UAF researchers’ posters and talks at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Dec. 14-18, 2015, San Francisco.
MONDAY, 14 DECEMBER 2015
MORNING POSTERS 08:00 - 12:20
Moscone South - Poster Hall
B11G-0518 Using a Whole-stream Approach to Quantify Headwater Yedoma DOC Processing Rates in NE Siberia, Russia Joanne Heslop.
C11C-0783 Tracking glaciers with the Alaska seismic network
Michael Edwin West
GC11F-1083 Climate Variations and Alaska Tundra Vegetation Productivity Declines in Spring Uma Suren Bhatt.
IN11A-1770 Using SAR Interferometry to Assess Infrastructure Hazards From Frozen Debris Lobes in Northern Alaska David B McAlpin.
IN11A-1772 Making SAR Data Accessible - ASF’s ALOS PALSAR Radiometric Terrain Correction Project Franz J Meyer.
IN11A-1773 Making geospatial data in ASF archive readily accessible Rudiger Gens.
GC11D-1058 “The first step is admitting you have a problem…”: the process of advancing science communication in Landscape Conservation Cooperatives in Alaska Sarah Trainor.
A11C-0083 Environmental Factors Influencing Arctic Halogen Chemistry During Late Spring Justine Burd.
MORNING TALKS
11:20 - 11:30
Moscone West - 3014
GC12B-08 The Alaska Land Carbon Assessment: Baseline and Projected Future Carbon Storage and Greenhouse-gas Fluxes in Ecosystems of Alaska Anthony David McGuire.
11:38 - 11:50
Moscone South - 309
NH12A-05 Reducing disaster risk in rural Arctic communities through effective communication strategies Yekaterina Y Kontar.
12:05 - 12:20
Moscone West - 3009
OS12A-07 Imminent onset and abrupt increase in duration of low aragonite and calcite saturation state events in the Southern Ocean Claudine Hauri.
AFTERNOON POSTERS 13:40 - 18:00
Moscone South - Poster Hall
V13C-3142 A Photogrammetric Approach to Measuring Temporal Change in Tree Kill Areas at Mammoth Mountain and Long Valley Caldera, California John D Barefoot.
SM13B-2491 Influence of Geomagnetic and IMF conditions on High Latitude Upper Atmospheric winds and Temperatures
Manbharat Singh Dhadly.
AFTERNOON TALKS
15:10 - 15:25
Moscone West - 3003
GC13K-07 Changes in tundra vascular plant biomass over thirty years at Imnavait Creek, Alaska, and current ecosystem C and N dynamics. Marion Syndonia Bret-Harte.
17:15 - 17:30
Moscone West - 3005
GC14C-06 Methane emissions in the East Siberian Arctic Shelf: issues addressed and questions raised Natalia E Shakhova.
TUESDAY, 15 DECEMBER 2015
MORNING POSTERS 08:00 - 12:20
Moscone South - Poster Hall
C21C-0758 Declining Sea Ice Extent Links Early Winter Climate to Changing Arctic Lakes Vladimir A Alexeev.
C21C-0754 Ice Regime and Melt-out Timing Cause Divergent Hydrologic Responses among Arctic Lakes Christopher D Arp.
C21C-0752 Active-Layer Soil Moisture Content Regional Variations in Alaska and Russia by Ground-Based and Satellite-Based Methods, 2002 Through 2014 Reginald R Muskett.
C21C-0749 Ice wedge degradation: Why Arctic lowlands are becoming wetter and drier Anna K Liljedahl.
C21C-0755 Impact of shallow water bodies on the permafrost temperature and estimation of risk of thermokarst development at the Barrow Environmental Observatory area. Alexander L Kholodov.
C21A-0713 The Autumn of break-ups: When Jakobshavn Isbrae lost its floating tongue Andy Aschwanden.
MORNING TALKS
09:15 - 09:30
Moscone West - 3007
C21E-06 Effects of a Ground Source Heat Pump in Discontinuous Permafrost Rorik Peterson.
10:35 - 10:50
Moscone West - 3007
C22B-02 GlacierMIP – A Model Intercomparison of Global-scale Glacier Mass-balance Models and Projections Regine Hock
10:35 - 10:50
Moscone West - 2009
SM12B-02 Winds and Ion Drifts Measured in the Thermospheric Footprint of Earth's Northern Magnetic Cusp During the C-REX Sounding Rocket Mission Mark Conde
11:05 - 11:20
Moscone South - 103
ED22B-04 NSF-supported education/outreach program takes young researchers to the Arctic Vladimir A Alexeev.
11:20 - 11:35
Moscone West - 3005
C22A-05 Snow Bedforms Create the Surface Roughness of Polar Snow Simon Filhol.
11:50 - 12:05
Moscone South - 103
ED22B-07 Using Place-Based Independent Class Projects as a Means to Hone Research Skills and Prepare a Future Geospatial Workforce Anupma Prakash.
12:05 - 12:20
Moscone South - 103
ED22B-08 From field schools and the lecture hall to online: Hands-on teaching based on the real science experience worldwide for MOOCs ? Falk Huettmann.
AFTERNOON POSTERS 13:40 - 18:00
Moscone South - Poster Hall
ED23E-0876 A “CASE” Study on Developing Science Communication and Outreach Skills of University Graduate Student Researchers in Alaska Molly E Tedesche and Laura Conner.
GC23B-1138 Diagnosing the drivers of rain on snow events in Alaska using dynamical downscaling Peter Bieniek.
H23B-1581 Sensitivity of Residual Soil Moisture Content in VIC Model Soil Property Parameterizations for Sub-arctic Discontinuous Permafrost Watersheds Abraham Melesse Endalamaw.
GC23J-1219 Initial Conceptualization and Application of the Alaska Thermokarst Model William R Bolton.
GC23K-1233 Field-Based and Airborne Hyperspectral Imaging for Applied Research in the State of Alaska Anupma Prakash.
SM23C-2571 High-resolution observations of convection structure related to Poleward Boundary Intensifications and Auroral Streamers using SuperDARN and Allsky Imagers. William A Bristow.
ED23E-0877 A Tiered Mentoring Model of Exposing and Engaging Students with Research Throughout the Undergraduate Curriculum Jennifer Guerard.
ED23A-0857 Cultivating a Global Pool of Future Geoscientists and Mentors Elena B Sparrow.
ED23C-0871 Integrating World Views, Knowledge and Venues in Climate Science Education Elena B Sparrow.
GC23J-1215 Effects of 45 Years of Heavy Road Traffic and Infrastructure on Permafrost and Tundra at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska Marcel Buchhorn.
AFTERNOON TALK
16:45 - 17:00
Moscone West - 3007
C24A-04 Operation IceBridge Alaska Chris Larsen.
WEDNESDAY, 16 DECEMBER 2015
MORNING POSTERS 08:00 - 12:20
Moscone South - Poster Hall
GC31A-1157 Long-term Variability in Pacific Decadal Oscillation Teleconnections to Climate in Alaska: From "In a Relationship" to "It’s Complicated" Sonia Heckler.
ED31A-0883 EarthScope Transportable Array Siting Outreach Activities in Alaska and Western Canada Lea Gardine.
SA31C-2358 Temporal and spatial characteristics of auroral energy deposition Donald L Hampton.
SM31C-2519 A New Model for Turbulent Heating of Jupiter’s Magnetosphere Vitaliy Matveevich Kaminker.
SM31C-2520 On asymmetries of turbulent magnetic fluctuations in Jupiter's and Saturn's magnetospheres Bishwa Raj Neupane.
GC31B-1183 Rapid Arctic Changes due to Infrastructure and Climate (RATIC) in the Russian North Donald A Walker.
S31A-2739 Slow Slip Events and rotation of the Peninsula block in Lower Cook Inlet of the Alaska-Aleutian Subduction Zone Shanshan Li.
B31C-0574 Seasonal Variation in Dissolved Organic Matter Composition and Photoreactivity within a Small Sub-arctic Stream. Jennifer Guerard and Ruth Osborne.
GC31A-1161 Mesoscale eddies over the Laptev Sea continental slope in the Arctic Ocean Andrey Pnyushkov.
B31D-0600 Achieving the NOAA Arctic Action Plan: The Missing Permafrost Element – Permafrost Forecasting Listening Session Results Tina Marie Buxbaum.
B31D-0615 Assessment of the permafrost changes in the 21st century and their impact on infrastructure in the Alaskan Arctic Dmitry Nicolsky.
B31D-0576 Detecting and Forecasting Permafrost Degradation in a Warming Climate Vladimir E Romanovsky.
B31D-0591 Forecast of Permafrost Distribution, Temperature and Active Layer Thickness for Arctic National Parks of Alaska through 2100 Santosh K Panda.
GC31B-1179 The Permafrost Condition from 1960 to 2300 Based on Simulations of the GIPL2 Permafrost Dynamics Model across Eurasia: Implications for Soil Carbon Vulnerability, Infrastructure and Socio-economic Impacts Sergey S Marchenko.
SM31C-2509 Two-dimensional modeling of longitudinal modulations in the Io plasma torus Khan Arel Overcast-Howe.
SM31D-2536 Energetic Particles in the far and near Environment of Pluto Peter Kollmann.
B31C-0567 Succession Stages of Tundra Plant Communities Following Wildfire Disturbance in Arctic Alaska Amy Lynn Breen.
MORNING TALKS
08:00 - 08:15
Moscone South - 103
PA31D-01 Climate change and natural hazards in the Arctic John C Eichelberger.
08:15 - 08:30
Moscone South - 103
PA31D-02 The role of sustained observations and data co-management in Arctic Ocean governance Hajo Eicken.
Moscone West - 2003
PP31D-02 Sensitivity of permafrost carbon release to past climate change in Arctic Alaska Benjamin Gaglioti.
10:35 - 10:50
Moscone West - 3005
C32C-02 Long-term linkages between glaciers, permafrost and hydrology at two glacierized watersheds in Alaska Anne Gaedeke.
11:20 - 11:35
Moscone West - 3005
C32C-06 Changes to Glacier Runoff and Downstream Effects on the Susitna Basin, Alaska Over the Twenty-First Century Andrew K Bliss.
AFTERNOON TALKS
13:40 - 13:55
Moscone West - 3009
C33G-01 Cost Factors in Scaling in SfM Collections and Processing Solutions Jessica E Cherry.
13:40 - 14:10
Moscone West - 3007
C33F-01 Methane release from the East Siberian Arctic Shelf: The role of subsea permafrost and other controlling factors as inferred from decadal observational and modeling efforts Natalia E Shakhova.
15:10 - 15:25
Moscone West - 2016
SA33A-07 Comparison between thermospheric winds measured by a ground-based Fabry-Perot spectrometer at Mawson, Antarctica, and winds determined in-situ from satellite drag Mark Conde.
AFTERNOON POSTERS 13:40 - 18:00
Moscone South - Poster Hall
H33F-1671 Trends in the Spring Breakup Dates Within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Dragos A Vas.
PA33A-2173 Scenarios use to engage scientists and decision-makers in a changing Arctic Olivia Astillero Lee.
GC33E-1341 Variability in the Geographic Distribution of Fires in Interior Alaska Considering Cause, Human Proximity, and Level of Suppression Monika P Calef.
C33E-0876 Hydrograph separation of a sub-arctic glacial watershed, Interior Alaska Tiffany Gatesman.
S33C-2792 A REAL-TIME EARTHQUAKE MOMENT TENSOR SCANNING CODE FOR THE ANTELOPE SYSTEM (BRTT, INC) Kenneth A Macpherson.
AFTERNOON TALKS
14:25 - 14:40
Moscone West - 3009
C33G-04 Using SfM Photogrammetry from a Manned-aircraft to Settle Debate on the Heights of the Five Tallest Mountains in the US Arctic Matt Nolan.
15:10 - 15:25
Moscone South - 310
V33F-07 The Affect of Pre and Syn-Ascent Crystallization on Vesiculation Kinetics and Permeability Development in Low Viscosity Magmas Amanda N Lindoo.
16:30 - 16:45
Moscone West - 2006
B34B-03 Earlier growing seasons and changes in migration timing influence carbon uptake and plant production in Arctic coastal wetlands A. Joshua Leffler.
THURSDAY, 17 DECEMBER 2015
MORNING POSTERS 08:00 - 12:20
Moscone South - Poster Hall
EP41B-0930 Baseline values of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Trace Metals in the Yukon River sediments, Alaska John Perreault.
A41K-0230 Vertical Structure and Vertical Evolution of Halogen Activation Events Observed by Autonomous Buoys William R Simpson.
MORNING TALKS
08:15 - 08:30
Moscone South - 104
PA41D-02 Putting Research to Work for Monitoring Volcanic Hazards and Enhancing Public Safety Jeffrey Todd Freymueller.
11:05 - 11:20
Moscone West - 2004
B42C-04 Merging Field Measurements and High Resolution Modeling to Predict Possible Societal Impacts of Permafrost Degradation Vladimir E Romanovsky.
11:20 - 11:35
Moscone South - 306
T42B-05 Earthquake source studies and seismic imaging in Alaska Carl Tape and Vipul Silwal.
11:50 - 12:05
Moscone West - 2004
B42C-07 The Temporal Evolution of Changes in Carbon Storage in the Northern Permafrost Region Simulated by Carbon Cycle Models between 2010 and 2300: Implications for Atmospheric Carbon Dynamics Anthony David McGuire.
AFTERNOON POSTERS 13:40 - 18:00
Moscone South - Poster Hall
H43G-1599 Investigating Biofilm Recalcitrance In Pipe Flow Systems Srijan Aggarwal.
ED43C-0880 Science for Alaska: Public Understanding of University Research Priorities Diana Campbell.
NH43C-1899 Producing Mosaiced Infrared Data on Natural Hazards for Real-time Emergency Management using UAS and Thermal Infrared Cameras Michael C. Hatfield.
B43I-0659 Identifying the main drivers of soil carbon response to climate change in arctic and boreal Alaska. Helene Genet.
C43A-0793 Variability of the circulation and off-shore transports in the Pacific sector of the Arctic Ocean Gleb Panteleev.
H43C-1503 Investigation and Quantification of Water Track Networks in Boreal Regions Using Remote Sensing and Geophysical Data Uyanga Mendbayar.
PP43C-2288 Relative sea level and coastal environments in arctic Alaska during Marine Isotope Stage 5 Louise Melanie Farquharson.
AFTERNOON TALK
15:25 - 15:40
Moscone West - 2006
B43K-08 Inclusion of Additional Plant Species and Trait Information in Dynamic Vegetation Modeling of Arctic Tundra and Boreal Forest Ecosystem Eugenie Susanne Euskirchen.
FRIDAY, 18 DECEMBER 2015
MORNING POSTERS 08:00 - 12:20
Moscone South - Poster Hall
B51G-0510 Thermokarst Rates Intensify Due to Climate Change and Forest Fragmentation in an Alaskan Boreal Forest Lowland Mark J Lara.
S51A-2658 A Catalog of Moment Tensors and Source-type Characterization for Small Events at Uturuncu Volcano, Bolivia Celso R Alvizuri and Carl Tape.
S51C-2690 Characteristics and Applications of a High Performance, Miniaturized, Infrasound Sensor
Jeffrey Loren Rothman and Duncan Aaron Marriott, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
ED51C-0819 The use of Global Positioning System units and ArcGIS Online to engage K-12 Students in Research Being Done in their Local Communities Christine Elizabeth Butcher.
ED51D-0835 Integrating Art and Science Through “Design Challenges” Laura Conner.
C51B-0714 A High-Resolution GPS Motion Record of Variations in the Rate of Glacial Speed Related to Water Inputs on Yahtse Glacier, South Central Alaska 2009-2011 Jessica Zimmerman Mejia.
ED51C-0829 Seafloor Science and Remotely Operated Vehicle (SSROV) Day Camp: A Week-Long, Hands-On STEM Summer Camp Charles Geoffrey Wheat.
H51N-1593 Unprecedented Spring Breakup on the Sagavanirktok River – Alaska North Slope Horacio A Toniolo.
S51A-2659 A uniform parameterization of moment tensors Walter Tape and Carl Tape.
T51C-2892 Revisiting Notable Earthquakes and Seismic Patterns of the Past Decade in Alaska Natalia A Ruppert.
T51C-2895 Velocity contrast and 10km vertical Moho offset across the Denali fault from double-difference tomography and fault zone head wave analysis Amir A Allam.
S51D-2710 Analysis of Fumarole Acoustics at Aso Volcano, Japan Kathleen F McKee.
AFTERNOON POSTERS 13:40 - 18:00
Moscone South - Poster Hall
P53A-2097 Initial Results from a Global Database of Mercurian Craters Robert Ritchie Herrick.
B53C-0577 A hierarchic approach to examining panArctic vegetation with a focus on the linkages between remote sensing and plot-based studies. Donald A Walker.
P53B-2124 Morphologic Analysis of Lunar Craters in the Simple-to-Complex Transition Mitali Chandnani.
B53C-0576 Examining mechanisms in the final stages of the elimination of boreal tree species on vulnerable sites in boreal Alaska Glenn Patrick Juday.
C53B-0784 High-ResolutionSea Ice Topography Mapping using UAS-based Sensors and Structure-from-Motion Techniques Eyal Saiet I.
AFTERNOON TALKS
14:10 - 14:25
Moscone South - 307
S53D-03 Infrasound Waveform Inversion and Mass Flux Validation from Sakurajima Volcano, Japan David Fee.
14:25 - 14:40
Moscone West - 3007
C53D-04 The Eurasian and Makarov Basins target changes in the Arctic Ocean Igor Polyakov.