Northwest Glaciologists Meeting 2023

20 October - 21 October Seattle, WA
The annual meeting bringing together glaciologists from the Northwest.

About Northwest Glaciologists Meeting

The meeting of Northwest Glaciologists started in 1972, hosted at the University of British Columbia, and was instigated by Mark Meier, Garry Clarke, and Charlie Raymond. Over the years the meeting has been hosted by different institutions.

This is an informal event, but we do ask for everyone to fill out the registration form so that we know how many people are coming and can plan the meeting agenda.

Please email us if you have any questions.

Oral presentation time slots will be 15 minutes, so please prepare a talk no longer than 12 minutes to allow for 3 minutes of questions and changeover to the next speaker.

There will also be a poster session and posters that fit within size guidelines of other meetings can be accommodated on the walls of our meeting room or in the hallway.

If you indicated interest in a presentation and specified that it would be a poster or it would be an oral, please proceed with preparing your presentation. If you indicated either poster or oral we will get back to you soon to confirm.
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Information for Particpants

Event registration has started, please fill out the details using the registration link on the top right corner of the page.

Oral Presenters: Please bring your presentation in a Powerpoint (*.pptx) format in a thumb drive, and make sure to share that with us before your session.

Poster Presneters: Please bring your poster in the size of your choice, the posters will be up for display through out the meeting, and participants are encouraged to interact over the posters during breaks.

The meeting agenda will include talks, posters, and breaks between 9 am to 5 pm on Friday October 20 and on Saturday October 21. On both days there will be light breakfast, coffee, and tea at the meeting location starting at around 8:15 am and the room will open around 8 am. Afternoon refreshments, coffee, and tea will also be served and lunch will be on your own at eateries on/near campus. On Friday evening there will be a pizza dinner and social event starting around 6pm at the Waterfront Activities Center that is near to the Friday meeting location on the UW campus (please refer to Location & Parking/Transportation tab for directions).

Preliminary Schedule is now live, please let us know if your alloted slot does not work for you, we will try our best for reschedule.

Please bring your own name tag, coffee mug (and pint glass, perhaps) to make this an eco—friendly meeting (although disposable options will be available, if needed). There may be a prize offered for the most creative name tag.

Schedule


Venue for Meeting on Friday : Husky Union Building (HUB) room 332
Venue for Dinner on Friday : Waterfront Activities Center (WAC) Great Room
Venue for Meeting on Saturday : Johnson Hall Room 102
Please refer to the Location & Parking/Transportation tab for more details.

9:00 - 10:30

Oral Session 1: Impacts and Outreach

Moderators: John Christian and Emily Wilbur

Talks
  • 9:00 to 9:15 : "Welcome to NWG"
  • 9:15 to 9:30 : "JIRP Updates and Future Goals" by Ali Dibble
  • 9:30 to 9:45 : "Significant mass loss from Eliot Glacier, Oregon, has downstream implications for fruit farming" by Kiya Riverman
  • 9:45 to 10:00 : "Citizen Science: Near-surface atmospheric and surface soil temperatures from the southern aspect of Mt. Baker, WA (July 2018 - July 2023) deployed by a high school outdoor program and analyzed by a high school data science program" by Michael Town
  • 10:00 to 10:15 : "The role of Tweedsmuir Glacier & Turnback Canyon in the history of sockeye salmon in southwest Yukon" by Dan Shugar
  • 10:15 to 10:30 : "Toward a Multi-Decadal Water Budget for a Highly-Glacierized Catchment in Yukon, Canada." by Katie Robinson

10:30 - 11:00

BREAK

11:00 - 12:05

Oral Session 2: Arctic Glaciers

Moderators: Dia Martinez Gracey and Gwenn Flowers

Talks
  • 11:00 to 11:15 : "Reconstructing a 1980's DEM of the Greenland ice sheet from coastal observations and modeled geometries" by Annegret Pohle
  • 11:15 to 11:30 : "Fog forcing of surface energy balance from measurements on Arctic glaciers" by Hester Jiskoot
  • 11:30 to 11:45 : "Dynamic response to winter-time supraglacial lake drainage cascade observed in western Greenland" by Nathan Maier
  • 11:45 to 11:55 : "Radar investigations of coastal ice exposures in the Canadian Arctic as analogs to ice-exposing scarps in the mid-latitudes of Mars" by An Li
  • 11:55 to 12:05 : "Reconstruction of Glacier Mass Balance with Surface Energy Balance Modeling across Southwestern Canada" by Christina Draeger

12:05 - 13:15

LUNCH

13:15 - 15:00

Oral Session 3: Pacific Northwest Glaciers

Moderators: Meghan Sharp and Daniel Otto

Talks
  • 13:15 to 13:30 : "Potential Controls on Glacier Mass Balance in Western North American Glaciers: Analyzing Dense Time Series of Multi-Source Satellite Snow Cover Data" by Rainey Aberle
  • 13:30 to 13:45 : "Re-inventory of Mount Rainier Glacier Volumes" by Taylor Kenyon
  • 13:45 to 14:00 : "A cosmogenic 10Be moraine chronology of arid, alpine Late Pleistocene glaciation in the Pioneer Mountains of Montana, USA" by Spruce Schoenemann
  • 14:00 to 14:15 : "Signal penetration of the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission in mid- and low-latitude glaciers" by Romain Hugonnet
  • 14:15 to 14:30 : "What does the future hold for Sít' Tlein (Malaspina Glacier)?" by Martin Truffer
  • 14:30 to 14:45 : "Viscosity of compacting firn: insights into grain size and temperature dependence" by Kris Houdyshell
  • 14:45 to 15:00 : "The effect of ice microstructure on borehole deformation" by Emilie Sinkler

15:00 - 15:30

BREAK

15:30 - 17:20

Oral Session 4: Ice Dynamics

Moderators: Rainey Aberle and Emily Wilbur

Talks
  • 15:30 to 15:40 : "A Data Driven Estimate of Glacier Thickness" by Simon Hans Edasi
  • 15:40 to 15:55 : "Turbulent Boundary Layer Dynamics of Melt Plumes Adjacent to an Iceberg" by Jonathan Nash
  • 15:55 to 16:10 : "A Novel Field Method for the Flux Divergence" by Albin Wells
  • 16:10 to 16:25 : "Seasonality and surge cycle dynamics viewed through the enthalpy framework." by Yoram Terleth
  • 16:25 to 16:40 : "Subglacial processes" by Paul Winberry
  • 16:40 to 17:55 : "Bubble formation through snow compaction in temperate firn" by Lucy Waghorn
  • 16:55 to 17:10 : "Automated identification of surge events from ITSLIVE surface velocity time series" by Greg Guillet
  • 17:10 to 17:20 : "Poster presenters introduce themselves and the title of their poster"

18:00 - 23:00

Dinner

Pizza dinner at Waterfront Activities Center (WAC).

9:00 - 10:30

Oral Session 5: Antarctica and ice sheets

Moderators: Liam Kirkpatrick and Emily Wilbur

Talks
  • 9:00 to 9:05 : "Welcome"
  • 9:05 to 9:15 : "Late 20th-century Increase in Antarctic Snow Accumulation Drives Modest Mitigation of Sea Level Rise" by Advik Eswaran
  • 9:15 to 9:30 : "Modeling the diffusion of atmospheric gases in one million year old Antarctic ice" by Marc Sailer
  • 9:30 to 9:45 : "Climate forcing of the current phase of Antarctic ice sheet mass loss. (What actually got things started off, and when?)" by Eric Steig
  • 9:45 to 10:00 : "Disentangling Basal from Internal Friction with Radiostratigraphy" by Benjamin Hills
  • 10:00 to 10:15 : "Thwaites Ice Shelf & rifting" by Meghan Sharp
  • 10:15 to 10:30 :"TBD" by Erin Pettit

10:30 - 11:00

BREAK

11:00 - 12:00

Oral Session 6: Alpine Glaciers

Moderators: Emma Liu and Brandon Tober

Talks
  • 11:00 to 11:10 : "Observations of Basal Morphology in Relation to Basal Melting on Thwaites and Dotson Ice Shelves, West Antarctica" by Lucy Wanzer
  • 11:10 to 11:20 : "High-resolution satellite observations of seasonal glacier mass balance and surface velocity for HMA glaciers" by Shashank Bhushan
  • 11:20 to 11:35 : "Using SfM for inexpensive, but accurate repeat DEMs of glaciers for monitoring change" by Chad Hults
  • 11:35 to 11:50 : "Impacts of tidewater glacier advance on iceberg habitat" by Lynn Kaluzienski
  • 11:50 to 12:00 : "About IGS"

12:00 - 13:15

LUNCH

13:15 - 15:00

Oral Session 7: Glacier Modeling

Moderators: Katie Robinson and Jon Maurer

Talks
  • 13:15 to 13:30 : "Ice shelf basal channel geometry" by Genevieve Sauret
  • 13:30 to 13:45 : "Solving the ice flow equations in limit of 0 thickness: not as stupid as it sounds " by Daniel Shapero
  • 13:45 to 14:00 : "Model experiments on sedimentation and ice-stream stability" by John Christian
  • 14:00 to 14:15 : "Using Ice Shelf Roughness as a Constraint for Modeling" by Aidan Dealy
  • 14:15 to 14:30 : "Representing laminar and turbulent sheet flow in subglacial drainage models" by Tim Hill
  • 14:30 to 14:45 : "Spontaneous Formation of Internal Shear Band in Ice Flowing Over Rough Bed" by Emma Liu
  • 14:45 to 15:00 : "A coupled flow-flexure-fracture model for shallow ice shelves" by Chris Miele

15:00 - 15:30

BREAK

15:30 - 17:25

Oral Session 8: Glaciers in Alaska

Moderators: Mira Berdahl and Emily Wilbur

Talks
  • 15:30 to 15:45 : "How does geometry affect outlet glacier response to runoff?" by Amy Jenson
  • 15:45 to 16:00 : "DEM Differenciation of Sit'Tlein (Malaspina) glacier" by Victor Devaux-Chupin
  • 16:00 to 16:15 : "Leveraging Operation IceBridge altimetry for improved projections of Alaskan glacier mass loss" by Brandon Tober
  • 16:15 to 16:30 : "What Controls Intra-regional Differences in Surge Recurrence Interval? A Comparison of Observations of Sít' Kusá and Variegated Glacier, Alaska" by Jukes Liu
  • 16:30 to 16:45 : "Direct measurements of firn density evolution from 2016 to 2022 at Wolverine Glacier, Alaska" by Max Stevens
  • 16:45 to 17:00 : "Impact of Albedo Feedbacks on the Surface Energy Balance of Gulkana Glacier, AK" by Claire Wilson
  • 17:00 to 17:15 : "Some observations, modeling, and thoughts on basal motion beneath the (still) polythermal McCall Glacier, Alaska" by Matt Nolan
  • 17:15 to 17:25 : " Closing and discussion on next NWG"

Meeting Hosts

The 2023 event is hosted by the University of Washington's Glaciology group, which comprises of researchers from Department of Earth & Space Sciences, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, APL Polar Science Center, and Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering.
Department of Earth & Space Sciences, UW
Department of Earth & Space Sciences, UW
APL Polar Science Center, UW
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, UW

Location & Transportation info

The 2023 meeting will be held on the University of Washington campus.

Visitor Parking

All parking on campus for vehicles, buses, or motorcycles must be arranged in advance with UW Transportation Services OR at any one of the gatehouse upon entering campus. Current parking rates and all parking related information can be found on the UW Transportation website. There is no street parking available on the Seattle campus. Free parking begins at noon on Saturdays and ends at 7am on Mondays except where noted.

See here for further information on getting to campus.

Light Link Rail

The Link Light Rail provides transportation from the airport and from the Amtrak station (King Street), as well as stops within the city. There are two stops that are particularly convenient for access to 1) the University District (where some hotels are located) and also access to central campus – ‘U District Station’ and 2) ‘University of Washington Station’ that is near Husky Stadium and also close to the Waterfront Activities Center.

The UW campus is very bicycle friendly and there are bike racks for cyclists to secure their bikes.

Friday meeting location from 8:15 am to 5 pm: Husky Union Building (HUB) room 332

The HUB is located on central campus. Padelford Parking Garage is the nearest parking lot to the HUB. When using Metro Transit buses, please use “UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON HUB” as the destination. There are a number of bus routes that stop at the Husky Union Building. Review Metro's Schedules & Maps webpage and select “University District” for details.



Friday evening event from 5 pm to 10-11 pm: Waterfront Activities Center (WAC) Great Room

The Waterfront Activities Center is 0.7miles (~15 minute walk) from the Husky Union Building.


At the WAC, parking is available for a fee in lots E-19 and E-21, adjacent to the WAC, at $4.00/hour or $18.00 for all day. The availability of parking cannot be guaranteed. Citations may be issued to vehicles that fail to pay at the pay station. If you plan on parking at our facility while attending an event at the WAC, please pay at the pay station located directly in front of the WAC or contact the Parking Services Special Events Office at (206) 616-8710 for information.

The WAC is near the University of Washington metro station.



Saturday meeting location from 8:15 am to 5 pm: Johnson Hall (JHN) room 102

The closest parking is the Central Plaza Garage. The gatehouse when entering campus is not always attended but if there is an attendant you can pay for parking at the gatehouse, or pay through an app using the QR code in the parking garage. In addition to other garage options, there is a self-serve lot, E1, that should have lower daily parking rates.

Accomodation info

Within easy walking distance of the University of Washington campus there are multiple hotels, including the University Inn —Stay Pineapple, Watertown — Stay Pineapple, and the Graduate Hotel. Since the University of Washington is accessible by numerous bus lines and also the light rail, it would also be possible to find accommodation farther from campus. Let us know if you have any questions.

Welcoming everyone

As a meeting policy we will follow the masking guidance from the University of Washington regarding COVID-19 illness and exposure. We will monitor the guidance as the meeting approaches and communicate if there are any changes. During meeting breaks there will be access to some outside areas that are covered and on Friday evening there is a large uncovered outdoor patio at the dinner venue. The primary setup for meeting refreshments and the Friday evening dinner will be indoors, but outdoor space will be available and encouraged to use especially if the weather is good.

Northwest Glaciologists is a warm, supportive, and inclusive meeting, with a strong emphasis on building and maintaining community. We welcome individuals from any background and strive to provide a place for scientific exchange that is safe, non-discriminating and without harassment. We expect professional courtesy in communications between NWG meeting participants.

Graduate students and other early career researchers are especially invited to present their research. Many attendees may choose to give 12 minute oral presentations (not including time for questions), including those at the beginning of their studies, although poster presentations will also be a part of this meeting.
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