THP Snow Virtual Meeting, September 2020
Agenda

Objective: Share snow campaign and research results, discuss ongoing efforts towards advanced snow estimation and a future snow satellite mission and engage early-career scientists.
Day 1
Time (EDT) Title Presenter
10:00AM Welcome Dorothy Hall
Session 1
Moderator: Dorothy Hall
10:05AM Perspective from NASA HQ [presentation]
(includes 5 minutes for questions)		 Jared Entin
10:20AM THP Snow Program Overall goals and objectives [presentation]
(includes 10 minutes for questions) 		Carrie Vuyovich
10:45AM Break
Session 2
Moderator: Kelly Gleason
11:00AM Mind the Gap(s): How SnowEx campaigns are contributing to snow remote sensing measurement science identified in the Science Plan [presentation] Mike Durand
11:20AM The Snow Ensemble Uncertainty Project (SEUP) and recent modeling efforts in support of SnowEx [presentation] Melissa Wrzesien
11:40AM SnowEx2020 recap and plans for SnowEx 2021 [presentation] HP Marshall
12:00PM Update on SnowEx data delivered/in progress at NSIDC [presentation] Megan Mason
12:05PM Break
Session 3
Moderator: Dan McGrath
12:30PM Blizzard talks to introduce each poster
1:30PM Questions/Discussion
1:45PM Break
Session 4
Moderator: DK Kang
2:00PM Decadal Survey and Snow mission opportunities [presentation] Ed Kim
2:20PM ECCC-CSA Ku-band radar mission: status and pathway(s) forward [presentation] Chris Derksen
2:40PM NISAR applications to snow hydrology [presentation] Rick Forster
3:00PM Break
3:15PM Pointing ICESat-2 at SnowEx study sites [presentation] Tom Neumann
3:35PM Overview of SBG activities relative to snow [presentation] McKenzie Skiles
3:55PM Day 1 Wrap up Carrie Vuyovich
Day 2
Time (EDT) Title Presenter
Session 1
Moderator: David Shean
10:00AM THP Roadmap [presentation] Carrie Vuyovich
10:15AM Breakout sessions — Working groups focused on current science and snow estimation techniques:

Breakout group charge: Feedback on THP Roadmap and
  • Baseline assessment — what is the current state of the science?
  • What are the remaining gaps that need to be addressed? Identify Targets of opportunity (e.g. proposal calls) and low hanging fruit
  • What ongoing research contributes to the THP Roadmap?
  1. Modeling/SEUP — Rhae Sung Kim, lead and Melissa Wrzesien, rapporteur [presentation]
  2. Microwave — Leung Tsang, lead and Do Hyuk (DK) Kang, rapporteur [presentation]
  3. Lidar/Stereo — Nancy Glenn, lead and David Shean, rapporteur
  4. Albedo — Charles Gatebe, lead and Anne Nolin, rapporteur [presentation]
  5. L-band InSAR — Eli Deeb, lead and Jewell Lund, rapporteur [presentation]
  6. Science and Applications — Ryan Webb, lead and Kate Hale, rapporteur
10:45AM Break
Session 2
Moderator: Manny Salgado
11:00AM Breakout group summaries (5 min each)
11:30AM Discussion
11:45AM Break
Session 3
Moderator: Jessica Lundquist
12:15PM Opportunities for an Arctic-Boreal SnowEx Campaign [presentation] Charles Miller
12:30PM Blizzard talks to introduce each poster
1:20PM Questions/Discussion
1:30PM Break
Session 4
Moderator: Shadi Oveisgharan
1:45PM Future Planning for Global Snow [presentation] HP Marshall
2:00PM Breakout sessions — Working groups focused on future planning:

Breakout group charge: Feedback on the THP Roadmap and
  • What activities are missing/essential?
  • How does the timeline match with upcoming deadlines?
  • What partnerships or other opportunities should we be aware of?
  1. Strategic Planning and future innovations — Paul Houser, lead and Ana Barros, rapporteur [presentation]
  2. Prairie snow — Sam Tuttle, lead and Eunsang Cho, rapporteur [presentation]
  3. Tundra/Taiga snow — Mike Durand, lead and Chris Hiemstra, rapporteur
  4. Maritime snow — Mark Raleigh, lead and Liz Burkowski, rapporteur [presentation]
  5. Snow Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSE) — Bart Forman, lead and Sujay Kumar, rapporteur
2:30PM Break
Session 5
Moderator: Carrie Vuyovich
2:45PM Breakout group summaries (5 min each)
3:15PM Discussion on breakout groups
3:30PM Final meeting wrap up Carrie Vuyovich and Jared Entin
Posters


Day 1 - Session 3
 
Breen, Katie SnowEx Snow Depth Automation from Timelapse Cameras [poster] [blizzard recording]  
DeRoo, Roger Snowpack Remote Sensing using Wideband, Long-Wavelength Microwave [blizzard recording]  
Devgun, Kavya Quality assurance and control and preliminary data analysis of 2017 and 2020 Grand Mesa SnowEx in-situ data [blizzard recording]  
Enterkine, Josh Assessing canopy and wind controls on snow depths using scaling properties with the 2020 SnowEx TLS data Grand Mesa, Colorado [poster] [blizzard recording]  
Hiemstra, Christopher SnowEx Implementation Plan Alaska 2021-2022: Snow Water Equivalent & Depth [poster] [blizzard recording]  
Johnston, Jeremy Assessing small scale variability in surface snow temperature using drone-based thermal observations [poster] [blizzard recording]  
Kim, Ed Preliminary SnowSAR Results from SnowEx 2017 [poster] [blizzard recording]  
McGrath, Dan Initial results from the NASA SnowEx 2020 L-Band campaign at Cameron Pass, Colorado [poster] [blizzard recording]  
Nolin, Anne Measuring Snow albedo, net shortwave radiation, and energy budget across a forest density gradient [poster] [blizzard recording]  
Osmanoglu, Batuhan Snow Water Equivalent Synthetic Aperture Radar and Radiometer [poster] [blizzard recording]  
Pestana, Steven Snow temperature measurements during the SnowEx 2020 Grand Mesa IOP [poster] [blizzard recording]  
Salgado, Manuel UAV photogrammetry during the 2020 SnowEX campaign [poster]  
Siqueira, Paul Processing and features of Ku-band SAR data over Trail Valley Creek [poster] [blizzard recording]  
Tarricone, Jack SnowEx 2020 Field Campaign at Sagehen Creek Field Station, CA [poster] [blizzard recording]  
Yogananda, Puneeth Near Real-Time Enhancement to Snow Pack Data Loggers [blizzard recording]  

Day 2 - Session 3
 
Barros, Ana Dynamic Microwave Fingerprints of Land-surface Heterogeneity – Contrasting From Grand Mesa, CO to Caribou Mountains, AL [poster] [blizzard recording]  
Cho, Eunsang How different are the Sierra Nevada snowpack estimates from four land surface models with three forcing datasets [poster] [blizzard recording]  
Hu, Michelle VHR Machine Learning Classifications and Snow Covered Area [poster] [blizzard recording]  
Kang, DK High resolution snowmelt modeling to the Senator Beck Basin [poster] [blizzard recording]  
Kolpuke, Shriniwas Improvements in the FMCW microwave snow radar [poster] [blizzard recording]  
Kongoli, Cezar Assimilation of in situ-satellite blended snow water equivalent into the National Water Model [poster]  
Meehan, Tate Multipolarization GPR from Grand Mesa IOP 2020 [poster] [blizzard recording]  
Mullen, Andrew Comparison of Topographic Corrections on Optical Imagery and Snow AlbedoMeasurements Obtained from a UAV [poster] [blizzard recording]  
Ni-Meister, Wenge Masking Effect of Vegetation on Snow Albedo Across Different Latitudinal Regions [blizzard recording]  
Rittger, Karl Fusion of Landsat and MODIS for daily 30 m snow surface properties [poster]  
Simpson, Christopher Design of a UAS-based FMCW Microwave Radar [poster] [blizzard recording]  
Smyth, Eric Real Results with Simulated Data: Development of OSSE Experiments with Data Assimilation of Snow Depth at Basin Scales to Inform Mission Design [poster] [blizzard recording]  
Tsang, Leung Modelling of snow volume scattering at cross-polarization of C and X band for mountain snow [poster] [blizzard recording]  
Webb, Ryan Developments toward an Improved Snowpack Liquid Water Content Algorithm [poster] [blizzard recording]  
Wisniewski, Elzbieta Non-linear World - moving towards non-linear modelling of alpine snow cover [poster] [blizzard recording]  
Contact Meeting Support
Download Acrobat Reader