C24A:
One Hundred Years of Cryosphere I


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Session ID#: 60467

Session Description:
Today’s rapid pace of discovery in Cryospheric science owes much to the hard work and inspiration of researchers and explorers over the past century, from early Polar expeditions in search of a Northwest Passage and the South Pole, Louis Agassiz’s Studies on Glaciers, James Church’s snow measurements, and the establishment of global monitoring networks.  These pioneering efforts set the foundation for our modern perspective on interwoven climate, ocean, snow, ice, and permafrost systems studied through international collaborations and modelling efforts.

This session inaugurates our year-long AGU Centennial Celebration with a retrospective look connecting our Cryospheric research legacy to current questions and challenges.  How did we get here? What advances and discoveries built our science? What have we learned from past successes and failures? What untapped troves of data remain to be mined for insight?  The session will combine invited contributions and a panel discussion featuring established and early career researchers.

Primary Convener:  Jeffrey S Deems, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Lora Koenig, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO, United States, Andrew P Barrett, National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States and Emilio Ian Mateo, Ohio State University Main Campus, Columbus, OH, United States
Primary Liaison:  Jeffrey S Deems, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO, United States
Chairs:  Jeffrey S Deems, Airborne Snow Observatories, Inc., Mammoth Lakes, United States and Lora Koenig, Lockheed Martin Space, Denver, CO, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Andrew P Barrett, National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
Index Terms:

0799 General or miscellaneous [CRYOSPHERE]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Cold Roots: The Emergence of Cryospheric Science from the Heroic Age of Polar Exploration (Invited) (451740)
Matthew Sturm, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Paradigm Shifts in Cryo Science (Invited) (441709)
Richard B Alley, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Geosciences, University Park, PA, United States
100 Years of Cryosphere: Impacts Motivate Scientific Advancement (Invited) (468793)
Jacqueline Richter-Menge, US Arctic Research Commission & University of Alaska Fairbanks, Hanover, NH, United States
Arctic System Science: Evolution in Synthesis Research (Invited) (469164)
Larry D Hinzman, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
A Century of Glacier Research Evolution Driven by Need to Assess Climate Change Impacts (Invited) (468089)
Mauri S Pelto, Nichols College, Dudley, MA, United States

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