GLIMS Update: GLIMS Miniworkshop Final Announcement

[Jeff Kargel]

Dear GLIMS Colleagues,

Except for a final logistical update on parking and other minor issues, this
is the final announcement with a preliminary agenda for the GLIMS
Miniworkshop, Tucson, Arizona, October 24-25, 2005.  The meeting will
feature Alaskan glacier science and planning for an Alaska regional center;
developments in GLIMSView, the GLIMS database and mapserver interface, and a
second round robin experiment (including hands-on session). Also, there will
be discussion and planning for a GLIMS book, and splinter discussions about
the USGS Afghanistan project.

 
Below is logistical info and a tentative agenda.  If I have accidentally
omitted you from the agenda or attendees' list, or you want to be added, let
me know, and we will gladly squeeze you in.  Like all GLIMS workshops, this
is an open meeting.

 
Meeting venue: University of Arizona (Tucson), Department of Hydrology &
Water Resources, Harshbarger Building, Room 110. This is a classroom with 20
PCs (Windows boxes) that will be pre-loaded with GLIMSView, and there will
be internet connections and powerpoint projection equipment.  There are
strong options for "hands-on" demo displays/tutorials. There will also be
one or more Linux machines. If anybody needs to upload any other special
software or image data sets in advance, contact James Broermann
<james at hwr.arizona.edu>.  You may upload powerpoint presentations first
thing in the morning.

 

Getting there:

FOR CAMPUS MAP: http://iiewww.ccit.arizona.edu/uamap/

   From Phoenix: East on I-10 (you'll be driving more south than east).
After arriving in Tucson, exit on Speedway Blvd, go east on Speedway approx
2 miles.  Shortly after Euclid and Park Avenue, turn right/south on Mountain
and follow it a couple blocks to Second Street and the Second Street parking
garage.  DRIVERS/PARKERS: Please stay tuned for an email about parking, as I
hope to have a reserved block of spaces.  Driving time approx 115 minutes.

   From Tucson International Airport: Take Valencia Road any of three ways:
to I-19 N, I-10 W, or S Campbell (north direction).  If I-19, go north, get
onto I-10 W, then take Speedway exit and follow to campus as though coming
from Phoenix.  If I-10 W, also follow through to Speedway. If S Campbell,
take it north, and you'll curve into S Kino Parkway then curve into N
Campbell Ave, and continue to Speedway Blvd; turn left/west on Speedway,
then left/south on Mountain and follow to Second Street parking garage.
Driving time approx 25 minutes.

   All drivers: After you walk out of the parking garage, walk west on James
E. Rogers Way (same as "North Campus Drive" as marked on the pdf campus
map).  Harshbarger Building is clearly signed on the right.  Room 110 is on
the first floor.

 

Lodging options: The Tucson Marriott University Park is closest:
http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/TUSUP

 
Other hotels: 
http://www.hotels-rates.com/hotels/locations/Tucson/AZ/usa/558/

 

Tentative list of attendees and possible attendees:

Richard Armstrong (NSIDC/Boulder) YES

Michael Bishop (U Nebraska at Omaha) ?

Kimberley Casey (Goddard Spaceflight Center; w/Dorothy Hall) YES

Mark Dyurgerov (NSIDC/Boulder) YES

Paul Geissler (USGS/Flagstaff) YES

Chris Helm (NSIDC) YES

Jeff Kargel (University of Arizona) YES

Siri Jodha Singh Khlasa (NSIDC/Boulder) YES

Chris Larsen (U Alaska, Geophysical Inst.) ?

Ella Lee (USGS/Flagstaff) YES

Bill Manley (U of Colorado) ????

Bruce Molnia (USGS/Reston) YES

Bruce Raup (NSIDC/Boulder) YES

Deborah Soltesz (USGS/Flagstaff) YES

Bill Sneed (University of Maine) YES

Rick Wessels (USGS/Anchorage) ?

 

AGENDA (still developing, but getting close):

MONDAY OCTOBER 24: 

 

8:00 Meet in Hydrology Room 110. Coffee, tea, bread, donuts, fruit.

Introduction 8:15-8:20 (Kargel)

 

ALASKA GLACIER SCIENCE & REGIONAL CENTER PLANNING

8:20-9:00, Bruce Molnia (Alaska)

9:00-9:40, Mark Dyurgerov and NSIDC group (Alaska and Scandinavia)

9:40-10:00, Kimberley Casey (glaciers in parks of Kenai Peninsula/elsewhere)

10:00-10:20 Bill Sneed (representing U Maine)-Alaskan and Scandinavian
glaciers

10:20-10:30 Break (coffee and tea)

10:30-10:45 Jeff Kargel, David Gaseau, and Ella Lee, ASTER coverage in
Alaska, glacier lakes, and glacier hazards.

10:45-11:00 Chris Larsen? Isostacy, glaciers of Glacier Bay, etc.  ????

11:00-11:15 Paul Geissler and Flagstaff group, glaciers of Alaska fjords

11:15-11:30 Rick Wessels, Glaciers on Alaskan volcanoes

11:30-11:45 ? Bill Manley on digitized glacier records, McCall Glacier, Š.?

11:45-12:10 DISCUSSION: Who is interested in covering what regions?  How do
we organize a RC?  One RC or multiple RCs?  How do we get funded?
Competitive proposals or group proposal?  First we need a funding program!

12:10-12:30 DISCUSSION: GLIMS book planning, and possible Alaska GLIMS paper
or chapter for the book?  Book outline.  Book timeline.  Chapter
assignments. Is there anything to report for Alaska that is best done as a
group, or are we happy just submitting our individual papers? Is there any
important statewide aspect of Alaskan remote sensing-based glaciology that
is not covered in the Molnia et al. Alaska volume of the Satellite Image
Atlas, and other individual papers? Is there any merit to acting as a
unified RC at this time for either a journal paper or a GLIMS book chapter?
What could be the central theme of a joint Alaska RC paper or book chapter
which would not just be a rehash of published findings?

 

12:30-1:50 Lunch (nearby restaurant)

 

1:50-2:05: Ella Lee, live or canned demo of glacier classification

2:05-2:20 Deborah Soltesz, GLIMSView

2:20-2:50 Bruce Raup & NSIDC group, database and mapserver interface.

2:50-3:10 Bruce Raup & NSIDC group, submission interface and processing
questionnaire

3:10-3:25 Break (coffee and tea)

3:25-4:05 Bruce Raup & NSIDC group, Introduction to GLims Analysis
Comparison 

Experiment 2, GLACE 2 (second round robin).

4:05-4:25 Splinter sessions: (1) Afghanistan project (Molnia, Kargel, and
USGS/Flag group).  (2) NSIDC-led discussions.

4:25: Adjourn meeting for the day, continue informally at Kargel's
residence.   

 

5:00-7:30 or whenever: Social dinner at Jeff and Be' Kargel's place. We will
provide food (including vegetarian and meat dishes) and some beer, wine, and
soft drinks.  If you prefer some particular beverage, feel free to bring it,
but there should be enough drinks if you're not too particular in your
taste. Directions from University of Arizona: west on Speedway Blvd to I-10.
Right/West on I-10 (direction to Phoenix) approx 7 miles to Orange Grove
Road.  Exit freeway on the right, and then turn right/east onto Orange Grove
Road.  Approx 0.4 miles on Orange Grove turn left/north at a traffic light
onto Thornydale Rd. Go approx 6 miles on Thornydale, and turn left/west onto
Flying Diamond Dr. (a minor but well graded sand-paved road coming about a
mile after Linda Vista Blvd). 0.7 miles west on Flying Diamond Dr. to 4350
W. Flying Diamond Dr (house on right side of road). With an average of 2.5
people per car there should be plenty parking space; if not, the road is
wide and you can park at the edge of the road.

 

TUESDAY OCTOBER 25:

8:15-8:45. Coffee, tea, bread, donuts, fruit.

8:45-12:00: Hands-on GLACE 2 experiment.  Using GLIMSView or other mapping
tool, assess a single image for glacier margins and internal facies,
especially snowline. Assess second scene of same area some years later.
Assess changes in glacier margins and snowline.

 

12:00-2:00 Extended working lunch/discussions at restaurant.  We can break
into splinter groups to discuss separate issues, such as remaining matters
regarding the Afghanistan project, problems or successes regarding GLACE 2,
etc.

 

2:00 Adjourn meeting.