Workshop on Changes of the Polar Ecosystem

17th Annual Meeting of the Polar Section of the Czech Geographical Society

Hotel Arnika, Rudník v Krkonoších

23. – 25. November 2016

Agenda

Wednesday 23.11. 2016

15.00 – 19. 00 Arrival of participants (Hotel Arnika)

19.00Dinner (Hotel Arnika)

Thursday 24.11. 2016

08.00Breakfast

08.30 Registration

09.00 – 09.10Opening sessions

09.00 – 09.10Polar Section of the Czech Geographical Society, Michal Janouch, Hradec Králové,

CzechRepublic (10’ )

09.15 – 10.15Meteorology and Climatology

09.15 – 09.45Homogenization of the long time series (1996- 2016) of broadband UV measurements at PolishPolar Station Hornsund, (77° 00' N, 15° 33' E, Piotr Sobolewski , Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academyof Sciences, Warsaw, Poland (25+5’ )

09.45 – 10.15Comparison of groundbase and satellite ozone data in Antarctica, Michal Janouch , Center for Basic and Applied Research, Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Králové, HradecKrálové, Czech Republic, (25+5’ )

10.15 – 10.45Coffee Break

10.45 – 11.45Meteorology and Climatology

10.45 – 11.15„Calving of tidewater glaciers investigated with terrestrial lidar”, Michal Petlicki, , Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland (25+5’ )

11.15– 11.45Signals of the ozone recovery?, Janusz W. Krzyścin, Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland (25+5’ )

11.45 – 12.15Geology

11.45 – 12.15Evolution of the South Shetland Islands volcanic arc, West Antarctica, Anna Mozer, Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland (25+5’ )

12.15 – 12.45Discussion – morning sessions

13.00 – 13.45Lunch Break

14.00 – 15.00Comparison of the Tundra in the GiantMountains and the Arctic

14.00 – 14.30Tání permafrostu v okolí Abiska (16 let sledování, Milena Kociánová, The Krkonoše Mountains National Park, Vrchlabí, Czech Republic (25+5’ )

14.30 – 15.00Hydrurus foetidus v Krkonoších a na Svalbardu, Tomáš Jedlička, University of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic (25+5’)

15.00 – 16.00Hydrology

15.00 – 15.30Seasonal hydrological and suspended sediment transport dynamics in proglacial streams, James Ross Island, Antarctica, Jan Kavan, Centre for Polar Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice (25 +5’)

15.30 – 16.00Marie Bulínová: A comparison between paleo and recent freshwater diatom communities from Vega Island, Antarctica(25 +5’)

16.00 – 16.30Coffee Break

16.30 - 17. 00 Film Cesta na Vostok (Dokument připomíná ojedinělou událost v dějinách české vědy. Tehdy mladý astrofyzik Stanislav Fischer strávil téměř dva roky (1962–1964) na sovětské stanici Vostok v Antarktidě).

17.00 – 18.30Wellness (pool, jacuzzi, Finnish sauna with rest room)

19:00 – Dinner(Hotel Arnika) sponsored by the Polar Section

Friday 25.11. 2016

08.00 Breakfast

09.00 – 09.30 Svalbard - Field Course

09.00 – 09.30Botanický zimní kurz polární ekologie na Svalbardu, Veronika Vosáhlová, University of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic(25+5’)

09.30 – 10.00Polar Hydrology Field Course - experience from Svalbard 2016, Marie Bulínová, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (25+5’)

10.00 – 10.30 Bilogy and Botany

10.0 – 10.30Hrách aneb jeho odolnost k mrazu Svalbardu, Veronika Vosáhlová, University of Hradec Králové(25+5’)

10.30 – 11.00Coffee Break

11.00 – 11.30Otazníky vývoje alpínské oblasti Krkonoš v holocénu, Milena Kociánová, The Krkonoše Mountains National Park, Vrchlabí, Czech Republic (25+5’ )

11.30 – 12.00Výzkumné aktivity v tundrové oblasti Krkonoš, Irana Hubálková, The Krkonoše Mountains National Park, Vrchlabí, Czech Republic (25+5’ )

12.15 – 12.30 Final Discussion + closing of the workshop

12.30 – 13.30Lunch

14.00Departure of participants