National Institute of Polar Research
The 5th Symposium on Polar Science (2-5 December, 2014)

Interdisciplinary session [IS]
Progress of polar sciences by satellite observations

Oral session

Dec. 3 (Wed.) National Institute of Statistical Mathematics Seminar Rm#1 (D305)

Chair: Hiroyuki Enomoto (NIPR)
9:30-9:50 Observations of High Latitude Regions by the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission and Global Change Observing Mission - Water (GCOM-W) Misako Kachi (JAXA/EORC), Masahiro Hori (JAXA/EORC), Tsuyoshi Motooka (JAXA/EORC), Takuji Kubota (JAXA/EORC), Riko Oki (JAXA/EORC), Keiji Imaoka (JAXA/EORC), Norimasa Ito (JAXA/EORC)
9:50-10:10 Passive Microwave Observations of Polar Cryosphere Hiroyuki Enomoto(NIPR/Sokendai), Nuerasimuguli Alimasi(NIPR/Kitami Inst. Tech), Shuji Fujita (NIPR/Sokendai), Shin Sugiyama (Hokkaido Univ), Sylviane Surdyk (NIPR), Susanne Ingvander (Stockholm Univ.), Per Holmrund (Stockholm Univ.)
10:10-10:30 Snow grain size derived from MODIS data over Greenland ice sheet Teruo Aoki (MRI), Katsuyuki Kuchiki (MRI) Masahiro Hori (JAXA), Tomonori Tanikawa (JAXA), Rigen Shimada (Chiba Univ.), Masashi Niwano (MRI), Sumito Matoba (ILTS), Satoru Yamaguchi (NIED), Knut Stamnes (SIT), Wei Li (SIT) and Nan Chen (SIT)
10:30-10:50 Monitoring of snow albedo and ice surface temperature in the north-west Greenland ice sheet by using MODIS images Tomonori Tanikawa (JAXA), Masahiro Hori (JAXA), Teruo Aoki (MRI), Wei Li (SIT), Nan Chen (SIT), Knut Stamnes (SIT)
Chair: Hideki Kobayashi (JAMSTEC)
11:00-11:20 In situ and satellite observations for accurate detection of plant phenology in Siberia Shin Nagai (JAMSTEC), Shunsuke Tei (Hokkaido University), Rikie Suzuki (JAMSTEC)
11:20-11:40 Retrieval of understory NDVI in sparse needleleaf forests over Alaska by MODIS BRDF data Wei Yang (JAMSTEC), Hideki Kobayashi (JAMSTEC), Rikie Suzuki (JAMSTEC), Kenlo Nishida Nasahara (University of Tsukuba)
11:40-12:00 Estimation of tundra and forest understory vegetation phenology in Alaska from time-lapse cameras and satellite measurements Hideki Kobayashi (JAMSTEC), Yunus Ali Pulpadan (JAMSTEC, U of Tokyo), Shin Nagai (JAMSTEC), Donie Bret-Harte (UAF), Brie Van Dam (UAF), Yoshinobu Harazono (UAF, Osaka Pref. Univ), Kazuhito Ichii (JAMSTEC), Hiroki Ikawa (UAF), Hiroki Iwata (Shinshu U), Hirohiko Nagano (UAF), Walter C. Oechel (SDSU), Konosuke Sugiura (JAMSTEC, Toyama U), Masahito Ueyama (Osaka Pref. U), Donatella Zona (U Sheffield, SDSU), and Rikie Suzuki (JAMSTEC)
13:00-14:20 Poster Session
Chair: Tsutomu Yamanokuchi (RESTEC)
14:20-14:40 Mass balance calculations for the Shirase Drainage Basin, East Antarctica derived from remote sensing technique Kazuki Nakamura (Nihon Univ.), Tsutomu Yamanokuchi (RESTEC), Koichiro Doi (NIPR), Kazuo Shibuya (NIPR)
14:40-15:00 Evaluation of public geospatial data around Syowa Station in detection of ice sheet fluctuation Takanobu Sawagaki (Hokkaido Univ.), Kou Komazawa (Grad School, Hokkaido Univ.) and Hideki Miura (NIPR)
15:00-15:20 Spatial and temporal variations of Alaska/Yukon Glaciers revealed by ALOS/PALSAR - Winter speed-up during quiescent phases at surge-type glaciers - Takahiro Abe (Hokkaido University), Masato Furuya (Hokkaido University)
15:20-15:40 Measurement of glacier velocities at Svalbard, Novaya Zemlya using ALOS/PALSAR Konuma Yoshiki (Hokkaido University), Furuya Masato (Hokkaido University)
15:40-16:00 Application of Multi-frequency SAR Data for Detection of Grounding Line Tsutomu Yamanokuchi (RESTEC), Koichiro Doi (NIPR), Shigeru Aoki (ILTS), Kazuo Shibuya (NIPR)
Chair: Takeshi Tamura (NIPR)
16:10-16:30 Spatio-temporal Variability of the Winter Arctic Ocean Circulation derived from the Cryosat-2/SIRAL Kohei Mizobata (TUMSAT), Noriaki Kimura (Tokyo Univ./NIPR)
16:30-16:50 Thin ice thickness estimation and fast ice detection in the Antarctic Ocean using AMSR-E data Sohey Nihashi (Tomakomai National College of Technology), Kay I. Ohshima (ILTS, Hokkaido Univ.)
16:50-17:10 Mapping of sea ice production in the Arctic Ocean using AMSR-E thin ice thickness algorithm Katsushi Iwamoto (NIPR/Niigata Univ.), Kay I. Ohshima (ILTS), Takeshi Tamura (NIPR)
17:10-17:30 The reasons and solutions for the severe drift sea ice condition in JARE53 cruise Takeshi Tamura (NIPR), Daisuke Simizu (NIPR), Noriaki Kimura (NIPR/Univ. of Tokyo), Fuko Sugimoto (ILTS), Takeshi Sugimura (NIPR), Takeshi Terui (NIPR), Shuki Ushio (NIPR)

Poster session

Dec. 3 (Wed.) National Institute of Polar Research, 3F Lounge

ISp01 Local irregular displacements on Greenland ice sheet detected by double differential InSAR Kochiro Doi (NIPR, SOKENDAI), Tsutomu Yamanokuchi (RECTEC), Kazuki Nakamura (Nihon Univ.), Kaoru Shiramizu (SOKENDAI)
ISp02 Accuracy improvement in DInSAR ice flow velocity measurements of Antarctic ice sheet Kaoru Shiramizu (SOKENDAI), Koichiro Doi (NIPR), Yuichi Aoyama (NIPR)
ISp03 Development of online visualize application “VISON” Takeshi Sugimura (NIPR), Takeshi Terui (NIPR), Hironori Yabuki (JAMSTEC/NIPR)
ISp04 Development of the vessele navigation support system for sea ice area Takeshi Terui (NIPR), Takeshi Sugimura (NIPR), Daisuke Shimizu (NIPR), Takeshi Tamura (NIPR,SOKENDAI), Hironori Yabuki (NIPR,JAMSTEC)
ISp05 Current Status of the GCOM-W/AMSR2 Snow Depth Standard Product Hiroyuki Tsutsui (JAXA), Keiji Imaoka (JAXA), Takashi Maeda (JAXA)
ISp06 Deriving major algal pigment concentrations from the spectral absorption coefficients in the western Arctic Ocean Amane Fujiwara, Toru Hirawake, Hisatomo Waga, Koji Suzuki, Shigeto Nishino, Takashi Kikuchi, Sei-Ichi Saitoh
ISp07 Investigation of the parameter for sea ice concentration from AMSR2 Kazuhiro Naoki (TRIC) , Yasutomo Tokutsu (Tokai Univ.), Yuji Taniguchi (MSS), Kohei Cho (TRIC)
ISp08 An experimental development of algorithms to estimate ice thickness for the Arctic sea ice Kazutaka Tateyama (KIT), Hiroyuki Enomoto (NIPR), Yasuhiro Tanaka (KIT), Seita Hoshino (KIT)
ISp09 Development of image analysis method for melt pond detection on Arctic sea ice during summer Yasuhiro Tanaka (KIT), Kazutaka Tateyama (KIT), Takao Kameda (KIT), Shuhei Takahashi (OSIMH), Hiroyuki Enomoto (NIPR)
ISp10 Changes in the composition of the upper stratosphere - lower mesosphere at northern high latitudes after a sudden stratospheric warming Alessandro Damiani (JAMSTEC), Bernd Funke (IAA-CSIC), Manuel Lopez Puertas (IAA-CSIC), Angela Gardini (IAA-CSIC), Thomas von Clarmann (IMK), Michelle L. Santee (JPL), Lucien Froidevaux (JPL) and Raul R. Cordero (USACH)