STAR Committee and Geology WG presentations

[Michael Abrams]

Jeff,

How about sending Dave your Geology presentation to deliver, and send me 
the STAR committee talk. I am in full support of your 3 suggested 
increases to GLIMS outlined in your email. I am confident we can work 
out a new STAR to accommodate them (or 2 or 3, as required). There is no 
reason we shouldn't get important glacier data. The STAR committee is a 
good place to go over this; please ask any GLIMS members to attend.

mike

Michael Abrams
ASTER Science Team Leader
Group Supervisor, Land Surface Processes
NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mail Stop 183-501
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Jeffrey Kargel wrote:
> Michael (and others),
>
> Gordon and Slawek have (thankfully) touched off a vigorous discussion 
> of GLIMS STARs, which was their intent.  My hope is that we can get an 
> increased quota of GLIMS imaging, possibly through a robust DAR 
> supplement for key glaciers: NOT to replace the GLIMS STARs but to 
> fill in (1) small gaps of no-ASTER-coverage-at-all (in lifetime of 
> ASTER), (2) some large gaps of high-quality (right gains, low snow, 
> good illumination) coverage, and (3) some further small areas of 
> special interest where we have had good coverage but still need more 
> due to special dynamics or ongoing field research projects; in total, 
> the gaps are substantial, and I hope filling them can be accommodated. 
>  We'll try to get a detailed plan organized before the ASTER meeting. 
>  I would like these to be implemented this summer, so we'll be ready 
> to rock n roll at the time of the ASTER meeting.
>
> I would send  you GLIMS presentations to present in my absence about 2 
> days before the meeting, if that works, so we have about a week to 
> make some fast work.  
>
> So I'd like 15 minutes for a Geology talk and 15 minutes for a STAR 
> committee talk.  I'll make sure all slides are very self-explanatory. 
>  Slawek and Gordon and all GLIMS people involved in the energetic 
> discussion should know that they'll have a chance to see the STAR 
> presentation before it happens (if it is scheduled), and offer edits, 
> and they should also know that I am an advocate for polar as well as 
> nonpolar glacier/ice sheet imaging.  I want to get this right for the 
> whole glacier/ice sheet community.  Alpine glaciers are important, and 
> so are the ice sheets, for different but important reasons.
>
> So far as Greenland specifically is concerned, if a separate STAR is 
> designed and implemented and doesn't take away from GLIMS, then that's 
> a good thing.  If it's channeled through the GLIMS STAR, then that's a 
> good thing, so long as it achieves what's needed and what's also 
> reasonable. The ASTER Mission Ops group knows that I have been very 
> sensitive and responsive to the overall ASTER needs, but this is 
> definitely a crucial time when we need a good ASTER senior-years set 
> of images, because we have NOTHING closely comparable coming up with 
> other satellites.  HySpIRI will be great, SPOT and IRS systems are 
> great, Landsat systems are great, radar systems are great, other 
> systems will be wonderful, but they do not offer the combined 
> attributes of ASTER VNIR/stereo/TIR.  And even where capabilities 
> overlap, we need the image archive (and that archive is being used).
>
> I will post comments on this discussion thread on a publicly 
> accessible site, and give a pointer to it once it's up, so respondents 
> can feel free to send only to me, with knowledge that their comments 
> will be posted.  (Or tell me if you want them to be confidential.) 
>
> --Jeff
>
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