// NCCS, CISTO, and Partners Presenting Advances at AGU
Researchers from the NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS), its parent Computational Information and Sciences and Technology Office (CISTO), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), and other partner organizations are leading sessions and presenting in the Scientific Program, as well as giving hyperwall and flash talks in the NASA exhibit at the 2018 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting in Washington, DC, 10–14 December 2018. Sessions, posters, and presentations will feature advances in computing services, data sharing and citizen science tools, Earth science simulations, and data analyses.
Monday, 10 December 2018, 13:40 – 18:00
Walter E Washington Convention Center, Hall A-C (Poster Hall)
A13M-2654: An Update on the Collaborative REAnalysis Technical Environment (CREATE)
Laura Carriere, Gerald L Potter, Judy Hertz, Julien Peters, Thomas Patrick Maxwell, Savannah Strong, James Shute, Yingshuo Shen, and Daniel Duffy, NCCS
Monday, 10 December 2018, 13:40 – 18:00
Walter E Washington Convention Center, Hall A-C (Poster Hall)
ED13E-0796: Forecasting Tornadoes with Machine Learning
Daniel Duffy, Matthew Stroud (intern), and John H Thompson, NCCS
Monday, 10 December 2018, 13:40 – 18:00
Walter E Washington Convention Center, Hall A-C (Poster Hall)
IN14A-04: Developing Fine-Scale Snow Cover Fraction Estimates Using Deep Learning
Soni Yatheendradas, University of Maryland College Park; Sujay Kumar, NASA GSFC; and Daniel Duffy, CISTO and NCCS
Tuesday, 11 December 2018, 13:40 – 18:00
Walter E Washington Convention Center, Hall A-C (Poster Hall)
NH23C-0855: Post-Wildfire Decision Support with NASA RECOVER
Mark Carroll, NASA GSFC; Keith Weber, Idaho State University; John L Schnase, CISTO; and Roger L. Gill, NCCS
Tuesday, 11 December 2018, 13:40 – 13:47
Walter E Washington Convention Center, Halls D-E, NASA Exhibit (Booth #1034)
Flash Talk Better Landslide Prediction Begins with You: Learn How to Become a Landslide Citizen Scientist Today!
Dalia Kirschbaum, NASA GSFC
Tuesday, 11 December 2018, 15:26 – 15:40
Walter E Washington Convention Center, 144A-C
A23E-08: The Three-Dimensional Evolution of Smoke Aerosols Emitted During the 2017 Pyrocumulonimbus Events over British Columbia
Sampa Das, CISTO; Peter Richard Colarco, Luke Oman, Ghassan Taha, Omar Torres, NASA GSFC; Olga Tweedy, Johns Hopkins University; and David A Peterson, National Research Council, Canada
Tuesday, 11 December 2018, 15:30 – 15:45
Walter E Washington Convention Center, Halls D-E, NASA Exhibit (Booth #1034)
Hyperwall Presentation
Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment
Peter Griffith, NASA GSFC
Wednesday, 12 December 2018, 11:30 – 11:45 Walter E Washington Convention Center, Halls D-E, NASA Exhibit (Booth # 1034)
Hyperwall Presentation
Mapping the Semi-Arid Land Carbon Sink: A Tree Census From Polar-Orbit
Compton Tucker, NASA GSFC
Wednesday, 12 December 2018 , 16:24 – 16:36
Walter E Washington Convention Center, 209A-C
IN34B-03: Accelerating Science with Cloud Technologies in the ABoVE Science Cloud
Elizabeth Embury Hoy, Peter C Griffith, NASA GSFC; and Daniel Duffy, Ellen M Salmon, Laura Carriere, James Shute, Julien Peters, and John H Thompson, NCCS
Thursday, 13 December 2018, 08:00 – 10:00
Walter E Washington Convention Center, eLightning Theater II
IN41B: Advances in Quantum Computing for the Geophysical Sciences I eLightning
Primary Convener: Milton Halem, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Conveners: Craig Pelissier, CISTO; Michael M Little, NASA Langley Research Center; and Tsengdar J Lee, NASA Headquarters
Chairs: Milton Halem, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Craig Pelissier, CISTO
OSPA Liaison: Tsengdar J Lee, NASA Headquarters
Papers by NCCS and CISTO Staff and Interns at This Session:
08:01 – 08:04
IN41B-21: Quantum Linear System Solvers on the IBMQ
Christopher Culver, George Washington University (and NCCS intern); Craig Pelissier, CISTO; Andrei Alexandru, George Washington University; and Daniel Duffy, NCCS and CISTO
08:10 – 08:13
IN41B-24: Learning Image Registration and Quantum Annealing Statistics
Craig Pelissier, CISTO; Milton Halem, University of Maryland Baltimore County; and Jacqueline Le Moigne, Troy Ames, NASA GSFC
IN41B-21: Quantum Linear System Solvers on the IBMQ
Christopher Culver, George Washington University (and NCCS intern); Craig Pelissier, CISTO; Andrei Alexandru, George Washington University; and Daniel Duffy, NCCS and CISTO
08:10 – 08:13
IN41B-24: Learning Image Registration and Quantum Annealing Statistics
Craig Pelissier, CISTO; Milton Halem, University of Maryland Baltimore County; and Jacqueline Le Moigne, Troy Ames, NASA GSFC
Thursday, 13 December 2018, 13:40 – 13:46
Walter E Washington Convention Center, 209A-C
IN43A-01: Emerging Cyber Infrastructure for NASA’s Large-Scale Climate Data Analytics (Invited)
Daniel Duffy, CISTO and NCCS; John L Schnase, Glenn Tamkin, CISTO; and Laura Carriere, Jian Li, and Thomas Patrick Maxwell, NCCS
Walter E Washington Convention Center, 209A-C
IN43A-01: Emerging Cyber Infrastructure for NASA’s Large-Scale Climate Data Analytics (Invited)
Daniel Duffy, CISTO and NCCS; John L Schnase, Glenn Tamkin, CISTO; and Laura Carriere, Jian Li, and Thomas Patrick Maxwell, NCCS
Thursday, 13 December 2018, 13:40 – 18:00
Walter E Washington Convention Center, Hall A-C (Poster Hall)
A43Q-3415: Rapid Detection of Tropical Cyclones from Climate Simulations
Manzhu Yu, Chaowei Phil Yang, George Mason University; and Daniel Duffy, CISTO and NCCS
Walter E Washington Convention Center, Hall A-C (Poster Hall)
A43Q-3415: Rapid Detection of Tropical Cyclones from Climate Simulations
Manzhu Yu, Chaowei Phil Yang, George Mason University; and Daniel Duffy, CISTO and NCCS
Thursday, 13 December 2018, 17:00 – 17:15
Walter E Washington Convention Center, Halls D-E, NASA Exhibit (Booth #1034)
Hyperwall Presentation
High-Resolution Goddard Earth Observing System Model (GEOS) Simulations
Steven Pawson, NASA GSFC
Walter E Washington Convention Center, Halls D-E, NASA Exhibit (Booth #1034)
Hyperwall Presentation
High-Resolution Goddard Earth Observing System Model (GEOS) Simulations
Steven Pawson, NASA GSFC
Friday, 14 December 2018, 08:00 – 12:20
Walter E Washington Convention Center, Hall A-C (Poster Hall)
IN51B-0573: Design and Roadmap Toward a NASA Earth Science Cloud
Tsengdar J Lee, NASA Headquarters; Daniel Duffy, CISTO and NCCS; Kevin J Murphy, NASA GSFC; Rahul Ramachandran, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center; and Ramakrishna R Nemani, NASA Ames Research Center
Walter E Washington Convention Center, Hall A-C (Poster Hall)
IN51B-0573: Design and Roadmap Toward a NASA Earth Science Cloud
Tsengdar J Lee, NASA Headquarters; Daniel Duffy, CISTO and NCCS; Kevin J Murphy, NASA GSFC; Rahul Ramachandran, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center; and Ramakrishna R Nemani, NASA Ames Research Center
Friday, 14 December 2018, 10:20 – 12:20
Walter E Washington Convention Center, 209A-C
IN52A: Spatial Data Infrastructure and GIS for Earth and Space Sciences: Analyzing, Visualizing, and Sharing Spatiotemporal, Cloud-Optimized Earth Science Data I | Paper Session
Primary Convener: Sudhir R Shrestha, Esri
Conveners: Dawn Wright, Environmental Systems Research Institute; Kenneth S Casey, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information; and Daniel Duffy, CISTO and NCCS
Chairs: Sudhir R Shrestha, Esri; Dawn Wright, Environmental Systems Research Institute
OSPA Liaison: Sudhir R Shrestha, Esri
Walter E Washington Convention Center, 209A-C
IN52A: Spatial Data Infrastructure and GIS for Earth and Space Sciences: Analyzing, Visualizing, and Sharing Spatiotemporal, Cloud-Optimized Earth Science Data I | Paper Session
Primary Convener: Sudhir R Shrestha, Esri
Conveners: Dawn Wright, Environmental Systems Research Institute; Kenneth S Casey, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information; and Daniel Duffy, CISTO and NCCS
Chairs: Sudhir R Shrestha, Esri; Dawn Wright, Environmental Systems Research Institute
OSPA Liaison: Sudhir R Shrestha, Esri
Paper by NCCS Partner at This Session:
10:50 – 11:05
IN52A-03: NASA Disaster Mapping Portal: Leveraging GIS for Disaster Response, Recovery, Resilience and Reporting (Invited)
Dalia Kirschbaum, NASA GSFC; Andrew Molthan, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center; James Shute, Laura Carriere, NCCS; Jessica Seepersad, Garrett Layne, and David S Green, NASA Headquarters; NCCS; and Jacob Reed, Caroline Juang, and Thomas Stanley, NASA GSFC
IN52A-03: NASA Disaster Mapping Portal: Leveraging GIS for Disaster Response, Recovery, Resilience and Reporting (Invited)
Dalia Kirschbaum, NASA GSFC; Andrew Molthan, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center; James Shute, Laura Carriere, NCCS; Jessica Seepersad, Garrett Layne, and David S Green, NASA Headquarters; NCCS; and Jacob Reed, Caroline Juang, and Thomas Stanley, NASA GSFC
Friday, 14 December 2018, 13:40 – 18:00
Walter E Washington Convention Center, Hall A-C (Poster Hall)
IN53D: Spatial Data Infrastructure and GIS for Earth and Space Sciences: Analyzing, Visualizing, and Sharing Spatiotemporal, Cloud-Optimized Earth Science Data Posters
Primary Convener: Sudhir R Shrestha, Esri
Conveners: Dawn Wright, Environmental Systems Research Institute; Kenneth S Casey, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information; and Daniel Duffy, CISTO and NCCS
Chairs: Sudhir R Shrestha, Esri; Dawn Wright, Environmental Systems Research Institute;
OSPA Liaison: Sudhir R Shrestha, Esri
Walter E Washington Convention Center, Hall A-C (Poster Hall)
IN53D: Spatial Data Infrastructure and GIS for Earth and Space Sciences: Analyzing, Visualizing, and Sharing Spatiotemporal, Cloud-Optimized Earth Science Data Posters
Primary Convener: Sudhir R Shrestha, Esri
Conveners: Dawn Wright, Environmental Systems Research Institute; Kenneth S Casey, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information; and Daniel Duffy, CISTO and NCCS
Chairs: Sudhir R Shrestha, Esri; Dawn Wright, Environmental Systems Research Institute;
OSPA Liaison: Sudhir R Shrestha, Esri
Poster by NCCS Staff at This Session:
IN53D-0649: The Earth Data Analytic Services (EDAS) Framework
Thomas Patrick Maxwell, Daniel Duffy, Laura Carriere, and Gerald L Potter, NCCS
Thomas Patrick Maxwell, Daniel Duffy, Laura Carriere, and Gerald L Potter, NCCS
