Opportunities to Use Remote Sensing in Understanding Permafrost and Related Ecological Characteristics: Report of a Workshop (2014)
Chapter: Appendix B: Workshop Agenda and Participant List
Appendix B
Workshop Agenda and Participant List
Opportunities to Use Remote Sensing in Understanding Permafrost and Related Ecological Characteristics
Workshop Agenda
October 8-9, 2013
University of Alaska, Fairbanks
International Arctic Research Center
Room 501
Fairbanks, AK
WORKSHOP GOALS:
Permafrost thaw stands to have wide-ranging impacts, such as the draining and drying of the tundra, erosion of riverbanks and coastline, and destabilization of infrastructure (roads, airports, buildings, etc.), and including potential implications for ecosystems and the carbon cycle in the high latitudes. The goal of this workshop is to explore opportunities for using remote sensing to advance our understanding of permafrost status and trends and the impacts of permafrost change, especially on ecosystems and the carbon cycle in the high latitudes.
Attendees at the workshop will address questions such as how remote sensing might be used in innovative ways, how it might enhance our ability to document long-term trends, whether it is possible to integrate remote sensing products with the ground-based observations and assimilate them into advanced Arctic system models, what are the expectations of the quality and spatial and temporal resolution possible through such approaches, and what prototype sensors (e.g., the airborne UAVSAR, AIRSWOT (InSAR) and MABEL (LiDAR), IceBridge) are available and might be used for detailed ground calibration of permafrost/high-latitude carbon cycle studies?
The workshop discussions are designed to encourage attendees to articulate gaps in current understanding and potential opportunities to harness remote sensing techniques to better understand permafrost, permafrost change, and implications for ecosystems in permafrost areas.
***Shuttle service will be provided for both days to and from IARC***
Tuesday, October 8
| 7:30 a.m. | Shuttle departs from the Westmark Hotel |
| 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Goals and objectives of the workshop
Prasad Gogineni, University of Kansas Vladimir Romanovsky, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Co-Chairs |
| 8:50 a.m. |
Setting the stage: Lessons from ESA DUE
Claude Duguay, University of Waterloo |
SESSION 1
Moderator: Vladimir Romanov
Usign remote sensing to better understand permafrost properties (distribution, ice content, thermal state, active layer thickness, etc.) and recent changes in permafrost.
| 9:20 a.m. |
Permafrost—what is needed?
Larry Hinzman, UAF |
| 9:50 a.m. |
Satellite—current status and future
Don Atwood, Alaska Satellite Facility |
| 10:20 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. |
Airborne—current status and future
Burke Minsley, USGS |
| 11:15 a.m. | In situ How to integrate remote sensing with in situ measurements and modeling/reanalKevin Schaefer, NSIDC |
| 11:45 a.m. | Discussion |
| 12:30 p.m. | Lunch |
SESSION 2
Moderator: Torre Jorgenson
Using remote sensing to measure the biophysical and/or ecological characteristics to quantify permafrost properties (hydrological changes including lake dynamics, surface heave/subsidence, thermokarst development, thermal erosion, slope instability, changes in micro-topography, changes in vegetation, etc).
| 1:30 p.m |
Permafrost—what is needed?
Guido Grosse, UAF |
| 2:00 p.m |
Satellite—current status and future
Dara Entekhabi, MIT |
| 2:30 p.m. |
Airborne—current status and future
Chip Miller, JPL |
| 3:00 p.m. | Break |
| 3:30 p.m. |
In situ How to integrate remote sensing with in situ measurements and modeling/reanalysis? Skip Walker, UAF |
| 4:00 p.m. | Discussion |
| 4:45 p.m. |
Plan for tomorrow
Prasad Gogineni Vladimir Romanovsky |
| 5:00 p.m. | Adjourn |
| 5:15 p.m. | Shuttle departs for Westmark Hotel |
Wednesday, October 9
| 7:30 a.m. | Shuttle departs from the Westmark Hotel |
| 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast |
SESSION 3
Moderator: Jessie Cherry
What are the major gaps and what is needed to enable remote sensing to make further progress in the above areas? What are the new possibilities of new sensors and planned missions and what changes can be made in the future NASA mission to address these questions?
| 8:30 a.m. |
Presentations from remote sensing researchers
Franz Meyer, UAF John Kimball, University of Montana Anupma Prakash, UAF |
| 10:00 a.m. | First Breakout Group Session: Breakouts focusing on compiling a table that captures what is currently possible to measure using remote sensing to study permafrost and what is needed and/or possible for the future. See Tab D in the briefing book for more details. |
| 12:15 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:15 p.m. | Report Back |
| 2:30 p.m. |
Second Breakout Group Session: Breakouts focusing on the following questions. See Tab D in the briefing book for more details.
1. How can we establish a baseline that would be most valuable to documenting ongoing change? What sensors are best suited to this need? How might they be used to provide complementary information? 2. How can remote sensing be used in innovative ways and how can it enhance our ability to document long-term trends? 3. What prototype sensors, such as the airborne UAVSAR, AIRSWOT (InSAR) and MABEL (LiDAR), AirMOSS (P-band radar), and IceBridge, are available and could be used with detailed ground calibration and validation for permafrost studies? 4. How can remote sensing products be best integrated with ground-based observations and assimilated into advanced Arctic system models and permafrost models? |
| 4:00 p.m. | Report Back |
| 5:15 p.m. |
Wrap-up and Final Remarks
Prasad Gogineni Vladimir Romanovsky |
| 5:30 p.m. | Workshop adjourns |
| 5:45 p.m. | Shuttle departs for Westmark Hotel |
PARTICIPANT LIST
| Name | Affiliation |
| Michel Allard | Université Laval |
| Don Atwood | Alaska Satellite Facility |
| Andrew Balser | University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| Annett Bartsch | Vienna University of Technology |
| Breck Bowden | University of Vermont |
| Jessica Cherry* | University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| Jordi Cristobal | University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| Claude Duguay* | University of Waterloo |
| Dara Entekhabi | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Gerald Frost | ABR, Inc. Environmental Research & Services |
| Scott Goetz* | Woods Hole Research Center |
| Prasad Gogineni* | University of Kansas |
| Santonu Goswami | Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Guido Grosse | University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| Christian Haselwimmer | University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| Tom Heinrichs | University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| Larry Hinzman | University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| Forrest Hoffmann | Oak Ridge National Lab |
| Hiroki Ikawa | University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| Torre Jorgenson* | Alaska Ecoscience |
| John Kimball | University of Montana |
| Ray Kreig | RA Kreig & Associates |
| Mark Lara | University of Alaska, Fairbanks |
| Tom Rune Lauknes | Northern Research Institute |
| Mark Lara | University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| Philip Martin | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Kyle McDonald | City University of New York |
| Franz Meyer | University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| Chip Miller | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Burke Minsley | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Mahta Moghaddam* | University of Southern California |
| Bruce Molnia | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Reginald Muskett | University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| Dan Nossar | University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| Santosh Panda | University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| Tamlin Pavelsky | University of North Carolina |
| Anupma Prakash | University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| Bernhard Rabus | MDA Corporation |
| Vladimir Romanovsky* | University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| Kevin Schaefer | National Snow and Ice Data Center |
| Ted Schuur | University of Florida |
| Alexei Skurikhin | Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| David Swanson | National Park Service |
| Isabella Velicogna | University of California |
| Skip Walker | University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| Simon Yueh | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
*committee member
