<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Dear Colleagues,</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif">AGU this year is </font>mostly virtual. <span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">I'd like to draw your attention to the following session at AGU, San Francisco, California, December 7 - 11, 2020 and invite you to submit an abstract.</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>NH023 </b><b style="">- The Air, Land, and Sea Unmanned Platforms of Tomorrow: Automated Systems and Data Analysis</b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm20/prelim.cgi/Session/103431">https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm20/prelim.cgi/Session/103431</a><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38);text-align:start">Automated systems, be they for airborne sampling, ground-based mapping, or oceanic surveys, are becoming more common in the science community and more affordable for the individual researcher, department, college, or institute. With the system and sensor miniaturization along with advancements in computer-aided sampling methodologies and data analysis, these state-of-the-art tools can be integrated into intensive research campaigns. Furthermore, undergraduate and graduate students are using these systems and methodologies in their degree programs and research. In this session, we invite contributions from those developing and applying automated systems and techniques in airborne-based, land-based, or oceanic-based research. This session brings together researchers from across the geosciences to present on the newest systems, payloads, analytical tools, and research campaigns and to discuss lessons learned on safe and effective approaches in training the next generation of researchers on these automated systems of today and tomorrow for their application in future research projects.</span><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><u>Primary Convener</u>:  D<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">r. Peter Webley, ACUASI, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">Abstract submission deadline: <span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">29 July 2020, 23:59 EDT/03:59 +1 GMT</span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif">If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at <u><span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:pwwebley@alaska.edu" target="_blank" style="color:blue">pwwebley@alaska.edu</a></span></u> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif">We look forward to seeing you there,</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Peter Webley (primary convener), University of Alaska Fairbanks</font><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Matthew Fladeland, <span style="color:rgb(38,38,38)">NASA Ames Research Center</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Misha Krassovski, <span style="color:rgb(38,38,38)">Oak Ridge National Laboratory</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Jane Wyngaard, <span style="color:rgb(38,38,38)">University of Notre Dame</span></font></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><pre cols="72"><p><font face="garamond, serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><u>Dr. Peter Webley</u></span></font></p><p><font face="garamond, serif"><u><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://calendly.com/pwwebley" target="_blank">Check my Calendly</a>
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