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Check-In

Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning

Check in during the Icebreaker on Tuesday evening (5 - 8 pm) at INSTAAR in building RL-1 rm 269 or at the start of the Workshop on Wednesday morning (8 - 8:30 am) in building RL-3 rm 620. NSTAAR is located at 1560 30th Street, Boulder CO 80303 (see Maps). You will receive a packet including a printed Program and Astracts volume, and other materials. Extra abstract volumes can be purchased for $30.

Please load presentations onto our computer or put up your poster as early as possible during the Tues evening Icebreaker or Wed morning check-in. We would like posters to stay up as long as possible during the workshop. Thanks.

 

Badge required

Our security situation is more strict than previous workshops and the badge you received at check-in will be required for entrance to all events (talks, dinner, etc). Moreover, when entering and exiting the RL-3 building for the talks, you must use the main entrance along Marine Street (north side). Take the elevator or use the central stairwell only. Our apologies for the hassles.

Program Summary

Please note that this schedule starts and ends a day of the week earlier than past workshops. And we have two poster sessions instead of one.

SUMMARY - TUESDAY 4 MARCH 2008
5:00 to 8:00pm
 Icebreaker, Check in, & Registration
Hors d'oeuvres, wine, lemonade, and water will be served;
Please load presentations onto our computer and put up posters.
INSTAAR Conference Room, Bldg. RL-1, Rm. 269

 

SUMMARY - WEDNESDAY 5 MARCH 2008
08:00
 Check-in & Registration
   (Load presentations onto our computer)
   INSTAAR Auditorium, Bldg. RL-3, Rm. 620
08:45
 Workshop Welcome & Introduction
09:00
 The Circumarctic I
09:45
     Morning Break
10:00
 The Circumarctic II
10:45
     Morning Break
11:00
 The Circumarctic III
11:45
     LUNCH (meal not provided)
1:15pm
 Alaska I
2:15
     Afternoon Break
2:30
 Alaska II
3:15
     Afternoon Break
3:30
 Communicating Climate Change
4:00
     Afternoon Break
4:15
 Mini-course: Working with the News Media
5:30
    End of day
5:45 to 7:30
     Student Pizza and Beer Party
(students only, for student presenters and student non-presenters)
INSTAAR Conference Room, Bldg. RL-1, Rm. 269

 

SUMMARY - THURSDAY 6 MARCH 2008
08:45
 Western Canadian Arctic
   INSTAAR Auditorium, Bldg. RL-3, Rm. 620
10:00
     Morning Break
10:15
 Posters I (odd numbered posters)
   INSTAAR 2nd Floor, Bldg. RL-1
11:45
     LUNCH (Provided)
   INSTAAR Conference Room, Bldg. RL-1, Rm. 269
12:45pm
 Central & Eastern Canadian Arctic I
2:00
     Afternoon Break
2:15
 Central & Eastern Canadian Arctic II
3:15
     Afternon Break
3:30
 Greenland & Iceland
4:30
    End of Main Sessions
4:45
    Bus Pickup at INSTAAR
5:15
    Bus Pickup at Best Western Boulder Inn
5:30
     Workshop Dinner Provided
(Hors d'oeuvres, meal, beer, wine, lemonade, water, etc)
University Memorial Center (UMC), main campus. Rm. 235
6:00
 Dinner Keynote: Jim White
"IPY: It's not just a year, it's a responsibility"
9:00
    Shuttle bus from UMC to Best Western Boulder Inn

 

SUMMARY - FRIDAY 7 MARCH 2008
08:45
 North Atlantic & Arctic Ocean I
   INSTAAR Auditorium, Bldg. RL-3, Rm. 620
09:30
     Morning Break
09:45
 North Atlantic & Arctic Ocean II
10:30
     Morning Break
10:45
 Posters II (even numbered posters)
   INSTAAR 2nd Floor, Bldg. RL-1
12:15pm
     LUNCH (Provided)
   INSTAAR Conference Room, Bldg. RL-1, Rm. 269
1:15
 European Arctic
2:15
     Afternoon Break
2:30
 The Alpine
3:15
    Workshop Wrap Up
3:30
    End of Meeting. Thanks for coming!

 

 

Program Details

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PM - TUESDAY 4 MARCH 2008
5:00 to 8:00pm
 Icebreaker, Check in, & Registration
Hors d'oeuvres, wine, lemonade, and water will be served;
Please load presentations onto our computer and put up posters.
INSTAAR Conference Room, Bldg. RL-1, Rm. 269

 

AM - WEDNESDAY 5 MARCH 2008
08:00
 Check-in & Registration
   (Load presentations onto our computer)
   INSTAAR Auditorium, Bldg. RL-3, Rm. 620
08:45
 Workshop Welcome & Introduction
Jim White (INSTAAR Interim Director)
Anne Jennings (INSTAAR, Arctic Workshop)

 

The Circumarctic I
Wed. am    Chair: Anne Jennings
09:00

The contribution of cloud and radiation anomalies to the 2007 Arctic sea ice extent minimum

Kay, Jennifer E ; L’Ecuyer, Tristan ; Gettelman, Andrew ; Stephens, Graeme ; O'Dell, Chris
09:15

20th century Russian Sea Ice Extents From Observations

Mahoney, Andy R ; Barry, Roger G ; Smolyanitsky, Vasily M ; Fetterer, Florence
09:30

Imprint of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation on the Arctic Sea Ice-Climate System

Miles, Martin W. ; Divine, Dmitry ; Furevik, Tore ; Jansen, Eystein ; Moros, Matthias Ogilvie, Astrid E. J.
09:45
 Morning Break
The Circumarctic II
Wed. am    Chair: Caspar Ammann
10:00

Application of Self-Organizing Maps (SOMs) to Create a Synoptic Climatology of the North Atlantic Region: Analysis of Storm Tracks and Precipitation over Greenland

Schuenemann, Keah C. ; Cassano, John J.
10:15

WHY THE ARCTIC REGIONS ARE OF INTEREST TO SPACE PHYSICISTS

Denig, William F
10:30

TRENDS AND SNAPSHOTS FROM 30 YEARS OF MONITORING AT THE NOAA BARROW, ALASKA, ATMOSPHERIC BASELINE OBSERVATORY

Schnell, Russ C. ; Endres, Daniel J. ; Vasel, Brian A.
10:45
 Morning Break
The Circumarctic III
Wed. am    Chair: Caspar Ammann
11:00

Are Arctic Rivers Unique And Are They Changing?

Overeem, Irina ; Syvitski, James PM ; Kettner, Albert J
11:15

Simulating the climate of the Arctic during the last millennium in a coupled climate model including data assimilation

Crespin, Elisabeth ; Goosse, Hugues ; Fichefet, Thierry ; Mann, Michael E.
11:30

GLACIER VARIATIONS DURING THE LAST 2000 YEARS IN THE HIGH LATITUDES OF THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE: COMPARISON WITH OTHER CLIMATIC PROXIES

Solomina, Olga N ; Wiles, Gregory
11:45
 LUNCH (meal not provided)

 

PM - WEDNESDAY 5 MARCH 2008
Alaska I
Wed. pm    Chair: Darrell Kaufmann
1:15

Coastal Erosion Since 1950 Along the Southeast Chukchi Sea, Alaska, Based on Both GIS and Field Measurements

Manley, William F ; Jordan, James W ; Lestak, Leanne R ; Mason, Owen K ; Parrish, Eric G Sanzone, Diane M
1:30

Synoptic-scale drivers of local-scale weather events on McCall Glacier, Alaska

March, Jennifer R ; Atkinson, David E.
1:45

Results of Glacier-Monitoring in South-Central Alaska during the 1999-2007 period, using oblique-convergent aerial photogrammetry as the survey method

Gleitsmann, Lars ; Kappas, Martin*
* = presenting author
2:00

A Neoglacial and Little Ice Age Chronology from the Castner Glacier in the Central Alaska Range, Alaska

Howley, Michael W ; Licciardi, Joseph M
2:15
 Afternoon Break
Alaska II
Wed. pm    Chair: Darrell Kaufmann
2:30

Sedimentary records of recent hydroclimate dynamics in southwest Alaska: linking process studies and varve sedimentology

Kaufman, Claire ; Lamoureux, Scott ; Kaufman, Darrell
2:45

A modern survey and Holocene record of lake water and diatom isotopes from south Alaska

Schiff, Caleb J ; Kaufman, Darrell S
3:00

Quantitative summer-temperature reconstructions from Alaska: Spatial and temporal variation during the Holocene

Clegg, Benjamin F ; Clarke, Gina ; Wolfe, Kevin ; Chou, Michael ; Walker, Ian R Hu, Feng Sheng
3:15
 Afternoon Break
Communicating Climate Change
Wed. pm    Chair: Yarrow Axford
3:30

Bringing polar climate change to the public with outreach films: "Owning the Polar Crisis" and "Polar Visions"

Vachon, Ryan ; Buhr, Susan ; Welker, Jeffery
3:45

Communicating Climate Uncertainties

Averill, Marilyn
4:00
 Afternoon Break
Mini-course: Working with the News Media
Wed. pm    Chair: Yarrow Axford
4:15
 MINI-COURSE: WORKING WITH THE NEWS MEDIA

Organizers: Axford, Yarrow; Reed, Sasha; Rosner, Hillary; Townsend, Alan; Yulsman, Tom

This one-hour and 15 minute course will provide tips and tools for working successfully with the news media.

Scientists are increasingly expected to communicate our results to the public, and journalists often act as intermediaries. Media coverage of science has many potential rewards – for individual scientists, for our profession, and for society. Yet some of us are hesitant to talk with journalists because we worry about being misrepresented or misunderstood. Fortunately, by understanding what journalists are looking for – and spending a little time preparing for interviews – we can help make news coverage both accurate and evocative.

Two Boulder journalists will provide advice: Tom Yulsman, a science and environmental journalist, is associate professor of journalism at the University of Colorado and co-director of CU’s Center for Environmental Journalism. Hillary Rosner is a freelance science and environmental journalist. She writes for diverse publications including the New York Times and Popular Science, and contributed to Al Gore’s book “An Inconvenient Truth.”
5:30
 End of Day
5:45 to
7:30
 Student Pizza and Beer Party
(students only, for student presenters and student non-presenters)
INSTAAR Conference Room, Bldg. RL-1, Rm. 269

 

AM - THURSDAY 6 MARCH 2008
Western Canadian Arctic
Thurs. am    Chair: Bill Manley
08:45

LATE GLACIAL AND HOLOCENE ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE INFERRED FROM SEDIMENTARY ARCHIVES OF KUSAWA LAKE, BOUNDARY RANGE MOUNTAINS, YUKON, CANADA

Desloges, Joseph R. ; Chow, Nicole ; Gilbert, Robert
09:00

Thick lacustrine sedimentary sequence in Christie Arm, Canada, suggests a dynamic subglacial paleolake beneath Laurentide Ice Sheet

Tulaczyk, Slawek ; Christoffersen, Poul ; Wattrus, Nigel
09:15

High-energy sedimentary processes in Kluane Lake, Yukon Territory

Crookshanks, Sarah ; Gilbert, Robert
09:30

Seafloor Mud Volcanoes: Evidence of a Dynamic Beaufort Continental Shelf

Blasco, Steve M. ; Shearer, Jim M. ; Blasco, Katie A.* ; Bennett, Robbie
* = presenting author
09:45

Insights on atmospheric stratification and seasonal aerosol transport in North Pacific from trace metals in ice cores from the St. Elias Mountains, Yukon, Canada

Gross, Benjamin R H ; Kreutz, Karl J ; Osterberg, Erich ; Handley, Mike ; Sneed, Sharon
10:00
 Morning Break
Posters I (odd numbered posters)
Thurs. am    Chair: Bill Manley
10:15
 Poster Session Ends at 11:45 with a Lunch (provided)
Paleoceanography - Posters
Thurs. am   
1

Reconstruction of sea surface temperatures reconstructions in northern high-latitude oceans using planktonic foraminifera on the 100µm fraction

Husum, Katrine ; Hald, Morten ; Burhol, Anne
3

Paleoenvironmental changes during the past 2000 years, evidence from Kongsfjorden, Svalbard

Jernas, Patrycja ; Klitgaard-Kristensen, Dorthe
5

Geochemical and Sedimentological Constraints on the Aerial Extent of the southern Greenland Ice Sheet during the Penultimate Interglacial

Colville, Elizabeth ; Carlson, Anders ; Beard, Brian ; Stoner, Joseph ; Hillaire-Marcel, Claude
Glacier Fluctuations - Posters
Thurs. am   
7

Surface velocity and ice flux changes of the dynamic calving front of Jakobshavn Isbrae, West Greenland

Stewart, Heather A.M. ; Csatho, Bea
9

The retreat of northern Laurentide outlet glaciers in response to pronounced warming and abrupt cold spells in the early Holocene: An analog for future Greenland Ice Sheet retreat?

Bini, Aaron C ; Briner, Jason P ; Anderson, Robert S
Paleolimnology - Posters
Thurs. am   
11

Late Holocene environmental change at three glacier-fed lakes, southern Alaska

Kaufman, Darrell S
13

Improving methods for locating cryptotephra in minerogenic lacustrine sediment of the Canadian High Arctic

Balascio, Nicholas L. ; Bradley, Raymond S. ; Francus, Pierre
15

A search for cryptotephra in minerogenic High Arctic lake sediments to aid in establishing an accurate varve chronology and lamination thickness record

Zalzal, Kate S. ; Besonen, Mark ; Bradley, Raymond S.
17

USING MULTIPLE SURFACE CORES TO TEST THE VARVE THICKNESS-SUMMER TEMPERATURE RELATIONSHIP, NORTHEAST BAFFIN ISLAND, ARCTIC CANADA

Ridgeway, Monica L ; Thomas, Elizabeth K ; Noble, James R ; Briner, Jason P
Terrestrial Paleoenvironments - Posters
Thurs. am   
19

Palaeoecology of an Arctic Peathland Ecosystem Covering a Terrace at the Mouth of the Guichaud River, Salluit, Nunavik, Canada

Bhiry, Najat ; Ouzilleau Samson, David
21

The potential of multi-proxy studies to reconstruct Pliocene Arctic climate: tree-rings, isotopes and mollusks to name a few

Csank, Adam Z
23

Climate-forcing of tree-growth across the forest-tundra of northeastern Manitoba

Mamet, Steven D. ; Kershaw, G. Peter
Ecosystem Dynamics - Posters
Thurs. am   
25

Introduction of nonindigenous plants to Alaska's Seward Peninsula: A consequence of new reindeer management strategies?

Worker, Suzanne ; Finstad, Greg
Permafrost Geomorphology - Posters
Thurs. am   
27

Monitoring of frost heave and thaw subsidence on the North Slope of Alaska

Streletskiy, Dmitry A. ; Nelson, Frederick E. ; Shiklomanov, Nikolay I.
Climatology & More - Posters
Thurs. am   
29

Long-term Atmospheric Baseline Observatories in the Arctic: Barrow, Alaska and Summit, Greenland

Vasel, Brian A ; Schnell, Russell C
31

Energy Moisture Balance Model Simulations of Laurentide Ice Sheet Mass Balance Responses to Early Holocene Enhanced Boreal Summer Insolation

Obbink, Elizabeth A. ; Carlson, Anders E. ; Anslow, Faron ; LeGrande, Allegra ; Licciardi, Joseph
Collaboration & Outreach - Posters
Thurs. am   
33

Bringing Arctic Research Back to the Classroom: A model for turning field data and experiences into classroom lessons to achieve meaningful broader impacts

Roop, Heidi A ; Kane, Maggie ; Werner, Al
   
11:45
 LUNCH (Provided)
INSTAAR Conference Room, Bldg. RL-1, Rm. 269

 

PM - THURSDAY 6 MARCH 2008
Central & Eastern Canadian Arctic I
Thurs. pm    Chair: Giff Miller
12:45

SEASONAL HYDROCLIMATIC VARIABILITY AND LIMNOLOGY IN TWO ADJACENT HIGH ARCTIC WATERSEHDS: CAPE BOUNTY, MELVILLE ISLAND, NUNAVUT

Stewart, Kailey A ; Lamoureux, Scott F
1:00

Sensitivity of High Arctic lake-ice conditions to climate change

Cook, Timothy ; Bradley, Raymond
1:15

SEDIMENTARY PELLETS AS AN ICE COVER PROXY IN LAKE A, ELLESMERE ISLAND, CANADA

Tomkins, Jessica D. ; Lamoureux, Scott F. ; Antoniades, Dermot ; Vincent, Warwick F.
1:30

Stratigraphic analysis of a complex biolaminated sedimentary sequence from a coastal High Arctic lake

Chutko, Krystopher J. ; Lamoureux, Scott F.
1:45

Annual sedimentation in an arctic glacier-fed lake: Results from the Svalbard REU, Svalbard, Norway

Werner, Al ; Roof, Steve ; Retelle, Mike ; Cobin, Patricia ; Arnold, Megan Moore, Matt
2:00
 Afternoon Break
Central & Eastern Canadian Arctic II
Thurs. pm    Chair: Jason Briner
2:15

Late Holocene climate change inferred from varved proglacial lake sediments on northeastern Baffin Island, Arctic Canada

Thomas, Elizabeth K ; Briner, Jason P
2:30

DETECTING THE UNSEEN: A NEW ANALYTICAL APPROACH TOWARDS THE IDENTIFICATION OF CRYPTOTEPHRAS IN DISTAL LACUSTRINE ARCHIVES

Schupack, Benjamin B. ; Miller, Gifford H. ; Larsen, Darren J.
2:45

ESTIMATING ABOVE-GROUND BIOMASS IN HIGH AND MID ARCTIC TUNDRA ECOSYSTEMS WITH HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION REMOTELY SENSED DATA

Atkinson, David M ; Treitz, Paul M
3:00

Long-term dynamics of a millennial spruce forest at tree line: charcoal and paleosol evidence

Auger, Sarah ; Payette, Serge
3:15
 Afternoon Break
Greenland & Iceland
Thurs. pm    Chair: Jason Briner
3:30

SEDIMENTARY ARCHITECTURE OF GLACIO-FLUVIAL FJORD VALLEY FILL: WEST-GREENLAND CASE STUDY

de Winter, Ilja L ; Overeem, Irina ; Storms, Joep E.A.
3:45

Holocene pollen and climate records from southwestern Greenland: new perspective on documenting long-term changes in synoptic scale atmospheric circulation patterns

Frechette, Bianca
4:00

Evidence of periodicities in Holocene paleoclimatic proxies from Lake Haukadalsvatn, W-Iceland

Olafsdottir, Kristin Bjorg ; Geirsdottir, Aslaug ; Palsson, Olafur Petur ; Miller, Gifford
4:15

Warm Times and Cold Times During the Holocene Reconstructed from Icelandic Lake Sediments

Miller, Gifford H. ; Geirsdottir, Aslaug ; Larsen, Darren ; Flowers, Gwenn E. ; Black, Jessica
4:30
 End of Main Sessions
Workshop Dinner and Keynote
Thurs. pm    Chair: Bill Manley
4:45
 Bus Pickup at INSTAAR, 3100 Marine street, RL-3 north entrance
5:15
 Bus Pickup at Best Western Boulder Inn
5:30
     Workshop Dinner Provided
(Hors d'oeuvres, meal, beer, wine, lemonade, water, etc)
University Memorial Center (UMC), main campus. Rm. 235
6:00
 Dinner Keynote: Jim White
"IPY: It's not just a year, it's a responsibility"
9:00
    Shuttle bus from UMC to Best Western Boulder Inn

 

AM - FRIDAY 7 MARCH 2008
North Atlantic & Arctic Ocean I
Fri. am    Chair: Anne Jennings
08:45

An East Greenland Source for Heinrich Events in the Northern North Atlantic

Farmer, G. Lang ; Verplanck, Emily ; Dunhill, Gita ; Andrews, John
09:00

Quaternary Foraminifers from IODP ACEX Core 4C and Arctic Sea-Ice History

Cronin, Thomas M ; O'Regan, Matt ; Smith, Shannon ; Eynaud, Frédérique ; Jakobsson, Martin
09:15

North Atlantic cooling and freshening at 8.2ka detected in foraminiferal Mg/Ca and d180 ratios

Quillmann, Ursula ; Marchitto, Tom M ; Andrews, John T ; Jennings, Anne E ; Dean, Walt E
09:30
 Morning Break
North Atlantic & Arctic Ocean II
Fri. am    Chair: Anne Jennings
09:45

Irminger Current variability West and Northwest of Iceland during the Holocene

Olafsdottir, Saedis ; Geirsdottir, Aslaug ; Jennings, Anne E ; Andrews, John T
10:00

UNPRECEDENTED PALEOEANOGRAPHIC CHANGES AROUND 2000 YEARS AGO COMPARED TO THE LAST 17,000 CAL. YR BP INFERRED FROM A BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA FAUNA RECORD FROM THE NORTHERN SVALBARD MARGIN

Klitgaard-Kristensen, Dorthe ; Koc, Nalan ; Jennings, Anne
10:15

Bottom water temperatures from 8000-1600 cal. Yr BP reconstructed from Mg/Ca and 18O from the Malangfjord, northern Norway

Rørvik, Kari-Lise ; Hald, Morten ; Husum, Katrine ; Johannesen, Hilde B. ; Marchitto, Tom
10:30
 Morning Break
Posters II (even numbered posters)
Fri. am    Chair: Anne Jennings
10:45
 Poster Session Ends at 12:15 with a Lunch (provided)
Paleoceanography - Posters
Fri. am   
2

Advection of Atlantic Water to the western and northern Svalbard shelf since 17,500 cal yr BP

Koç, Nalan ; Klitgaard Kristensen, Dorthe ; Rasmussen, Tine L ; Slubowska-Woldengen, Marta ; Nilsen, Frank Solheim, Anders
4

Holocene variations of Atlantic water inflow and glacial activity in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard

Skirbekk, Kari ; Klitgaard-Kristensen, Dorthe ; Koç, Nalân ; Rasmussen, Tine
6

Holocene Marine Evidence for GIS Stability and the History of Jakobshavns Isbrae, from the Vantage of Disko Bugt, West Greenland

Jennings, Anne E. ; Moros, Matthias ; Andrews, John T.
Glacier Fluctuations - Posters
Fri. am   
8

GLIMS: Progress in Mapping the World's Glaciers

Raup, Bruce H ; Khalsa, Siri Jodha Singh ; Armstrong, Richard
10

Late-glacial and Neoglacial ice advance inferred from a small valley glacier in the Alaska Range, Alaska

Young, Nicolas E ; Briner, Jason P
Paleolimnology - Posters
Fri. am   
12

A 4,000-yr lake record of drought variability from Scout Lake, Yukon Territory, Canada

Blotzer, Lindsay B ; Abbott, M B ; Bird, B W ; Finney, B P ; Oritz, J D Patterson, W P ; Anderson, L
14

DIDYMOSPHENIA GEMINATA: THE CORE QUESTION

Hermann, Anna K ; Lane, Kelly A ; Pite, Danielle P ; Spaulding, Sarah A ; Finney, Bruce P
16

RECONSTRUCTING DETAILED PROGLACIAL LAKE SEDIMENTATION USING MULTIPLE CORES FROM BIG ROUND LAKE, NORTHEASTERN BAFFIN ISLAND, ARCTIC CANADA

Noble, J.R. ; Briner, Jason ; Thomas, Elizabeth ; Ridgeway, Monica
18

Research at Pingualuit Crater Lake, the "Crystal Eye of Nunavik"

Pienitz, Reinhard ; Hausmann, Sonja ; St-Onge, Guillaume ; Guyard, Hervé ; Salonen, Veli-Pekka Luoto, Tomi ; Francus, Pierre ; and five others
Terrestrial Paleoenvironments - Posters
Fri. am   
22

The sensitivity of Arctic paleoclimate to atmospheric CO2 and water vapor: inferences from a Pliocene peat deposit on Ellesmere Island

Ballantyne, Ashley ; Eberle, Jaelyn J ; White, James W C ; Rybczynski, Natalia ; Greenwood, David
24

Assessment of the utility of dwarf birch, Betula glandulosa Michx., for Subarctic dendroecological and dendrochronological studies

Suter, Jeff A ; Kershaw, G Peter
Ecosystem Dynamics - Posters
Fri. am   
26

Potential effects of warmer temperatures in moss dominated Arctic ecosystems

Olivas, Paulo C. ; Oberbauer, Steven F.
Permafrost Geomorphology - Posters
Fri. am   
28

Investigation of the Permafrost Table through Multi-resolution Object Oriented Fuzzy Analysis, North Slope, Alaska

Rich, Justin L ; Csatho, Bea
Climatology & More - Posters
Fri. am   
30

Estimating the magnitude of past explosive volcanic activity and its climatic impact in the Arctic: Results from simulations with the NCAR community climate system model

Schneider, David P ; Ammann, Caspar ; Otto-Bliesner, Bette
32

Northern Narratives: Social and Geographical Accounts from Norway, Iceland and Canada (NORSAGA): A Project for IPY

Ogilvie, Astrid E.J. ; Patterson, William ; Einarsson, Niels ; Jonsdottir, Ingibjorg ; Nordli, Oyvind
Collaboration & Outreach - Posters
Fri. am   
34

Facilitating Collaborative Scientific and Technical Research in the Arctic Sciences and Geosciences

Voevodskaya, Marianna ; Robinson, Chris ; Meehan Coop, Kathleen
   
12:15
 LUNCH (Provided)
INSTAAR Conference Room, Bldg. RL-1, Rm. 269

 

PM - FRIDAY 7 MARCH 2008
European Arctic
Fri. pm    Chair: Al Werner
1:15

HOLOCENE PALEOCLIMATES IN THE NORTH-EUROPEAN TREE-LINE REGION – QUANTITATIVE RECONSTRUCTIONS OF TRENDS AND ABRUPT CLIMATE EVENTS

Seppä, Heikki ; Weckström, Jan
1:30

Climatic control over peatland initiation and lateral expansion rates in northern Fennoscandia

Weckström, Jan ; Seppä, Heikki
1:45

Direct lichenometry in the Jotunheimen and Jostedalsbreen regions, southern Norway: implications for lichen growth rates and lichenometric dating

Trenbirth, Hazel E
2:00

Uptake of pulse injected nitrogen by soil microbes and mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal plants in a species-diverse subarctic heath ecosystem

Andresen, Louise C.
2:15
 Afternoon Break
The Alpine
Fri. pm    Chair: Al Werner
2:30

Ice Core Isotopes: Do They Reflect Changes In Storm Activity?

Lawrence, James R ; Gedzelman, Stanley D ; Kenneth, Bowman P
2:45

Signatures of glacial erosion and retreat in the landscape: cosmogenic and numerical modeling constraints

Ward, Dylan J. ; Anderson, Robert S. ; Guido, Zackry S. ; Briner, Jason P.
3:00

Enhancing Glacier, Temperature and Precipitation Data Records using PostGIS, GeoServer and Google Earth

Ballagh, Lisa M. ; Fetterer, Florence ; Williams, Mark W.
3:15
 Workshop Wrap Up
3:30
 End of Meeting. Thanks for coming!


See you in 2009 at Bates College, Maine…

 

Themes

The workshop is multidisciplinary and open to anyone interested in Arctic environments: past, present, and future

Previous Arctic Workshops have included talks and posters on Arctic and Antarctic climate, archeology, sociology, environmental geochemistry, geomorphology, hydrology, glaciology, soils, ecology, oceanography, and Quaternary history.

The workshop is organized around themes developed from the abstracts

The Arctic Workshop has no pre-set agenda; the program is based on the abstracts received. This allows for great flexibility and enables us to focus on very current research. It also gives a lot of power to attendees to control the Workshop foci. To bring a topic to the fore, they just need to convince several colleagues to attend and talk about related topics. Although the workshop is ever evolving, you can get a sense of past programs for 2007, 2006, and 2004.

Special session on science, communication, & politics?

Several people have expressed interest in a special session of talks on "the intersection of science, public communication and politics in the global warming debate", which would cover Arctic-specific issues as well as global ones. Whether we have this session or a more general one (ie human dimensions) is dependent on reaching a critical number of submissions. This is a great opportunity for interactions between physical scientists, social scientists, media creators, and others. Please let your colleagues - of all disciplines - know about it. Thanks.

Program Availability

Because there is ~ 3 week interval between submittal of abstracts and the start of the workshop, we can only post a basic program shortly before the start of the workshop.

PAGES Meeting on Saturday

Location: NCAR Auditorium, 9 am; shuttle leaves Best Western Boulder Inn at 8:15 am

A one-day long meeting of the PAGES Working Group "Arctic Climate during the Last 2 Millennia" will follow the Arctic Workshop on Saturday 8 March. All paleoclimate scientists working in the Arctic with high-resolution data and/ or modeling are invited to contribute to this first Working Group meeting. Its main focus is to begin reconstructing environments of the the last 2000 years for a new PAGES focus on “Regional climates and modes of variability”.

This planning meeting will not include science talks, so you are strongly encouraged to submit contributions on the Last 2ka to the Arctic Workshop.

PAGES will provide one night of free lodging at the Best Western Boulder Inn but you must make the reservation yourself (limit=40).

If you are planning to attend the the Arctic Workshop and the PAGES meeting, please mark the PAGES checkbox when you register for the Arctic Workshop. If you are only going to the PAGES meeting, please email anne.jennings@colorado.edu - do not register for the Arctic Workshop.

Local Organizer: anne.jennings@colorado.edu
Please note that the main meeting organizer, Nalan Koc will be out of email contact for most of February (nalan.koc@npolar.no).

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