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GLOBAL CRYOSPHERE WATCH (GCW)
CryoNet Asia Workshop

Second Session

 

Salekhard, Russian Federation

2-5 February 2016

 

GCW-CNA-2/Doc.1.2 Rev. 1

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Date: 09.12.2015

 

AGENDA ITEM: 1.2

 

Original:  ENGLISH

DRAFT AGENDA

 

VENUE:

(a) Conference Hall (prospect Molodezhi, 9, room 332), YaNAO Administration, Salekhard, Russian Federation (plenary sessions)

(b) Ob’ river between the towns of Labytnangi and Salekhard (fieldwork)

 

Tuesday, 2 February 2016

 

08:00-09:00 Participants registration

 

09:00-10:30

1          ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION (Chair: V. Smolyanitsky)

1.1       Welcome and opening of the session (YaNAO administration, Roshydromet, WMO)

1.2       Adoption of the Agenda          

1.3       Working arrangements, information for participants and material arrangements

1.4       Round-table introduction of participants

 

10:30-11:00 Coffee break and group photo

 

11:00-12:30

2          STATUS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF GLOBAL CRYOSPHERE WATCH (GCW)

2.1       GCW Overview (15 min) (J. Key)

2.2       Role and status of the GCW Steering Group (15 min) (J. Key)

2.3       Status report on CryoNet (15 min) (W. Schöner)

2.4       GCW Data Portal (15 minutes) (Ø. Godøy)

2.5       Outcome of the 1st CryoNet Asia Workshop (15 min) (C. Xiao)

2.6       Outcome of the 1st CryoNet South America Workshop (15 min) (W. Schöner)

 

12:30-14:00 Lunch break in Yuribey hotel

 

14:00-18:00 (including coffee break 15:30-16:00)

3          CRYOSPHERIC ACTIVITIES IN ASIA (15 min each)

3.1       Presentations by participants from Asia

3.2       Presentation on Russian national best practices for cryospheric measurements

3.3       Cooperation with IAEA (S. Verkulich)

 

18:00 End of the Day

 

18:30 – 20:30 Reception by YaNAO Administration

 

Wednesday, 3 February 2016

 

09:00-10:00

4               PROCEDURE FOR SELECTION OF CRYONET STATIONS IN ASIA

4.1       CryoNet Asia Sites Questionnaire & Responses (10 min) (J. Key, W. Schöner)

4.2       Procedure for Selection (15 min) (W. Schöner)

4.3       Connection of CryoNet stations to the GCW data portal (20min) (Ø. Godøy)

4.4       Discussion on observational gaps by components (snow, glaciers and ice caps, ice sheets, permafrost, sea ice, lake ice, solid precipitation) (15 min) (V. Smolyanitsky, E. Charpentier)

 

10:00-10:30 Coffee break

 

10:30-12:30

5. POTENTIAL STATIONS OF CRYONET ASIA

5.1 Experiences from a large scale automatic monitoring network (20 min) (M. Citterio)

5.2 Session 1: Arctic and sub-arctic stations/sites (Chair: V. Smolyanitsky)

 

12:30-14:00 Lunch break in Yuribey hotel

 

14:00-18:00 (including coffee break 15:30 – 16:00)

 

5. POTENTIAL STATIONS OF CRYONET ASIA (Cont’d)

5.2       Session 2: Other cold regions stations/sites (Chair: V. Aizen)

5.3       Session 3: High Mountain stations/sites

5.4       Presentation by YaNAO experts on ‘Belij Island’ observatory as a potential CryoNet station

 

18:00 End of the Day

 

Thursday, 4 February 2016 (following weather conditions may be shifted to +/- day)

 

08:00-12:00 (Including Coffee break 10:00-10:30)

6          OBSERVATIONS & MEASUREMENTS (V. Smolyanitsky)

6.1       Fieldwork at a site on river Ob (focusing on fresh water river ice, snow).

 

12:00 – 13:30 Cultural program (Review excursion in Salekhard town and visit to Obdorskiy burg)

 

13:30-14:30 Lunch break in Yuribey hotel

 

15:00 – 18:00 Cultural program (visit to Yamal-Nenets museum)

 

Friday, 5 February 2016

 

09:00-13:00 (including coffee break 10:30 – 11:00)

 

7          OBSERVATIONS & MEASUREMENTS (practices applied in Asia) (20-35 minutes each)

7.1       Standards and best practices for cryospheric measurements used by GCW – A work in progress (W. Schöner)

7.2       Current methods of measurement of the cryosphere in Asia – consistency and issues (C. Xiao,

V. Aizen, W. Schöner)

7.3       New measurements techniques (C. Xiao, V. Aizen, W. Schöner)

7.4       Automatic glacier ablation measurement instruments (M. Citterio)

7.5       New sensor techniques for cryospheric measurements (M. Bennett)

7.6       Consolidation of a list of the GCW standards for RA-II

                                                                                                                                      

13:00-14:00 Lunch break in Yuribey hotel

 

14:00-18:00 (including coffee break 15:30 – 16:00)

 

8          SUMMARY & WAY FORWARD FOR CRYONET ASIA (Chair: J. Key)

8.1       Summary of Sessions 1 to 3 (40 min) (V. Smolyanitsky, V. Aizen, C. Xiao)

 

8.2       Discussion on:

·        Data archiving, data policy and data sharing (Ø. Godøy) (30 min)

·        Further building of CryoNet Asia (V. Smolyanitsky) (30 min)

·        Management of CryoNet Asia (V. Smolyanitsky, C. Xiao) (30 min)

8.3       Formation of regional Cryonet-Asia WG

 

9          CLOSURE OF MEETING (YaNAO administration, WMO)

 

18:00 End of the Meeting

 

18:00 – 20:30 Cultural program (visit to cultural – ethnographic facility “Gornoknyaz’evsk” (also this link) with no-host “local cuisine” dinner – 2500 RUB - ~ 35 USD)