2017 ABoVE Science Team Meeting
Agenda


Airborne Science Planning Meeting
and 3rd Science Team Meeting
UCAR Center Green, Boulder, CO
17-20 January 2017
Meeting Objective: Finalize actionable plan for the ABoVE 2017 Airborne campaign
Tuesday, January 17, 2017--Center of Auditorium- Building CG1

Time

Title

Speaker

11:30 AM

Meeting Check-in
Hang 4’x4’ posters by noon

 

12:00 PM

Welcome, introduction, objectives
How the airborne campaigns fit into ABoVE science objectives

Scott Goetz

12:10 PM

ABoVE Programmatic perspective

Hank Margolis, Eric Kasischke

12:20 PM

CCEO Support update; Meeting Logistics

Peter Griffith

12:30 PM

Introduction to ABoVE Airborne Planning &
Desired Meeting Outcomes with Q&A period

Chip Miller, Christy Hansen
[PDF]

1:00 PM

Break (15min)

1:15 PM

Presentations by new Airborne Science teams

Chip Miller

 

9 selected projects – 5 minutes each
Science/sensor/platform summary
Ground site/location/timing requirements and priorities 

 

 

Permafrost and Hydrology

1:15 PM

Iwahana-01: Quantification of thermokarst and carbon release in ice-rich permafrost regions

Go Iwahana
[PDF]

1:20 PM

Schaefer-06: The Airborne InSAR and PolSAR Permafrost Dynamics Observatory

Kevin Schaefer
[PDF]

1:25 PM

Smith-L-01: Sensitivity of Arctic-Boreal surface water to permafrost state

Laurence Smith
[PDF]

1:30 PM

Tabatabaeenejad-01: Estimation of Belowground Biomass and Permafrost Active Layer Properties Using Radar and Lidar Measurements 

Alireza Tabatabaeenejad
[PDF]

 

Vegetation Structure and Function

1:35 PM

Drewry-01: Airborne Solar Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence to Characterize Arctic Boreal Zone Phenology and Productivity

Darren Drewry
[PDF]

1:40 PM

Huemmrich-01: Causes and consequences of arctic greening: the importance of plant functional types

Fred Huemmrich
[PDF]

 

Carbon Dynamics

1:45 PM

Miller-C-05: Imaging Arctic Methane Plumes 

Chip Miller
[PDF]

1:50 PM

Sweeney-01: Airborne seasonal survey of CO2 and CH4 across ABoVE Domain 

Colm Sweeney
[PDF]

 

Modeling

1:55 PM

Chatterjee-01: GEOS-5 Forecasting and Modeling in Support of ABoVE airborne research 

Abishek Chatterjee
[PDF]

2:00 PM

Thoughts & discussion of common themes of new projects (30 min)

Chip Miller

 

Which science objectives are covered – what might be missing
Identified conflicts between notional plan and new selections
Timing of flights and fieldwork
Explanation of decision making process in breakouts

 

2:30 PM

Approach for and charge to first breakout session with GIS demonstration and Q&A 

Peter Griffith, Elizabeth Hoy

3:00 PM

Break (15min)

3:15 PM

Breakouts: Group review & discussion of airborne planning

 

 

Group 1-- Center Auditorium
Group 2-- Room 2503
Group 3-- Room 3150

 

5:30 PM

Adjourn & No-host social

 

6:00 PM

FATE Brewery  1600 38th St, Boulder, CO 80301

 

Wednesday, January 18, 2017--Center of Auditorium- Building CG1

Time

Title

Speaker

8:30 AM

Day 2 Welcome

Chip Miller

8:45 AM

Breakout Groups report back

 

 

Discussion / presentation of desired modifications to nominal flightlines with Q&A period

 

9:45 AM

Break (15min)

10:00 AM

Partners Presentations on Airborne Science Contributions

Libby Larson

10:00 AM

Canadian Agencies & POLAR

Mike Gill
[PDF]

10:10 AM

Canadian Academic Research Projects

Merritt Turetsky & Phil Marsh
[PDF]

10:20 AM

GNWT

Andrew Applejohn
[PDF]

10:30 AM

Yukon Government (remote)

Aynslie Ogden
[PDF]

10:40 AM

NEON 

John Musinsky
[PDF]

10:50 AM

NGEE-Arctic

Stan Wullschleger
[PDF]

11:00 AM

Review of approach for breakouts, updates & refinements

Peter Griffith

11:15 AM

Breakouts: review & discussion of airborne planning (3 groups)

 

 

Group 1-- Center Auditorium
Group 2-- Room 2503
Group 3-- Room 3150

 

12:30 PM

Lunch and Poster Session

 

2:00 PM

Breakout groups continue review & discussion 

 

 

Group 1-- Center Auditorium
Group 2-- Room 2503
Group 3-- Room 3150

 

3:00 PM

Break (15min)

 

3:15 PM

Presentation of Updated Flight Line planning/concurrence

Peter Griffith, Liz Hoy

3:30 PM

Breakout Groups report back

 

 

Discussion / presentation of desired modifications to notional flightlines with Q&A period

 

4:30 PM

Facilitated group discussion of plan forward

Chip Miller

 

Status of the current flight data acquisition plan
Q&A period and final thoughts on evolution of the plan

 

5:30 PM

Recap, Closing remarks, Plan for the next 1.5 days

Scott Goetz





ABoVE
Airborne Science Planning Meeting
and 3rd Science Team Meeting
UCAR Center Green, Boulder, CO
17-20 January 2017

Meeting Objective: Integrate new Airborne, Carbon Cycle Science, and Affiliated Projects into the Science Team and plan 2017 activites

Thursday, January 19, 2017--Center of Auditorium- Building CG1

Time

Title

Speaker

8:00 AM

Meeting Check-in
Hang 4’x4’ posters by 8:30 AM

 

8:30 AM

Introduction & Science Team meeting objectives 

Scott Goetz

8:45 AM

HQ perspective and update 

Hank Margolis, Eric Kasischke

9:00 AM

CCE Office update

Peter Griffith
[PDF]

9:15 AM

Overview of previous days’ Airborne Planning meeting with Q&A period

Chip Miller

9:45 AM

Break (15min)

 

10:00 AM

Working Group results updates & Plans for 2017 field activities
~15 minutes each, incl. questions (12+3)

Scott Goetz

10:00 AM

Hydrology & Permafrost

John Kimball

10:15 AM

Vegetation Dynamics

Bruce Cook, Mike Goulden
[PDF]

10:30 AM

Fire Disturbance

Michelle Mack

10:45 AM

Carbon Dynamics

Sue Natali
[PDF]

11:00 AM

Wildlife & Ecosystem Services

Natalie Boelman
[PDF]

11:15 AM

Modeling Framework & Comparisons

Josh Fisher
[PDF]

11:30 AM

Break (15 min)

11:45 AM

Collaborations & Engagement

Libby Larson
[PDF]

12:00 PM

Student & Citizen Science / Communications

Peter Griffith
[PDF]

12:15 PM

High resolution Imagery & Digital Elevation Models

Liz Hoy, Chris Neigh
[PDF]

12:30 PM

Infrastructure & logistics updates
Safety & Risk Mitigation, Fairbanks, Yellowknife, NEPA

Dan Hodkinson, Leanne Kendig, Sarah Sackett
[PDF]

12:45 PM

Lunch and Poster Session

 

2:00 PM

Data and acknowledgement policy

Peter Griffith
[PDF]

2:15 PM

ABoVE Science Cloud & Data Holdings 

Liz Hoy
[PDF]

2:30 PM

Presentations by new Airborne Science teams

Chip Miller

 

9 selected projects – 5 minutes each
Science/sensor/platform summary
Ground site/location/timing requirements and priorities 

 

 

Permafrost and Hydrology

2:30 PM

Iwahana-01: Quantification of thermokarst and carbon release in ice-rich permafrost regions

Go Iwahana
[PDF]

2:35 PM

Schaefer-06: The Airborne InSAR and PolSAR Permafrost Dynamics Observatory

Kevin Schaefer
[PDF]

2:40 PM

Smith-L-01: Sensitivity of Arctic-Boreal surface water to permafrost state

Laurence Smith
[PDF]

2:45 PM

Tabatabaeenejad-01: Estimation of Belowground Biomass and Permafrost Active Layer Properties Using Radar and Lidar Measurements 

Alireza Tabatabaeenejad
[PDF]

 

Vegetation Structure and Function

2:50 PM

Drewry-01: Airborne Solar Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence to Characterize Arctic Boreal Zone Phenology and Productivity

Darren Drewry
[PDF]

2:55 PM

Huemmrich-01: Causes and consequences of arctic greening: the importance of plant functional types

Fred Huemmrich
[PDF]

 

Carbon Dynamics

3:00 PM

Miller-C-05: Imaging Arctic Methane Plumes 

Chip Miller
[PDF]

3:05 PM

Sweeney-01: Airborne seasonal survey of CO2 and CH4 across ABoVE Domain 

Colm Sweeney
[PDF]

 

Modeling

3:10 PM

Chatterjee-01: GEOS-5 Forecasting and Modeling in Support of ABoVE airborne research 

Abishek Chatterjee

3:15 PM

Break (15 min)

 

3:30 PM

Partners Presentations--(10 min each)

Eric Kasischke

3:30 PM

Polar Knowledge Canada (POLAR)

Mike Gill

3:40 PM

NRCan - CFS

Jason Edwards

3:50 PM

ECCC

Chris Derksen

4:00 PM

NRCan – CCMEO

Ridha Touzi

4:10 PM

University of Guelph 

Merritt Turetsky

4:20 PM

Yukon

Aynslie Ogden

4:30 PM

GNWT 

Andrew Applejohn

4:40 PM

Break (15 min)

4:55 PM

BNZ LTER research efforts 

Michelle Mack

5:05 PM

Arctic LTER research efforts

Natalie Boelman

5:15 PM

NGEE-Arctic research efforts 

Stan Wullschleger, Shawn Serbin

5:25 PM

NEON sites update

Sarah Elmendorf/Rommel Zulueta

5:35 PM

Discussion + Plans for Day 2, Adjourn & No-host social

Scott Goetz

6:30PM

Boulder Beer Company, 2880 Wilderness Pl

 

Friday, January 20, 2017--Center of Auditorium- Building CG1

Time

Title

Speaker

8:30 AM

IARPC Planning

Eric Kasischke
[PDF]

8:45 AM

NASA Carbon Cycle Science (5) and Affiliated (11) Projects 

Hank Margolis

 

Speed talks ~5 minutes each
Science objectives, locations, etc.
How this investigation integrates into broader ABoVE goals

 

 

Carbon Cycle Science

8:45 AM

Keeling-08: Detection, Quantification, and Analysis of Changes in Boreal and Arctic Ecosystems Using Measurements and Models of CO2 and Its Isotopes

Ralph Keeling

8:50 AM

Rogers-02: Understanding the Causes and Implications of Enhanced Seasonal CO2 Exchange in Boreal and Arctic Ecosystems 

Brendan Rogers
[PDF]

8:55 AM

Munger-04: Multi-scale data assimilation and model comparison for ABoVE to identify processes controlling CO2 and CH4 exchange and influencing seasonal transitions in Arctic tundra ecosystems --  

Bill Munger
[PDF]

9:00 AM

Cook-B-03: Remote Sensing as a Bridge to Operational Forest Carbon Monitoring in Interior Alaska

Chad Babcock
[PDF]

9:05 AM

Neigh-01: Disturbance, Growth, and Recovery of Boreal Forests Spanning the Satellite Era: 3D Structure, Site Index, and Ecosystem Carbon Flux with Changing Climate

Chris Neigh
[PDF]

 

Affiliated Projects

Peter Griffith

 

Carbon Dynamics

9:10 AM

Rocha-01: NSF-LTREB: Following the reorganization and resynchronization of biogeochemical cycles after an unprecedented tundra fire

Adrian Rocha

9:15 AM

Wunch-01: Atmospheric Total Column Measurements of Carbon Dioxide and Methane over the ABoVE Domain

Debra Wunch
[PDF]

 

Permafrost and Hydrology

9:20 AM

Douglas-01: Variations in Wetland Terrain Feature Conditions: The Role of Permafrost and Impacts to Military Operations 

Thomas Douglas
[PDF]

9:25 AM

Touzi-01: Investigation of the added value of L- and P-band PolinSAR for permafrost characterization and mapping

Ridha Touzi
[PDF]

9:30 AM

Genet-01: Modeling landscape vulnerability to thermokarst disturbance and its implication for ecosystem services in the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska  

Rob Striegl
[PDF]

9:35 AM

Quinton-01: Consortium for Permafrost Ecosystems in Transition (CPET)

Oliver Sonnentag
[PDF]

9:40 AM

Marsh-01: Hydrology, snow and permafrost in the western Canadian Arctic

Wheater-01: Changing Cold Regions Network (CCRN)

Philip Marsh
[PDF]

9:50 AM

Turner-K-01: Evaluating the influence of climate and land cover changes on water and carbon balance in Old Crow Flats, Yukon, Canada 

Kevin Turner
[PDF]

 

Vegetation Structure and Function

9:55 AM

D'Arrigo-01: Determining the Vulnerability and Resilience of Boreal Forests and Shrubs across Northwestern North America  

Scott Goetz
[PDF]

10:00 AM

Break

 

10:20 AM

Open Discussion and Plans for 2017

Scott Goetz

12:30 PM

Adjourn

 


POSTERS
Author/Title
Project
Davidson/ Animals on the Move: Status of data acquisition & archiving [PDF] Boelman-01
LaPoint/ Golden eagle migratory behavior and arctic warming [PDF] Boelman-01
Meddens/ Characterizing and evaluating the Arctic Digital Elevation Model product with LiDAR data for spatial modeling [PDF] Boelman-01/ Eitel-01
Palm/Natural regeneration on seismic lines influences movement behavior of caribou predators [PDF] Boelman-01
Babcock/ Geostatistical model-based estimated of forst biomass in interior Alaska combining landsat derived tree cover, sampled airborne lidar and field observations [PDF] Cook-B-03
Eitel/ LiDAR, passive spectral, and ecophysiological approaches to link Forest Tundra Ecotone structure and function [PDF] Eitel-01
Maguire/Evaluating relationships between seedling establishment and microtopography at the Forest-Tundra Ecotone using terrestrial lidar [PDF] Eitel-01
Stofferahn/ The Model-Data Integration Framework for NASA’s Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) [PDF] Fisher-01
Frost/ Drivers and impacts of ecological change on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska [PDF] Frost-01
Yu/ Corrected vegetation indices from MODIS MAIAC for photosynthetic phenology assessment in the ABoVE Domain [PDF] Gamon-01
Hogg/ Assessing drought impacts on western Canadian aspen forests [PDF] Goetz-03
Goulden/ Shifting Patterns of Boreal Forest Succession and Browning Over the Last 30 Years [PDF] Goulden-02
Kirchner/ Monitoring Bioclimatic Indicators in Southwest Alaska National Parks [PDF] Kimball-04
GIPL and USArray Teams/ Augmentation of the US Array sites with temperature profilers [PDF]
Nicolsky-01
Cosgrove/ Characterizing Mountain Snowpack for Dall Sheep [PDF] Prugh-01
Nolin/ Innovations in Snow Cover Mapping for Dall Sheep [PDF] Prugh-01
van de Kerk/ Effects of snow cover on Dall sheep recruitment [PDF] Prugh-01
Foster/ Multi-scale modeling of forest growth in interior Alaska [PDF] Ranson-02
Veraverbeke/ Drivers and implications of recent lage fire years in boreal North America [PDF] Rogers-01
Striegl/ Vulnerability of inland waters and the aquatic carbon cycle to changing permafrost and climate across boreal northwestern North America [PDF] Striegl-01
Tabatabaeenejad/ Estimation of Belowground Biomass and Permafrost Active Layer Properties Using Radar and Lidar Measurements [PDF] Tabatabaeenejad-01