GLIMS Workshop Cambridge, 17-18 August 2006

[Narelle Baker]

GLIMS Workshop Cambridge, 17-18 August  2006
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As you may know registrations for the Global Land Ice Measurements
from Space Workshop 2006 have now officially closed. However, if you
would still like to register for this workshop I will accept late
registrations for the next week or so.

Please see our website (hosted under other meetings on the IGS
website) for details:
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/met/tlc/igs/meetings.php

If you have any questions please me on: narelle.baker at gmail.com
or by the contact details below this email.

I have included here a sneak preview of some of the presentations
confirmed for the workshop...
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A new satellite based glacier inventory for Norway - first results
Andreassen, Liss M

Geospatial data management at the GLIMS Regional Center Antarctic Peninsula
Arigony-Neto, J., Rau, F., Vogt, S., Jaña, R., Saurer, H., Simões, J.
C. and Gossmann, H.

The CBERS program: a series of high-resolution satellite sensors to
support glacier monitoring in South America and Antarctic Peninsula
Arigony-Neto, J., Ribeiro, R.and Simões, J.C.

An Automated Method to Delineate the Debris-Covered Glaciers at Mt.
Everest Based on ASTER Data
Bolch, Tobias

Glacier Retreat during the last 50 Years in Northern Tien Shan
(Kazakhstan/Kyrgyzstan) using Remote Sensing Data
Bolch, Tobias

The pilot study of glacier changes in West China using RS data and
Chinese Glacier Inventory
Donghui, Shangguan

Remote Sensing Analysis of Glacial Lake Colors via Model-Based
Intelligent Algorithms: Coupling Radiative Transfer and Neural
Networks to Estimate Flour Concentration in Glacial Waters
Furfaro, Roberto

A glacier inventory for the Buordakh Massif, Cherskiy range, north
east Siberia, and evidence for recent glacier recession
Gurney, S. D., Popovnin V. V., Shahgedanova, M. and Stokes, C.R.

Perspectives for Glacier Monitoring in Global Climate-related Observing Systems
Haeberli, Wilfried

Digital elevation models from ASTER along-track stereo. Performance,
limitations and workarounds
Kääb, Andreas

ASTER Investigations of Glacier Lakes: Occurrence, Metastable Growth
and Dynamics, Transient Behaviors, and the Future
Kargel, Jeffrey S.

DEMs from ASTER Imagery – A Comparison of Available Tools and
Implications for GLIMS
Khalsa, Siri Jodha Singh

Problems related to the creation of a glacier inventory: Can we find
consistent solutions?
Paul, Frank

The GLACE image comparison experiments
Raup, Bruce

Extraction and Evaluation of DEM Derived from the ASTER Stereo Data
Shen, Qiang

Recent Changes in Glacier Extent (1985-2000), Caucasus Mountains, Russia
Stokes, C.R., Gurney, S.D., Shahgedanova, M. and Popovnin, V.

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-- 
The virtuous find delight in mountains, the wise in rivers.

         - Confucius
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Narelle Baker
PhD Student
Scott Polar Research Institute
University of Cambridge
Lensfield Road
Cambridge CB2 1ER
England

Tel: +44 (0)1223 336574
Fax:+44 (0)1223 336549
emails: npmb2 at cam.ac.uk, narelle.baker at gmail.com