This proposal is for a short meeting of representatives of Earth-surface (critical zone) centers and community efforts, to discuss and coordinate plans and initiatives related to NSF Earth-science cyberinfrastructure (CI). The meeting will include presentations by NSF leadership as well as by the various groups about their current and planned research related to NSF CI. It will include discussion of actual and potential requests for support for observatories and natural laboratories. The meeting will last for one day and will be held at NSF headquarters in Arlington. The proposed list of invitees and a tentative agenda are given below. Surficial Process CI Meeting: proposed invitees Chris Paola, National Center for Earth-Surface Dynamics (NCED) and U. Minn. Bill Dietrich, NCED and U.C. Berkeley Efi Foufoula-Georgiou, NCED and U. Minn. Chaitan Baru, San Diego Supercomputer Center Ilya Zaslavsky, SDSC David Maidment, CUAHSI Hydrologic Information Systems (HIS) and U. Texas David Tarboton, CUAHSI HIS and Utah State U. Rick Hooper, CUAHSI Sue Brantley, Critical Zone Exploration Network (CZEN) and Penn. State Doug Miller, CZEN and Penn State U. Dan Richter, CZEN and Duke U. Jim Brunt, LTER and U. New Mexico John Vandecastle, LTER and University of New Mexico Jim Shuttleworth, National Center for Sustainability of Semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas (SAHRA) and University of Arizona Matt Durcik, SAHRA and University of Arizona Jim Syvitski, Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System (CSDMS) and University of Colorado Larry Winter, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Barbara Minsker, Collaborative Large-scale Engineering Analysis Network for Environmental Research (CLEANER) and U. Illinois Matt Larsen, US Geological Survey Kirsten Lehnert, Lamont-Dohert Earth Observatory (various database endeavors and sample registry) Tim Ahern, IRIS Data Management Center Jim Reichman, NCEAS and UC Santa Barbara Matt Jones , NCEAS Mark Schildhauer, NCEAS Bruce Herbert, Texas A&M U. Tentative Program 8:30 Art Goldstein: Welcome, organization and introductions 8:40 Margaret Leinen: Opening Remarks 9:00 Jim Reichman, NCEAS CI 9:30 Tim Ahern, IRIS Data Management Center 10:00 Kerstin Lehnert, LDEO, SESAR and SedDB 10:30 Break 10:45 GEON 11:15 CUAHSI HIS 11:45 Lunch 1:00 CLEANER 1:30 NCED 2:00 SAHRA 2:30 WSSC 3:00 NCAR 3:30 USGS 4:00 CSDMS 4:30 Discussion: What is the vision for an integrated Cyberinfrastructure for Surface Earth Processes 6:30 Dinner at Tuto Bene, everyone pays for their own meal.
