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HiMAT workshop: Agenda

Schedule overview

Day 1: Monday May 15

NASA HiMAT meeting

Time Topic / Activity
9:00 - 9:30 am Welcome and overview, Dr. Michael Freilich
9:30 - 9:40 am Welcome and overview, Thomas Wagner
9:40 - 9:45 am Welcome and logistics, Anthony
RESEARCH UPDATES  
9:45 - 9:55 am Batu Osmanoglu
9:55 - 10:05 am Paul Houser
10:05 - 10:15 am Sujay Kumar
10:15 - 10:25 am Sarah Kapnick
10:25 - 10:35 am Dalia Kirschbaum
10:35 - 10:45 am Bruce Raup
10:45 - 11:00 am coffee break
11:00 - 11:10 am Kyle McDonald
11:10 - 11:20 am Isabella Velicogna
11:20 - 11:30 am Jeff Kargel
11:30 - 11:40 am Si-Chee Tsay
11:40 - 11:50 am Summer Rupper
11:50 - 12:00 pm David Shean
12:00 - 1:00 pm lunch
1:00 - 1:10 pm Thomas Painter
1:10 - 1:20 pm Steve Margulis
1:20 - 3:15 pm Open working group
3:15 pm - 3:30 pm coffee
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Team Planning
4:00 pm - 4:15 pm summary and closing

Dinner

CAS/NASA executive planning group: 6:00-9:00 PM dinner at SALT restaurant

No scheduled dinner for remainder of the team; we will provide a list of possible restaurants




Day 2: Tuesday May 16

Update on research

Time Topic / Activity
9:00 - 9:10 am Welcome from Dr. Michael Freilich
9:10 - 9:20 am Welcome from Prof. GUO Huadong
9:20 - 9:25 am Welcome from Dr. Anthony Arendt
9:25 - 9:30 am Welcome from Prof. LI Zhen
9:30 - 9:40 am Logistics information from Yu-Chan Chao
9:45 - 10:00 am Si-Chee Tsay: “Radiation, Aerosol Joint Observation-Modeling Exploration over Glaciers in Himalayan Asia (RAJO-MEGHA)”
10:00 - 10:15 am SHI Jiancheng: “Understanding snow/glacier change and its causality in the high mountain Asia region”
10:15 - 10:30 am Summer Rupper: “High Mountain Asia Glacier and Climate Change in High Mountain Asia over the Modern Era”
10:30 - 10:45 am JIA Li: “Glacier changes and energy and water balance of High Mountain Asia from satallite observation”
10:45 - 11:00 am coffee break
11:00 - 11:15 am Dalia Kirschbaum: “Multi-sensor impact analysis of cascading hazards and transportation corridors in Nepal”
11:15 - 11:30 am CHEN Fang: [“Monitoring Glacial Lakes in Tibet Plateau from 2008-2016”]
11:30 - 11:45 am Kyle McDonald: “Assessing Climate-Induced Change in River Flow and Economic Output using Satellite Remote Sensing and Process and Economic Modeling in High Mountain Asia”
11:45 - 12:00 pm JIA Gensuo: “Recent changes in HMA downstream ecosystem and surface water”
12:00 - 1:00 pm lunch
1:00 - 1:15 pm Thomas Painter: “Radiative forcing by dust and black carbon in snow of High Mountain Asia: Implications for glaciers and water resources”
1:15 - 1:30 pm WANG Ninglian: “Understanding the Spatial Pattern of the Glacier Changes in the Tibetan Plateau”
1:30 - 1:45 pm Batuhan Osmanoglu: “High Mountain Asia and Beyond: Regional Changes in Climate, Glaciers and Water Resources”
1:45 - 2:00 pm LI Xin: [“Monitoring and modeling of cold region hydrological process in a Third Pole high mountain river basin”]
2:00 - 2:15 pm David Shean: “High resolution Digital Elevation Models for High Mountain Asia derived from commerical stereo image pairs”
2:15 - 2:30 pm SU Fengge: “Hydrologic modeling for the glacier and snow melt fed basins in the Tibetan Plateau - uncertainties related to the precipitation input”
2:30 - 2:45 pm Sujay Kumar: “Quantifying multidecadal hydrological changes over HMA”
2:45 - 3:00 pm LI Zhen: “Airborne remote sensing observations for parameters of glaciers and snow in HMA”
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm coffee break
3:15 - 3:30 pm ZHANG Yili: “Ecological effects of ice and snow change in High Mountain Asia”

Dinner: 5:00-9:00 PM, Banquet dinner, buffet style, Westmark Baranof Hotel




Day 3: Wednesday May 17

Breakout Discussions

Time Topic / Activity
9:00 - 9:15 am Isabella Velicogna: “Contribution of High Mountain Asia glacier changes to river basin hydrology using GRACE gravity and other data”
9:15 - 9:30 am ZHOU Gongdan: “Dynamics and theoretical analysis of granular mass flows with high mobility”
9:30 - 9:45 am Jeff Kargel: [“Interlinked Glacier Dynamics, Lakes, Mountain Hazards, and Critical Vulnerabilities in the Himalaya”]
9:45 - 10:00 am Paul Houser: “HMA-LDAS: Hyper-Resolution High Mountain Asia - Land Data Assimilation System”
10:00 - 10:15 am Steve Margulis: “Understanding and forecasting changes in High Mountain Asia snow hydrology via a novel Bayesian reanalysis and modeling approach”
10:15 - 10:30 am Sarah Kapnick: “Cryosphere-Aerosol Interactions in a High-Resolution Global Climate Model”
10:30 - 10:45 am Mats Eriksson: “ICIMOD: A Regional Mountain Learning Centre”
10:45 am - 11:00 am coffee break
11:00 - 11:15 am QIU Yubao: “Community Portal of Observation and Data for High Mountain Asia Exercise in CAS”
11:15 - 11:30 am Anthony Arendt: “GMELT Overview”
11:30 - 11:45 am / Bruce Raup / Steve Tanner: “Web tool for sharing field measurements, and requirements for long-term data archive”
11:30 - 12:00 pm Data Discussion
12:00 - 1:00 pm lunch
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm Breakout: Identifying data needs and availability
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Discussing mechanisms for data sharing
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm coffee break
3:15 pm - 4:30 pm open discussion
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Roman Motyka

Dinner: T.K.’s Lounge, The Prospector Hotel, Buffet Style




Day 4: Thursday May 18

Synthesis and next steps

Time Topic / Activity
9:00 am - 12:00 pm Mendenhall Visitor Center field excursion
12:00 - 1:00 pm lunch
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm breakout groups
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm coffee break
3:15 pm - 5:15 pm systhesis and planning for next steps
5:15 pm - 5:30 pm summary and closing

Breakout group Session:

  1. Process Studies Group focusing on glacier and snow changes, evapotranspiration, precipitation, radiation, and lake changes.
  2. Modeling and Analyzing Group focusing on hydrological models, glacier models, and related large-scale analysis.
  3. Downstream Impacts Group focusing on ecological impacts, environment changes, hazards and economic impacts.

Dinner: T.K.’s Lounge, The Prospector Hotel, Buffet Style




Day 5: Friday May 19

Field excursion: boat ride to Tracy Arm

Approximately 6 hour tour. Details to be determined.

Dinner: Pizzeria Roma (after 6 PM)