Monday, 4 June 2001
OPENING OF SYMPOSIUM: Antonio Busalacchi, Director, Earth System Studies Interdisciplinary Center (University of Maryland)
Robert A. Bindschadler, President, International Glaciological Society
Dorothy K. Hall, Local Organizing Committee
Jan-Gunnar Winther, Chief Editor
0900–1020 h CHAIR: Jan-Gunnar Winther
Session 1: Grain Size And Fabric
Neal Young, Michel Fily and Glenn Hyland: Surface grain size of the Antarctic snow cover derived from ATSR-2 data
C. S. M. Doake, H. F. J. Corr and A. Jenkins: Polarisation of radio waves transmitted through Antarctic ice shelves
Eija Kärkäs, Hardy B. Granberg, Chantale Lavoie, Kimmo Kanto, Kai Rasmus and Matti Leppäranta: Physical properties of the seasonal snow cover in Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica
Shuji Fujita, Hideo Maeno, Teruo Furukawa and Kenichi Matsuoka: Scattering of VHF radio waves from within the top 700 m of the Antarctic ice sheet and its relation to the depositional environment: a case study along the Syowa–Mizuho– Dome F traverse
1050–1230 h CHAIR: Robert A. Bindschadler
Session 2: Mass Balance
Helen A. Fricker, Neal Young, Ian Allison and Richard Coleman: Iceberg calving from the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica
Frank Paul, Andreas Kääb, Max Maisch, Tobias Kellenberger and Wilfried Haeberli: The new remote sensing derived Swiss glacier inventory. I. Methods
Andreas Kääb, Frank Paul, Max Maisch, Martin Hoelzle and Wilfried Haeberli: The new remote sensing derived Swiss glacier inventory. II. First results
Martiyn de Ruyter de Wildt and J. Oerlemans: Glacier mass balance from space
F. G. L. Cawkwell and J. L. Bamber: The impact of cloud cover on the net radiation budget of the Greenland ice sheet
1400–1540 h CHAIR: H. Jay Zwally
Session 3: Temperature
Dale P. Winebrenner and Christopher A. Shuman: Mean surface temperature on the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets mapped from observations of microwave emission
Christopher A. Shuman and Josefino C. Comiso: In situ and satellite surface temperature records in Antarctica
Sarah B. Das, Richard B. Alley, David B. Reusch and Christopher A. Shuman: Temperature variability at Siple Dome,West Antarctica, derived from ECMWFre-analyses, SSM/I and SMMR brightness temperatures and AWS records
Sylviane Surdyk: Low microwave brightness temperatures in central Antarctica: observed features and implications
Mark A. Fahnestock, Waleed Abdalati and Christopher A. Shuman: Long melt seasons on ice shelves of the Antarctic Peninsula: an analysis using satellite-based microwave emission measurements
1610–1730 h CHAIR: Christopher A. Shuman
Session 4: Temperature
Neal Young, Tim Gale and Glenn Hyland: Melt/freeze rates under Lambert Glacier–Amery Ice Shelf
Jiancheng Shi: On estimation of snow wetness with ASAR
Thorsten Markus, Donald J. Cavalieri and Alvaro Ivanoff: The potential of using Landsat 7 ETM+ for the classification of sea ice surface conditions during summer
Ian A. Brown and Bengt Lundén: Seasonal changes in SAR backscatter from an Arctic icecap
Tuesday, 5 June 2001
0830–1010 h CHAIR: Dorothy K. Hall
Session 5: Mapping Snow Cover
Thomas H. Painter, Jeff Dozier and Robert O. Green: Alpine snow algae concentration using AVIRIS
Anne Walker and Arvids Silis: Snow cover variations over the Mackenzie River basin derived from SSM/I passive microwave satellite data
Nelly M.Mognard and Edward G. Josberger: Northern Great Plains seasonal evolution of snowpack parameters from satellite passive microwave measurements
Frédérique Pivot, Claude Kergomard and Claude Duguay: Use of passive microwave data to monitor spatial and temporal variations of snow cover at treeline near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
Rune Solberg: Investigation of the snow-cover mapping accuracy using MODIS
1040–1210 h CHAIR: Nelly M. Mognard
Session 6: Mapping Snow Cover
Jan-Gunnar Winther and Max König: Snow albedo during spring melt in Svalbard––early assessments with MODIS
Dorothy K. Hall, Richard E. J. Kelly, George A. Riggs, Alfred T.C. Chang and James L. Foster: Assessment of the relative accuracy of hemispheric-scale snow-covermaps
Manfred Stähli, Jesko Schaper and Andreas Papritz: Towards a snow depth distribution model in a heterogeneous subalpine forest using a Lands at TMimage and an aerial photograph
Per Gloersen: Interannual waves in the concentrations of the Antarctic sea ice canopy
Gunnar Østrem: Historic view of Landsat
1340–1420 h CHAIR: Gunnar Østrem
Session 7: Mapping Glaciers And Icecaps
Matthias Braun, Frank Rau, Franco Coren and Helmut Saurer: Delimiting glacier drainage basins using remote sensing data of various sensor types and digital elevation models of different accuracies
H. H. Kieffer, J. S. Kargel, R.Wessels and the GLIMS consortium: Global Land Ice Measurements from Space: first ASTER glacier images
1420–1730 h CHAIR: Anne E. Walker
Poster Session 1
Robert O. Green, Jeff Dozier, Dar Roberts and Tom Painter: Spectral snow reflectance models for grain size and liquid water fraction in melting snow for the solar reflected spectrum
Andrew G. Klein and Julienne Stroeve: Development and validation of a snow albedo algorithm for the MODIS instrument
Richard R. Forster and Lynne M. Baumgras: Melt and freeze processes on the North Slope of Alaska detected with satellite microwave remote sensing
Richard L. Armstrong and Mary J. Brodzik: Hemispheric-scale comparison and evaluation of passive microwave snow algorithms
C. Derksen, A.Walker, E. LeDrew and B. Goodison: Monitoring central North American snow water equivalent with passive microwave imagery: algorithm evaluation and time series analysis
Frédérique Pivot, Claude Duguay and Claude Kergomard: Thelimits of estimating snow water equivalent with satellite synthetic aperture radar as demonstrated by the use of a ground penetrating radar (Churchill, Manitoba)
Stefan W. Vogel: The minimum extent of snow patches as a climatic indicator––use of high resolution Landsat 7 Band 8 for single band, snow-cover classification
Dagrun Vikhamar and Rune Solberg: Snow cover mapping in forest: the influence of the topography
Hiroyuki Ohno, Hironori Yabuki, Tetsuo Ohata, Divaa Erdenetsetseg, Gombo Davaa and Dambaravjaa Oyunbaatar: Distribution and its regression of relationship between snow depth and SSM/I brightness temperature difference
Li Xin, Toshio Koike and Cheng Guodong: Topographic normalization of TM-based snow mapping in rugged terrain
Tomonori Tanikawa,Teruo Aoki and Fumihiko Nishio: Retrieval of snow grain size and impurities from Airborne MultiSpectral Scanner data using a snow Bidirectional Reflection Distribution Function model
Olivier Torinesi, Michel Fily and Christophe Genthon: Antarctic warm events over the past 20 years from remote sensing, and comparison with meteorological observations
Xuanji Wang and Jeffrey R. Key: Aggregate-area radiative flux biases
D. J. Cavalieri, T.Markus and A. Ivanoff: Comparison of DMSP SSM/I and Landsat 7 ETM+ sea ice concentrations during summer melt
Claire L. Parkinson: Trends in the length of the Southern Ocean sea ice season, 1979–1999
Hiroyuki Enomoto and Fumihiko Nishio: Satellite observation of melting and break-up of fast ice area in the Lutzow–Holm Bay, East Antarctica
Sridhar Anandakrishnan and Jerry C. Bowling: Ice Stream D flow speed is strongly modulated by the tide beneath the Ross Ice Shelf
V. I. Lytle, A. B. Giles and R. A. Massom: Defining the fast ice edge around Antarctica using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images
Kazutaka Tateyama, Hiroyuki Enomoto, Takenobu Toyota and Shotaro Uto: Examination of reliability of sea ice thickness derived from satellite passive microwave radiometer SSM/I
Masashige Nakayama,Kohei Cho, Haruhisa Shimoda and Fumihiko Nishio: The evaluation of sea ice types and thickness in thin ice area using satellite passive microwave data
Tingjun Zhang, Richard L. Armstrong and Jeff Smith: Investigation of the seasonal freeze/thaw cycle of soils in the GCIP region
Li Xin, Cheng Guodong, Wu Qingbai and Ding Yongjian: Modeling Chinese cryospheric change by using GIS technology
E. Ermolin, H. de Angelis and P. Skvarca: Mapping of permafrost on Vega Island, Antarctic Peninsula, using satellite images and aerial photography
Bruce H. Raup, Hugh H. Kieffer, Roger G. Barry, Andreas Kääb, Jeff Kargel, Siri Jodha Singh Khalsa, Greg Scharfen, Vincent J.Troisi, I-Pin Wang and Rick Wessels: The GLIMS glacier database: design considerations
Daniel H. Elsberg, Keith A. Echelmeyer, William D. Harrison, Virginia B. Valentine and Patricia A. Del Vecchio: ELA and terminus positions measured using an integrated video and altimetry system
Mauri S. Pelto, Maynard M.Miller, Joan Ramage and Scott McGee: Limitations and applications of remote sensing data for mass balance determination on the Taku Glacier and Lemon Creek Glacier, Alaska
Joan M. Ramage and Bryan L. Isacks: Determination of melt onset and refreeze timing on SE Alaskan icefields using SSM/I diurnal amplitude variations
M. N. Demuth, C. Hopkinson, M. Sitar, A. Pietroniro and L. Chasmer: Airborne scanning LASERterrain mapping of Peyto Glacier,Wapta and Waputik Icefields, Canada: first results and future prospects
J. Graham Cogley: Melting on Axel Heiberg Island ice caps from RADARSAT browse images
Garnet Whyte and Roger Wheate: Satellite glacier mapping in Monkman Provincial Park, British Columbia
Sagi Filin and Beáta Csathó: Improvement of elevation accuracy for mass-balance monitoring using in-flight laser calibration
Wednesday, 6 June 2001
0810–0950 h CHAIR: Richard E. J. Kelly
Session 8: Mapping Glaciers And Ice Caps
Gino Casassa, Katrine Smith, Andrés Rivera, José Araos, Michael Schnirch and Christoph Schneider: Inventory of glaciers in Isla Riesco, Patagonia, Chile, based on aerial photography and satellite imagery
Rick L. Wessels, Jeff Kargel and Hugh Kieffer: ASTER imaging contributions to the characterization and measurement of supraglacial lakes in the Mount Everest region of the Himalaya
Yves Arnaud: Interannual and seasonal snowline fluctuations on Sajama volcano snow cap as seen from Landsat, aerial photography and ERS radar imagery
R. E. J. Kelly: Snow and ice studies on Hardangerjøkulen, Norway using SAR
Max König, Jemma Wadham, Jan-Gunnar Winther, Jack Kohler and Anne-Marie Nuttall: Detection of superimposed ice on the glaciers Kongsvegen and Midre Lovénbreen, Svalbard, using SAR satellite imagery
1020–1200 h CHAIR: Dorothy K. Hall
Session 9: Mapping Sea Ice
M. Johnston and D. Flett: First year ridges in RADARSAT ScanSAR imagery: influence of incidence angle and feature orientation
Takeshi Matsuoka, Seiho Uratsuka, Makoto Satake, Akitsugu Nadai, Toshihiko Umehara, Hideo Maeno, Hiroyuki Wakabayashi, Fumihiko Nishio and Yasushi Fukamachi: Identification of sea ice types in the Sea of Okhotsk using dual-frequency airborne SAR (Pi-SAR) data
Charles M. Bachmann, Robert A. Fusina and Timothy F. Donato: Automated classification of sea ice from RADARSAT SAR imagery using projection pursuit methods
Laura E. Chasmer and Ellsworth F. LeDrew: Using PCA to examine seasonal changes in the Odden sea ice peninsula, Greenland Sea
Ron Kwok: Arctic Ocean ice area and volume production: a contrast of two winters––1996/97 and 1997/98
Thursday, 7 June 2001
0830–1010 h CHAIR: Donald J. Cavalieri
Session 10: Mapping Sea Ice
Josefino C. Comiso: Correlation and trend studies of the sea ice cover and surface temperatures in the Arctic
Claire L. Parkinson and Donald J. Cavalieri: A 21-year record of Arctic sea ice extents and their regional, seasonal, and monthly variability and trends
Shusun Li, Xiaobing Zhou, Kim Morris and Martin Jeffries: The variability of summer sea ice in the Southern Ocean seen from MODIS and RADARSATand QuikScat images
Jeffrey R. Key, Christopher S.Velden and David Santek: Estimating winds in the polar regions with MODIS
Mark R. Drinkwater, David G. Long and Pierre Mercier: Scatterometer climate-record Pathfinder sea-ice results
1040–1140 h CHAIR: Craig S. Lingle
Session 11: Surface Elevation
Anthony Arendt, K. Echelmeyer, W. Harrison, V.Valentine and P. Del Vecchio: Repeat airborne profiling of Alaskan glaciers: ongoing elevation and volume changes
Hamish Pritchard, Tavi Murray, Tazio Strozzi, Adrian Luckman and Stuart Barr: Surge-related topographic change derived from SAR interferometry
Reginald R. Muskett, Craig S. Lingle, Keith A. Echelmeyer, William D. Harrison, Virginia B. Valentine and Patricia Del Vecchio: Dynamic changes in Bagley Ice Valley, Alaska, during a surge cycle from airborne altimetry and SAR
1320–1420 h CHAIR: Rune Solberg
Session 12: Surface Elevation
H. Jay Zwally and Li Jun: Seasonal and interannual variations of ice sheet surface elevation at the Summit of Greenland: observed and modeled
Craig S. Lingle and David N. Covey: Multi-year variability of Antarctic surface elevations from ERS-1and 2 radar altimetry
H. Jay Zwally, Anita Brenner and Helen Cornejo: Surface elevation changes in West Antarctica from satellite radar altimetry: mass balance implications
1420–1730 h CHAIR: Josefino C. Comiso
Poster Session 2
Masamu Aniya,Renji Naruse and Satoru Yamaguchi: Utilization of 6 x 6 cm format vertical aerial photographs for mapping small glaciers in remote area
P. Skvarca, H. de Angelis,R. Naruse, C. R.Warren and M. Aniya: Calving rates in freshwater: new data from southern Patagonia
Andrés Rivera, César Acuña, Gino Casassa and Francisca Brown: Use of remote sensing and field data to estimate the contribution of Chilean glaciers to the sea level rise
Wouter Greuell:On the use of narrowband and broadb and albedo measurements from a helicopter for improvement of satellite-retrieval methods
Sverrir Guðmundsson, Magnus Tumi Guðmundsson, Helgi Björnsson, Freysteinn Sigmundsson,Helmut Rott and Jens Michael Carstensen: Three-dimensional glacier surface motion maps at the Gjálp eruption site, Iceland, inferred from combining InSAR and other ice displacement data
Liss Marie Andreassen, Hallgeir ElvehÖy and Bjarne KjÖllmoen: Using aerial photography to study glacier changes in Norway
J. A. Dowdeswell, R. P. Bassford, A. P. Shepherd, A. F. Glazovsky, Yu.Ya. Macheret and M. Williams: Iceberg flux from the ice caps on Severnaya Zemlya, Russian Arctic: evidence from SAR interferometry and ice-penetrating radar interferometry and ice-penetrating radar
W. L. Wang, H. J. Zwally, W. Abdalati and S. Luo: Modeling of ice flow and internal layers along a flow line through Swiss Camp in West Greenland
Tavi Murray, Tazio Strozzi, Adrian Luckman, Hamish Pritchard and Hester Jiskoot: Ice dynamics during a surge of Sortebræ, East Greenland
S.W. Shin, B. M. Csathó, A. F. Habib, C. J. van der Veen and T. Schenk: Measurements of surface velocities of a Greenland outlet glacier from DISP imagery
Andreas P. Ahlstrøm, Carl Egede BÖggild, Johan J. Mohr, Niels Reeh, Erik Lintz Christensen, Ole B. Olesen and Kristian Keller: Mapping of a hydrological ice sheet drainage basin on the West Greenland ice sheet margin from ERS-1/2 SAR interferometry, ice-radar measurement and modelling
Stephan Eickschen and Manfred A. Lange: The use of passive microwave data for Antarctic ice surface classification
D. Methakullachat, B. Csathó,T. Schenk and T.Wilson: Orthorectification of DISP imagery over the Transantarctic Mountains using a rigorous block adjustment
Akira Takahashi, Teruo Furukawa, Kohei Cho and Norihisa Kamibatashi: Detecting surface melting processes on the coastal region of Antarctic Ice Sheet using RADASAT SAR imagery
Robert Bindschadler, Patricia Vornberger and Steve Price: Landsat-7 imagery of Antarctica
Patrick Bardel, Andrew G. Fountain, Dorothy Hall and Ron Kwok: Synthetic aperture radar detection of the snowline on polar glaciers, Taylor Valley, Antarctica
Eric Rignot: East Antarctic glaciers and ice shelves mass balance from satellite data
Massimo Frezzotti and Marco Polizzi: 50 years of ice front changes between Adélie and Banzare coasts (East Antarctica)
Christine E. Rosanova, Baerbel K. Lucchitta and Jane G. Ferrigno: Velocities and ice-front changes of Thwaites and Pine Island Glaciers, West Antarctica
H. J. Zwally, M. A. Beckley, A. C. Brenner and M. B. Giovinetto: Motion of major ice shelf fronts in Antarctica from slant range analysis of radar altimeter data, 1978–1998
Frank Pattyn and Dominique Derauw: Shirase Glacier dynamics inferred from ERS-SAR interferometry
Marjorie Schmeltz, Eric Rignot and Douglas MacAyeal: Tidal flexure zones along ice-sheet margins: comparison of InSAR with an elastic plate model
Kenichi Matsuoka, Hideo Maeno, Seiho Uratsuka, Shuji Fujita,Teruo Furukawa and Okitsugu Watanabe: A ground-based, multi-frequency ice-penetrating radar system
Wendy M. Calvin, Margaret Milman and Hugh H. Kieffer: Reflectance of Antarctica from 3 to 5 μm: discrimination of surface snow and cloud properties
Ted A. Scambos and Terry Haran: An image-enhanced DEM of the Greenland ice sheet
Friday, 8 June 2001
0830–0950 h CHAIR: Julian A. Dowdeswell
Session 13: Layering
Kenichi Matsuoka, Shuji Fujita, Hideo Maeno, Seiho Uratsuka, Teruo Furukawa, Renji Naruse and Okitsugu Watanabe: Anisotropic radar echoes from within the ice sheet: inter-frequency comparisons along the main flowline of Shirase basin, East Antarctica
B. E. Smith, N. E. Lord and C.R. Bentley: Crevasse ages on the northern margin of Ice Stream C,West Antarctica
O. Eisen, U. Nixdorf, F.Wilhelms and H. Miller: Electromagnetic wave speed in polar ice: validation of the CMP technique with high resolution DEP and γ-density measurements
Beá Csathó, Terry Wilson and Kees van der Veen: Investigation of geologic control on ice sheets using remote sensing imagery
1020–1200 h CHAIR: Helmut Rott
Session 14: Velocity And Deformation
Ian Joughin: Ice sheet velocity mapping: a combined interferometric and speckle tracking approach
Jonathan Bamber and Eric Rignot: Unsteady flow inferred in part of the West Antarctica ice sheet
E. Rignot: Acceleration of glaciers in the West Antarctic ice sheet
Neal W.Young and Glenn Hyland: Velocity and strain rates derived from InSAR analysis over the Lambert Glacier–Amery Ice Shelf system, Antarctica
1320–1500 h CHAIR: Eric J.M. Rignot
Session 15: Mapping Ice Sheets
Frank Rau and Matthias Braun: The regional distribution of the dry snow zone on the Antarctic Peninsula north of 703South
Robert Bindschadler, Ted Scambos, Helmut Rott, Pedro Skvarca and Patricia Vornberger: Ice dolines on Larsen Ice Shelf, Antarctica
Helmut Rott, Wolfgang Rack, Pedro Skvarca and Hernán de Angelis: Northern Larsen Ice Shelf––further retreat after the collapse
Kenneth C. Jezek: RADARSAT-1 Antarctic Mapping Project: change detection and surface velocity across Antarctica
L. Gray, N. Short, B. Bindschadler, I. Joughin, L. Padman, P. Vornberger and A. Khananian: RADARSAT interferometry for Antarctic grounding zone mapping
1530–1710 h CHAIR: Robert A. Bindschadler
Session 16: Mapping Ice Sheets
K. Kim and K. C. Jezek: Argon mosaic of the Antarctic coast, 1963
Massimo Frezzotti, Stefano Gandolfi, F. la Marca and Stefano Urbini: Snow dunes and glazed surfaces in Antarctica: new field and remote sensing data
Nozomu Takeuchi: Optical characteristics of surface dust (cryoconite) on glaciers: relationship between the light absorbency and property of organic matter contained in the cryoconite
Laurie Padman, Helen A. Fricker, Richard Coleman, Susan Howard and Lana Erofeeva: A new tide model for the Antarctic ice shelves and seas
H. Rebhan, D.Wingham and G. Ratier: CryoSat: ESA’s first Earth Explorer Opportunity Mission