Technical Session Detail

Tuesday, 23 September

The October-November 2002 Earthquake Sequence and the Denali Fault, Alaska
Terrestrial Animal Biology
Cold Regions Engineering
Large Scale Human Created Environmental Events
Severe Weather & Climate Change

Wednesday, 24 September

Anthropology of Extreme Events
Marine Biology Session
Great Volcanic Eruptions
Circumpolar Health: The Future of Behavioral and Neuroscience Research
Terrestrial Plant Biology
Focusing Science Education Outreach
Extreme Events: Glaciology
Public Policy: Science in Disaster Mitigation

The October-November 2002 Earthquake Sequence and the Denali Fault, Alaska

Jeff Freymueller and Patricia Craw, Chairs

Tuesday, 23 September
Westmark Gold Room East

8:20 Post-Seismic Deformation Following the 2002 Denali Fault Earthquake
J. Freymueller, E. Calais, R. Burgmann

8:40 Spontaneous Rupture Model of the 2002 M7.9 Denali Fault Earthquake, Alaska
D. Eberhart-Phillips, D.D. Oglesby, R.A. Harris, N.A. Ratchkovski, D. Dreger

9:00 Intermediate-Term Declines in Seismicity at Mt. Veniaminof and Mt. Wrangell Volcanoes, Alaska, Following the November 3, 2002 Mw 7.9 Denali Fault Earthquake
J.J. Sanchez, S.R. McNutt

9:20 Some Possible Ancient Sedimentary Paleoseismic Structures in Alaska: And Why Are None Reported?
D. Triplehorn

9:40 Geologic Effect of the M7.9 Denali Fault Earthquake
Patricia Craw, et al.

10:00 Break

Posters

Crustal Deformation Associated With the 2002 Denali Fault Earthquake Sequence Observed by Spaceborne SAR Interferometry
J. Elliott, et al.

Coseismic Displacements From the 2002 Mw7.9 Denali Fault Earthquake, Alaska Measured With GPS
S. Hreinsdóttir, et al.

The 2002 Denali Fault Earthquake Sequence: Seismic Moment Tensors
K.R. Kore, et al.

Displacement Map of the Denali Fault Earthquake Derived From RADARSAT Data
M. Nolan, et al.

Digital Mapping of the November 3, 2002 Susitna Glacier Fault Rupture Using Remotely Sensed Data, GIS, and Photo Linking Software
L.A. Staft, et al.

The 3 November 2002 M7.9 Denali Fault, Alaska Earthquake: Double Difference Relocation of Aftershocks
T. Williams

Terrestrial Animal Biology

Terry Bowyer, Chair

Tuesday, 23 September
Westmark Gold Room West

8:20 Military Operations and Endangered Pronghorn
P.R. Krausman, L.K. Harris

9:00 Digestive Morphology of Caribou (Rangifer Tarandus Granti): Testing the Gastrocentric Model for Sexual Segregation
P.S. Barboza, K. Knott, R.T. Bowyer, J.A. Jenks

9:20 Winter Metapopulation Dynamics of a Migratory Bird Species, Black Brant, Branta bernicla nigricans
M.S. Lindberg, D.H. Ward, T.L. Tibbetts, J. Roser

9:40 Climate, Fall Forage Availability, and Parturition in Barren-Gound Caribou
B. Griffith, D.C. Douglas, R.G. White, D. Russell

10:00 Break

10:20 Studies of Interior Alaska Bird Migration With Weather Radar
T. Fathauer, N. Kohlenberg

10:40 Summer Survival of White-Tailed Deer Neonates in an Intensively Cultivated Region of Minnesota
T.J. Brinkman, J.A. Jenks, C.S. DePerno, B.S. Haroldson

11:00 Sources of Muskox Mortality in Northeastern Alaska: A Search for Weapons of Muskox Destruction
P.E. Reynolds

11:20 Succession Debt: Long-term Consequences of Clearcut Logging for Wolf-Deer Predator-Prey Dynamics in Southeast Alaska
D.K. Person, R.T. Bowyer

11:40 Life-History Strategies of Elk: Density Dependent Effects on Condition and Reproduction
K.M. Stewart, R.T. Bowyer, B.L. Dick, J.G. Kie

12:00 Break

2:00 Detecting Top-Down Versus Bottom-up Regulation of Ungulates by Large Carnivores: Implications for Conservation
R.T. Bowyer, D.K. Person, B.M. Pierce

2:20 Are Data on Fire History and Landscape Useful for Predicting Density and Distribution of Moose and Enhancing Management of Populations in Interior Alaska?
J.A.K. Maier, J. Ver Hoef, A.D. McGuire, H.A. Maier, L. Saperstein, R.T. Bowyer

2:40 Spring Strategies of Parturient Moose: Shifts From Predictable to Unpredictable Movement as Calving Date Approaches
K.A. Kellie, P. Doak

3:00 Moose Calf Mortality on the Kuskokwim River, Alaska: A Preliminary Look at the Effectiveness of Removing Bears During Calving
M.A. Keech, T.A. Boudreau, M.M. Szepanski

3:20 Forestomach Development in Two Arctic Ruminants
K.K. Knott

3:40 Break

4:00 Poster Session

Posters

Why Do Muskoxen Eat Snow?
P.S. Barboza, et al.

Behavioral Thermoregulation in Free-Living Arctic Ground Squirrels
R.A. Long, et al.

Landscape Analysis of the Distribution of Tooth Wear and Breakage in Moose on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska
J.A.K. Maier, et al.

Effects of Motivation and Effort on Success of Moose Hunters in Interior Alaska
J.I. Schmidt, et al.

A Complex Picture of Dental pathology in a Moose Population on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska
R. Stimmelmayr, et al.

Solid Phase Microextraction Headspace Analysis of Urinary Volatiles From Adult Male Moose
C.L. Whittle, et al.

Distribution of NMDA Receptors in Arctic Ground Squirrels
H. Zhao, et al.

Cold Regions Engineering

Debendra Das, Chair

Tuesday, 23 September
Westmark Gold Room Center

8:20 Why Flammability Limits Exist: A Review
M. Sibulkin

9:00 Design Considerations and Evaluation of Recovery Performance of Miscible Displacement and WAG Process
X. Wu, D.O. Ogbe, T. Zhu, S. Khataniar

9:20 Integration of Wind-Turbine Generators (WTGs) Into Hybrid Distributed Generation Systems in Extreme Northern Climates
R. Wies, A. Agrawal

9:40 Pectin-Rich Byproducts as Biosorbents for Heavy Metals
S. Patil, S. Schiewer

10:00 Break

10:20 Shallow Foundation Design in Deep Silt Over Decaying Permafrost Using Embedded Computer Monitoring and Control of Subgrade Moisture and Temperature
D.W. Cott

10:40 A System for the Control of Cyanide Pollution and the Biological Recovery of Gold in Northern Regions
I. Seth, D. White

11:00 A Constitutive Model for Ice Crystal
T. Zhang, J. Lee

11:20 Permafrost Protection Under Alaskan Roadways Using Air Convection Embankment
S. Saboundjian, D.J. Goering

11:40 Soil Leachates and Contaminant Mobilization
S. Seelen, D. White, V. Autier

12:00 Break

2:00 Performance Simulation and Testing of a Hybrid-Electric HMMWV
H.E. Bargar, D.J. Goering, J. Li

2:20 Tribological Behavior of Snow/Ice Surfaces
S.C. Meurer, R. Dinsmore, P. Severs, H. Liang

2:40 Analysis and Prediction of Indoor Air Quality Using Simulink
S. Dinakaran, R. Johnson, J. Schmid

3:00 Feasibility Analysis for the Utilization of Heat From a Combined Cycle Power Plant to Extract Fuel Oil From Crude Oil
A. Telang, R. Johnson

3:20 Design of Nozzle Profile Using Method of Characteristics
V. Mudunuri, D. Goering, J. Hawkins

3:40 Break

4:00 Optimization of Enzymatic Degradation of Contaminated Cellulosic Sorbent Materials for the Release and Recovery of the Sorbate
D.D. Fish, D.L. Barnes, S. Schiewer, P.I. Trivedi, C. Heintz

4:20 Synthesis and Characterization of Sol Gel Derived off Stoichiometric Titania as Gate Dielectric for Spin-FET
K. Kulkarni, G. Sarkar, A. Chowdhury

4:40 Determination of Gas Hydrate Stability Zones in Prudhoe Bay, Kuparuk River, and Milne Point Units for Production of Natural Gas from Gas Hydrates
P. Tsunemori, J. Westervelt, S.L. Patil, A.Y. Dandekar, S. Khataniar, G.A. Chukwu

5:00 Simulations of Tire/Deformable (Snow Ground) Terrains Using Simulink
N.K. Sankapalli, P.K. Saitana, C. Lin, J. Lee, D. Goering, T. Zhang

5:20 Measurement of Relative Permeability for Gas Hydrate Production
N.J. Jaiswal, A.Y. Dandekar, S. Khataniar, S.L. Patil, G.A. Chukwu

5:40 Experimental Investigation of Solid Organic Deposition in Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) Products, Alaska North Slope Crude (ANSC) and Their Blends
S.U. Amadi, A.Y. Dandekar, S.L. Patil, G.A. Ghukwu, S. Khataniar

6:00 Factors Affecting the Highway Construction Cost Trend From 1974 to 2003 in Alaska
F. Krause, R. Perkins

6:20 Heat Transfer Model for Designing Cooling Systems for Micro-Electronic Chips
D.P. Kulkarni, D.K. Das

6:40 Recovery of Natural Gas From Hydrates by a Thermal Technique
V.S. Annadurai, D.K. Das

Posters

A Comparison of Ground-Water Capture-Zone Delineation Methods in Subarctic Systems of Varying Complexity
J.A. Ahern, et al.

Remediation of Residual DNAPL From Contaminated Aquifers by Permeability Modification Using Natural Freezing and Biopolymers
N. D’Cunha, et al.

Improving Engine Efficiency Using the Laser-Surface-Texture Technique
R. Dinsmore, et al.

Hydrology of Termokarst Ponds Near Council, Alaska
M.R. Fraver, et al.

A Study of Live Load Distribution Factors for the Alaska Bulb Tee Bridge
J.L. Hulsey, et al.

Remote Sensing of Plasma Density Using Discrete Whistler Mode Echoes on IMAGE RPI
J. Li, et al.

Physical, Biological and Chemical Implications of Mid-Winter Pumping of Tundra Lakes
D.D. Miller, et al.

Evaluation of Well Performance to Optimize Horizontal and Unconventional Wellbore Configurations
D.O. Ogbe, et al.

Simulation of Behicle Dynamics With Tire/Terrian Interface Using Simulink
P.K. Saitana, et al.

Materials Properties of Urethane for Winter Sports
P. Severs, R. Marvin, G. Xu, et al.

Observations of Background Gamma Radiation in Alaska Using the ORION Network
J. Soboleff, et al.

Numerical Modeling of Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in a Hallway
A. Venkatasubramanian, et al.

Containment of Spilled Petroleum in Soil Using Activated Coal
T.W. Wilson, et al.

Large Scale Human Created Environmental Events

Douglas Dasher and John Kelley, Chairs

Tuesday, 23 September
Westmark Gold Room East

10:20 A Perspective of the Environmental Consequences of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, April 1986, Accident 17 Years Later
D. Dasher

10:40 The Polar Ozone Holes: A Case Study
P. Wilkness

11:00 Mercury Levels From the Brains and Muscle of Birds Which are Used as Subsistence Foods in Western Alaska
L. Duffy, R. Rothschild

11:20 Climate Change and Human Disease in Alaska
J. Berner

11:40 Towards Long-Term Stewardship of Amchitka Island, Alaska
D. Barnes, L. Duffy

12:00 Break

Posters

Groundwater Recharge on Amchitka Island, Alaska
A.M. Forsstrom, et al.

Potential of an “Electronic Nose” to Detect and Monitor Environmental Contaminants
L. Griffeth, et al.

Assessment of Selected Contaminants in Streambed Sediment in Noyes Slough, Fairbanks, Alaska, 2001-2002
B.W. Kennedy, et al.

The Influence of Scale on Aqueous Phase Diffusion in Fractured Rock Aquifers
J.L. Benning, S.R. Raghupatruni, et al.

The Effect of Pore Ice on the Movement of Petroleum Hydrocarbons Through Frozen Soil
S.M. Wolfe, et al.

Severe Weather and Climate Change

John Walsh, Chair

Tuesday, 23 September
Westmark Gold Room East

2:00 July 2003 Record Rainfall and Flooding in the Fairbanks Area, Alaska
E. Plumb

2:20 A Climatological Perspective of Extreme Weather Events in Alaska
M. Shulski, G. Wendler

2:40 An Analysis of the Cold to Warm Regime Shift During the Abnormal Winter of 1989 in Alaska
H. Tanaka

3:00 The Significance of the Climate Shift of 1976 in Alaskan Climatology
B. Hartman, G. Wendler

3:20 Non-Linear Feedback Models of Atmospheric CO2 Showing the Effect of Forest Photosynthesis and Soil Respiration Under Variations of Temperature, Moisture, and Fire
H. Cole

3:40 Break

4:00 Long-Term Warm-Season Temperature Variations and Changes Over the Siberian Lena River
B. Liu, D. Yang

4:20 Surface Water Solutes as Indicators of Global Change, Asik Watershed, Noatak National Preserve
R. Stottlemyer

4:40 Response of the Pan Arctic Ice-Ocean Climate to Atmospheric Circulation Regimes
J. Wang, B. Wu, M. Jin, J. Walsh, M. Ikeda

5:00 Streamflow Regime and Change in the Large Northern Watersheds
D. Yang, D. Kane, B. Ye

Posters

Metadata, Long-Term Archiving and Arctic System Science (ARCSS) Data Coordination Center (ADCC) Management Services
R.J. Dichtl, et al.

Streamflow Response to Snowcover extent and Mass Changes in Large Northern Rivers
Y. Zhao, D. Yang, et al.

The Anthropology of Extreme Events

Peter Schweitzer, Chair

Wednesday, 24 September
Westmark Gold Room East

8:20 Introduction
Peter Schweitzer

8:30 Endings and Beginnings: The Story of Katmai
P. Partnow

8:50 Nineteen Eighteen Bering Strait
M.L. Ganley

9:10 Epidemic Psychology Goes Global: Psycho Social Reactions to Epidemics in a Globalized World
L. Eichelberger

9:20 Nineteen Eighteen Bering Strait
M.L. Ganley

9:30 The Collapse of the Soviet Union as an Extreme Event in Local Arctic Contexts
David Koester

9:50 Discussion

10:00 Break

Posters

An Historical and Human Ecology of Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) Exploitation in the Gulf of Alaska
T.L. Lefrancois

Marine Biology

Katrin Iken, Chair

Wednesday, 24 September
Westmark Gold Room West

8:20 Introduction
Katrin Iken

8:40 Glacial Surges and Their Impact on Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina richardsi) in Alaska
D.M. Savarese, J.M. Burns, J.F. Payne

9:00 Variations of Benthic Fauna Underneath an Effluent Mixing Zone at a Marine Oil Terminal in Port Valdez, Alaska
A.L. Blanchard, H.M. Feder

9:20 One-Dimensional Biogeochemical Model for the Southeastern Bering Sea
C.J. Deal, M. Jin, J. Wang, N. Tanaka, Z. Wan

9:40 Discussion

10:00 Break

Posters

Early Onset of Snow Melts and Increased Vulnerability of an Ice-Inhabiting Seal
B.P. Kelley, et al.(Ori Harding presenting)

Effects of Variability in Hydrographic Structures on Biological Activity in Bering Strait Over Four Years
S.H. Lee, et al.

Analysis of the Marginal Ice Zone and the Distribution of Phoca largha During Both Cold and Warm Regimes in the Bering Sea
C.M. Picco, et al.

Commander Islands as the Significant Point for Monitoring Some Dangerous Changes in Beringia Ecosystem
V. Sevostianov

Some Correlation the High Rate of mortality of the Sea Otter’s Population With Average Sunspot Numbers, volcanic Activity and Natural Regulation at Some Part of the Pacific Ecosystem
K. Sidorov, et al.

Stable Isotope Ratios in Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasi) and Walleye Pollock (Theragra chalcogramma): Individual Differences and Interannual Variations
L. Zhao, et al.

Great Volcanic Eruptions

Tina Neal, Chair

Wednesday, 24 September
Westmark Gold Room Center

8:20 Ecological Succession Following the 1931 Eruption of Aniakchak Caldera
E.I. Wang, T.R. Hamon

8:40 Anticipated Seismicity Preceding and Accompanying VEI=7 and 8 Volcanic Eruptions
S.R. McNutt

9:00 The ~12,000 yBP Okmok Caldera Forming Eruption: Snow, Ice and Pyroclastic Flows
J.F. Larsen

9:20 A Dead Zone on a Constrained Landscape: The Cultural Effects of Catastrophic Holocene Volcanism on the Central Alaska Peninsula, Southwest Alaska
R. VanderHoek, R.E. Nelson

9:40 Reconstructing the 2050 ± 50 BP Eruption of Okmok Volcano, Umnak Island (Alaska)
A. Burgisser

10:00 Break

10:20 Volatile Emissions From the 240 A.D. Caldera-Forming Eruption of Ksudach Volcano, Kamchatka, Russia
B.J. Andrews

10:40 Volcanic Eruptions and Volcanic Tsunamis in Alaska: Implications for the Archeologic Record
J.E. Begét

11:00 Numerical Simulation of Tsunami Generation by Pryoclastic Flow at Aniakchak Volcano, Alaska
C.F. Waythomas, P. Watts

11:20 Genetic and Phenotypic Differentiation of Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in Albert Johnson Creek and the Recently Colonized Surprise Lake, Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, Alaska
S.A. Pavey, T.R. Hamon, J.L. Nielsen

11:40 Adaptive Differentiation of Sockeye Salmon in Aniakchak Caldera
T.R. Hamon, S.A. Pavey, J.L. Miller

Posters

A Preliminary Analysis of the Detection LImit of Volcanic Sulfur Dioxide in the North Pacific Using ASTER and MODIS
C. Kearney, et al.

Circumpolar Health: The Future of Behavioral and Neuroscience Research

Abel Bult-Ito, Chair

Wednesday, 24 September
Westmark Gold Room East

10:20 Is Diet an Important Risk Factor for Mental Health in Circumpolar Peoples? - A Review
A. Bult-Ito, N.K. McGrath-Hanna, D.M. Greene, R.J. Travernier

10:40 Human Biomonitoring to Assess Environmental Contaminant Exposures in Alaska
L.A. Verbrugge, T.V. Lynn

11:00 Neurotransmitter Pathways Involved in the Regulation of Thermoregulatory Nest-Building Behavior in Mice
Dana Greene, Dani Raap, Abel Bult-Ito

11:20 Northern Red-Backed Vole (Clethrionomys rutilus) Circadian Organization
R.J. Tavernier Jr., A. Largen, A. Bult-Ito

11:40 Vasopressin Expression in the Supraschiasmatic Nucleous in Relation to Circadian Organization of Behaviour
M. Castillo, D.R. van der Veen, E.A. van der Zee, K. Jansen, M.P. Gerkema, A. Bult-Ito

12:00 Break

2:00 Circumpolar Health Business Meeting

3:40 Break

Posters

Are lux Operon Organization and Expression Conserved in Geographically Isolated Strains of the Same Species?
K.J. Budsberg, et al.

Study of Oxidative Stress in CA-1 Neurons of Hippocampus and Liver During Euthermia, Torpor and Arousal From Torpor in Arctic Ground Squirrels (Spermophilus parryii)
P.M. Rivera, et al.

In Vivo Monitoring of Glutamate in Hibernating Ground Squirrels: Construction of an Online Microdialysis/Capillary Electrophoresis/Laser-Induced Fluorescence Instrument
B.T. Rasley, et al.

Community Health Surveys: A Powerful Research Tool for Tribal Development
R. Stimmelmayr

Hibernation, Learning and Memory
M.M. Weltzen, et al.

Temporal Difference, Viability, and Identification of Bacterial Communities From a Subarctic Lake by Determining Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism, Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis and DNA Sequences of PCR-Amplified Gene Encoding 16S rRNA
X. Zhao, et al.

Terrestrial Plant Biology

Christa Mulder, Chair

Wednesday, 24 September
Westmark Gold Room West

10:20 Relationship of Structural Complexity to Land-Surface Energy Exchange Along a Vegetation Gradient From Arctic Tundra to Boreal Forest
C. Thompson, J. Beringer, F.S. Chapin III, A.D. McGuire

10:40 Vertebrate Herbivores as Molders of Plant Community Structure
D.R. Klein

11:00 “Winners or Losers” - Modeling Spatial Variability of Treeline White Spruce Growth Responses to Climate Change - Outlook for two National Parks in Alaska
M. Wilmking, G.P. Juday, J. Ibendorf, Miranda Terwilliger

11:20 Aboveground Recovery, Root Mat Profiles, and Water Characteristics After Surface Disturbance on Floating Mat Fens in the Tanana Flats, Alaska
K. Doran, A. Zacheis

11:40 2003 Biocomplexity-of-Frost-Boils Expedition to Banks Island and Prince Patrick Island, Canada
D. Walker, A.N. Kade, G. Michaelson, C.L. Ping, M.K. Raynolds, V.E. Romanovsky, H.E. Epstein, A.M. Kelley, W.A. Gould, G. Gonzalez, W.B. Krantz, C.T. Tarnocai

12:00 Break

Posters

Manipulation of Vegetation Canopy and the Effects on Cryoturbation Regime in Alaskan Arctic Tundra
A. Kade, et al.

Impacts of Wildfire on Tundra Hydrology, Seward Peninsula, Alaska
S. Kooman, et al.

Climate Change and Invertebrate Herbivory on Boreal Understory Plants: A Survey
C.P.H. Mulder, et al.

Vegetation of the Upper Kuparuk River Regions in Relationship to Glacial Geology and Surficial Geomorphology
C.A. Munger, et al.

Relationship Between Plant Biomass and Arctic Tundra Bioclimate Subzones Based on the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map
M.K. Raynolds, et al.

Focusing Science Education Outreach

Daniel Solie, Chair

Wednesday, 24 September
Westmark Gold Room West

2:00 The November 2002 Denali Fault Earthquake lecture Tour in the Coppy Valley: A Collaborative Effort Between the Education Outreach Program of the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP), the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys (ADGGS), and the Prince William Sound Community College (PWSCC)
P.A. Craw, S. McCarthy, D.J. Solie

2:20 Alaskan Native Knowledge and the Western Scientific Tradition
Henry Cole

2:40 Synergy in Science Education Outreach
E.B. Sparrow

3:00 Geophysical Institute Education Outreach and the UAF Science Education “Clearinghouse”
K. Bertram

3:20 The Alaska Lake Ice and Snow Observatory Network (ALISON): K-12 Teachers and Students and University Faculty Collaborating to Promote Scientific Inquiry
M.O. Jeffries, D. Norris-Tull, R. Reihl

3:40 Break

4:00 Measuring Sea Circulation Using Ocean Drifters
P.S. Marshall, T.J. Weingartner, K. Carney, H. Statscewich (Rachel Potter is presenting)

4:20 The Role of the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program (ANSEP) in Rural K-12 Science Education
D. Solie, J. Aspnes

4:40 Alaska Natives in Geosciences: Opportunity in the Last Frontier
C.L. Hanks, S.J. Fowell, J. Kowalsky

5:00 Immersion in Chemistry, Physics, Language, and Culture on Active Volcanoes of Kamchatka and Alaska
J. Eichelberger, E. Gordeev, B. Ivanov, P. Izbekov, M. Kasahara, D. Melnikov, O. Selyangin, Y. Vesna

5:15 Labs With Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches, Gumdrops, and Owl Pellets: Preparing the Next Generation of Inspiring Elementary Teachers
D. Schamel, L. Gordon, J. Drake, J. D’Auria, B. Stroup, L. Duffy

5:30 Round Table Discussion: Distillation of Key Points and Aim of Future Cooperative Efforts

Posters

Awakening Alaskans to Education and Research at the University of Alaska Fairbanks: The Alaska Summer Research Academy’s 3rd Year Builds Strength for the Future!
P. Stelling, et al.

Partnerships Involving the Scientific Community in Elementary Schools (PISCES), NSF GK-12 Program, University Science Majors in Collaborative Partnerships with Elementary Teachers in North Slope Borough School District: Linking Science Learning With Near Real Time Data
N. Taylor, et al.

Extreme Events: Glaciology

Roman Motyka and Martin Truffer, Chairs

Wednesday, 24 September
Westmark Gold Room Center

2:00 What Triggers Jökulhlaups? Ideas From Observations at Kennicott Glacier, Alaska
S.P. Anderson, J.S. Walder, A.G. Fountain, R.S. Anderson, D.C. Trabant

2:20 The Slow Advance of Hubbard Glacier and the 1986 and 2002 Outburst Floods of Russell Lake, Alaska
D.C. Trabant, K. Echelmeyer

2:40 Glaciers, Floods, Lasers and Satellites; Using the Latest Technology to Solve Real World Problems
E. Hinkley

3:00 Hubbard and Taku Glaciers: Development of Push Moraines at Two Advancing Glaciers
R.J. Motyka, M. Truffer, K.A. Echelmeyer, S. Zirnheld, B. Valentine

3:20 Log-Periodic Oscillations in the Acceleration Phase Prior to Break-Off of a Large Ice Mass
M. Lüthi, M. Funk

3:40 Break

4:00 Black Rapids Glacier and the Denali Fault Earthquake
M. Truffer

4:20 Speculation About the Past and Future Meltwater Contribution of Alaskan Glaciers to the Global Ocean
B.F. Molnia

4:40 The Contribution of Alaska Glaciers to Rising Sea Level
A.A. Arendt, K.A. Echelmeyer, W.D. Harrison, C.S. Lingle, V.B. Valentine, S.L. Zirnheld

5:00 Recent Elevation Changes on the Glaciers of the Malaspina Complex, Alaska and Their Flow Dynamics From Airborne and SRTM InSAR-Derived DEMs
R.R. Muskett, C.S. Lingle, V.T. Rabus, W.V. Tangborn

5:20 Extreme Uplift in Southeast Alaska Caused by Recent Ice Loss
C.F. Larsen, R.J. Motyka, J.T. Freymueller, K.A. Echelmeyer

5:40 Ice Core Drilling and Radio Echo Sounding in the 4000 m Summit Caldera of Mt. Wrangell, Alaska During the Summer of 2003
C. Benson, T. Shiraiwa, S. Kanamori, Y. Muravyev, D. Solie

6:00 Lake Ice Growth and Decay in the Chatanika River Valley, Central Alaska: Measurement and Modeling of Contemporary Processes and Simulating the Effects of Climate Change
M.O. Jeffries, K. Morris, C.R. Duguay

6:20 Catastrophic Drainage of the Epishelf Lake in Disraeli Fiord as Extensive Fractures Appear in the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada
M.O. Jeffries, D.R. Mueller, W.F. Vincent

Posters

Thickness Changes of the Muldrow Glacier Near the Traleika Confluence, Denali National Park, Alaska
A. Bucki, et al.

Taku Glacier: Proglacial Deformation and Subglacial Erosion
E.M. Kuriger, et al.

The West Fork Mizina Glacier Landslide of May 2003
D. Rosenkrans, et al.

Public Policy: Science in Disaster Mitigation

John Eichelberger and Craig Dorman, Chairs

Wednesday, 24 September
Westmark Gold Room East

4:00 Matching Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation to Local Perceptions
Craig Dorman

4:20 Volcano Observatories: Successfully Integrating Science Into Public Policy and Planning
J. Power, T. Murray

4:40 Extreme Events in Columbia: Lessons Learned and Implications of the Eruptions of Nevado del Ruiz and Galeras Volcanoes, Columbia
J. Sanchez, M.L. Calvache, A.P. Acevedo, C.A. Garzon, F.P. Rodriguez

5:00 Atmospheric Dispersion Modeling of an Extreme Eruption
R.A. Peterson, K.G. Dean, J. Dehn

5:20 Recent Coastal Flood Events in Northern Alaska
J. Lingaas

5:40 Chronic Flooding of the Tanana River and Piledriver Slough Near Salcha, Alaska: Possible Causes and Solutions
E. Plumb

6:00 Tsunami Inundation Mapping for Alaska Communities
E. Suleimani, R. Hansen, R. Combellick, D. Marriott

6:20 Tsunami Warning Dissemination at the West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center
P.M. Whitmore

6:40 Investigation for Seismic Zonation of Anchorage, Alaska
N.N. Biswas, A. Martirosyan, U. Dutta, A. Papageorgiou