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 BretHarte.
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 Subarctic 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 Subarctic 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, HandsOn 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-Resolution Sea 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.