Workshops

Finland 2012 Workshop

Workshop Agenda

Saturday May 19

  • Arrival in Rovaniemi, check into hotel, evening gathering at a local restaurant. Discuss DUE permafrost participation.
 

Sunday May 20

Meeting at the Arctic Centre: Morning and afternoon: Synthesis papers from the project: Half hour for each paper, please allow at least 5 minutes for discussion. If you do not need 30 minutes for your presentation we can adjust the schedule to make the day a bit shorter.

Morning

  • 9:00 — Walker: Welcome and Overview of Eurasia Arctic transect and comparison with North America Transect
  • 10:00 — Heim, Buchhorn, Bartsch: Summary of DUE Permafrost activities at Vaskiny Dachi
  • 10:30 — Leibman: Summary of the Russian contribution to the LCLUC project
  • 11:00 — Coffee
  • 11:30 — Orekhov: General environment and climate of the EAT
  • 12:00 — Forbes: Summary of the Finnish contribution to the LCLUC project
  • 12:30 — Kumpula: Summary of GIS and remote sensing studies in the Bovanenkovo region
  • 13:00 — Raynolds: Results from cumulative change studies in the Prudhoe Bay oil field, AK (1949-2010)
  • 13:30 — Lunch at local restaurant

Afternoon

  • 14:30 — Leibman: Active layer investigations along the EAT
  • 15:00 — Khomutov: Database of EAT permafrost information
  • 15:30 — Matyshak: Synthesis of soil results from the EAT
  • 16:00 — Coffee
  • 16:30 — Khitun: Botanical overview of the Yamal Peninsula
  • 17:00 — Ermokina: Landslide vegetation of the Vaskiny Dachi area
  • 17:30 — Ukraintseva and Korobova: Summary of willow studies on the Vaskiny Dachi landslides
  • 18:00 — Frost: Results of the 2010 expedition to the Kharp site
  • 19:00 — Dinner at local restaurant
 

Monday May 21

Meeting at the Arctic Centre

  • 9:00 — Poster Session
  • 10:00 — Discussion of plans for NASA final report and publication of synthesis papers
  • 11:00 — Coffee
  • 11:30 — Continued discussion of synthesis
  • 13:00 — Lunch at Arctic Center
  • 14:00 — Planning for 2013 ROSES proposal, Step 1 due Dec 1, 2012; Step 2 due Jun 13, 2013
  • 15:30 — Wrap up and adjourn

Posters

  • Bhatt Bieniek et al: Summary of the GOA climate investigations
  • Epstein: Results of the NDVI and biomass studies along the EAT
  • Ermokina: Vegetation of the Kharp site
  • Forbes: Summary of willow investigations
  • Heim (poster or talk if able to attend): Summary of DUE Permafrost investigations on Yamal
  • Khomutov: Summary of Ph.D. dissertation, Landslide investigations on the Yamal Peninsula
  • Moskalenko: Summary of LCLUC vegetation observations from Nadym, Laborovaya, Vaskiny Dachi and Kharasavey
  • Walker: Biomass of cryptogamic soil crusts on Hayes Island
  • Yu: Modeling effects of grazing and climate change on the Yamal Peninsula
  • Others?
 

Get In Touch

The Alaska Geobotany Center is located on the West Ridge of the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus. Our office is located in room 252, on the second floor of the Arctic Health Research Building.

  • Address

    Institute of Arctic Biology
    311 Irving
    P.O. Box 757000
    Fairbanks, Alaska
    United States
  • Phone

    907 / 474-2459
  • Email

    Email AGC