ICESat-2 Workshop

ICESat-II Workshop
June 27-29, 2007
Holiday Inn BWI Airport
Conference Center
890 Elkridge Landing Road
Linthicum Heights, MD 21090
PHONE-410-859-8400 FAX-410-859-8060

Download Agenda as of June 24, 2007

Draft Agenda
Wednesday, June 27

Morning

Overview and background

8:00-8:15 coffee

8:15-8:30 Welcome and charge for the workshop NASA HQ
representative

8:30-9:00 Keynote Address: Why ice sheets are important in the
climate system
Konrad Steffen

9:00-9:20 NASA Mission Process and Planning Eric Ianson, Program
Executive

9:20-9:35 NASA HQ perspective and workshop objectives Seelye Martin

9:35-9:50 Coffee Break
Highlights of key scientific issues, societal relevance, and assessment of scientific capabilities
of Decadal Survey recommendations
o Review of existing capabilities
o Review of emerging capabilities
o Identification of areas not well understood
Moderator: Bob Schutz

9:50-10:20 Vegetation Michael Lefsky

10:20-10:50 Solid Earth/Hydrology David Harding

10:50-11:20 Atmosphere James Spinhirne, Steve
Palm

11:20-11:50 Cryosphere Jay Zwally

11:50-12:00 Discussion

12:00-1:00 Catered Lunch

Afternoon

1:00-1:45 Technology Tutorial: Potential ICESat-II missions John Loiacono, GSFC

1:45 pm: Plenary charge for Breakout Sessions: What science can be done with ICESat-2?

2:00-4:15 pm: Breakout sessions: (Each breakout will be led by a discussion leader with a
rapporteur): Breakouts include cryosphere (ice sheets, sea ice, subglacial hydrology), solid
earth/hydrology, vegetation, atmosphere.

4:15 pm: Plenary: reports from breakouts

5:15 pm Adjourn

7:30: Brief meeting of writing group

Thursday, June 28

Morning
7:45-8:00 Coffee

8:00-8:15 Review issues and what we hope to accomplish today

8:15 Recent Results from ICESat and associated measurements

8:15 Sea Ice Julienne Stroeve

8:35 Subglacial hydrology Helen Amanda Fricker

8:55 Measuring forest biomass and carbon with airborne and space profilers -
Accuracy and Precision Ross Nelson, Jon Ranson, Dan Kimes

9:15 Informing ICESat-II Measurement Requirements: Recent results from
ICESat and other lidar investigations Dubayah, Ralph

9:35 Ice mass flux from gravimetry Scott Luthcke

9:55 Mass balances and dynamic changes of the Bering, Malaspina, and Icy Bay
glacier systems, Alaska-Yukon, from INSAR DEMs, airborne and ICESat
laser altimetry Reginald Muskett

10:15-10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 Experiences of a new user: ICESat laser altimetry and grounding line
stability along the Siple Coast Huw Horgan, S. Anandakrishanan, R. Alley

10:50 ICESat I altimetry in the processing of InSAR data for topography Craig
Lingle

11:10-12:00: Related work and societal benefits (other governmental and non-governmental
organizations) panel leader: DeWayne Cecil

11:15 Arctic Observing Network Martin Jeffries, NSF

11:30 Importance of ICESat-II observations to polar
wildlife
Aurelie Shapiro, World
Wildlife Fund

11:45-12:00 Panel Discussion All

12:00 Catered Lunch

Afternoon

1:00-1:30 CryoSat-2 and its potential interactions
with ICESat-2
Seymour Laxon

1:30: Plenary Charge to Breakout Sessions; Identify the potential synergistic approaches
with respect to other space-based missions and complementary observations.

1:40-4:00 pm: Breakout sessions (Solid Earth/Hydrology, Cryosphere (ice sheets, sea ice),
Vegetation, Atmosphere

4:00-5:00 pm Reports from Breakout Sessions

Evening
6:00-8:30 Conference Dinner at a Baltimore Inner Harbor Restaurant

Friday, June 29

Morning:

8:30-8:45: Plenary: What we hope to do today

8:45-9:30 Discussion of open issues Bob Schutz/ Jay Zwally

9:30-10:00 Presentation of Draft Report Outline
Discussion
Seelye Martin

10:00 Break

10:15 Workshop recommendations,
identification of next steps, discussion
Waleed Abdalati

12:00 Adjourn

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