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Solar wind interactions with unmagnetized bodies
Magnetosphere interactions with satellites and rings
Field-aligned currents and current systems
Magnetospheric configuration and dynamics
Earthquake interaction, forecasting, and prediction
Plasma interactions with dust and aerosols
Remote sensing and electromagnetic processes
Dynamics of lithosphere and mantle: general
Earthquake ground motions and engineering seismology
Seismic monitoring and test-ban treaty verification
Middle atmosphere: constituent transport and chemistry
Planetary atmospheres, clouds, and hazes
Middle atmosphere: composition and chemistry
Chemical kinetic and photochemical properties
Troposphere: constituent transport and chemistry
PLANETARY SCIENCES: COMETS AND SMALL BODIES
Interactions with solar wind plasma and fields
Ocean/Earth/atmosphere/hydrosphere/cryosphere interactions
Ocean monitoring with geodetic techniques
Atmosphere monitoring with geodetic techniques
Persistence, memory, correlations, clustering
Probability distributions, heavy and fat-tailed
Turbulence, diffusion, and mixing processes
Neural networks, fuzzy logic, machine learning
Data analysis: algorithms and implementation
Charged particle motion and acceleration
Laboratory studies and experimental techniques
NMR, Mossbauer spectroscopy, and other magnetic techniques
Optical, infrared, and Raman spectroscopy
X-ray, neutron, and electron spectroscopy and diffraction
PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS
Ecosystems, structure, dynamics, and modeling
Biogeochemical kinetics and reaction modeling
Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling
Microbiology: ecology, physiology and genomics
Physical and chemical properties of seawater
Analytical modeling and laboratory experiments
Physical and biogeochemical interactions
Ice mechanics and air/sea/ice exchange processes
Permafrost, cryosphere, and high-latitude processes
Large bodies of water (e.g., lakes and inland seas)
PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS
SOLAR PHYSICS, ASTROPHYSICS, AND ASTRONOMY
New fields (not classifiable under other headings)
Techniques applicable in three or more fields
Instruments useful in three or more fields
Composition of aerosols and dust particles
Petrography, microstructures, and textures
Eruption mechanisms and flow emplacement
Computational methods and data processing
Astrobiology and extraterrestrial materials
Bioavailability: chemical speciation and complexation
Heliosphere/interstellar medium interactions
Ejecta, driver gases, and magnetic clouds
Paleomagnetism applied to tectonics: regional, global
Paleomagnetism applied to geologic processes
Reversals: process, timescale, magnetostratigraphy
Planetary magnetism: all frequencies and wavelengths
Spatial variations attributed to seafloor spreading
Satellite magnetics: main field, crustal field, external field
Magnetic anomalies: modeling and interpretation
Spatial variations: all harmonics and anomalies
Oceanic transform and fracture zone processes
Oceanic hotspots and intraplate volcanism
Submergence instruments: ROV, AUV, submersibles
Marine sediments: processes and transport
Seafloor morphology, geology, and geophysics
Kinematics of crustal and mantle deformation
Hydrothermal systems and weathering on other planets
Volcanology, geochemistry, and petrology
Continental contractional orogenic belts and inversion tectonics
Continental tectonics: strike-slip and transform
Hotspots, large igneous provinces, and flood basalt volcanism
Dynamics: convection currents, and mantle plumes