2004 WAIS Workshop Agenda
| Wednesday, September 29, 2004 | ||
| 2:00 to 6:00 | Registration | Floyd |
| 7:00 | Pizza, beer and snacks (cottage #1) | Bindschadler |
| Thursday September 30, 2004 | ||
| 8:00 | CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST | |
| 8:00 | Registration | Floyd |
| 8:30 | Welcome and Agenda Review | Bindschadler |
| 8:45 | NSF Remarks | Palais/Borg |
| Question #1."To the LGM and Beyond" - What more have we learned about Antarctic paleoclimate and ice sheet configuration prior to the Holocene and how is it relevant to the near-term future of the ice sheet? | ||
| 9:15 | Perpetual Motion: The Fatal Flaw in Glaciology [Abstract] | Hughes |
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9:30
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Glacial history of Marie Byrd Land - from thousands to millions of years [Abstract] [PDF] | Stone |
| 9:45 | Tradeoff between climate and thickness histories at Siple Dome during the past 25 ka [Abstract] [PPT] | Waddington |
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10:00
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Constraints on the magnitude and timing of post-LGM thinning at Siple Dome from thermomechanical flow modeling [Abstract] [PPT] | Price |
| 10:15 | BREAK (30 min.) | |
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10:45
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A Time Marker from the LGM Detected Throughout West Antarctica [Abstract] [PPT] | Jacobel |
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11:00
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Post-LGM changes in ice stream tributary flow near Byrd Camp [Abstract] [PPT] | Welch |
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11:15
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Internal radar layers in central West Antarctica and their implications for Holocene ice sheet changes [Abstract] [PPT] | Blankenship |
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11:30
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Discussion of Question #1 (30 min.) | PLENARY |
| 12:00 | Poster Introductions (1-2 min. each) | |
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12:30
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Poster Viewing (15 min.) | |
| 12:45 | LUNCH (1 hr. 15 min.) | |
| Question #2."WAIS Look-Alikes" - Are there good analogs to West Antarctic behavior elsewhere and what can we learn from these areas? | ||
| 2:00 | Possible Role for Surficial Lakes in Meltwater Drainage through Cold Glaciers [Abstract] | Alley |
| 2:15 | Modeling of glacial stagnation vs. glacial retreat [Abstract] [PPT] | Vacco |
| 2:30 | Numerical modelling of the Eurasian ice sheet and its relevance to West Antarctica [Abstract] [PPT] | Siegert |
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2:45
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WAIS Analogs in Greenland? [Abstract] [PPT] | Joughin |
| 3:00 | BREAK (30 min.) | |
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3:30
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A WAIS analog found on Mars polar cap [Abstract] [PPT] | Wang |
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3:45
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What happened to the volcanic debris erupted beneath the West Antarctic ice sheet? [Abstract] | Behrendt |
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4:00
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Self-help: ice streams retain more water by moving faster [Abstract] | Bindschadler |
| 4:15 | Discussion of Question #2 (30 min.) | PLENARY |
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4:45
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International Polar Year (International Planning) [PPT] | Bindschadler |
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5:00
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International Polar Year (US Planning) [PDF] | Albert |
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5:15
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Plans for the 2004-05 Airborne Geophysical Survey of the Amundsen Sea Embayment, Antarctica (AGASEA) [Abstract] | Holt |
| 5:30 | Poster Viewing | |
| 6:00 | DINNER | |
| Friday, October 1, 2004 | ||
| 8:00 | CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST | |
| Question #3 "Wild, Wild West" - What is the latest on variability of the West Antarctic ice sheet and its environment during the Holocene (last 10,000, or so)? | ||
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8:30
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Environmental variability and change impacts on firn memory in West Antarctica [Abstract] [PDF] | Albert |
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8:45
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Antarctic temperatures since 1856 [Abstract] [PPT] | Steig |
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9:00
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Holocene Summer Temperature Increase in West Antarctica [Abstract] [PPT] | Das |
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9:15
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Implications of the deuterium excess record from the Siple Dome ice core [Abstract] [PPT] | Schilla |
| 9:30 | A 200-Year Sulfate Record from 16 Antarctic Ice Cores and Associations with Southern Ocean Sea Ice Extent [Abstract] [PPT] | Dixon |
| 9:45 | West Antarctic Ice Core Chemistry and Self-Organizing Maps: A First Look [Abstract] [PPT] | Reusch |
| 10:00 | BREAK (30 min.) | |
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10:30
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Warm ocean is eroding West Antarctic ice sheet [Abstract] [PPT] | Shepherd |
| 10:45 | Latest InSAR/ICESat/CECS-NASA results from Pine Island/Thwaites Glaciers, West Antarctica [Abstract] [PPT] | Rignot |
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11:00
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Basal ice accretion, availability of basal water, ice stream stoppage and potential restart of Kamb Ice Stream [Abstract] | Vogel |
| 11:15 | Dynamic significance of the flat-ice terrains in the mouth of Kamb Ice Stream [Abstract] [PPT] | Catania |
| 11:30 | Fast-flow signatures on Kamb Ice Stream [Abstract] [PPT] | Conway |
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11:45
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Flow-generated records in the Ross Ice Shelf: evidence for grounding line changes and past shutdown of Whillans Ice Stream [Abstract] [PPT] | Fahnestock |
| 12:00 | Poster Viewing (30 min.) | |
| 12:30 | LUNCH (1 hr. 15 min.) | |
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1:45
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Reconstructing late-Quaternary surface profiles of Reedy Glacier, Antarctica - 1 [PPT] | Bromley |
| 2:00 | Reconstructing late-Quaternary surface profiles of Reedy Glacier, Antarctica - 2 [Abstract] [PPT] | Todd |
| 2:15 | Apparent changes in the WAIS surface elevation, 2003-2004 [Abstract] [PPT] | B. Smith |
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2:30
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Better Physics in Embedded Models [Abstract] [PPT] | Fastook |
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2:45
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Discussion of Question #3 (30 min.) | PLENARY |
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3:15
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BREAK (30 min.) | |
| Question #4. "Minutes to Millennia" - What time scales are most important in assessing the different influences on ice-stream motion? | ||
| 3:45 | Does the Siple Dome Ice Core Provide Evidence of Abrupt Changes in Siple Coast Ice Dynamics? [Abstract] [PPT] | Taylor |
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4:00
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When Buttressing Matters: a sensitivity study [Abstract] [PDF] | Dupont |
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4:15
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Tidal Modulation of Siple Coast Ice Stream Flow [Abstract] [PPT] | Bindschadler |
| 4:30 | Seismicity and slip of Whillans Ice Stream driven by neap- to spring-tide cycles [Abstract] [PDF] | Anandakrishnan |
| 4:45 | Passive Seismic Observations of Ice Stream Motion Near the Siple Coast Grounding Line [Abstract] [PDF] | Winberry |
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5:00
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Is Anomalous Vertical Motion in WAIS Ice Streams Linked to Subglacial Water Transport? [Abstract] [PPT] | Gray |
| 5:15 | Discussion of Question #4 (30 min.) | PLENARY |
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5:45
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Poster Viewing (30 min.) | |
| 6:15 | DINNER | |
| Saturday, October 2, 2004 | ||
| 8:00 | CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST | |
| Ten+ Years of WAIS Accomplishments | ||
| 8:30 | Atmosphere [PPT] | Bromwich |
| 8:45 | A Decade of Frontier Oceanography: Achievments during WAIS [Abstract] [PPT] | Holland |
| 9:00 | Geological record of WAIS Ice Stream History and Behavior: Ten Years of Marine Geological Research [PPT] | Anderson |
| 9:15 | Terrestrial Geology [PDF] | Stone |
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9:30
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Ice Cores [PPT] | Steig |
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9:45
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Ice Dynamics [PPT] | Alley |
| 10:00 | Biology [PPT] | Berkman |
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10:15
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Remote Sensing [PPT] | Joughin |
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10:30
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BREAK (30 min.) | |
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11:00
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Comments by Invited Guests | Gray Thomas |
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11:45
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WAIS Program: Activities, Actions and Needs | Bindschadler |
| 12:00 | Adjorn | |
| Posters | ||
| Phase structure of radar stratigraphic horizons within Antarctic firn [Abstract] | Arcone | |
| Changes in circulation, water mass distribution and ice shelf basal melting in the Ross Sea due to the presence of large icebergs [Abstract] | Assmann | |
| Are Rifts Brittle Fractures? [Abstract] | Bassis | |
| The AMPS archive: A resource for the Antarctic research community [Abstract] | Bromwich | |
| Thickness changes on Whillans and Kamb Ice Streams from airborne laser altimetry and ICESat measurements [Abstract] | Csatho | |
| Looking into ice shelf rifts with GLAS [Abstract] [JPEG] | Fricker | |
| LGM Ice Surface Elevations along the Transantarctic Mountains Front [Abstract] | Hall | |
| Spatial Patterns of mass balance of the Siple Coast and Amundsen Sea Basin, West Antarctica [Abstract] | Hamilton | |
| Seismic stratigraphy of the Ross Island flexural moat under the McMurdo-Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica - A prognosis for ANDRILL drilling [Abstract] | Horgan | |
| Description of the deformation till and reconstructed subglacial environments of the East Antarctic Ice sheet during the LGM at Skarvsnes, Lutzow-Holm Bay [Abstract] | Iwasaki | |
| The near-surface signature of flow bands in the onset regions of Ice Streams C1b and D1, based on grids of GPR data [Abstract] | King | |
| Spatial and Temporal Variation of the Characteristic Time Scale of Microwave Emission with Snow Properties over Antarctica [Abstract] [PPT] | Koenig | |
| West Antarctic Balance Fluxes: Impact of smoothing, algorithm and topography [Abstract] | LeBrocq | |
| Ice flow property derived from ICESat surface topography in West Antarctica [Abstract] | Li | |
| Towards radar thermometry: an effective absorption temperature at Siple Dome [Abstract] | MacGregor | |
| Spatial variability of stable isotope ratios in snow: How representative are ice cores? [Abstract] | Neumann | |
| Insights into WAIS and GIS dynamics: Summary of modeling results [Abstract] | Parizek | |
| Modelling the evolution of ice streams [Abstract] [PPT] | Payne | |
| A Dilatant Till Layer Near the Onset Region of Bindschadler Ice Stream: Implications for the Onset of Streaming Ice Flow [Abstract] | Peters | |
| Depth-age and annual layer-thickness scales for Siple Dome, West Antarctica: measurements versus predictions from ice-flow modeling [Abstract] | Price | |
| Accelerating glacier flow on the warming Antarctic Peninsula [Abstract] | Pritchard | |
| Institute Ice Stream: An analog to the Ross Embayment ice streams in the Ronne drainage [Abstract] | Scambos | |
| Ice core evidence of 200 years of Antarctic climate change and its connections with the Southern Annular Mode [Abstract] | Schneider | |
| "Clearing Up" ICESat Data over West Antarctica [Abstract] | Shuman | |
| Lake Ellsworth: a candidate for Antarctic subglacial lake exploration [Abstract] [PDF] | Siegert | |
| Ice stream onset regions, shear margins and basal conditions: Observations from Rutford Ice Stream [Abstract] [PDF] | A. Smith | |
| RABID: Drilling to the bed of Rutford Ice Stream, 2004/05 [Abstract] [PDF] | A. Smith | |
| Characterizing surface textures on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet [Abstract] [PPT] | B. Smith | |
| Tracking an Ice-ochrone [Abstract] | Spikes | |
| Relating Radarsat SAR backscatter variations to ice sheet surface conditions along the US ITASE Traverse [Abstract] | L. Stearns | |
| High-resolution ice cores from US ITASE (West Antarctica): development and validation of chronologies and determination of precision and accuracy [Abstract] | Steig | |
| Deglaciation of the southern Ellsworth Mountains, Weddell Sea Sector of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet [Abstract] | Todd | |
| Magnetic properties of West Antarctic sediment [Abstract] | Vogel | |
| New radar layers at Siple Dome and Engelhardt Ice Ridge? [Abstract] | Winebrenner |
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