Errata! The meeting is this year, Dec 11, 2016.
From: jeffreyskargel@hotmail.com
To: cryolist@cryolist.org
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2016 12:17:15 +0000
Subject: [CRYOLIST] High Mountain Hazards, Pre-AGU 1-day workshop
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From: jeffreyskargel@hotmail.com
To: cryolist@cryolist.org
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2016 12:17:15 +0000
Subject: [CRYOLIST] High Mountain Hazards, Pre-AGU 1-day workshop
Dear Cryosphere colleagues,
On December 11, 2017, I and NASA's David Green will be hosting a sequence of two 1-day workshops in San Francisco, CA, USA on "High Mountain Hazards and Disasters: Satellite Observations." The first meeting will be more from the science-applications side, and the second more from the disaster management side. The goal is to provide input on glacier-related high-mountain multihazard processes/disasters to CEOS (Committee on Earth Observation Satellites)-- Disasters Working Group, and hopefully to establish one or more new focus regions (at least the Northern Andes) for intensive satellite observations and to provide a multihazard/glacier perspective on and support for established focus areas (Nepal and U.S. Cascades). Below is the notional set of outcomes and the specific agenda (both still in development). The ultimate outcome will be an enormous amount of multi-satellite/multi-sensor remote sensing observations over glacier areas that are pertinent to multihazard process cascades and to disaster management. This will NOT be simply an extension of AGU, though there will be opportunities to present applications-focused science of multi-hazard glacier-related processes. If you are interested in joining as a participant (either giving a 5- to 20-minute talk, or not), please contact me. If you have previously responded, no need for further response unless your availability has changed.
Sincerely,
Jeff Kargel
OUTCOMES
From pre-AGU meeting: a written set of meeting proceedings (list of meeting participants and contact info; meeting agenda; powerpoints of those people who allow them to be used; report on recommendations on regions of interest, focusing on one (two at most) new proposed CEOS hotspots-- Northern Andes at least-- and supporting two existing ones (Nepal and US Cascades). The report will:
1. Specify each of those regions.
2. Show the distribution of glaciers, the epicenters of the largest historic earthquakes and sites of some of the most notable multihazard high mountain disasters in each of those regions.
3. For one or two "new" proposed CEOS hotspots, present brief summaries of those disasters
-- process sequences
-- impacts of people and infrastructure
-- any mitigation activities
-- and will use a selection of satellite data to make illustrations.
4. Use a science-applications traceability matrix approach (tabular form) to show linkages:
-- from the hazard process components of the historic disasters
-- to time scales and observable Earth surface changes associated with those processes
-- to satellite-based measurement and analysis needs
-- to satellite observations needed (using existing CEOS-system and USGov civilian satellites)
-- to end users and their needs
Outcomes from meeting #2 (participants mostly from the disaster-managment side):
Exactly the same as above, but the report will of course be modified and expanded in sections 1 through 4, and will have two added sections:
5. Disaster managers', regional organizational, and industrial concerns' perspectives on the science-applications traceability matrix
-- Contributors may be government agency reps, NGO reps, hydropower or urban development reps, etc.
-- A set of narratives, from a paragraph to a page or whatever they want to provide
-- Illustrated with figures, or not, as the managers and other end users prefer
6. Final recommendations to CEOS
-- Brief indication of recommended regions (referring to parts 1 and 2)
-- Recommendations of satellite observations (sensors, observation plans)
-- Recommendations on disaster response observations
-- Recommendations on disaster recovery observations (from end users
-- Outline and listing of the proposed regional CEOS hotpot organizations, personnel, and contact info
-- Recommendations for how to move forward from satellite data acquisitions toward actual end uses (moving data, analyzing data, funding activity, moving from monitoring to surge/disaster mode, etc.)
The final report might be a citable and nicely prepared NASA technical report.
PROVISIONAL AGENDA (Dec. 11, San Francisco, venue TBD):
MORNING: 8:00 - 12:30
0. Greet and light breakfast (fruit, bagels, danish, coffee, tea, water, juice) I'll just buy it out of pocket. 30 minutes.
1. Introduction of the meeting and its purpose and agenda, explain also about meeting #2. Kargel moderate, 5 minutes.
2. Find two reporteurs: 2 minutes
3. Around-the-room personal/professional introductions. 10 minutes.
4. What is CEOS and the CEOS Hazards/Disasters working group? Green moderate, 5 minutes
5. What specifically do we hope to get out of this meeting? Green moderate, 5 minutes
6. Brief science presentations (5-15 minutes each) on multihazard hotspots
Probably about 14 presentations, start with eight of them, 10 minutes average each one. 80 minutes. Kargel moderate.
7. 25 minutes break
8. Six more science presentations, 60 minutes. Green moderate.
9. What satellites/sensors' data can we bring to bear? 15 minutes. Green
10. Group freeform discussion: Where are the multihazard hotspots? Make a list. 15 minutes. Kargel.
13 minutes to spare.
11. Lunch 90 minutes.
AFTERNOON, 2 PM- 4:45 PM
12. Group coordinated discussion: What are the attributes of multihazards, their frequency, their associated vulnerabilities and overall risks (Ranked list of various regions) 45 minutes. Kargel.
13. What satellite data are available and abundant? 30 minutes. Green.
14. Of this list and the highly ranked regions (meaning high hazard, multihazard processes, high risk), who is willing to sign onto a specific region to serve as a region advocate and scientific expert for (a) development of a proposal/presentation to CEOS, and (b) analysis of a snippet of acquired data? Around the room: 15 minutes. Kargel.
15. Group discussion: Fitting into the High Mountain Asia program and other regional and global programs. 15 minutes. Green.
16. Develop outline of a report/proposal/presentation to CEOS Disasters group. With writing assignments and deadlines. Discuss
a written report of the meeting, and where we go next. 30 minutes. (Kargel)
17. Thank you and invitation to continue activities and solicit further community interest. 5 minutes. (Kargel & Green)
25 more minutes to spare.
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