2009 WAIS Workshop Agenda
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Saturday, September 26, 2009 |
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4:00 to 6:00 |
Registration |
Scott Hall |
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7:00 to 9:00 |
DINNER (Pizza and Drinks) |
Dining Hall |
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Sunday, September 27, 2009 |
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8:00 |
BREAKFAST |
Dining Hall |
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8:00 |
Registration |
Scott Hall |
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9:00 |
Welcomes and Introductions |
Scott Hall |
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Topic #1: "Shelf-Life" - How intense is the interaction of the ocean with the ice shelves and what is expected in the future? |
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9:30 |
Using oceanographic data to calculate the melt rate at an ice shelf's base |
Nicholls |
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9:45 |
Ocean circulation and water mass transformation beneath Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf: results from a three dimensional ocean model |
Makinson |
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10:00 |
Modelling Amery Ice-Shelf/Ocean Interaction |
Galton-Fenzi |
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10:15 |
Overturning of the Antarctic Slope Front and ice shelf melting along the coast of Dronning Maud Land |
Nost |
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10:30 |
BREAK (30 min.) |
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11:00 |
Bathymetry beneath Pine Island Glacier revealed by Autosub3 and implications for recent ice stream evolution |
Jenkins |
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11:15 |
Ocean properties beneath Pine Island Glacier revealed by Autosub3 and implications for circulation and melting |
Dutrieux |
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11:30 |
Effects of waves on ice shelves |
Sergienko |
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11:45 |
Seismic Studies of Glacier Calving |
Walter |
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12:00 |
Poster Introductions (30 min.) |
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12:30 |
LUNCH (90 min.) |
Dining Hall |
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2:00 |
Idiosyncrasies of Measurements and Mixing in Seawater Near Freezing |
McPhee |
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2:15 |
Grounding line basal melt rates determined from internal stratigraphy |
Catania |
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2:30 |
Analysis of ice plains on Ross and Filchner/Ronne ice shelves using ICESat data |
Brunt |
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2:45 |
Antarctic ice shelf thickness estimates derived from satellite altimetry |
Griggs |
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3:00 |
A Time-Dependent Model of Pine Island Glacier Constrained by Satellite Observations |
Joughin |
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3:15 |
BREAK (30 min.) |
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3:45 |
GPS velocity from the Pine Island Glacier drainage area |
Truffer |
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4:00 |
Wind Effects on Circumpolar Deep Water Intrusions on the West Antarctic Peninsula Continental Shelf |
Dinniman |
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4:15 |
Marine ice in Larsen Ice Shelf |
Holland, P. |
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4:30 |
Antarctic Ice Shelf Environmental Survey and Oceanographic Capability: Interdisciplinary Science Plans and Prospects |
Rack |
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4:45 |
PANEL DISCUSSION (30 min.) |
Plenary |
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5:15 |
BREAK (45 min.) |
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6:00 |
DINNER |
Dining Hall |
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7:00 |
Poster session (2 hr.) |
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Monday, September 28, 2009 |
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8:00 |
Breakfast |
Dining Hall |
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Topic #2: "Answering the Call" - How are models being used to predict the future of the ice sheet and future sea level? |
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9:00 |
Inferring Transients in Ice Flow, Ice Thickness, and Accumulation Rate from Internal Layers near the WAIS Divide ice-core site |
Koutnik |
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9:15 |
The interaction of context and structural uncertainty in ice sheet modeling |
Little |
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9:30 |
High-resolution simulation of the extent and flow of Antarctic Peninsula glaciers |
Golledge |
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9:45 |
The failure of fracture mechanics: (Or can fracture mechanics be used to predict when melt ponds will drain?) |
Bassis |
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10:00 |
Ice sheet water models: routing, timing, and pressure distribution |
Carter |
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10:15 |
BREAK (30 min.) |
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10:45 |
The Dilemma of RESOLUTION: How good MUST it be? |
Fastook |
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11:00 |
Response of the Antarctic Ice Sheet to increased ice-shelf oceanic melting |
Pollard |
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11:15 |
The heroic age of ice sheet modeling: Glimmer, CISM and all that |
Lipscomb |
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11:30 |
SeaRISE: Addressing "How bad could it get"? |
Bindschadler |
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11:45 |
The Life Cycle of Ice Streams |
Hughes |
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12:00 |
PANEL DISCUSSION (30 min.) |
Plenary |
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12:30 |
LUNCH (75 min.) |
Dining Hall |
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Topic #3: "Up & Down We Go" - Active subglacial hydrology and what it might mean for West Antarctica's future |
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1:45 |
Basal Reflectivity and Bed Conditions Along the US-ITASE Traverse, Taylor Dome to South Pole |
Jacobel |
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2:00 |
Active sub-glacial lakes beneath two more Antarctic outlet glaciers appear to cause rapid speed and elevation changes |
Scambos |
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2:15 |
What are your lakes doing to my glaciers? |
Smith, B. |
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2:30 |
Stability and drainage of subglacial water systems |
Creyts |
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2:45 |
BREAK (30 min.) |
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3:15 |
Progress in modeling sheet-flow outburst flooding |
Rice |
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3:30 |
Of Bubbles and Bergs: Underwater Acoustics at the Ice/Ocean Boundary |
Pettit |
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3:45 |
The Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling (WISSARD) Project |
Fricker |
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4:00 |
PANEL DISCUSSION (30 min.) |
Plenary |
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4:30 |
BREAK (15 min.) |
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Topic #4: "Doctors with a Drill" - Where, why and when should the next deep ice core in West Antarctica be drilled? |
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4:45 |
Modelling and measurements of vertical strain-rates under ice domes and ridges |
Gillet-Chaulet |
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5:00 |
Antarctic temperature change and its relevance to future ice core drilling efforts |
Steig |
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5:15 |
PANEL DISCUSSION (30 min.) |
Plenary |
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5:45 |
BREAK (15 min.) |
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6:00 |
DINNER |
Dining Hall |
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7:00 |
Poster Session (2 hr.) |
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009 |
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8:00 |
Breakfast |
Dining Hall |
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Topic #5: "Exposed!" - If the ice sheet were largely removed during the last interglacial, what would we find at the bottom of WAIS Divide or elsewhere revealing this history? |
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9:00 |
Reconstructing past Antarctic ice flow paths using detrital zircon provenance |
Schilling |
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9:15 |
Subglacial Landform Analysis and Reconstruction of Miocene Paleotopography of Marie Byrd Land |
Spector |
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9:30 |
Preservation of Pliocene age surfaces beneath the WAIS: Insights from emergent nunataks in the Ohio Range |
Ackert |
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9:45 |
Active-Recent Volcanism Associated With the West Antarctic Rift System Interpreted From Aerogeophysical Observations, and Possible Effects on the Stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet |
Behrendt |
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10:00 |
AGAP: Exploring the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains with Aerogeophysical Surveys during the IPY |
Studinger |
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10:15 |
BREAK (30 min.) |
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10:45 |
Variation in Subglacial Roughness in West Antarctica: What does this mean for pre ice sheet sediment provenance? |
Young |
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11:00 |
Pleistocene WAIS history from marine sediment cores |
Scherer |
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11:15 |
A Probabilistic Assessment of the WAIS and Greenland Contributions to Sea Level during the Last Interglacial |
Oppenheimer |
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11:30 |
Anisotropic basal roughness at scales close to the transition wavelength beneath upper Thwaites Glacier |
MacGregor |
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11:45 |
PANEL DISCUSSION (30 min.) |
Plenary |
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12:15 |
LUNCH (90 min.) |
Dining Hall |
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Topic #6: "Life on the Edge" - What is happening, once happened or might happen beyond the ice sheet margin that relates to the future of West Antarctica? |
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1:45 |
Is ice mechanical heterogeneity controlling the stability of the Larsen C ice shelf? |
Kulessa |
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2:00 |
Numerical model investigation of Crane Glacier response to collapse of Larsen-B Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula |
Campbell |
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2:15 |
Factors Regulating Post-LGM Retreat of the Pine Island and Marguerite Ice Streams |
Anderson |
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2:30 |
PANEL DISCUSSION (15 min.) |
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WAIS/FRISP business |
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3:00 |
Adjourn |
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Posters |
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West Antarctic Ice Sheet Elevations near the Ice Divide prior to the LGM |
Ackert |
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The Antarctic Glaciological Data Center An Archive for NSF Antarctic Program Glaciological Research |
Bauer |
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Decadal flow variations of Whillans and Kamb Ice Streams from high resolution GPS measurements |
Beem |
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Peering Beneath the Ice Sheet: AGAP Evidence for a More Dynamic East Antarctica |
Bell |
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A second MODIS Mosaic of Antarctica: MOA-2009 |
Bohlander |
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Analogue modeling of water flow under ice; what can we learn? |
Catania |
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Geometric enhancement of the absorption of incoming insolation on complex terrain |
Cathles |
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Changes in the surface velocity of Thwaites Glacier from differential GPS observations |
Christianson |
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A comparison of geophysical observations of a Greenlandic supraglacial lake drainage using commercial instruments and a low-cost experimental alternative |
Christianson |
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Constraints on the Timing of the Last Deglaciation of Antarctica |
Clark |
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Oceanographic Observations Pertinent to the Petermann Glacier |
Falkner |
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Past Flow Conditions of Thwaites Glacier revealed by radar-detected internal layer patterns |
Fudge |
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Modeling Abrupt Change in Global Sea Level due to Ocean–Ice-sheet Interaction |
Gladish |
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Surface Elevation Changes at the Front of the Ross Ice Shelf; Implications for Basal Melting |
Horgan |
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Convection-driven melting near the grounding lines of ice shelves and tidewater glaciers |
Jenkins |
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A Closer look at evidence for subglacial drainage systems in Pine Island Bay, Antarctica |
Kirshner |
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Using the level set method to track ice sheet boundaries |
Lindsey |
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Examining the slope-driven control of basal melting |
Little |
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Glaciology of the Bottleneck, Amery Ice Shelf |
Lurie |
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Limits to WAIS Predictability? |
MacAyeal |
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Estimating englacial radar attenuation using depth profiles of the returned power, central West Antarctica |
Matsuoka |
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Assessing Assessments: a sociocultural history of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet |
O'Reilly |
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Glaciology of the Bottleneck |
Pingree |
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Subglacial Landform Analysis and Reconstruction of Miocene Paleotopography of Marie Byrd Land |
Spector |
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Provenance Implications of Cenozoic Basalt in East Antarctica |
Townsend |
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Recent thinning and migration of the Western Divide, central West Antarctica |
Waddington |
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Initial effects of oceanic warming on a coupled ocean-ice shelf-ice stream system |
Walker |
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Autonomous unmanned platforms and sensors for polar research applications |
Wardell |
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Analyzing TAMSEIS for Seismic Events of High Temporal Regularity Beneath David Glacier in the Transantarctic Mountains |
Zoet |
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