8th EARSeL workshop on Land Ice and Snow
Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere: Past – Present – Future
Call for Papers
The 8th Workshop on Remote Sensing of Land Ice and Snow of the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL) was held at the Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Switzerland, from 07 - 09 February 2017.
Significant parts of IPCC AR5 report on the status of the cryosphere rely on publications, where satellite data are involved. The announced workshop will focus on the latest developments in remote sensing of land ice and snow. Presentations are encouraged on all fields of research and applications with the focus on snow and ice as proxy for changing cryosphere, methods for retrieving cryospheric parameters from various types of remote sensing data, theoretical basis of inversion methods and their application, state of the art of retrieval algorithms, data assimilation of remote sensing data and in situ observations in process models, current and planned sensors for snow and ice, etc. Half of a day will be dedicated to the COST action ES1404 Harmosnow and future activities from ESA (CCI+).
Session topics:
- Glaciers and Ice Caps
- Snow cover (regional to global scale)
- Snow albedo and climate
- Snow hydrology
- New technologies (sensors/methods)
- Snow modelling and data assimilation
- ESA: Sentinels, future missions and programs (CCI+)
- EUMETSAT operational services
- COST action ES1404 HarmoSnow
Scientific Committee
| Dr. T. Nagler | ENVEO, Austria |
| Prof. Dr. H. Rott | University of Innsbruck, Austria |
| Dr. R. Solberg | Norwegian Computing Center, Norway |
| Dr. R. Armstrong | NSIDC, USA |
| Dr. A. Trishchenko | NRCan, Canada |
| Dr. S. Wunderle | University of Bern, Switzerland |
| Dr. K. Luojus | FMI, Finland |
| Dr. P. Romanov | NOAA-CREST, USA |
Organisation Committee
| Dr. Stefan Wunderle | University of Bern, Switzerland |
| Dr. Fabia Hüsler | University of Bern, Switzerland |
| Céline Dizerens | University of Bern, Switzerland |
| Helga Braun | EARSeL secretary, Germany |
Workshop Programme
Download programme (pdf, 186KB)Tuesday, 7th February
| Welcome and opening | |
|---|---|
| 10:30 - 12:30 |
Registration and coffee |
| 12:30 - 13:00 |
Chair LISSIG / EARSeL (Stefan Wunderle) Welcome Presentation (pdf) |
| Snow cover (regional to global scale) I | |
| 13:00 - 13:20 |
Alexander Trishchenko (Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Canada) What New Knowledge MODIS 250m Imagery Brings About Summer Snow and Ice Climatology Over the Northern Landmass? Abstract (pdf), Presentation (pdf) |
| 13:20 - 13:40 |
Théo Masson (GIPSA-lab, Grenoble-INP, France), Marie Dumont, Mauro Dalla Mura, Pascal Sirguey, Simon Gascoin, Jocelyn Chanussot, Jean-Pierre Dedieu Accuracy Assessment of Existing Methodology to Retrieve Snow Cover Fraction From MODIS Data Abstract (pdf), Presentation (pdf) |
| 13:40 - 14:00 |
Hong Xiaofeng, Yu Yangyue, Michael Baumgartner (MFB-GeoConsulting, Switzerland) Snow Cover Monitoring and Snowmelt Runoff Modeling in the Upper Jinsha River Basin (China) Abstract (pdf), Presentation (pdf) |
| 14:00 - 14:20 |
Thomas Nagler (ENVEO IT GmbH, Austria), Gabriele Schwaizer, Elisabeth Ripper, Chris Derksen,
Richard Fernandes, Kari Luojus, Oli-Pekka Mattila, Sari Metsämäki,
Lawrence Murdryk, Rune Solberg, Bojan Bojkov, Michael Kern The International Snow Products Intercomparison and Evaluation Exercise – SnowPEx Abstract (pdf) |
Poster Session I |
| 14:20 - 14:40 |
Short poster presentations Vasco Conde (University of Lisbon, Portugal), Giovanni Nico, Pedro Mateus, Joao Catalao, Anna Kontu, Maria Gritsevich Martin Schneebeli (WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Switzer- land), Henning Löwe, Matthias Jaggi, Margret Matzl Lukas Krieger (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany), Dana Floricioiu Melanie Sütterlin (University of Bern, Switzerland), Anke Duguay-Tetzlaff, Stefan Wunderle Yann Brouet (University of Bern, Switzerland), Raphael Marschall, Antonio Gracia Berná, Nicolas Thomas, Ekkehard Kührt Alexander Trishchenko (Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Canada), Calin Ungureanu Fabia Hüsler (University of Bern, Switzerland), Stefan Wunderle |
| 14:40 - 15:30 |
Poster session with coffee break |
| COST Action ES1404 HarmoSnow | |
| 15:30 - 15:50 |
Ali N. Arslan (Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland), Cemal Melih Tanis Automated Monitoring of Fractional Snow Cover From MONIMET Camera Network in Finland Abstract (pdf), Presentation (pdf) |
| 15:50 - 16:10 |
David C. Finger (Reykjavik University, Iceland) The Value of Satellite Retrieved Snow Cover Images to Assess Water Resources and the Hydropower Potentials of Ungauged Mountain Areas Abstract (pdf), Presentation (pdf) |
| 16:10 - 16:30 |
Semih Kuter (Cankiri Karatekin University, Turkey), Zuhal Akyurek, Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber Fractional Snow Cover Mapping From MODIS Data Over European Alps by Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines Abstract (pdf), Presentation (pdf) |
| 16:30 - 16:50 |
Sari J. Metsämäki (Finnish Environment Institute, Finland), Elisabeth Ripper, Olli-Pekka Mattila, Gabriele
Schwaizer, Kari Luojus, Thomas Nagler, Richard Fernandes, Bojan Bojkov, Michael Kern Evaluation of Northern Hemisphere Snow Extent Products Using In-Situ Data Within ESA SnowPEx Project Abstract (pdf), Presentation (pdf) |
| 16:50 - 17:10 |
Patricia de Rosnay (ECMWF, United Kingdom), Mohamed Dahoui, Lars Isaksen Snow Data Assimilation for Numerical Weather Prediction Abstract (pdf), Presentation (pdf) |
18:30 |
Ice breaker reception |
Wednesday, 8th February
| New technologies (sensors/methods) I | |
|---|---|
| 8:20 - 8:40 |
Andreas Wiesmann (GAMMA Remote Sensing AG, Switzerland), Rafael Caduff, Othmar Frey, Martin Schneebeli, Thorsten Fehr ESA SnowLab - Microwave and Structural Measurements of Alpine Snow Abstract (pdf), Presentation (pdf) |
| 8:40 - 9:00 |
Christian Mätzler (Gamma Remote Sensing AG, Switzerland), Andreas Wiesmann, Mike Schwank, Urs Wegmüller An Alternative Concept for Remote Sensing of Snow Mass Abstract (pdf), Presentation (pdf) |
| 9:00 - 9:20 |
Ghislain Picard, Melody Sandells, Henning Löwe (WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Switzerland), Christian Mätzler, Anna Kontu, Marie Dumont, Will Maslanka, Samuel Morin, Richard Essery, Juha Lemmetyinen, Andreas Wiesmann, Nicolas Floury, Michael Kern Snow Microwave Radiative Transfer (SMRT): A New Model to Simulate Snow-Microwave Interactions for Active and Passive Remote Sensing Abstract (pdf), Presentation (pdf) |
| 9:20 - 9:40 |
Yves Bühler (WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Switzerland), Marc Adams, Andreas Stoffel, Ruedi Bösch Snow Depth Mapping Applying Unmanned Aerial Systems – Closing the Gap Between Field Measurements and Low Spatial Resolution Satellite Data Abstract (pdf), Presentation (pdf) |
| 9:40 - 10:10 |
Coffee break |
| Snow hydrology I | |
| 10:10 - 10:30 |
Kari Luojus (Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland), Jouni Pulliainen, Juval Cohen, Jaakko Ikonen, Chris
Derksen, Lawrence Mudryk, Thomas Nagler, Michael Kern, Bojan Bojkov Assessment of Northern Hemisphere Snow Water Equivalent Datasets in ESA SnowPEx Project Abstract (pdf), Presentation (pdf) |
| 10:30 - 10:50 |
Richard Kelly (University of Waterloo, Canada), Nastaran Saberi, Qinghuan Li The AMSR2 Satellite-Based Microwave Snow Algorithm (SMSA): A Parsimonious Snow Depth and Snow Water Equivalent Approach Abstract (pdf), Presentation (pdf) |
| 10:50 - 11:10 |
Rune Solberg (Norwegian Computing Center, Norway), Øystein Rudjord, Arnt-Børre Salberg, Øivind Due Trier, Gheorghe Stancalie, Andrei Diamandi, Anisoara Irimescu A Multi-Sensor Multi-Temporal Approach to Retrieving Snow Surface Wetness From a Combination of Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-3 Data Abstract (pdf), Presentation (pdf) |
| 11:10 - 11:30 |
David Small (University of Zurich, Switzerland), Christoph Rohner, David Jäger, Adrian Schubert Wide Area Mapping of Wet Snow Extent With Multiple Spaceborne SAR Sensors Abstract (pdf), Presentation (pdf) |
| 11:30 - 11:50 |
Anna Wendleder (German Aerospace Center, Germany), Achim Heilig, Andreas Schmitt, Christoph Mayer Monitoring Wet Snow at High Alpine Glaciers Using Multi-Polarized TerraSAR-X Data Abstract (pdf) |
| 11:50 - 12:10 |
Thomas Nagler (ENVEO IT GmbH, Austria), Helmut Rott, Elisabeth Ripper, Gabriele Schwaizer Monitoring Snowmelt Area by Means of Sentinel-1 Interferometric Wide Swath SAR Abstract (pdf), Presentation (pdf) |
| 12:10 - 13:20 |
Lunch break |
| Essential Climate Variable: Snow | |
| 13:20 - 13:40 |
Simon Eggleston (GCOS-WMO sec, Switzerland) GCOS: The new Implementation Plan and the Cryosphere Presentation (pdf) |
| 13:40 - 14:00 |
Simon Pinnock (ESA, United Kingdom) Ice and Snow in the ESA Climate Change Initiative Presentation (pdf) |
| 14:00 - 14:20 |
Lothar Schüller (EUMETSAT, Germany) From User Requirements to Product Requirements: EUMETSAT's Snow Portfolio Presentation (pdf) |
| 14:20 - 14:40 |
Piotr Struzik (Institute of Meteorology and Water Management NRI, Poland) Snow ECV - Requirements vs. Available Products Presentation (pdf) |
| 14:40 - 15:00 |
All Discussion: User Needs, Product Retrieval and Data Providers |
Poster Session II |
| 15:00 - 15:15 |
Short poster presentations Sabine Baumann (TUM, Germany) Alexander Trishchenko (Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Canada), Vladimir Kostylev, Dustin Whalen Lorenzo Rieg (University of Innsbruck, Austria), Christoph Klug, Lindsey Nicholson, Hannah Prantl, Rudolf Sailer Alexandra Messerli (Norwegian Polar Institute, Norway), Geir Moholdt Julien Anet (WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF), Charles Fierz, Christoph Marty, Ali Nadir Arslan, Jürgen Helmert, Ekaterina Kurzeneva, Giovanni Macelloni, Ghislain Picard, Patricia de Rosnay, Wolfgang Schöner |
| 15:15 - 16:00 |
Poster session with coffee break |
| Glaciers and Ice Caps I | |
| 16:00 - 16:20 |
Dana Floricioiu (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany), Wael Abdel Jaber, Helmut Rott, Erling Johnson Short Term Elevation Changes From TanDEM-X for the Mass Balance of the Patagonian Glaciers Abstract (pdf), Presentation (pdf) |
| 16:20 - 16:40 |
Peter Friedl (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany)Thorsten Seehaus, Anja Wendt, Matthias Braun Long-Term Monitoring of the Glaciers in Wordie Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, Using Multi-Mission SAR Time Series Abstract (pdf), Presentation (pdf) |
| Snow cover (regional to global scale) II | |
| 16:40 - 17:00 |
Céline Dizerens (University of Bern, Switzerland), Fabia Hüsler, Stefan Wunderle Snow Cover Monitoring in the Swiss Alps Using Webcam Images Abstract (pdf), Presentation (pdf) |
| 17:00 - 17:20 |
Andreas Dietz (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany) Time Series Processing and Analysis of Terrestrial Daily Snow Cover Datasets to Describe Status and Development of Global Snow Cover Abstract (pdf), Presentation (pdf) |
| 17:20 - 17:40 |
Stefan Wunderle (University of Bern, Switzerland), Timm Gross, Fabia Hüsler, Jörg Franke Climate Impact on Snow Extent Variability in Lesotho (Southern-Africa) Abstract (pdf), Presentation (pdf) |
19:00 |
Conference dinner |
Thursday, 9th February
| Glaciers and Ice Caps II | |
|---|---|
| 8:20 - 8:40 |
Georg Fischer (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany), Irena Hajnsek Investigation of Penetration Bias of Surface Elevation Models From SAR Interferometry in Dependence of Subsurface Structure, Frequency and Polarization Abstract (pdf), Presentation (pdf) |
| 8:40 - 9:00 |
Christoph Rohner (University of Zurich, Switzerland), David Small, Martin Lüthi, Andreas Vieli Variability in Glacier Flow Dynamics of a Greenland Outlet Glacier Using Sentinel-1 SAR Data: Validation With Multiple Ground-Based Measurements Abstract (pdf), Presentation (pdf) |
| 9:00 - 9:20 |
Gabriele Schwaizer (ENVEO IT GmbH, Austria), Johanna Nemec, Helmut Rott, Thomas Nagler Processing Line for Monitoring Glacier Outlines and Snow Area Extent by Means of Sentinel-2 Data Abstract (pdf), Presentation (pdf) |
| 9:20 - 9:50 |
Coffee break |
| Snow hydrology II | |
| 9:50 - 10:10 |
Piotr Struzik (Institute of Meteorology and Water Management NRI, Poland), Monika Pajek Snow Depth From GCOM-W1 AMSR2 Instrument – Experience Gained From the Last Four Winters Abstract (pdf), Presentation (pdf) |
| 10:10 - 10:30 |
Paul Schattan (alpS Centre for Climate Change Adaptation, Austria), Matthias Huttenlau, Johannes Schöber, Robert Kirnbauer, Stefan Achleitner The Value of Optical and SAR Based Snow Products for Reconstructing SWE in a Snow Dominated Headwater Basin Abstract (pdf), Presentation (pdf) |
| 10:30 - 10:50 |
Mike Schwank, (WSL-Birmensdorf, Switzerland), Reza Naderpour, Andreas Wiesmann “MicroVegSnow” Project at Davos-Laret Remote Sensing Test-Site as Part of the “Swiss Alp-SnowLab for Climate-Research and Remote Observations” (SASCRO) Abstract (pdf), Presentation (pdf) |
| New technologies (sensors/methods) II | |
| 10:50 - 11:10 |
Florian Appel (VISTA Remote Sensing in Geosciences GmbH, Germany), Franziska Koch, Patrick Henkel, Philipp Klug, Markus Lamm, Monika Prasch, Heike Bach, Wolfram Mauser Integration of Space Technologies for Snow Monitoring – GNSS, EO and SatCom – First Results of ESA IAP SnowSense Demo Project Abstract (pdf), Presentation (pdf) |
| 11:10 - 11:30 |
Rafael Caduff (GAMMA Remote Sensing AG, Switzerland), Andreas Wiesmann, Urs Wegmüller Terrestrial Radar Interferometry – A Method to Detect Millimetric Snow Glide Deformation Hours to Days Before Wet Snow Avalanche Release Abstract (pdf), Presentation (pdf) |
| 11:30 - 11:50 |
Othmar Frey (Gamma Remote Sensing AG / ETH Zurich, Switzerland), Charles L. Werner, Rafael Caduff, Martin Schneebeli, Andreas Wiesmann SnowScat's Tomographic Profiling Mode: A Time Series Acquired During the ESA SnowLab Campaign 2015/2016 Abstract (pdf), Presentation (pdf) |
| 11:50 - 12:20 |
Closing session |
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