Shale Hills/Susquehanna Critical Zone Observatory All Hands Meeting

Schedule

April 27^th

Travel day for satellite participants

April 28^th

7:30am – 8:00 Breakfast at 117 EES

8:00 – 8:30      Welcome and Introductions/Meeting Overview

8:30 – 8:45      General Discussion on Overall Project Goals/Expectations (Duffy)

8:45 – 9:00      Trends and Issues in National Observatory Science (Duffy Moderator)

9:00 – 10:30    Presentations of Work Completed and Planned (20 minutes each)

1.      Geochemistry (Sue Brantley)

2.      Stable Isotope Hydrology (Chris Duffy)

3.      Real-Time Hydrologic Monitoring Network (Patrick Reed)

4.      Hydropedology (Henry Lin)

10:30 – 10:45 Break

10:45 – 11:30 Presentations of Work Planned (10 min each)

1.      Ecohydrology (David Eissenstat)

2.      Geomorphology (Slingerland/Kirby)

3.      Hydrogeophysics (Kamini Singha)

4.      Cyberinfrastructure (Doug Miller)

11:30 – 11:45 Long Term Monitoring in the Penn State Experimental Forest – Beth Boyer

11:45 – 12:15  General Discussion on Satellite Site Goals (Brantley)

12:15 – 12:45   Lunch at 117 EES

12:45 – 2:15    Satellite Site Presentations

2:15 – 2:45      Travel to Shale Hills Research Site

2:45 – 5           Shale Hills Field Discussion

5 – 9 pm          Mixer at CE Lodge (Stone Valley Recreation Area)

April 29^th

7:30 – 8           Breakfast at 117 EES

8 – 8:30           CZEN and ChemxSeer Demonstrations (15 min each, Hofmockel and Olsen)

Open Discussions

8:30 – 9:15      Watershed Data (Led by Duffy/Brantley)

9:15 – 10         Undergraduate Student Projects (Led by White)

10 – 10:30       Logistics: Local Instrumentation Installation (Led by White)

10:30 – 10:45 Break

10:45 – 11:15 Local Hydrologic and Geochemical Modeling Efforts (Led by Duffy/Brantley)

11:15 – 12       Wrap-up/Next Steps (Duffy)

12:15 – 1:15    Larry McKay Seminar (114 EES)

1:15 – 3           Lunch and Informal discussions among participants in EES Building