1st meeting, Bern, 3-7.12.2007

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1st meeting, Bern, 3-7.12.2007

Using Envisat ASAR for
Monitoring of Antarctic Sea Ice during IPY

Bern, Switzerland

Agenda
Mo 30 June, to Th 03 July 2008

Participants:

Cathy Geiger (University of Delaware, USA)

Christian Haas (University of Alberta, Canada)

Petra Heil (Australian Antarctic Division & ACE CRC, Australia, co-ordinator)

Ron Kwok (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA)

Rob Massom (Australian Antarctic Division & ACE CRC, Australia)

Edward Maksym (British Antarctic Survey, UK)

Seelye Martin (University of Washington, USA)

Takenobu Toyota (Hokkaido University, Japan)

Roberto Saldo (DTU, Denmark)

Student attendants:

Thomas Krumpen (AWI, Germany)

Sandra Krutzky (AWI, Germany)

Burcu Ozsoy-Cicek (University of Texas, USA)

Apologies:

Andrew Fleming (British Antarctic Survey, UK)

Lars Kaleschke (Inst. f. Meereskunde, Germany)

Stefan Kern (Inst. f. Meereskunde, Germany)

Thorsten Markus (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA)

Leif Toudal Pedersen (Danmarks Meteorologiske Inst.)

The structure for this workshop will allow participants to interact and to get involved in working on some of the data, analysis techniques and identified issues. There will be several oral presentations, which will form the backbone of our workshop. These will provide an overview of the various ESA IPY projects, their current status as well as of the analysis techniques applied.

Presentations, free discussions and demonstrations on project related topics are scheduled for this workshop. Presentation time has been dedicated to presentations related the International Programme for Antarctic Buoys [IPAB], with focus on the 2007/08 drifting sea-ice buoy projects and related ASAR analysis.

Note: D: ... highlights discussion or demonstration sessions.

Monday, 30.06.2008:

0900 - 0930 Petra Heil Welcome, Introduction, and workshop goals (incl. EOS/CliC? report).
0930 - 1020 Christian Haas Background on current status of remotely sensed products for Antarctic sea ice
1020 - 1100 Break
1100 - 1230 D: Ron Kwok/Petra Heil Antarctic SAR data for 2007/08 IPY.
ASAR data coverage in the region of interest.

SAR data availability & accessibility.

SAR product availability:
What are our general analysis strategies?
Availability of open source analysis tools?
How would we want to extend those?

What are the (project) time lines?

1230 - 1330 Lunch break
1330 - 1335 Petra Heil Overview of funded ESA IPY proposals liased here at ISSI.
1335 - 1355 Christian Haas Sea-ice motion, deformation, thickness and lead dynamics in the Antarctic.
1355 - 1415 Petra Heil Complete mapping of Antarctic sea-ice dynamics.
1415 - 1435 Ron Kwok Southern Ocean sea-ice cover: kinematics, thickness, polynyas, and export.
1435 - 1455 Rob Massom Mapping and Monitoring of Circum-Antarctic fast ice.
1455 - 1525 Break
1525 - 1700 D: All Discussion and roadmap of the science drivers: Produce work roadmap.
Summary of key science questions.

List of key deliverables.

Identification of routine output products.

Synergies.

Future investigations.

Tuesday, 01.07.2008:

0900 - 0910 Petra Heil Review workshop roadmap.
Status of the analysis of the Antarctic sea-ice Envisat ASAR data
0910 - 0950 Ron Kwok Defining science requirements for Antarctic ice motion.
0950 - 1030 Cathy Geiger Near real-time regional high-resolution sea-ice motion tracking.
1030 - 1110 Christian Haas Update on the GlobIce project.
1110 - 1130 Break
1130 - 1210 Rob Massom Fast-ice deliniation and ice-motion tracking using IMCORR.
1210 - 1250 Takenobu Toyota Retrieval of ice thickness distribution in the seasonal ice zone from L-band SAR.
1250 - 1400 Lunch break
1400 - 1510 D: Rob Massom/ Ron Kwok Discussion

What tools are missing?

Are there other tools and techniques that we want to harness?

Towards the Antarctic RGPS?

Need for (A)SAR working group?

1510 - 1530 Break
Update on IPY field projects on Antarctic sea ice incl. drifting buoys
1530 - 1600 Petra Heil/Rob Massom SIPEX 2007
1600 - 1630 Cathy Geiger/Petra Heil BeARS 2007 & 2009/10 Odden cruises
1630 - 1700 Ted Maksym FOCAS 2007 and the 2009 BAS cruise
1700 - 1730 D: All Discussion & update workshop roadmap.

Wednesday, 02.07.2008:

0850 - 0900 Petra Heil Review workshop roadmap.

Applications using ASAR data
0900 - 0930 Sandra Krutzky Drift and ice production in the Larsen Region, Weddell Sea.
0930 - 1000 Thomas Krumpen Sea-ice dynamics in the Laptev Sea using ASAR data.
1000 - 1030 Burcu Ozsoy-Cicek Remote Sensing of Sea Ice during SIMBA 07.
1030 - 1050 Break
1050 - 1120 Ted Maksym Demonstration of Antarctic Polarview
1120 - 1150 Rob Massom Use of SeaIceView during SIPEX and beyond.
1150 - 1300 D: Cathy Geiger/ Christian Haas Hands on:
Identify requirements for ship/experimental support

ship-shore communication

data accessibility.
1300 - 1410 Lunch break
1410 - 1440 Christian Haas Overview of IPAB drifting buoy activities during IPY.
1440 - 1530 D: Petra Heil/ Takenobu Toyota Field related issues:
Options and a foreward strategy for Antarctic buoy experiments.

What parameters are not sampled for at all?

Gaps (spatial or temporally) in in situ sampling?

1530 - 1550 Break
1550 - 1645 D: Ron Kwok Future ASAR data requests:
Gaps in (A)SAR data? (Temporal or spatial scale, coverage).

Target for future (A)SAR data requests.

1645 - 1700 D: All Update workshop roadmap.

Thursday, 03.07.2008:

0850 - 0900 Petra Heil Review workshop roadmap.
Note: Highlight the key science questions posed for ESA IPY projects.
Recent science results: Sea-ice processes.
0900 - 0930 Seelye Martin Antarctic polynyas
0930 - 1000 Rob Massom Fast ice
1000 - 1030 Cathy Geiger Buoy/ASAR analysis
1030 - 1100 Petra Heil Buoy drift or Mosaic of Antarctic sea-ice
1100 - 1130 Break
1130 - 1300 D: Seelye Martin/ Rob Massom What answers can we provide?
What new science questions have arisen from this meeting?
1300 - 1400 Lunch break
1400 - 1500 D: Petra Heil/ Christian Haas Summarize workshop discussions, final workshop roadmap, and input to workshop white paper (EOS/CliC?).
1500 - 1520 Break
1520 - 1630 D: Petra Heil/ Christian Haas Summarize workshop discussions. Cont.
1630 - 1700 Petra Heil Closing remarks and map towards next workshop.

Note taker: Cathy Geiger (Mo - Th)

Friday, 04.07.2008:

0900 - 1230 Rob/Cathy/Petra/others as available Workshop report.
EOS/CliC draft: Bullet points, WWW link, Figures.
1230 - 1330 Lunch break
1330 - 1630 Rob/Cathy/Petra/others as available Cont. EOS/CliC draft.

A report of the first meeting is available.

0900 - 0930	Petra Heil	Welcome, Introduction, and workshop goals (incl. EOS/CliC? report).
0930 - 1020	Christian Haas	Background on current status of remotely sensed products for Antarctic sea ice
1020 - 1100	Break
1100 - 1230	D: Ron Kwok/Petra Heil	Antarctic SAR data for 2007/08 IPY. ASAR data coverage in the region of interest. SAR data availability & accessibility. SAR product availability: What are our general analysis strategies? Availability of open source analysis tools? How would we want to extend those? What are the (project) time lines?
1230 - 1330	Lunch break
1330 - 1335	Petra Heil	Overview of funded ESA IPY proposals liased here at ISSI.
1335 - 1355	Christian Haas	Sea-ice motion, deformation, thickness and lead dynamics in the Antarctic.
1355 - 1415	Petra Heil	Complete mapping of Antarctic sea-ice dynamics.
1415 - 1435	Ron Kwok	Southern Ocean sea-ice cover: kinematics, thickness, polynyas, and export.
1435 - 1455	Rob Massom	Mapping and Monitoring of Circum-Antarctic fast ice.
1455 - 1525	Break
1525 - 1700	D: All	Discussion and roadmap of the science drivers: Produce work roadmap. Summary of key science questions. List of key deliverables. Identification of routine output products. Synergies. Future investigations.

0900 - 0910	Petra Heil	Review workshop roadmap.
		Status of the analysis of the Antarctic sea-ice Envisat ASAR data
0910 - 0950	Ron Kwok	Defining science requirements for Antarctic ice motion.
0950 - 1030	Cathy Geiger	Near real-time regional high-resolution sea-ice motion tracking.
1030 - 1110	Christian Haas	Update on the GlobIce project.
1110 - 1130	Break
1130 - 1210	Rob Massom	Fast-ice deliniation and ice-motion tracking using IMCORR.
1210 - 1250	Takenobu Toyota	Retrieval of ice thickness distribution in the seasonal ice zone from L-band SAR.
1250 - 1400	Lunch break
1400 - 1510	D: Rob Massom/ Ron Kwok	Discussion What tools are missing? Are there other tools and techniques that we want to harness? Towards the Antarctic RGPS? Need for (A)SAR working group?
1510 - 1530	Break
		Update on IPY field projects on Antarctic sea ice incl. drifting buoys
1530 - 1600	Petra Heil/Rob Massom	SIPEX 2007
1600 - 1630	Cathy Geiger/Petra Heil	BeARS 2007 & 2009/10 Odden cruises
1630 - 1700	Ted Maksym	FOCAS 2007 and the 2009 BAS cruise
1700 - 1730	D: All	Discussion & update workshop roadmap.

0850 - 0900	Petra Heil	Review workshop roadmap.
		Applications using ASAR data
0900 - 0930	Sandra Krutzky	Drift and ice production in the Larsen Region, Weddell Sea.
0930 - 1000	Thomas Krumpen	Sea-ice dynamics in the Laptev Sea using ASAR data.
1000 - 1030	Burcu Ozsoy-Cicek	Remote Sensing of Sea Ice during SIMBA 07.
1030 - 1050	Break
1050 - 1120	Ted Maksym	Demonstration of Antarctic Polarview
1120 - 1150	Rob Massom	Use of SeaIceView during SIPEX and beyond.
1150 - 1300	D: Cathy Geiger/ Christian Haas	Hands on: Identify requirements for ship/experimental support ship-shore communication data accessibility.
1300 - 1410	Lunch break
1410 - 1440	Christian Haas	Overview of IPAB drifting buoy activities during IPY.
1440 - 1530	D: Petra Heil/ Takenobu Toyota	Field related issues: Options and a foreward strategy for Antarctic buoy experiments. What parameters are not sampled for at all? Gaps (spatial or temporally) in in situ sampling?
1530 - 1550	Break
1550 - 1645	D: Ron Kwok	Future ASAR data requests: Gaps in (A)SAR data? (Temporal or spatial scale, coverage). Target for future (A)SAR data requests.
1645 - 1700	D: All	Update workshop roadmap.

0850 - 0900	Petra Heil	Review workshop roadmap. Note: Highlight the key science questions posed for ESA IPY projects.
		Recent science results: Sea-ice processes.
0900 - 0930	Seelye Martin	Antarctic polynyas
0930 - 1000	Rob Massom	Fast ice
1000 - 1030	Cathy Geiger	Buoy/ASAR analysis
1030 - 1100	Petra Heil	Buoy drift or Mosaic of Antarctic sea-ice
1100 - 1130	Break
1130 - 1300	D: Seelye Martin/ Rob Massom	What answers can we provide? What new science questions have arisen from this meeting?
1300 - 1400	Lunch break
1400 - 1500	D: Petra Heil/ Christian Haas	Summarize workshop discussions, final workshop roadmap, and input to workshop white paper (EOS/CliC?).
1500 - 1520	Break
1520 - 1630	D: Petra Heil/ Christian Haas	Summarize workshop discussions. Cont.
1630 - 1700	Petra Heil	Closing remarks and map towards next workshop.

0900 - 1230	Rob/Cathy/Petra/others as available	Workshop report. EOS/CliC draft: Bullet points, WWW link, Figures.
1230 - 1330	Lunch break
1330 - 1630	Rob/Cathy/Petra/others as available	Cont. EOS/CliC draft.

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