meeting banner

Agenda

* indicates virtual presenter
Time
(AKDT)
Title Presenter
08:30 Registration
09:00 Welcome - Goals and expected outcomes; Promising Practices [Goetz presentation] Peter Griffith, Scott Goetz
09:10 HQ Update Ryan Pavlick, Amanda Whitehurst*
09:20 Big Picture Plenary and Discussion [presentation] Scott Goetz
10:00 What have we learned? Reports from Working Group Leads
10:00 Vegetation Dynamics  Matthew Macander, Paul Montesano
10:20 Spectral Imaging   [presentation] Fred Huemmrich
10:40 Modeling   [presentation] Josh Fisher*
11:20 Break
11:30 Parallel Activities:
  • Breakout 1: Spectral Imaging (Rm 103), Modeling (Rm 105), Vegetation (Rm 107)
  • Activity Session: Poster viewing, reflection wall, BINGO
12:30 Lunch
Early Career Lunch Social
13:50 Future NASA Arctic work: COLORS, FORTE & Discussion [COLORS presentation] Kelsey Bisson*, Maria Tzortziou*
14:15 Research Connections: POLAR [presentation] Andrew Applejohn*
14:25 Research Connections: Government of the Northwest Territories [presentation] Ryan Connon*
14:35 Research Connections: CFS [presentation] Gabrielle Gascon*
14:45 Artist Presentation [website] [presentation] Klara Maisch
14:55 Success Story 1: ABoVE Participation in Regional Fire Workshops [presentation] Randi Jandt, Jenn Baltzer*, Laura Bourgeau-Chavez
15:25 Break
15:45 Project Talks - Carbon (10 minutes each)
15:45 Bloom (TE 2021): Using CO2, CH4 and land-surface constraints to resolve sign and magnitude of northern high latitude carbon-climate feedbacks   [presentation] Teresa Eren Bilir
15:55 Butman (TE 2021): Do changing terrestrial-aquatic interfaces in Arctic-boreal landscapes control the form, processing, and fluxes of carbon?   [presentation] David Butman
16:05 Watts (TE 2021): Contributions of tundra and boreal systems to radiative forcing in North America and Russia under contemporary and future conditions   [presentation] Jennifer Watts, Bethany Sutherland
16:15 Miller-S (TE 2021): A synthesis and reconciliation of greenhouse gas flux estimates across the ABoVE domain   [presentation] Scot Miller
16:25 Michalak (TE 2021): Quantifying climate sensitivities of photosynthesis and respiration in Arctic and boreal ecosystems from top-down observational constraints   [presentation] Wu Sun, Jiaming Wen
16:35 Parallel Activities:
17:30 Adjourn
Time
(AKDT)
Title Presenter
09:00 Airborne Big Picture Plenary and Discussion   [presentation] Chip Miller
09:40 What have we learned? Reports from Working Group Leads
09:40 Carbon Dynamics  [presentation] Jonathan Wang, Jennifer Watts
10:00 Hydrology, Permafrost, Wetlands  [presentation] Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, David Butman, John Kimball*, Melissa Schwab
10:20 Disturbance  [presentation] Dong Chen*
10:40 Break
11:00 Parallel Activities:
  • Breakout 2: Carbon (Rm 103), Disturbance (Rm 105), Hydrology/Permafrost (Rm 107)
  • Activity Session: Poster viewing, reflection wall, BINGO
12:00 Lunch
12:30 Field Trip - Alaska Satellite Facility & Geophysical Institute Tour (optional)
13:00 Scotty Creek Film Presentation during Lunch (optional) [video] [contact info]
13:30 Success Story 2: Collaborations with Scotty Creek Research Station [presentation] Ramona Pearson*, Maude Auclair*, Mason Dominico*, Michael McPhee*, William (Bill) Quinton*
13:50 Career Trajectory Panel [Rogers presentation] [Zhu presentation] Jenny Watts, Jon Wang, Xiaoran (Seamore) Zhu, Brendan Rogers*
14:45 Group Photo
14:50 Break
15:10 ABoVE Data: archiving, access, communication, legacy  [presentation] Liz Hoy, Debjani Singh
15:40 Project Talks - Fire (10 minutes each)
15:40 Bourgeau-Chavez (TE 2021): Integrating remote sensing and modeling to better understand the vulnerability of boreal-taiga ecosystems to wildfire   [presentation] Laura Bourgeau-Chavez
15:50 Walker (TE 2021): Drivers and Impacts of Reburning in boreal forest Ecosystems (DIRE)   [presentation] Jeremy Forsythe
16:00 Wang (TE 2021): Quantifying disturbance and global change impacts on multi-decadal trends in aboveground biomass and land cover across Arctic-boreal North America   [presentation] Jonathan Wang
16:10 Project Talks - Wildlife (10 minutes each)
16:10 Boelman (TE 2021): The future of the Forest-Tundra Ecotone: A synthesis that adds interactions among snow, vegetation, and wildlife to the equation  [presentation] Natalie Boelman*
16:20 French (TE 2021): Informing wetland policy and management for waterfowl habitat and other ecosystem services using multi-frequency synthetic aperture radar  [presentation] Nancy French
16:30 Poster Session 2
17:30 Adjourn
18:30 Social at Lat 65 featuring Sweet Prik Thai
Time
(AKDT)
Title Presenter
09:00 Mid-meeting report on reflection wall; discussion
09:10 Success Story 3: Science Communication  [presentation] Katy Mersmann*, Katie Jepson*, Liz Hoy, Libby Larson
09:25 Project Talks - Hydrology / Permafrost (10 minutes each)
09:25 Du (TE 2021): High Resolution Mapping of Surface Soil Freeze Thaw Status and Active Layer Thickness for Improving the Understanding of Permafrost Dynamics and Vulnerability   [presentation] Jinyang Du
09:35 Miller (TE 2021): Enhanced Methane Emissions in Transitional Permafrost Environments: An ABoVE Phase 3 Synthesis Investigation   [presentation] Chip Miller
09:45 Tape (TE 2021): Characterizing a widespread disturbance regime in the ABoVE domain: Beaver engineering   [presentation] Ken Tape
09:55 Zhuang (TE 2021): Role of linked hydrological, permafrost, ground ice, and land cover changes in regional carbon balance across boreal and arctic landscapes   [presentation] Qianlai Zhuang
10:05 Research Connections: Vegetation Mapping Initiatives  [presentation] Matthew Macander, Logan Berner
10:20 Quick Updates: NISAR, planned NASA missions (STV, SBG, EDGE)  [presentation] Ryan Pavlick
10:30 Break
10:50 What happens next? Reports from Breakout Group Leads
10:50 Spectral Imaging
11:00 Modeling [slides]
11:10 Vegetation
11:20 Carbon [slides]
11:30 Hydrology/Permafrost [slides]
11:40 Disturbance [slides]
11:50 Breakout Groups Panel Discussion Working Group/Breakout Leads
12:10 Project Talks - Vegetation Structure (10 minutes each)
12:10 Duncanson (TE 2021): Mapping boreal forest biomass recovery rates across gradients of vegetation structure and environmental change   [presentation] Paul Montesano
12:20 Lara (TE 2021): ABoVE-Ground Characterization of Plant Species Succession in Retrogressive Thaw Slumps Using Imaging Spectroscopy   [presentation] Mark Lara
12:30 Lunch
13:00 Field Trip - Alaska Satellite Facility & Geophysical Institute Tour (optional)
13:30 Roundtable Discussion with ABoVE Logistics Office (optional)
14:00 Project Talks - Vegetation Dynamics (10 minutes each)
14:00 Frost (TE 2021): Towards a Warmer, Less Frozen Future Arctic: Synthesis of Drivers, Ecosystem Responses, and Elder Observations along Bioclimatic Gradients in Western Alaska   [presentation] Gerald (JJ) Frost
14:10 Goetz (TE 2021): Mapping and modeling attributes of an Arctic - boreal biome shift: Phase-3 applications within the ABoVE domain   [presentation] Scott Goetz
14:20 Liu (TE 2021): Characterizing Arctic-Boreal Vegetation Resilience under Climate Change and Disturbances   [presentation] Yanlan Liu
14:30 Townsend (TE 2021): Functional diversity as a driver of GPP variation across the ABoVE domain   [presentation] Philip Townsend
14:40 Success Story 4: Engagement Activities [presentation] Dana Redhuis*, Rebecca (Becky) Edwards*, JJ Frost, and contributions from Kevin Turner*
14:55 Plenary Discussion: Collaborations & Engagement [presentation]
15:25 Break
15:45 Research Connections: Permafrost Pathways   [presentation] Brendan Rogers*
16:00 Research Connections: NGEE-Arctic   [presentation] Bob Bolton
16:15 Research Connections: Japan's National Institute of Polar Research   [presentation] Tomoko Tanabe
16:30 Poster Session 3
17:30 Adjourn
Time
(AKDT)
Title Presenter
09:00 International Polar Year 5 (IPY5) [presentation] Scott Goetz
09:15 Legacy of ABoVE Panel
Moderator: Nancy French
Eric Kasischke, Scott Goetz, Chip Miller, Peter Griffith, Libby Larson, Liz Hoy
10:15 Break
10:30 Report on Reflection Wall; Awards
10:45Highlights of Meeting, Big Picture [presentation]Scott Goetz, Chip Miller
11:05Lessons Learned, Gaps, and Next Steps DiscussionLeadership Group facilitates general discussion
11:50Feedback from HQ, Meeting Close
12:00 Adjourn ASTM11
13:30 Field Trips - (optional)
  • Permafrost Tunnel Tour
  • Wildfire Walk: Yankovich Road Fire Interpretive Trail
14:15 Field Trip - Permafrost Tunnel Tour (optional)
16:00 Field Trip - Arctic Research Open House (optional)