services and IEDA (Integrated Earth Data Applications). The award was established to improve the preservation and access of research data in the Geosciences, particularly of dark data, and to share the varied ways that these data are being processed, stored, and used. The winner of the challenge will receive a $5000 prize at the American Geophysical Union meeting in December 2013.
3. EarthCube Member Connections Site
Be on the leading edge of Earth Science Cyberinfrastructure and create a profile in the EarthCube Member Connections site (small print: requires Silverlight and does not work on the Chrome browser). The site matches disciplinary scientists with cyberinfrastructure experts, making it easier to connect science and technology to build helpful Earth Science applications.
Instructions on how to join are posted (link), but email us if you have any questions or need help completing your profile. The first step is to sign up for an account the EarthCube site, and when you do, be sure to join other Sediment Experimentalists in the Experimental Stratigraphy group!
4. Amtrak Club Soil to Sea Geomorphology
An announcement from our friends:
Attached (note: attached to the original email) is the FINAL FLYER for the 2nd annual symposium "Soil to Sea Geomorphology". The aim of this symposium is to facilitate the formation of a regional network of scientists studying all aspects of Earth-surface science. It is inspired by community-building events such as the annual Gilbert Club meeting following AGU, and in that spirit there will be ample time for discussion and socializing. Three aspects that make Soil to Sea Geomorphology different, however, are: (1) a majority of presentations will be given by graduate students and postdocs, to give exposure to and encourage constructive discussion of their work at an early stage; (2) attendees will hail from locations typically within a 1-day Amtrak ride, in order to build and strengthen ties among regional institutions that may lead to future collaborations. Thus, we whimsically refer to this new symposium as the “Amtrak Club"; and (3) we anticipate future events changing the venue location and moving among Mid-Atlantic Universities that are willing to host it.
The second Amtrak Club meeting will be held on the campus of The Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore, May 17-18, 2013. The format will be five thematic sessions spread over two days, covering topics such as: landscape evolution, sediment transport and soil production, coastal processes and the sedimentary record, and response of landscapes to anthropogenic disturbances. Each session will feature prominent keynote speakers, while the rest of the slots will be filled with graduate students and postdocs. We have secured some support from The Johns Hopkins University, which allows us to cover some symposium costs. It is our intention to keep the conference costs minimal to encourage a large number of our colleagues and their graduate students/postdocs to attend.
Our invited speakers will be:
Mark Brandon (Yale), Pat Wiberg (UVA), Karen Prestegaard (UMD), Tess Thompson (VT), Enrica Viparelli (USC)
Registration is open! Registration, abstract, logistics, and housing information in the attached flyer.
Important dates:
Registration and 1-Page abstract deadline…. May 6, 2013
Please help us in advertising this conference! You can help by posting the attached and future circulars and by encouraging your graduate students and post-docs to submit an abstract. If you have suggestions or comments, and if you do or do not want to be included in future, please send a note to amtrak.club@gmail.com.
Best,
The 2013 Amtrak Club Organizing Committee:
Jane Willenbring (University of Pennsylvania)
Doug Jerolmack (University of Pennsylvania)
Ben Horton (University of Pennsylvania)
Katie Skalak (U.S. Geological Survey)
Peter Wilcock (John Hopkins University)
Sediment Experimentalists
Email: sedimentexp@gmail.com
Blog: http://Friday, May 3, 2013
International Workshop on Stratodynamics
The International Workshop on Stratodynamics will be held August 28-30, 2013, at Nagasaki University in Japan.
The international workshop “Stratodynamics” aims to develop a new research framework for understanding sedimentary processes, geomorphology and genetic stratigraphy on the basis of morphodynamics of earth surface processes. The topics in the workshop will include experimental and theoretical studies of bedforms, geomorphological processes and the genetic stratigraphy. We also welcome research based on field measurement, computational modeling and coupled interdisciplinary works. Workshop discussion will focus on basic concepts, future research targets, and user requirements for accessing experimental data and advanced experimental technologies to address grand challenges in stratodynamics.
The workshop will include keynote speakers, small-group discussion sessions, community flume experiments, and oral and poster presentations from participants.
See the flyer for more information about the workshop agenda.
Registration
To register please contact the organizing committee at stratodynamics@gmail.com
Registration deadline: July 15th 2013
The international workshop “Stratodynamics” aims to develop a new research framework for understanding sedimentary processes, geomorphology and genetic stratigraphy on the basis of morphodynamics of earth surface processes. The topics in the workshop will include experimental and theoretical studies of bedforms, geomorphological processes and the genetic stratigraphy. We also welcome research based on field measurement, computational modeling and coupled interdisciplinary works. Workshop discussion will focus on basic concepts, future research targets, and user requirements for accessing experimental data and advanced experimental technologies to address grand challenges in stratodynamics.
The workshop will include keynote speakers, small-group discussion sessions, community flume experiments, and oral and poster presentations from participants.
See the flyer for more information about the workshop agenda.
Registration
To register please contact the organizing committee at stratodynamics@gmail.com
Registration deadline: July 15th 2013
Saturday, February 16, 2013
STEP community experiment December 2012
On December 11, 2012, as part of the EarthCube Experimental Stratigraphy Workshop,
a community experiment was run in the STEP Basin at University of
Texas. Austin. In the experiment, a delta was built into standing water
as coarse sediment, fine sediment, and water were fed into the basin.
The experiment ran for 8 hours, and the sediment flux, water flux, and
basin subsidence were varied as pre-specified by workshop participants.
After the experiment, the basin was drained and vertical slices were
taken and photographed in order to see the internal stratigraphy of the
delta (movie #2 below).
In the spirit of a community experiment, data from the experiments, including control programs, deposit slice images, and topographic scans, are available for analysis in the shared workshop materials folder. Direct links to the raw data are summarized at the bottom of this post. We have also set up a Community Experiment Forum to capture ideas on how to analyze these shared data. You can contribute ideas and vote on other's suggestions. See what others are saying and add your idea!
2012 December STEP Community Experiment 2012 Google Folder
In the spirit of a community experiment, data from the experiments, including control programs, deposit slice images, and topographic scans, are available for analysis in the shared workshop materials folder. Direct links to the raw data are summarized at the bottom of this post. We have also set up a Community Experiment Forum to capture ideas on how to analyze these shared data. You can contribute ideas and vote on other's suggestions. See what others are saying and add your idea!
STEP Community experiment - Overhead Movie
STEP Community experiment - Deposit Dip Slices Raw
2012 December STEP Community Experiment 2012 Google Folder
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