2017 AGU-SEG Hydrogeophysics Conference: Imaging the Critical Zone

该项目将主办2017年AGU-SEG水文地球物理会议，该会议将由勘探地球物理学家协会（SEG）和美国地球物理联盟（AGU）共同组织。会议将于2017年7月24日至27日在斯坦福大学举行，重点讨论作为临界区科学工具的物理学。 临界带是地球上从植被顶部向下穿过土壤、风化岩石和断裂基岩到达地下水位底部的区域。 近地表地球物理方法已被用于成像浅根区，量化的建筑和深度的关键区，确定地下水含量和深度的地下水位，测量地下水/地表水的相互作用，并测量土壤和大气之间的气体交换。 尽管使用地球物理方法来解决临界区的效用，有地球物理测量完全集成在临界区的科学研究中的最低限度的研究。会议的目标是：（1）汇集和促进不同的临界区科学家和近地表地球物理学家之间的多学科合作。(2)确定临界区科学中近地表地球物理学未得到充分利用的领域。(3)确定未来的研究重点/资助领域的关键区地球物理学。（4）编写一份白色文件，突出未来的研究机会。 讲习班的组织委员会由从事近地表地球物理学、水文地球物理学和临界区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.