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What's hot in the news around climate and sea ice and what are scientists talking about now? Agenda for 5th Meeting, April 19-22, 2004
Hosted by: Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH)
Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency of Germany, Hamburg Rostock
Monday, April 19 - IICWG-5 Science Workshop
19:00 - IICWG-5 Co-Chairs Dinner
Tuesday, April 20
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09:00 |
Introduction and Welcome |
Ehlers Rühl , Strübing - BSH |
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09:15 |
Opening Remarks – Co-Chairs |
David Grimes, Environment Canada TBD Paul Seymour, NIC |
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09:30 |
Logistics |
Strübing - BSH |
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09:40 |
Introduction of Participants |
All |
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09:50 |
IICWG-V Goals and Objectives |
Strübing, Manore, Seymour, Hansen (Organizing Committee) |
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09:55 |
Adoption of Agenda |
Co-chairs |
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10:00 |
Reports from other Ice Working Groups (approx. 10 min. each) |
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JCOMM Expert Team on Sea Ice |
Smolyantisky (ETSI Chair) |
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Global Digital Sea Ice Data Bank |
Smolyantisky, Fetterer (GDSIDB Co-Chairs) |
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Baltic Sea Ice Meeting |
Strübing, Seina (Chairs , BSIM) |
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10:30 |
Break |
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10:45 |
Reports from other Ice Working Groups (continued) |
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International Ice Patrol |
Hicks (IIP) |
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North American Ice Service |
Stewart (NIC), Manore (CIS) |
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NP-32 Summary Report |
Smolynitsky (AARI) |
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Ocean/Ice SAF (OSIS) |
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11:20 |
Satellite Mission Status (approx. 10 min. each) |
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ENVISAT |
Grabak (ESA) |
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RADARSAT-1, RADARSAT-2 |
Chesworth (RSI) , CIS/Canada |
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ALOS |
La Belle-Hamer ( ASF) |
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NPOESS, AMSR-E, MODIS |
Seymour (WK) |
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Cryosat |
Haas (AWI) |
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| METOP, NPOESS |
Strübing (BSH) , ?? NIC |
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12:00 |
Lunch |
BSH Canteen |
Session on GMES and GEO |
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13:00 |
GMES/GEO Overview and Status |
Doherty (ESA) |
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14:00 |
ICEMON/Northern View |
Tangen (DNMI) , Grabak (ESA) |
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14:30 |
GEO User Requirements for ice |
Manore (CIS) |
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14:45 |
Break |
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15:00 |
Session on GMES and GEO (Cont'd) |
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Discussion - implications/actions for National Ice Services |
All |
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- validation of GEO User Requirements |
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16:00 |
Presentation to Ship Operators and discussion |
Strübing (BSH), Falkingham (CIS), Hicks (IIP), Seinä (FIMR), Seymour (NIC), Andersen (DMI) |
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17:30 |
Adjourn |
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17:40 |
Reception/icebreaker |
BSH Canteen |
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19:30 |
No host dinner |
Interested Parties |
Wednesday, April 21 – Committee Day
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09:00 |
Standing Committee Reports |
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Data, Information and Customer Support |
Fetterer (NSIDC), Seina (FIMR) |
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Applied Science and Research |
Andreassen (DNMI), Flett (CIS) |
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Discussion |
All |
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10:00 |
Standing Committee Working Sessions(break as required) |
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Data, Information and Customer Support |
Committee Chairs and Members |
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Applied Science and Research |
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Data Access Sub-group |
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12:00 |
Lunch |
BSH Canteen |
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13:00 |
Standing Committee Working Sessions (Continued)(break as required) |
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Data, Information and Customer Support |
Committee Chairs and Members |
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Applied Science and Research |
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Data Access Sub-group |
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14:00 |
Recent Climate Change Workshops – Discussion of Results |
Smolyanitsky (AARI), Strübing (BSH) |
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14:05 |
Changing Marine Access in the Arctic Ocean |
Brigham (USARC) |
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14:35 |
ACSYS/CLIC Workshop, CLIMAR-II |
All |
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mplications for IICWG participants |
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Possibilities for IICWG cooperation in Research in the High Arctic |
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15:00 |
Technical Tour D |
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- 18:00 |
The Hamburg Ship Model Basin - Ice Section |
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19:00 |
No host dinner |
Interested Parties |
Thursday, April 22 – Rostock Day
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07:30 |
Departure Hamburg |
Bus in front of Hotel Hafen Hamburg |
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09:45 |
Arrival BSH Rostock and Welcome |
Hecht (BSH) |
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10:00 |
Early Experience with ENVISAT data – Sharing Results |
Chair: Manore (CIS) |
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10:05 |
Operational experience with Wide Swath Alt-Pol research and early results |
Flett (62 MB) (CIS) |
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10:30 |
DMI ENVISAT experience in Greenland waters |
Hansen (DMI) |
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10:50 |
Report from the St. Petersburg Meeting |
Tangen (DNMI) |
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11:10 |
ENVISAT global mapping opportunities |
Landmark (KSAT) |
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11:25 |
Discussion |
All |
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12:00 |
Lunch |
BSH Canteen |
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12:40 |
Guided Site Tour |
BSH |
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13:30 |
Sea Ice Mapping Systems |
Chair - Seymour (WIC) |
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Inventory of new techniques, common user requirements, training, open discussion |
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Introduction |
Seymour (WIC) |
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Baltic SIMS |
Berglund (VTT Finland) |
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Danish SIKU S |
Hansen, Andersen (DMI) |
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US WIC SIPAS |
Taylor (WIC) |
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Canada CIS ISIS; Proposal for Common Schema; Global Ice Mapping System |
Falkingham (CIS) |
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15:00 |
Break |
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15:15 |
Plenary on Discussion from Standing Committee Business |
All |
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16:30 |
Departure BSH Rostock |
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18:30 |
Visit of Traffic Control Centre Travemünde |
All |
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19:30 |
Conference Dinner en route - Travemünde (LYC) |
All |
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22:30 |
Arrival Hamburg |
Hotel Hafen Hamburg |
Friday, April 23
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09:00 |
Summary Report from Science Workshop |
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Key results |
Flett, Science Committee |
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Discussion |
All |
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10:00 |
Summary Reports from Standing Committees |
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Key results |
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Discussion |
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(Break as required) |
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11:30 |
Review of Action Items |
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12:15 |
Meeting Close and Short Farewell |
All, plus guests |
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13:00 |
Lunch |
Optional, BSH Canteen |
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19:00 |
Social Event |
Optional |
Acronyms
| AARI | Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute |
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ACSYS |
Arctic Climate System Study |
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ALOS |
Advanced Land Observing Satellite |
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AMSR-E |
Advanced Scanning Microwave Radiometer |
| BSH | Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie |
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BSIM |
Baltic Sea Ice Meeting |
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CIS |
Canadian Ice Service |
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CLIC |
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CLIMAR |
JCOMM Workshop on Advances in Marine Climatology |
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ENVISAT |
Environmental Satellite |
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ESA |
European Space Agency |
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ETSI |
Expert Team on Sea Ice |
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GDSIDB |
Global Digital Sea Ice Data Bank |
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GEO |
Group on Earth Observation |
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GMES |
Global Monitoring for Environment and Security |
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ICEMON |
Ice Monitoring |
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IICWG |
International Ice Charting Working Group |
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IIP |
International Ice Patrol |
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JCOMM |
Joint WMO/IOC Technical Commission on Oceanography and Maritime Meteorology |
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METOP |
Meteorological Operational Polar Satellite |
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MODIS |
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer |
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NIC |
National Ice Center |
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NPOESS |
National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System |
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OSIS |
Ocean and Sea Ice SAF |
| SAF | Satellite Application Facility |
