Mon, 11 Feb 2008
Preliminary Programme, Day 1
09:00
10:30
Registration and Welcome
10:30
12:30
Why we should use remote sensed data - or why not?
Potential and limits of satellite data for climate issues
10:30 - 11:00
Assessement of snow cover of northern Eurasia for climate model validation and related GMES snow monitoring services
Jouni Pulliainen, Matias Takala, Panu Lahtinen, Anna Kontu, Jarkko Koskinen, Heikki Järvinen, Sari Metsämäki, Miia Eskelinen, Yrjö Sucksdorff, Juha-Petri Kärnä, Kari luojus
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11:00 - 11:30
Arctic Sea Ice in 2007: A year to remember
Julienne C Stroeve, Sheldon Drobot, James Maslanik, Walter Meier, Ted Scambos, Mark Serreze
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11:30 - 12:00
Mapping Arctic albedo and cryosphere from MODIS for the International Polar Year at the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
Alexander P. Trishchenko, Yi Luo, Konstantin V. Khlopenkov, William M. Park
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12:00 - 12:30
14:00
15:00
A step forward - new sensors and new missions I
Session
New Missions of ESA's Living Planet Programme in the context of the IGOS-Cryo Theme
14:00 - 14:30
CoReH2O - A dual-frequency SAR mission for imporved snow and ice observations
Helmut Rott, Donald Cline, Christian Haas, Claude Duguay, Richard Essery, Giovanni Macelloni, Eirik Malnes, Jouni Pulliainen, Helge Rebhan, Simon Yueh
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14:30 - 15:00
15:00
16:30
Poster Presentation and Coffee break
16:30
17:30
A step forward - new sensors and new missions II
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Microwave Backscattering Measurements of Alpine Snow cover
Andreas Wiesmann, Tazio Strozzi, Christian Mätzler, Charles Werner, Urs Wegmüller
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16:30 - 17:00
X- and Ku-band Snow Backscatter Signatures from the SARALP-2007 Campaign
Keith Morrison, Helmut Rott, Thomas Nagler, Helge Rebhan, Patrick Wursteisen
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17:00 - 17:30
19:00
22:30
Icebreaker Reception
Tue, 12 Feb 2008
Preliminary Programme, Day 2
08:30
10:00
Continental Snow Cover
Session
The onset of snow melt estimated from SMMR and SSM/I data in Eurasia from 1979-2006
Matias Takala, Jouni Pulliainen
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08:30 - 09:00
Diurnal thaw and refreeze during spring snowmelt from QuikScat over entire Siberia - A sensitivity and time series analyses
Annett Bartsch, Richard A. Kidd, Wolfgang Wagner
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09:00 - 09:30
Monitoring Daily Snow Cover over the Western Arctic using AVHRR and MODIS Imagery
Richard Fernandes, Konstantin Khlopenkov, Alexander Trichtchenko
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09:30 - 10:00
10:00
11:30
Poster Session and Coffee Break
11:30
12:30
Spectral characteristics of snow and ice
Session
Physically based snow albedo model and satellite retrieved snow parameters
Teruo Aoki, Taichu Tanaka, Etsuko Tanaka, Katsuyuki Kuchiki, Hiroki Motoyoshi, Tomonori Tanikawa
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11:30 - 12:00
The behaviour of snow and snow-free surface reflectance in the boreal forest area
Miia Eskelinen, Jouni Pulliainen, Anna Kontu, Hanne Suokanerva, Sari Metsämäki
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12:00 - 12:30
13:30
15:00
Spectral characteristics of snow and ice II
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Towards combined spectrodirectional reflectance measurements and detailed snow microstructure studies
Mathias Kneubühler, Klaus I. Itten, Stefan Rey, Jürg T. Schopfer, Martin Schneebeli
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13:30 - 14:00
Snow cover change detection with laser scanning range and brightness measurements
Sanna Kaasalainen, Harri Kaartinen, Antero Kukko, Henri Niittymäki
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14:00 - 14:30
15:00
15:30
Coffee break
15:30
17:30
Snow hydrology
Session
Demonstration activities for snow cover monitoring and hydrology using satellite data
Thomas Nagler, Helmut Rott, Florian Mueller, Petra Malcher
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15:30 - 16:00
AWARE project - the geo-service for snowmelt runoff modelling in Alpine environment
Anna Rampini, Paola Carrara, Monica Pepe, Massimo Antoninetti
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16:00 - 16:30
Assimilation of snow melt information from SAR in the water balance and runoff model PROMET
Bach Heike, Florian Appel, Natalie Ohl, Monika Prasch, Ulrich Strasser, Wolfram Mauser
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16:30 - 17:00
Temporal Evaluation Of Snow Depletion Curves Derived By Optical Satellite Data For Simulating Snowmelt Runoff in Turkey
Gokhan Marim, Aynur Sensoy, Unal Sorman
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17:00 - 17:30
19:30
22:30
Conference Dinner
Wed, 13 Feb 2008
Preliminary Programme, Day 3
08:30
10:00
Snow monitoring in mountains
Session
Snow Cover Mapping over the mountainous areas in Europe with MSG-Seviri
Serdar Surer, Orhan Gokdemir, Zuhal Akyurek, Unal Sorman
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08:30 - 09:00
Analysis of short-term trends in snow cover variability in the European Alps - based on operational sub-pixel snow mapping with NOAA AVHRR data
Fabia Huesler, Stefan Wunderle, Nando Foppa
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09:00 - 09:30
Alpine Snow Cover Climatology - a Swiss GCOS Pilot Project
09:30 - 10:00
10:00
10:30
Coffee break
10:30
11:30
Multisensoral / multitemporal snow and ice
Session
Time-series fusion of optical and SAR data for snow cover area mapping
Rune Solberg, Ragnar B. Huseby, Hans Koren, Eirik Malnes
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10:30 - 11:00
Multi-sensor remote sensing observations of the near past and present structure and dynamics of Wilkins Ice Shelf (Antarctic Peninsula)
Matthias Braun, Angelika Humbert, Albert Moll
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11:00 - 11:30
13:00
15:30
Glacier monitoring
Session
Mapping Little Ice Age glacier maximum in Jotunheimen, Norway, using aerial photography and LANDSAT imagery
Sabine Baumann, Liss M Andreassen, Stefan Winkler
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13:00 - 13:30
Topography of glaciers and ice caps with Spot 5 HRS devices
Jérôme Korona, Etienne Berthier, Marc Bernard, Frédérique Rémy
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13:30 - 14:00
Measurements of the Rhone Glacier velocity and topography using in-situ real-aperture RADAR
Charles Werner, Tazio Strozzi, Andreas Wiesmann, Andreas Bauder, Urs Wegmüller
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14:00 - 14:30
Satellite radar interferometry and feature tracking for measuring Everest region glacier recession
Duncan J Quincey, Adrian Luckman
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14:30 - 15:00
GlobGlacier: Mapping the worlds glaciers and icecaps from space for improved climate change impact assessment
Frank Paul, Andreas Kaab, Helmut Rott, Andrew Shepherd, Tazio Strozzi
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15:00 - 15:30
15:30
15:40
Closing session