| NEESPI-iLEAPS Scientific Symposium on ”Research in Northern Eurasia on Land-
Atmosphere Interactions, Water and Biogeochemical Cycles” 09:00 – 09:10 Welcome words Director General Pekka Plathan (FMI) Prof. Pavel Kabat, iLEAPS SSC co-chair 09:10 – 09:40 Land – Atmosphere interactions – water cycle Pavel Kabat, WUR, iLEAPS 09:40 – 10:00 NASA Land Cover / Land Use Change program: Its regional & continental studies land-atmosphere interactions, water and biogeochemical cycles Garik Gutman, NASA, Land Cover Land Use Change Program, USA 10:00 – 10:20 Land change dynamics and forest monitoring program in Russia: a combination of remote sensing and field investigations Alexander Maslov, Institute of Forest Science, Russian Academy of Sciences and R&D Center, ScanEx, Russia 10:20 – 10:40 Supporting Greenhouse Gas Accounting in Siberia using Earth Observations Christiane Schmullius, Friedrich-Schiller University, Germany 10:40 – 11:10 Coffee Break 11:10 – 11:30 Regional landscape structure and carbon cycle studies in the taiga-tundra interface in NW European Russia Tarmo Virtanen, University of Helsinki 11:30 – 11:50 Carbon fluxes and hydrological components in a boreal watershed Anne Ojala, Timo Vesala, Univ. of Helsinki 11:50 – 12:10 Integration of micrometeorological carbon flux network and ambient air concentration measurements in the GAW station of Pallas-Sodankylä Tuomas Laurila, Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) 12:10 – 12:30 Information-computational infrastructure of the Siberia Integrated Regional Study Evgeny Gordov, Siberian Center for Environmental Research, Russia 12:30 – 13:30 Lunch 13:30 – 13:50 Snow cover changes Jouni Pulliainen, Matias Takala, Panu Lahtinen, FMI 13:50 – 14:10 Seasonal albedo and Leaf Area Index (LAI) of boreal forest Terhikki Manninen, FMI 14:10 – 14:30 Permafrost geophysics Vladimir Romanovsky, University of Alaska, USA 14:30 – 14:50 Natural allergens in the atmosphere and their interaction with pollution from anthropogenic and biomass-burning sources Mikhail Sofiev, FMI 14:50 – 15:20 Coffee Break 15:20 – 15:40 Modeling of new particle formation and secondary organic aerosols in ECHAM5- HAM climate model Risto Makkonen, Ari Asmi, Univ. Helsinki, Veli-Matti Kerminen, FMI 15:40 – 16:00 Impact of mineral dust aerosol on land-atmosphere interactions: Differences and similarities between Central and East Asia Irina Sokolik, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA 16:00 – 16:20 Global importance of secondary aerosol formation Markku Kulmala, Univ. of Helsinki 16:20 – 16:40 Aerosol retrieval from satellite observations Gerrit de Leeuw, Univ. of Helsinki, FMI 16:40 – 17:00 TROICA-9 measurements in Russia - Concentrations and sources of Siberian aerosols Eija Vartiainen, Univ. of Helsinki, Risto Hillamo, Jaakko Kukkonen, FMI 17:00 Adjourn NEESPI Summit Program 08:00 - 08:25 Registration, coffee 08:00 - 10:25 Session 1. Introduction Chair: Anni Reissell Welcome words by Dean of Natural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Prof. Jukka Paakki. Anni Reissell (iLEAPS International Project Office) Logistics of the Summit. Markku Kulmala (University of Helsinki) “Comprehensive measurement stations (observatories) and their use in boreal research”. PDF presentation Richard Lawford (NEESPI Project Manager) ”Present NEESPI Status. Purpose of the Summit”. PDF presentation Jack Kaye, Garik Gutman (NASA Headquarters)"Space-Based Remote Sensing and its Application to Global Environmental Issues". PDF presentation Alexander Isaev, Evgeny Vaganov, Vladimir Kotlyakov, Alexander Georgiadi, Evgeny Gordov (Russian Academy of Sciences) "The Russian contribution to formation and implementation of the Northern Eurasia Earth Science Partnership Initiative". PDF presentation Donald Deering (NEESPI Ex-Officio Project Manager) "NEESPI History and Fulfilling the Vision". PDF presentation 10:25 - 10:40 Coffee Break Session 2. State of the NEESPI Research Projects. Overview. Block of presentations of the NEESPI Science Team Leaders Chair: Richard Lawford. Rapporteur: Nadia Kovaleva Pavel Groisman. Overview of the NEESPI Research Structure. PDF presentation Christiane Schmullius. NEESPI Research of Land Cover. PDF presentation Alexander Shiklomanov. NEESPI Research of the Water Cycle. PDF presentation Martin Heimann. NEESPI Research of the Biogeochemical Cycles. PDF presentation Vladimir Romanovsky. NEESPI Research of Cold Land Processes. PDF presentation Jiebin Zhang. NEESPI Research of Dry Land Processes. PDF presentation Irina Sokolik. NEESPI Research of Atmospheric Aerosols and Air Pollution. PDF presentation Pavel Groisman. Data policy, Education Component, and Human Dimension in NEESPI. PDF presentation Questions to the NEESPI Science Team Leaders 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Session 3. "What does the Programme/Project expect from NEESPI? What will it contribute to NEESPI?" Block of presentations of the ESSP Programme/Projects Leaders Chair: Gerard Begni. Rapporteur: Nadia Kovaleva Vladimir Ryabinin. WCRP. PDF presentation Kevin Noone. IGBP. PDF presentation Falk Schmidt. IHDP. PDF presentation Pavel Kabat. iLEAPS. PDF presentation Tobias Langanke. GLP. PDF presentation Charles Voroshmarty. GWSP. PDF presentation Josep (Pep) Canadell (in absentia). GCP. PDF presentation 15:55 - 16:10 Coffee Break Chair: Vladimir Ryabinin. Rapporteur: Nadia Kovaleva Richard Lawford. GEWEX. Toshio Koike/Richard Lawford. CEOP. PDF presentation Victoria Lytle. CliC. PDF presentation Ailikun. MAIRS. PDF presentation General Discussion Pavel Groisman. Planning for the next day Session 19:30 – 21:00 Dinner hosted by iLEAPS IPO and the Finnish Meteorological Institute (Restaurant “Sipuli”) May 3, 2007. 8:00 - 8:30 Coffee 8:30 - 11:25 Session 4. Managers’ Briefings Block of presentations of the Managers (or their representatives) who are currently investing in research in Northern Eurasia Chair Pavel Groisman. Rapporteur: Nadia Kovaleva Russia Federation Agency/Institution Presentation by Roshydromet Dmitry Kiktev, Vladimir Kattsov, Igor Shiklomanov, Oleg Anisimov, Vyacheslav Razuvaev, & Alexander Shiklomanov. PDF presentation SibRAS Evgeny Vaganov/Evgeny Gordov. PDF presentation FEB RAS Valentin Sergienko and Igor Semiletov. PDF presentation ScanEx Alexander Maslov. China Agency/Institution Presentation by CAS Jiebin Zhang. PDF presentation USA Agency/Institution Presentation by NASA Garik Gutman. PDF presentation NSF Martin Jeffries/Vladimir Romanovsky. PDF presentation NOAA John Calder/Pavel Groisman. PDF presentation 11:00 - 11:15 Coffee Break European Union Agency/Institution Presentation by FMI Ari Asmi. PDF presentation ESA Einar-Arne Herland. Oral presentation only CNES Gerard Begni. PDF presentation EEA Markus Erhard. PDF presentation U. West Hungary Imre Berki. Japan Agency/Institution Presentation by JAMSTEC Tetsuo Ohata. PDF presentation 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Session 5. Managers’ Self-organizing Session Round Table Discussions. Chair: Richard Lawford. Rapporteur: Nadia Kovaleva Topics: International Office in Europe; Creation of NEESPI data bases (collaboration with CEOP); Publications policy; Regional Focus Research Centers (RFRCs); Membership in NEESPI of smaller states that do not have dedicated RFRCs; NEESPI Newsletter; Timeline for future meetings. 15:30 - 15:45 Coffee Break Session 6. Final Session 15:45 - 16:30 Breakout groups discussions: Science Panel and Managers' Group 16:30 - 16:45 Reports of the group leaders. Groisman PDF presentation; Lawford Oral presentation only 16:45 – 17:00 Richard Lawford. Highlights/decisions from the meeting PDF presentation 17:00 Adjourn Note: Remaining Summit presentations will be posted at this site shortly. |