2017 AGU-SEG Hydrogeophysics Conference: Imaging the Critical Zone

该项目将主办由勘探地球物理学家协会（SEG）和美国地球物理联合会（AGU）共同组织的2017年agug -SEG水文地球物理学会议。会议将于2017年7月24日至27日在斯坦福大学举行，重点关注地球物理作为关键带科学的工具。临界带是地球上的一个区域，从植被的顶部向下延伸，穿过土壤、风化岩石和断裂的基岩，一直到地下水位的底部。近地表地球物理方法已被用于对浅根区进行成像，量化临界区的结构和深度，确定地下水含量和地下水位的深度，测量地下水/地表水的相互作用，并测量土壤与大气之间的气体交换。尽管使用地球物理方法来解决临界带的问题，但很少有研究将地球物理测量与临界带的科学研究完全结合起来。会议的目标是：(1)汇集和促进不同关键区域科学家和近地表地球物理学家之间的多学科合作。(2)确定临界带科学中近地表地球物理未得到充分利用的领域。(3)确定关键带地球物理学未来的研究重点/资助领域。(4)撰写白皮书，突出未来的研究机会。研讨会的组织委员会由从事近地表地球物理、水文地球物理和临界带科学的研究人员组成，包括广泛的职业阶段。

This project will host the 2017 AGU-SEG Hydrogeophysics conference that will be coorganizedby the Society for Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) and the American Geophysical Union (AGU). The meeting will be held at Stanford University July 24-27, 2017 and will focus on geophysics as a tool in critical zone science. The Critical Zone is the region of Earth from that reaches from the top of the vegetation down through the soil, weathered rock, and fractured bedrock to the base of the water table. Near surface geophysical methods have been used to image shallow root zones, quantify the architecture and depth of the Critical Zone, determine subsurface water content and the depth to the water table, measure groundwater/surface water interactions, and measure gas exchange between soils and the atmosphere. Despite the utility of using geophysical methods to address Critical Zone, there are minimal studies in which geophysical measurements are fully integrated within scientific studies of the Critical Zone.The conference goals are to: (1) Bring together and foster multidisciplinary collaborations between a diverse set of Critical Zone scientists and near surface geophysicists. (2) Identify areas in Critical Zone science where near surface geophysics is under-utilized. (3) Identify future research focus/funding areas for Critical Zone geophysics. (4)Produce a white paper highlighting future research opportunities. The organizing committee for the workshop consists of members from the communities of researchers engaged in near surface geophysics, hydrogeophysics and Critical Zone science and includes a broad range of career stages.