NEESPI Cold Land & Arctic Coast (CLAC) Focus Center Workshop

IARC, Fairbanks, Alaska, April 6 - 8, 2006

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Agenda

Tuesday - Wednesday: 4 - 5 April 2006

Arrivals: Sophie Station Hotel, 1717 University Avenue, Fairbanks 479-3650

Thursday: 6 April 2006 (International Arctic Research Center, room 401)

0830 - 0900 Registration and continental breakfast

0900 - 0910 Opening: Welcomes and objectives

0910 - 0930 Larry Hinzman, IARC Deputy Director: Arctic Studies at the IARC

0930 - 1000 Pavel Groisman, NEESPI Project Scientist: Current State and the Future Directions of NEESPI, Introduction of the UAF NEESPI Projects

1000 - 1030 Donald (Skip) Walker, University of Alaska Fairbanks

* Application of space-based technologies and models to address land-cover/land-use change problems on the Yamal Peninsula, Russia.

1030 - 1100 Igor Semiletov, University of Alaska Fairbanks

* The exploration of the coastal zone in the East-Siberian Sea and adjacent parts of the Laptev and Chukchi Seas

1100 - 1115 Coffee Break

1115 - 1145 David Atkinson, University of Alaska Fairbanks

* Social Vulnerability to Climate Change in Arctic western North America and eastern Russia

1145 - 1215 Gary Kofinas, University of Alaska Fairbanks

* Heterogeneity and Resilience of Human-Rangifer Systems: A Circumpolar Social-Ecological Synthesis

Introduction of the Related Russian Projects

1215 - 1235 Marina Leybman, Earth Cryosphere Institute, Moscow

* Current research directions and results

1235 - 1305 Natalia Moskalenko, Earth Cryosphere Institute, Moscow

* Current research directions and results

1305 - 1430 Lunch

1430 - 1630 Discussions in two sub-groups: “Yamal” and “East Siberia”, Rooms 401 and 417

1510 - 1530 Coffee Break

1630 - 1700 Short reports on the discussion in sub-groups, Rooms 401 and 417

1730 - 2100 Planning meeting, open forum, discussion

Friday: 7 April 2006 (International Arctic Research Center, room 401)

0830 - 0900 Continental Breakfast

Introduction of the UAF NEESPI Projects (continued)

0900 - 1000 Vladimir Romanovsky, Larry Hinzman, and Kenji Yoshikawa, University of Alaska Fairbanks

* Permafrost dynamics within the Northern Eurasia region and related impacts on surface and sub-surface hydrology

* Current climate changes over Eastern Siberia and their impact on permafrost landscapes, ecosystem dynamics, and hydrological regime.

* Thermal State of Permafrost (TSP): The US Contribution to the International Network of Permafrost Observatories

1000 - 1030 David McGuire, University of Alaska Fairbanks

* Are decreases in snow cover moderated by increased carbon storage in fire-disturbed high-latitude terrestrial ecosystems?

Introduction of the Related Russian Projects

1030 - 1100 Alexander Vasiliev, Earth Cryosphere Institute, Moscow

* Thermal State of Permafrost (TSP) in Russia: West Siberia

1100 – 1130 Mikhail Zheleznyak, Melnikov Permafrost Institute, Yakutsk

* Thermal State of Permafrost (TSP) in Russia: East Siberia and Far East

1130 - 1150 Coffee Break

1150 - 1220 Dmitri Sergeev, Institute of Environmental Geoscience, Moscow

* Thermal State of Permafrost (TSP) in Russia: Trans-Baykal Region

Emerging Logistics Questions

1220 - 1250 Yuri Sychev, Assistant to Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma, Moscow

* TBA

1250 - 1410 Lunch

1410 - 1610 Discussion on the logistics needs in two sub-groups: “GOA and CARMA” & “TSP”

1610 – 1630 Coffee Break

1630 - 1700 Short reports on the discussion in sub-groups

Saturday: 8 April 2006 (International Arctic Research Center, room 401)

0930 - 1230 Informal discussion: Specific logistics needs and possible solutions

1230 Adjourn