Mississippi River Delta and AGU Fall Meeting
December 2017 - After 2 years of absence I decided to go back to the AGU Fall Meeting. And as the Conference Center in San Francisco is renovating, this year the meeting was held in New Orleans. An excellent opportunity for me to visit the mighty Mississippi River and Delta. In advance of the AGU Fall Meeting, I travelled with my colleagues (Sanja, Jasper and Lisanne ) along the Mississippi River. The Mississippi is well studied and you can find a lot of talks/ posters about this system at AGU as well, so lets see for ourself. Day 1 (Utrecht - Baton Rouge) The first day would be a long day of travelling from our hometown Utrecht all the way to Baton Rouge. The first stop was Schiphol Airport (Amsterdam), with a transfer in Atlanta we arrived at 5pm local time in New Orleans. From there we hired a car and drove to our first stop Baton Rouge, where we had a good night rest. Day 2 (Baton Rouge - Vicksburg) Our first stop of the day was at the Center for River Studies. Here,