[IGSMAIL-3325]: AGU town hall meeting-Solid Earth at NASA
Ronald G. Blom
ronald.g.blom at jpl.nasa.gov
Fri May 11 17:01:57 PDT 2001
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IGS Electronic Mail 13 May 11:04:13 PDT 2001 Message Number 3325
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AUTHOR: Ronald Blom
Solid Earth Science and Natural Hazards Program Manager
NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91109
Hello Everyone,
For those of you attending the Spring AGU, your participation is
invited (with apologies for cross postings).
Cheers!
ANNOUNCEMENT-TOWN HALL MEETING AT SPRING AGU
The NASA Solid Earth Science Working Group (SESWG) will hold a town
hall meeting to discuss Solid Earth Science at NASA: The Next 25 Years
Date: May 29, 2001 (Tuesday)
Time: 5:00PM - 7:00PM
Location: Room CC 202, Hynes Convention Center
NASA has formed a Solid Earth Science Working Group (SESWG) to work
with the research community in drafting a scientific strategy for the
agency's program in solid-Earth science over the next 25 years. In a
forum open to all AGU members, representatives of the working group
will summarize the principal elements envisioned for a research
program in solid Earth science at NASA, and comments and suggestions
will be solicited from the audience.
Overview talks will be given on the following scientific and societal
issues which should form the framework for NASA's program in
solid-Earth science: (1) What is the nature of deformation at plate
boundaries? (2) How does magma move at depth, and under what
conditions does it erupt? (3) What are the dynamics of Earth's
mantle and core? (4) What are the forces driving Earth's magnetic
field and how is it changing? (5) What is the role of major events
in the evolution of the land surface, and how does that evolution
reflect interactions among tectonics, erosion, and climate? (6) How
are the Earth's major ice sheets evolving dynamically? For each
topic, the scientific objectives define observational and measurement
strategies, as well as needs for infrastructure investment,
technology development, and support for associated theory and data
analysis.
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