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Monday, 27 October 2003 01:00 pm
BAY AUDITORIUM
I. Changes on Land
Topics such as, but not limited to, snow cover; permafrost; glaciers; hydrology; species composition, distribution, and abundance; subsistence harvesting; carbon (CO2 and methane)
Co-chairs: Matthew Sturm, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
Bruce Forbes, University of Lapland
Presentations  
01:00 pm Terrestrial Changes in Polar Regions, Evidence, Attribution and Implications
Larry D. Hinzman
01:15 pm GTN-P Monitoring Network: Detection of a 3 K Permafrost Warming In Northern Alaska During the 1990's
Gary D. Clow, Frank E. Urban
01:30 pm Effects of Climate Change on Tundra Ecosystems
Greg Henry
01:45 pm The Contribution of Alaska's Glaciers to Global Sea Level Rise
Keith Echelmeyer, William Harrison, Craig Lingle, Martin Truffer (Presenting Author), Anthony Arendt,
Virginia Valentine, Sandy Zirnheld

02:00 pm Hydrological Changes in NW Canada
Philip Marsh
02:15 pm Arctic Change: Humans as Passengers and Drivers
Bruce Forbes
02:30 pm BREAK
02:45 pm Historical Changes in Seasonal Freeze and Thaw Depths in Russia
Oliver W. Frauenfeld, Tingjun Zhang, Roger G. Barry, David Gilichinsky
02:50 pm Degradation of Ice Wedges in Northern Alaska in Response to Recent Warmer Temperatures
Torre Jorgenson, Erik Pullman, Yuri Shur (Presenting Author)
02:55 pm Modeling Evidence for Recent Warming of the Arctic Soil Thermal Regime as
Derived with a Finite-Difference Heat-Conduction Model

Christoph Oelke, Tingjun Zhang, Mark C. Serreze

03:00 pm Measured Climate Induced Volume Changes of Three Glaciers and
Current Glacier-Climate Response Prediction

Dennis C. Trabant, Rod S. March, Leif H. Cox, Will D. Harrison, Edward G. Josberger
03:05 pm Pan-Arctic Observations of Interannual Snowmelt Change and Application to Flood Forecast
Son V. Nghiem, Gregory Neumann, Matthew Sturm, Donald K. Perovich
03:10 pm Potential Factors Contributing to Long-term Increases in Discharge from Large Eurasian Drainage Basins:
A Preliminary Analysis
Charles J. Vörösmarty, Richard Lammers, Mark Fahnestock, Steve Frolking, Michael Rawlins, Alexander I. Shiklomanov, Mark Serreze, Richard Armstrong, Christoph Oelke, Tingjun Zhang, Bruce J. Peterson, Robert M. Holmes, James W. McClelland
03:15 pm Streamflow Changes over the Large Siberian Watersheds: Natural Variation vs. Human Impact
Daqing Yang, Douglas L. Kane, Baisheng Ye
03:20 pm Permafrost Thawing and Hydrologic Response Over the Russian Arctic Drainage Basin
Tingjun Zhang, Roger G. Barry, Mark Serreze, Daqing Yang, Andrew J. Etringer, David Gilichinsky,
Oliver Frauenfeld, Hengchun Ye, Christoph Oelke, Feng Ling, Sveta Chudinova

03:25 pm Changes in the Environment and Ecology at Toolik Lake, Alaska
John E. Hobbie
03:30 pm Eighteen Years of Vegetation Monitoring in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska
Janet C. Jorgenson
03:35 pm Detecting Arctic Climate Change Using Köppen Climate Classification
Muyin Wang, James E. Overland
03:40 pm The Response of the Alaskan Boreal Forest to a Warming Climate
Valerie A. Barber, Glenn P. Juday, Martin Wilmking
03:45 pm Atmosphere-Ocean Teleconnections and Alaskan Forest Fires
Paul A. Duffy, John E. Walsh, Daniel H. Mann, Scott Rupp
03:50 pm Global Boreal Forest Responses to Climate Warming
Glenn P. Juday, Valerie A. Barber, Eugene A. Vaganov, Edward Berg
03:55 pm Discussion
04:30 pm Adjourn to Poster Session
Posters Click here for current list of Posters for all sessions, with a searchable interface.
Appearing alphabetically below is a preliminary list of posters for this session.
  Simulated Water and Energy Fluxes of the Pan-Arctic Land Region
Jennifer C. Adam, Fengge Su, Dennis P. Lettenmaier
  Late-Holocene Lake-Level Variation in West Greenland
Frank A. Aebly, Sherilyn C. Fritz
  Rapid Wastage of Alaska Glaciers: the Search for Climatic Causes
Anthony Arendt, Keith Echelmeyer, William Harrison, Craig Lingle, Virginia Valentine, Sandra Zirnheld
  The Response of the Alaskan Boreal Forest to a Warming Climate
Valerie A. Barber, Glenn P. Juday, Martin Wilmking
  Changes in River Runoff over the East-Siberian Sea Basin
Sveta Berezovskaya
  The Development of Long-term and Spatially Representative Permafrost Databases
Jerry Brown, Vladimir Romanovsky, Frederick Nelson, Kenneth Hinkel, Gary Clow, Roger Barry, Sharon Smith
  The Chemical Composition of Snow Across Northwestern Alaska and the Potential Ramifications of a Warming Arctic
Thomas A. Douglas, Matthew Sturm
  Atmosphere-Ocean Teleconnections and Alaskan Forest Fires
Paul A. Duffy, John E. Walsh, Daniel H. Mann, Scott Rupp
  International Polar Year 2007-2008
Chris Elfring, Sheldon Drobot
  Observation of Snowmelt Progression in Northern Alaska with Spaceborne Active Microwave
Richard R. Forster, Lynne Baumgras
  Historical Changes in Seasonal Freeze and Thaw Depths in Russia
Oliver W. Frauenfeld, Tingjun Zhang, Roger G. Barry, David Gilichinsky
  Direct Observation of Winter Sublimation and its Effects on the Arctic Climate
Yoshinobu Harazono, Walter C. Oechel, Akira Miyata
  Lightweight Shallow Ice Coring and Borehole Logging Can Provide Decadal- to Millenial-Scale Indicators of Climate Change Around the Arctic Basin
Robert L. Hawley, Edwin D. Waddington, Joseph R. McConnell, Dale P. Winebrenner
  In Search of the Younger Dryas at Elikchan Lake, Northeast Siberia
Heather D. Heuser, Patricia M. Anderson, Linda B. Brubaker, Ron S. Sletten, Thomas A. Brown
  Consideration of Permafrost Thaw as a Significant Contributor to Increasing Eurasian Arctic River Discharge
Robert M. Holmes, James W. McClelland, Bruce J. Peterson
  Carbon Storage and the Role of Cryoturbation in the High Arctic: Thule, Greenland
Jennifer L. Horwath, Ronald S. Sletten
  Global Boreal Forest Responses to Climate Warming
Glenn P. Juday, Valerie A. Barber, Eugene A. Vaganov, Edward Berg
  Extreme Runoff Events in Arctic Alaska
Douglas L. Kane, Larry D. Hinzman, James P. McNamara, Daqing Yang
  Arctic Ungulates in a Changing Climate
David R. Klein
  R-ArcticNet v3.0 - A New and Improved River Discharge Database to Meet the Needs of High-Latitude Geoscientific Research
Richard B. Lammers, Alexander Shiklomanov, Charles Vörösmarty
  The Spatio-Temporal Pattern of Peatland Development in the Western Siberian Lowlands and the Potential Impact of Northern Peatlands on the Global Carbon Cycle
Glen M. MacDonald, Lawerence Smith, Konstantine Kremenetski, Yongwei Sheng, David Beilman, Karen Frey, Andrei Velichko
  High-Resolution Imagery and Terrain Model for Collaborative Research of Environmental Change at Barrow, Alaska
William F. Manley, Leanne R. Lestak, Craig E. Tweedie, James A. Maslanik
  Trends and Variability in Pan-Arctic Springtime Thaw Monitored with Spaceborne Microwave Remote Sensing
Kyle C. McDonald, John S. Kimball, Eni Njoku, Steven W. Running
  Warm Times/Cold Times in Iceland: Are the Last 500 Years Representative of Holocene Climate Variability?
Gifford H. Miller, Aslaug Geirsdottir, Jessica Black
  Pan-Arctic Observations of Interannual Snowmelt Change and Application to Flood Forecast
Son V. Nghiem, Gregory Neumann, Matthew Sturm, Donald K. Perovich
  The SEARCH for New DEMs in the Arctic
Matt Nolan
  Modeling Evidence for Recent Warming of the Arctic Soil Thermal Regime as Derived with a Finite-Difference Heat-Conduction Model
Christoph Oelke, Tingjun Zhang, Mark C. Serreze
  Rain-On-Snow Events Impact Soil Temperatures and Affect Ungulate Survival
Jaakko Putkonen
  Linking Cassiope tetragona Growth and Reproduction to High Arctic Cimate and the Arctic Oscillation
Shelly A. Rayback, Greg H. Henry
  Spatial Variability of the Active-layer Thickness: Observations, Analysis, and Modeling
Nikolay I. Shiklomanov, Frederick E. Nelson
  Toward Assessment of the Role of Physical/Chemical Processes in Soil Carbon Cycling in the High Arctic: Thule, Greenland
Ronald S. Sletten, Birgit Hagedorn, Jennifer L. Horwath, Bernard Hallet
  In Situ Warming Chambers Stimulate Early Season Production of Eriophorum Vaginatum Leaves and Roots
Patrick Sullivan, Jeffrey Welker
  Photography-based Measurements of the Expansion of Shrubs in Northern Alaska
Kenneth D. Tape, Charles Racine, Matthew Sturm
  Measured Climate Induced Volume Changes of Three Glaciers and Current Glacier-Climate Response Prediction
Dennis C. Trabant, Rod S. March, Leif H. Cox, Will D. Harrison, Edward G. Josberger
  Biocomplexity of Frost Boil Ecosystems: Models for Analyzing Self-Organization Across the Arctic Bioclimate Gradient
Donald (Skip) Walker
  The Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map: A Tool for Analysis of Change in the Arctic
Donald (Skip) Walker, Martha Raynolds, Hilmar Maier
  Detecting Arctic Climate Change Using Köppen Climate Classification
Muyin Wang, James E. Overland
  Coupling of Carbon and Water in High Arctic Ecosystems
Jeffrey M. Welker, Ronald Sletten, Bernard Hallet, Josh Schimel, Birgit Hagadorn, Heidi Steltzer, Paddy Sullivan, Jennifer Horwath
  Streamflow Changes over the Large Siberian Watersheds: Natural Variation vs. Human Impact
Daqing Yang, Douglas L. Kane, Baisheng Ye
  Groundwater Discharge and Periglacial Processes in the Foothills of the Brooks Range, North Slope, Alaska
Kenji Yoshikawa, Larry Hinzman, Douglas Kane
 
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