Primary Convener:
Xinchang Li, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Convener:
Timothy Jiang, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Jason Horne, The Pennsylvania State University
Sarah Berk, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Early Career Convener:
Xinxin Sui, University of Texas at Austin

Chair:
Xinchang Li, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Timothy Jiang, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Sarah Berk, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Xinxin Sui, University of Texas at Austin

Organized by early career researchers (ECRs), this session aims to showcase research done by fellow ECRs in urban systems and environment. Urban areas concentrate population, resources, trade, and infrastructure, which profoundly impact Earth systems, and are uniquely susceptible to local and global-scale changes. While traditional sessions offer opportunities to present specific projects in depth, this session encourages broader research overviews to foster collaboration and build research networks among ECRs and across career stages. We invite presenters who identify as ECRs (e.g., graduate students, postdocs, assistant professors) to provide a broad overview of their research program (completed, ongoing, or proposed work). Those in the job market, looking for graduate school opportunities, or seeking collaborations are especially encouraged to participate. Any research themes relating to urban areas are welcome, including:

• Urban boundary-layer processes, land-atmosphere interactions


• Urban food-energy-water nexus


• Urban biophysical, biogeochemical, and ecological processes


• Urban climate and extremes


• Urban energy resilience

Index Terms
3307 Boundary layer processes
0493 Urban systems
1631 Land|atmosphere interactions
4325 Megacities and urban environment

Suggested Itineraries:
Climate Change and Global Policy
Career and Professional Development
Global Impacts‚ Solutions‚ & Policies

GeoBurst Sessions:
Yes

Cross-Listed:
B - Biogeosciences
H - Hydrology
EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
GC - Global Environmental Change

Neighborhoods:
3. Earth Covering