This is the first AGU I have attended. Being a recent hire into the ARM program from Australia I had not been exposed to the larger geophysical symposiums. At the halfway point through the meeting, I can happily say it has been a most worthwhile event. The advantage of AGU is that a wide cross-section of the geophysical community is drawn together, and some of the synergies that surface are fantastic. I certainly had one of the best-attended poster sessions of my academic career, with many people quite excited about model measurement cross-validation and the prospect of new geophysical data being made available from the precipitation radars procured with Recovery Act funding. And of course it is a pleasure to spend a week in the middle of winter in San Francisco. While I wanted to post a picture from the conference, I have only taken pictures of the amazing scenery like the view across the bay to Alcatraz.
Editor’s Note: Scott Collis is the ARM precipitation radar instrument translator and is attending AGU in both a science and infrastructure capability.