There will be an Honors Tribute booth in the registration hall where you can pick up 2017 Union honorees memorabilia and ribbons and Fellows lapel pins and get general information about the 2017 Honors Tribute events, including Honors Banquet seating arrangements and tickets. *The William Bowie Medal will not be presented at the 2017 Fall Meeting.
Hours
Sunday: 12:00–6:30 P.M.
Monday: 6:00 A.M. to 7:30 P.M.
Tuesday: 7:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
Wednesday: 7:30 A.M. to 2:00 P.M.
Thursday: 12:00–5:00 P.M.
Events
*Invitation Only
Monday, 11 December, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Hilton Riverside, Third Floor, Fulton 2
Hosted by the chair of the Honors and Recognition Committee, the Honors Tribute Luncheon kicks-off the celebration for the 2017 Union Awardees, Fellows, Medalists and Prize Recipients. Please plan to attend and mingle with fellow 2017 Union honorees and Section/Focus Group leaders.
Wednesday, 13 December, 6:00 PM
New Orleans Morial Convention Center, Second Floor, New Orleans Theater
AGU will present and pay tribute to the 2017 Union Awardees, Fellows, Medalists and Prize Recipients. The ceremony is open to the public and will be followed by a champagne reception.
Wednesday, 13 December, 8:30 PM
Hilton Riverside, First Floor, Grand Ballroom
*Ticket Required (includes dinner service and live entertainment provided by Groovy 7) $90.00 USD
Enjoy a night of elegance and entertainment as we continue to celebrate the 2017 Union Awardees, Fellows, Medalists and Prize Recipients. The banquet will be held directly after the champagne reception. There will be a full course dinner and a cash bar; dancing will follow. Business attire required.
Please contact aguhonorstribute@agu.org with questions about the event.
Sessions
Tuesday, 12 December 2017, 8:00 AM - 09:00 AM
New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center- La Nouvelle AB
Slippin´ and Slidin´: Capturing the Earth in Motion below the Seafloor
Michael Strasser, University of Innsbruck, Institute of Geology, Innsbruck, Austria and the Science Parties of ODP Leg 205; IODP Expeditions 316; 333; 338; and the Proponent Teams of IODP Proposals 835 and 866
Thursday, 14 December 2017, 1:40 PM - 6:00 PM
New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center- E2
1:44 PM
Strain Localisation in Magma: A Control on Volcanic Processes
Yan Lavallée, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
2:13 PM
Patterns of seismicity in a complex volcanic crisis at Brava, Cabo Verde
Bruno V E Faria, Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia e Geofisica, Mindelo, Cape Verde and Simon John Day, University College London, London, United Kingdom
2:42 PM
Bedrock Canyons Carved by the Largest Known Floods on Earth and Mars
Michael P Lamb, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, Mathieu G.A. Lapôtre, California Institute of Technology, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Pasadena, CA, United States, Isaac J Larsen, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Department of Geosciences, Amherst, MA, United States and Rebecca M. E. Williams, Planetary Science Institute Tucson, Tucson, AZ, United States
3:11 PM
Probabilistic mapping of past and future sea-level change
Robert E Kopp, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, New Brunswick, NJ, United States
Break 3:40 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Falsifiable predictions of climate change
Tiffany Shaw, University of Chicago, Department of the Geophysical Sciences, Chicago, IL, United States
4:29
Investigating the Role of Gravity Wave on Equatorial Ionospheric Irregularities using SABER and C/NOFS Satellites Observations
Melessew Nigussie1, Baylie Damtie1, Mark Moldwin2, Endawoke Yizengaw3, Fasil Tesema1 and Ambelu Tebabal1, (1)Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, (2)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (3)Boston College, Institute for Scientific Research, Boston, United States
4:58 PM
Wave-Particle Interactions in the Earth’s Radiation Belts: Recent Advances and Unprecedented Future Opportunities
Wen Li, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States; UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Tuesday, 12 December 2017, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - La Nouvelle AB
High Altitude Emissions of Black Carbon Aerosols: Potential Climate Implications
S K Satheesh, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India