Wednesday and Thursday, 2-3
March,
will be full workshop days. Friday will be a travel day for
most participants.
Day 1
A
plenary session with presentations on
the IGOS partnership, the Theme development process, overviews of
observational
capabilities and requirements, and key issues.
Day 2
Parallel
breakout sessions to
address user needs and requirements, research issues, operational
issues, scientific and technical solutions.
Day 3 am,
if necessary
Roundtable
discussion and conclusions.
Draft Agenda
Agenda
First Cryosphere Theme Workshop
2-4 March 2005, Kananaskis, Alberta,
Canada
Wednesday,
March 2
Time
Topic
Speaker
08:30
Registration; coffee/tea and muffins
Session 1: Introduction
09:00
Welcome
Logistics
Jeff Key
Natasha Neumann
09:10
IGOS Cryosphere Theme history; SCAR perspective
Colin Summerhayes
09:30
CliC perspective; Canadian CRYSYS program
Barry Goodison
09:50
WCRP directions
Vladimir Ryabinin
10:10
CEOS/IGOS and the CSA perspective
Daniel De Lisle
10:30-10:50
Break
10:50
Theme development process and status; workshop objectives
Jeff Key
Session 2: Snow Cover, Solid Precipitation, and
Permafrost
11:10
Snow Cover: Current Capabilities, Gaps, and Issues
Anne Walker
11:30
Operational Snow Cover Requirements
Don Cline
12:20
Global Precipitation Measurement Mission Requirements
Paul Joe
12:55-13:55
Lunch
14:00
The Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost– Contribution to Cryospheric
and Climate Monitoring
Sharon Smith
Session 3: Sea, Lake, and River Ice
14:30
Operational Ice Monitoring Requirements (summarizing IICWG
work for GEO)
Mike Manore
14:50
A Multi-Sensor, Multi-Parameter Approach to Studying Sea
Ice: A Case Study with EOS Data
Walt Meier
15:10
Lake Ice Monitoring
Claude Duguay
15:40-16:00
Break
16:00
Decadal Changes in the Polar Sea Ice Cover
Joey Comiso
16:40
The Polar Sea Ice Cover from Aqua AMSR-E
Fumihiko Nishio
17:00
Sea Ice Transport with AMSR-E
Tom Agnew
17:10
Adjourn
18:00
Group dinner (own expense)
Thursday,
March 3
Time
Topic
Speaker
8:00
Coffee/tea and muffins
Session 4: Ice Sheets, Ice Caps, and Glaciers
08:30
SAR/InSAR, RAMP/MAMM requirements; new ideas on ice
thickness observations
Ken Jezek
08:50
An Observing System for Canadian Arctic Ice Caps
Martin Sharp
09:10
Remote Sensing of Ice Cap and Glacier Mass Balance
Laurence Gray
Session 5: Other Topics
09:30
Data Management
Walt Meier
09:50
Comments on Atmospheric Forcing and Surface Albedo
Jeff Key
09:55
Plenary session: Preparation for breakout sessions*
Breakout groups:
Snow cover, precipitation, frozen ground
Sea ice, lake ice, river ice
Ice sheets, ice caps, and glaciers
10:00
Break and move to group meeting rooms
11:45
Plenary: Status of group sessions
12:00-13:00
Lunch
13:00
Continue group sessions
15:00
Break
15:30
Continue group sessions
16:30
Plenary: Group reports
Snow cover, precipitation, frozen ground
Sea ice, lake ice, river ice
Ice sheets, ice caps, and glaciers
16:30-17:00
Summary
* The goals of the breakout
sessions are to:
1.Attach names to sections in the Theme Report Outline
(i.e., volunteers for writing).
2.Identify specific sources of information (text,
figures, tables) that will help in the development of the Report.
3.Begin to construct tables of
requirements, lists of gaps, and observational needs.
Friday,
March 4
Time
Topic
Speaker
8:00
Coffee/tea and muffins
08:30
Roundtable discussions as needed
10:00
Break
10:30
Continue roundtable discussions; wrap up
12:00
Adjourn
Logistics: The
meeting will be held in the Dawson/Stewart Room (all days), with group
session (Thursday) also using the Pocaterra Room.Refreshments will be available during the breaks. A
wireless Internet connection will be available in the main meeting room.
Click here for a printable version of the detailed agenda (MS Word).
