<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff">
Jeff,<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
mike<br>
<pre cols="72" class="moz-signature">Michael Abrams
ASTER Science Team Leader
Group Supervisor, Land Surface Processes
NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mail Stop 183-501
4800 Oak Grove Dr.
Pasadena, CA 91109
818-354-0937 FAX: 818-354-5148
<a href="mailto:michael.j.abrams@jpl.nasa.gov" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated">michael.j.abrams@jpl.nasa.gov</a>
</pre>
<br>
<br>
Jeffrey Kargel wrote:
<blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:SNT111-W38E3F97DCB7FFEDBB4450BCB550@phx.gbl">
<!-- <DEFANGED_STYLE>
.hmmessage P
{
margin:0px;
padding:0px
}
body.hmmessage
{
font-size: 10pt;
font-family:Verdana
}
--> </DEFANGED_STYLE>Michael (and others),
<div><br>
</div>
<div>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.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>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. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>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.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>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).</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>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.) </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>--Jeff</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<br>
<hr>Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail®. <a target="_new" href="http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_QuickAdd1_052009" moz-do-not-send="true">See how.</a></blockquote>
</body>
</html>