AGU Fall Meeting 2017
More than 24,000 Earth and space scientists, educators, students, and other leaders around the world gather at the AGU Fall Meeting to interact with colleagues, present and discuss scientific advances, and cultivate their enthusiasm for science.
The 2017 meeting takes place Monday 11 – Friday 15 December 2017.
Below is a list of PSC research presenters and panel members in the 2017 Fall Meeting Program:
| Monday, 11 December 2017 |
| C13H-07 Bridging the Scientific and Indigenous Communities to Study Sea Ice Change in Arctic Alaska Monday, 11 December 2017 15:10 – 15:25 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center – 275-277 |
| Authors: Andrew R Mahoney, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Christopher J Zappa, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; Sarah Renee Betcher, Farthest North Films; , Donna Hauser; Alex Whiting, Native Village of Kotzebue; John Goodwin, Community of Kotzebue; Cyrus Harris, Community of Kotzebue; Bobby Schaefer, Community of Kotzbue; Ross Schaefer, Community of Kotzbue |
C14A-01 Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG): 2017 Observations and the First Look at Yearly Ocean/Ice Changes Monday, 11 December 2017 16:00 – 16:15 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center – 271-273 |
| Authors: Josh K Willis, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Eric J Rignot, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Ian G Fenty, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Ala Khazendar, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Delwyn Moller, Remote Sensing Solutions, Inc.; Kirsty J Tinto, Columbia University; James Morison; Michael Schodlok, University of California Los Angeles; Andrew F Thompson, California Institute of Technology; Ichiro Fukumori, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; David Holland, New York University; Rene Forsberg, DTU Space; Martin Jakobsson, Stockholm University;Steven J Dinardo, Jet Propulsion Lab |
| Tuesday, 12 December 2017 |
| C21B-1123: Summertime heat and Arctic ice retreat: the role of solar heat on bottom melting of Arctic sea ice Tuesday, 12 December 2017 08:00 – 12:20 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center – Poster Hall D-F |
| Authors: Cameron Planck, Dartmouth College; Donald K Perovich, Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth; Bonnie Light |
| C21B-1122: Synoptic weather conditions, clouds, and sea ice in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seasonal Ice Zone Tuesday, 12 December 2017 08:00 – 12:20 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center – Poster Hall D-F |
| Authors: Zheng Liu; Axel J B Schweiger |
| C21G-1187 Spatial and Temporal Means and Variability of Arctic Sea Ice Climate Indicators from Satellite Data Tuesday, 12 December 2017 08:00 – 12:20 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center – Poster Hall D-F |
| Authors: Ge Peng, NC State University and NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI); Walt Meier, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Angela C Bliss, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Michael Steele; Suzanne Dickinson |
| G23B-01: Trends in ice sheet mass balance, 1992 to 2017 Tuesday, 12 December 2017 13:40 – 13:55 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center – 222 |
Authors: Andrew Shepherd, University of Leeds; Erik Roman Ivins, Caltech/JPL; Ben Smith; Isabella Velicogna, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Pippa L Whitehouse, Durham University; Eric J Rignot, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Michiel R van den Broeke, Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht; Kate Briggs, University of Leeds; Anna Hogg, CPOM, University of Leeds; Gerhard Krinner, LGGE Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l’Environnement; Ian R Joughin; Sophie Nowicki, NASA GSFC; Antony John Payne, University of Bristol; Ted Scambos, National Snow and Ice Data Center; Nicole Schlegel, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Gorka Moyano, isardSAT; Hannes Konrad, University of Leeds |
IN24B-07 Automated protocols for spaceborne sub-meter resolution “Big Data” products for Earth Science Tuesday, 12 December 2017 17:30 – 17:45 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center – 228-230 |
| Authors: Christopher S R Neigh, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Mark Carroll, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Paul Montesano, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Daniel A Slayback, SSAI/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Margaret Wooten, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Alexei Lyapustin, NASA Goddard Space Flight Cen.; David E Shean; Oleg Alexandrov, NASA Ames Research Center; Matthew J Macander, ABR Inc.; Compton J Tucker, NASA Goddard Space Flight Cen. |
| Wednesday, 13 December 2017 |
C31D-01: The Sea-Ice Floe Size Distribution Wednesday, 13 December 2017 08:00 – 08:15 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center – 271-273 |
Authors: Harry L Stern; Axel J B Schweiger; Jinlun Zhang; Michael Steele |
C31D-02: Collapse of the winter Beaufort High associated with the pan-Arctic intrusion of North Atlantic cyclones: A response to thinning sea ice? Wednesday, 13 December 2017 08:15 – 08:30 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center – 271-273 |
Authors: Kent Moore, University of Toronto; Axel J B Schweiger; Jinlun Zhang; Michael Steele |
A32B-04 Estimating radiative feedbacks from stochastic fluctuations in surface temperature and energy imbalance Wednesday, 13 December 2017 11:05 – 11:20 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center – 392 |
Authors: Cristian Proistosescu, Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and the Ocean, University of Washington, Seattle; Aaron Donohoe; Kyle Armour, University of Washington, Seattle; Gerard Roe, University of Washington, Seattle; Malte F Stuecker, University of Washington, Seattle; Cecilia M Bitz, University of Washington, Seattle |
C33A-1172: Partitioning GRACE ice loss for the Juneau Icefield using modeling, airborne and ground observations Wednesday, 13 December 2017 13:40 – 18:00 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center – Poster Hall D-F |
| Authors: Joanna C Young, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Anthony A Arendt; Erin C Pettit, University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| C33C-1204: Winter-to-summer transition of Arctic sea ice breakup and floe size distribution in the Beaufort Sea Wednesday, 13 December 2017 13:40 – 18:00 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center – Poster Hall D-F |
| Authors: Phil Byongjun Hwang, Scottish Association for Marine Science; Jeremy Wilkinson, British Antarctic Survey; Ted Maksym, WHOI; Hans Christian Graber, University of Miami; Axel J B Schweiger; Christopher Horvat, Harvard University; Donald K Perovich, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory; Alexandra E Arntsen, Dartmouth College; Timothy P Stanton, Naval Postgraduate School; Jinchang Ren, University of Strathclyde; Peter Wadhams, University of Cambridge |
| C33C-1205 Seasonal evolution of the Arctic marginal ice zone and its power-law obeying floe size distribution Wednesday, 13 December 2017 13:40 – 18:00 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center – Poster Hall D-F |
| Authors: Jinlun Zhang; Harry L Stern; Axel J B Schweiger; Michael Steele; Phil Byongjun Hwang, Scottish Association for Marine Science |
| C33A-1175 Quantifying Glacier Stream Contribution by Fusing Remotely Sensed Glacier Mass-Balance and Hydrological Models in Olympic National Park, Washington, USA Wednesday, 13 December 2017 13:40 – 18:00 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center – Poster Hall D-F |
| Authors: Justin M Pflug, University of Washington; BIll Baccus, National Park Service; Jon L Riedel, National Park Service; David E Shean; Jessica Lundquist, University of Washington |
| C33D-1222 Advances in Mapping Debris Thickness of Debris-Covered Glaciers in the Nepal Himalaya Wednesday, 13 December 2017 13:40 – 18:00 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center – Poster Hall D-F |
Authors: David Rounce, University of Texas at Austin; Owen King, NERC British Antarctic Survey; Michael McCarthy, NERC British Antarctic Survey; David E Shean; Franco Salerno, CNR |
C33B-1196 Greater Role of Geostrophic Currents on Ekman Dynamics in the Western Arctic Ocean as a Mechanism for Beaufort Gyre Stabilization Wednesday, 13 December 2017 13:40 – 18:00 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center – Poster Hall D-F |
| Authors: Michael Steele; Wenli Zhong; Jinlun Zhang; Jinping Zhao, Ocean Univ of China |
| C33D-1231 NASA’s High Mountain Asia Team (HiMAT): collaborative research to study changes of the High Asia region Wednesday, 13 December 2017 13:40 – 18:00 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center – Poster Hall D-F |
| Authors: Anthony A Arendt; Paul Houser, George Mason University; Sarah B Kapnick, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory; Jeffrey S Kargel, Planetary Science Institute Tucson; Dalia Kirschbaum, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Sujay Kumar, NASA GSFC; Steven A Margulis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles; Kyle C McDonald, CUNY City College of New York; Batuhan Osmanoglu, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Thomas H Painter, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Bruce H Raup, University of Colorado at Boulder; Summer Rupper, University of Utah; Si-Chee Tsay, NASA; Isabella Velicogna, Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Thursday, 14 December 2017 |
| C41B-1195 Analysis of High Resolution Satellite imagery to acsees Glacier Mass Balance and Lake Hazards in Sikkim Himalayas Thursday, 14 December 2017 08:00 – 12:20 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center – Poster Hall D-F |
| Authors: Shashank Bhushan, Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad; David E Shean; Umesh K Haritashya, University of Dayton; Anthony A Arendt; Tajdarul HASSAN Syed, Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad; Landung Setiawan, University of Washington |
| C41B-1206: Continuous Monthly Observations of Greenland Ice Sheet Discharge via Improved Multi-Decadal Flux Reconstructions of all Major Outlet Glaciers Thursday, 14 December 2017 08:00 – 12:20 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center – Poster Hall D-F |
| Authors: Michalea D King, Ohio State University Main Campus; Ian Howat, Byrd Polar Research Center, OH St Univ-Earth Sciences; Seongsu Jeong, Ohio State University Main Campus; Myoung-Jong Noh, Byrd Polar Research Center; Ian R Joughin |
| C41A-1176: Unraveling the cause of large surface-height anomalies on Slessor and Recovery glaciers, East Antarctica, with multi-mission data integration Thursday, 14 December 2017 08:00 – 12:20 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center – Poster Hall D-F |
| Authors: Matthew R Siegfried, Stanford University; Susheel Adusumilli, Scripps Institution of Oceanography; Helen Amanda Fricker, Scripps Institution of Oceanography; Ted A Scambos, National Snow and Ice Data Center; Dustin M Schroeder, Stanford University; Benjamin Eaton Smith |
| C41C-1251: Estimating the Heat Production and Distribution across Ice-Stream Shear Margins Using Surface Velocities Thursday, 14 December 2017 08:00 – 12:20 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center – Poster Hall D-F |
| Authors: Nicholas Holschuh, University of Washington Seattle Campus; David Lilien; Knut A Christianson, University of Washington Seattle Campus |
| C41B-1203 Topographic forcing and related uncertainties on glacier surface energy balance in High Mountain Asia Thursday, 14 December 2017 08:00 – 12:20 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center – Poster Hall D-F |
| Authors: Matthew Olson, University of Utah; Summer Rupper, University of Utah; David E Shean |
| C41A-1176 Unraveling the cause of large surface-height anomalies on Slessor and Recovery glaciers, East Antarctica, with multi-mission data integration Thursday, 14 December 2017 08:00 – 12:20 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center – Poster Hall D-F |
| Authors: Matthew R Siegfried, Stanford University; Susheel Adusumilli, Scripps Institution of Oceanography; Helen Amanda Fricker, Scripps Institution of Oceanography; Ted A Scambos, National Snow and Ice Data Center; Dustin M Schroeder, Stanford University; Benjamin Eaton Smith |
| C41E-08 Spatial patterning and persistence of meltwater on ice shelves and the implications for ice shelf collapse Thursday, 14 December 2017 09:45 – 10:00 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center – 275-277 |
| Authors: Alexander Robel, California Institute of Technology; Douglas R MacAyeal, University of Chicago; Victor C Tsai, California Institute of Technology; David E Shean |
| IN42A-07: A Citizen Science Campaign to Validate Snow Remote-Sensing Products Thursday, 14 December 2017 11:50 – 12:05 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center – 231-232 |
| Authors: Katreen Wikstrom Jones, Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys; Gabriel J Wolken, Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys; Anthony A Arendt; David F Hill, Oregon State University; Ryan Landon Crumley, Oregon State University; Landung Setiawan, University of Washington; Brint Markle, Mountain Hub |
| GC43J-04 PIOMAS-20C: Variability of Arctic sea ice thickness and volume over the 20th Century. Thursday, 14 December 2017 14:25 – 14:40 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center – 267-268 |
| Authors: Axel J B Schweiger; Jinlun Zhang; Kevin R Wood, NOAA |
| C43B-04: Improving Snow Modeling by Assimilating Observational Data Collected by Citizen Scientists Thursday, 14 December 2017 14:25 – 14:40 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center – 275-277 |
| Authors: Ryan Landon Crumley, Oregon State University; David F Hill, Oregon State University; Anthony A Arendt; Katreen Wikstrom Jones, Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys; Gabriel J Wolken, Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys; Landung Setiawan, University of Washington |
| Friday, 15 December 2017 |
| C51B-0992: Simulating Ice Shelf Response to Potential Triggers of Collapse Using the Material Point Method Friday, 15 December 2017 08:00 – 12:20 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center – Poster Hall D-F |
| Authors: Alexander Huth; Benjamin Eaton Smith |
| C51A-0958 The Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica (REMA): A High Resolution, Time-Stamped Digital Elevation Model for the Antarctic Ice Sheet Friday, 15 December 2017 08:00 – 12:20 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center – Poster Hall D-F |
| Authors: Ian Howat, OH St Univ-Earth Sciences; Myoung-Jong Noh, Byrd Polar Research Center; Claire C Porter, Polar Geospatial Center; Benjamin Eaton Smith; Paul J Morin, Polar Geospatial Center |
| A54G-02 A moist static energy framework for zonal-mean storm track intensity Friday, 15 December 2017 08:15 – 08:30 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center – La Nouvelle AB |
| Authors: Tiffany Shaw, The University of Chicago; Pragallva Barpanda, The University of Chicago; Aaron Donohoe |
| C51D-08: High-resolution DEMs for High-mountain Asia: A systematic, region-wide assessment of geodetic glacier mass balance and dynamics Friday, 15 December 2017 09:45 – 10:00 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center – 275-277 |
| Authors: David E Shean; Anthony A Arendt; Batuhan Osmanoglu, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Paul Montesano, Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, Code 618, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| C53C-01: Dynamic ocean topography from CryoSat-2: examining recent changes in ice-ocean stress and advancing a theory for Beaufort Gyre stabilization Friday, 15 December 2017 13:40 – 13:55 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center – 271-273 |
| Authors: Sarah Dewey; James Morison; Ronald Kwok, JPL; Suzanne Dickinson; David Morison, University of Utah; Roger Andersen |
| GC53E-0930: The relation between Arctic Ocean circulation and the Arctic Oscillation as revealed by satellite altimetry and gravimetry Friday, 15 December 2017 13:40 – 18:00 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center – Poster Hall D-F |
| Authors: James Morison; Ron Kwok, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Cecilia Peralta Ferriz; Suzanne Dickinson David Morison, University of Utah; Roger Andersen; Sarah Dewey |
| P53H-03 Water ice is water ice: some applications and limitations of Earth analogues to Mars Friday, 15 December 2017 14:10 – 14:25 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center – R09 |
| Authors: Michelle Koutnik, University of Washington; Asmin Pathare, Planetary Science Institute; Edwin D Waddington, University of Washington; Dale P Winebrenner |
| C53D-07 A semi-automated approach to derive elevation time-series and calculate glacier mass balance from historical aerial imagery Friday, 15 December 2017 15:10 – 15:25 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center – 275-277 |
| Authors: Erin Whorton, USGS Washington Water Science Center; Alexander Headman, USGS Washington Water Science Center; David E Shean; Evan McCann, USGS Washington Water Science Center |
| P53H-07 Mass Fluxes of Ice and Oxygen Across the Entire Lid of Lake Vostok from Observations of Englacial Radiowave Attenuation Friday, 15 December 2017 15:10 – 15:25 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center – R09 |
| Authors: Dale P Winebrenner; Paul M. S. Kintner; Joseph A MacGregor, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| A51O-02 Controls on the meridional extent of tropical precipitation and its contraction under global warming Friday, 15 December 2017 16:15 – 16:30 New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center – La Nouvelle AB |
| Author: Aaron Donohoe |
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