BEDMAP Workshop 2
British Antarctic Survey
Cambridge, United Kingdom
24-25 July 1999
BEDMAP Workshop 2
British Antarctic Survey
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Saturday, 24 July 1999
PART I: BEDMAP AND RELATED PROGRAMS
Chairperson: Uwe Nixdorf
Overview of BEDMAP
| David Vaughan, British Antarctic Survey
Welcome and overview of BEDMAP programme |
0915 - 0930 |
| Matt Lythe, British Antarctic Survey
BEDMAP current status, progress over past 12 months. |
0930 - 1000 |
Recent ice thickness survey work and results
| Shuji Fujita and Fumihiko Nishio, Hokkaido University
Techniques used in recent and near-future JARE program of ice thickness surveys. |
1000 - 1020 |
| Sergei Popov, Polar Marine Geological Research Expedition
Russian ice thickness investigations and processing techniques |
1020 - 1040 |
| Uwe Nixdorf, Alfred-Wegener-Institut fuer Polar- und Meeresforschung
Dronning Maud Land pre-site survey |
1040 - 1100 |
-------- Morning Tea --------
PART II: EVALUATION OF INPUT DATA
Chairperson: David Vaughan Rapporteur: Mark
Thorley
Ice thickness data
| Matt Lythe, British Antarctic Survey
BEDMAP data cross-over analysis and QA procedures |
1130 - 1150 |
| Group discussion:
Does the compiled ice thickness data meet the programme objectives in terms of distribution, quality? |
1150 - 1220 |
| Jonathan Bamber, University of Bristol
A continental DEM for Antarctica. |
1220 - 1240 |
| Hong-Xing Liu, Byrd Polar Research Center
Development of an Antarctic DEM by integrating cartographic and remotely sensed data: A GIS-based approach |
1240 - 1300 |
| Group discussion:
What source of surface elevation data best fits BEDMAP's requirements? |
1300 - 1330 |
-------- Lunch --------
PART II: continued...
Chairperson: Ted Scambos Rapporteur: Matt
Lythe
Bathymetry
| Glenn Johnstone, SCAR Working Group on Geodesy and Geographic Information Antarctic bathymetry and SCAR Antarctic Geographic Data Integration (AGDI) project |
1430 - 1450 |
| Group discussion:
Should/can we extend BEDMAP beyond the coastline? |
1450 - 1510 |
Ancillary data (coastline, ice free ground, grounding lines, glacial
margins)
| Paul Cooper, MAGIC, British Antarctic Survey
Version 2 of the Antarctic Digital Database. |
1510 - 1530 |
--------- Afternoon Tea ---------
| Group discussion:
What cartographic data should be incorporated into the determination of bed elevation? |
1600 - 1630 |
Related initiatives
| Ted Scambos, National Snow and Ice Data Center
Report on NASA GLAS and GRACE programs, relevance to BEDMAP |
1630 - 1645 |
| Group discussion:
Any other related initiatives? |
1645 - 1700 |
Sunday, 25 July 1999
PART III: GENERATION OF GRIDDED DATA SETS
Chairperson: Paul Cooper Rapporteur: Glenn
Johnstone
| Laurent Testut, CNES
Ice sheet modelling, specifications for an Antarctic bed elevation map |
0915 - 0930 |
| Matt Lythe, British Antarctic Survey
Discussion of spatial interpolation procedures as applied to BEDMAP ice thickness data. |
0930 - 1000 |
| Group discussion
What is the most suitable procedure/algorithm to interpolate grid values? |
1000 - 1030 |
| Group discussion
What are the specifications for the final BEDMAP products? |
1030 - 1100 |
-------- Morning Tea --------
PART IV: DATA MANAGEMENT, FINAL PRODUCTS AND FUTURE PLANS
Chairperson: Mark Thorley Rapporteur: David
Vaughan
Data management
| Mark Thorley, British Antarctic Survey
Documentation and access to BEDMAP data, future options for BEDMAP database. |
1100 - 1115 |
| Ted Scambos, National Snow and Ice Data Center
US Antarctic Glaciological Data Center. |
1115 - 1130 |
| Group discussion
How should we deal with your data in the future, what are the access/distribution protocols? |
1130 - 1200 |
--------- Lunch ----------
Summary & future plans
Chairperson: David Vaughan Rapporteur: Matt
Lythe
| Group discussion
Future plans, resources and possible route forward. |
1300 - 1430 |
