GLIMS TOOLS WORKSHOP Logistics

[Rick Wessels]

What:  GLIMS Tools Workshop
When:  8:30 AM  Saturday, 12 April
Where: Sofitel Nice Center, Parvis de l'Europe, Nice, France
          PHONE: 04 93 13 30 93
Cost:  registration cost ~$50 Euros (please bring cash in EUR or USD)
Refreshments for two breaks included in the above cost

We also invite participants to contribute short (~5 minute) presentations to 
any of the agenda items.  You can let me know via email before the workshop or 
sign up during registration at the workshop.   If you can, please bring a 
laptop computer to try out the tutorials.  We will also have several laptop 
computers available.  If you have some ASTER or Landsat data that you would 
like to try with glimsview, please bring the original image files on a CD or a 
USB key.

If you have not already done so, please inform Jeff Kargel or me if you plan to 
attend.


GLIMS TOOLS WORKSHOP AGENDA:

8:00 - 08:30AM  Registration and payment (USD or EURO cash only! we will 
provide a receipt)

08:30 Welcome, Introduction, and update of satellite data stats
       (R. Wessels-USGS, Flagstaff)

08:40 - 10:15 GLIMS Data Handling: (lead - B. Raup-NSIDC)
- data transfer format and how to put data into it using non-glimsview tools

- discuss current datasets & likelihood of transfer to NSIDC GLIMS db

10:15 - 10:35 Break

10:35 - 12:30 GLIMS Analysis - Part I:

- hands-on tutorial of glimsview  (R. Wessels assisted by B. Raup)

- concurrent discussion of GLIMS database attributes as listed in glimsview (B. 
Raup)

12:30 - 13:35 Lunch

13:35 - 15:45 GLIMS Analysis - Part II:

- image classification methods (multispectral, use of topography) Lead by Andy 
Kaeaeb (U. Zurich) w/ R. Wessels and other participant contributions

15:45 - 16:05 Break

16:05 -
- discussion of status of the various tutorials (lead - Bruce Raup)

- open discussion (R. Wessels)

- continue glimsview tutorial - time permitting (R.Wessels and B. Raup)

18:00 Adjourn


Currently Regisitered Attendees: ( ***=not confirmed )

Andreas Kaeaeb
University of Zurich
Department of Geography
Zurich,Switzerland
kaeaeb at geo.unizh.ch

***Dr. Sarfraz Ahmed
University of Calicut, Kerala

***Andrea Fischer
Institute for Meteorolgy and Geophysics
University of Innsbruck

Miriam Jackson
Norwegian Water Resources & Energy Directorate
Hydrology Department, Glacier and Snow Section
mja at nve.no

Frank Paul
University of Zurich
Department of Geography
Zurich,Switzerland
fpaul at geo.unizh.ch

Andres Rivera
Universidad de Chile (Also CECS and Bristol Glac. Centre)
Departamento de Geografia
Santiago, Chile
arivera at abello.dic.uchile.cl

Bruce Raup
National Snow and Ice Data Center
U. of Colorado
Boulder, CO USA
braup at nsidc.org

Stefan Taschner
Universita di Brescia
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile
Brescia, Italy
stefan.taschner at unibs.it

Rick Wessels
U.S. Geological Survey
Flagstaff, AZ USA
rwessels at usgs.gov

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Rick Wessels, Ph.D.            rwessels at usgs.gov
Arizona State University / U.S. Geological Survey
2255 N. Gemini Drive          Phone(928)-556-7022
Flagstaff, AZ 86001           FAX           -7014
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Rick Wessels, Ph.D.            rwessels at usgs.gov
Arizona State University / U.S. Geological Survey
2255 N. Gemini Drive          Phone(928)-556-7022
Flagstaff, AZ 86001           FAX           -7014
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