Dear GLIMS RCs, Stewards, and affiliates, As many of you know, there have been several highly successful GLIMS Workshops over the past 8 years in such locations as Switzerland, Maryland, France, Norway, England, and New Zealand, and some smaller meetings in Italy, California and Arizona. It has been 7 years since there has been a GLIMS workshop in the United States with significant international participation. We are therefore planning on holding a GLIMS workshop in Boulder, Colorado, as described in detail below. GLIMS Workshop Boulder, Colorado June 16-18 (Monday-Wednesday), 2008 Duration: 2.5 days (half day on Day Three) Through this workshop we seek to review and advance the current state of knowledge regarding several key topics that are of direct relevance to glacier studies based on remote sensing. These are: 1. DEM generation from satellite stereo pairs 2. Mapping ice divides 3. Mapping debris covered glaciers 4. Challenges in assessing change through comparisons with older data 5. Other major hurdles in satellite glacier mapping Workshop participants are invited to make presentations that address specific questions related to one or more of these topics, such as: a. What are the best tools and methods for the problem? How can these be best shared with the GLIMS community? b. Where are the main problems? What steps need special attention? c. What additional methods or algorithms need to be developed? d. Can we agree on specific protocols, definitions or procedures to help the GLIMS community deal with this topic? e. What additional assistance can be provided to help make dealing with this topic easier for others in GLIMS? Draft Program: Day One Overview of Topics, presented by GLIMS participants, followed by short talks reporting on research results or current developments relevant to one or more of the topics. Day Two Working groups focused on each of the topics. The aim would be to summarize current knowledge and key issues, share techniques and problems with current algorithms and methods, and to develop recommendations for best practices and an action plan. Day Three Plenary session: Report summaries from working group sessions, identify next steps. The results of the workshop will be compiled into a report, with intent to submit it for publication. In addition, a section of the glims.org Web site will show the results of these working groups and disseminate algorithms and computer code. Please let us know (e-mail to me, braup@nsidc.org, and Richard Armstrong, rlax@nsidc.org) as soon as possible if you plan to attend this workshop so that we may start on the necessary organizational tasks that will be required at NSIDC. Best regards, Bruce Raup, for the NSIDC GLIMS team http://glims.org/Workshops/ -- Bruce H. RAUP National Snow and Ice Data Center University of Colorado 449 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309 Phone: 303-492-8814 http://cires.colorado.edu/~braup/