[IGSMAIL-6442] AGU Session NH04: Characterizing Major Disasters Caused by Geohazards

hpplag at unr.edu hpplag at unr.edu
Fri Jul 29 19:10:19 PDT 2011


Author: Hans-Peter Plag

Dear Colleagues,

If you plan to attend the Fall meeting of the American Geophysical  
Union to be held December 5-9, 2011 in San Francisco, we encourage you  
to submit an abstract to:

Session NH04: Characterizing Major Disasters Caused by Geohazards.

Description: Geohazards are a major cause for disasters with regional  
to global impacts. Rapid scientific characterization of the disasters  
is crucial for planning of efficient rescue and recovery operations.  
Remote sensing and in situ data made available through the Supersite  
Initiative (http://supersites.earthobservations.org/main.php) of the  
Group on Earth Observations (GEO) support scientists in their natural  
hazards research and their efforts to characterize the disasters. The  
session will focus on new products relevant for risk and disaster  
management and demonstrate the contribution to the response to recent  
major disasters. Of particular interest are presentations that focus  
on supersites where major disasters are likely in the near future.

Convenors:

Francesco Gaetani, GEO Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland, fgaetani at geosec.org
Stuart Marsh, British Geological Survey, U.K., shm at bgs.ac.uk
Hans-Peter Plag, University of Nevada, Reno, USA, hpplag at unr.edu

The deadline for submission of abstracts is 23:59 EDT on August 4.

Links:
AGU Fall meeting: http://sites.agu.org/fallmeeting/
Session page:  
http://sites.agu.org/fallmeeting/scientific-program/session-search/585
Abstract submission: http://agu-fm11.abstractcentral.com/


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