5th European Conference on Permafrost

The carbon cycle in the northern permafrost region

Salle Michel Payot

Gustaf Hugelius

4 - Educating with Permafrost: Training the next generation permafrost specialists

Salle Edgard Bouillette

Hanne Christiansen, Irina Streletskaya, Ylva Sjöberg

› Engineer-geocryological scientific-educational field work of Moscow university Master of Science students at polar regions of european russian arctic - Vladislav Isaev, Lomonosov Moscow State University 119991 Leninskie Gory, Faculty of Geology 09:30-09:45 (15min)

› FROZEN CANOES: Landscape and infrastructure dynamics in frozen environments undergoing Climate Change in Canada, Norway and Svalbard - Hanne Hvidtfeldt Christiansen, The University Centre in Svalbard 09:45-10:00 (15min)

› Communicating Permafrost Research and Arctic Climate Change: a Modular Concept for Student Workshops - Katrin Kohnert, German Research Centre for Geosciences - Helmholtz-Centre Potsdam 10:00-10:15 (15min)

› Education with Permafrost: Expanding permafrost specialists - Kenji Yoshikawa, University of Alaska Fairbanks 10:15-10:30 (15min)

5 - Interdisciplinary approaches to conceptualize changes and feedbacks in permafrost landscapes

Salle Théodore Bourrit

Thomas A. Douglas, Benjamin W. Abbott, Yuanchao Fan

› The cartography of permafrost continuity - Frederick Nelson, Northern Michigan University, Michigan State University 09:15-09:30 (15min)

› Interdisciplinary approaches to understanding the initiation and lateral expansion of thermokarst in peat-rich regions - Merritt Turetsky, University of Guelph 09:30-09:45 (15min)

› Numerical Simulation of Lateral Permafrost Thaw in Northwest Territories - Erfan Abedian Amiri, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering [UWaterloo] - James Craig, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering [UWaterloo] 09:45-10:00 (15min)

› Climate change and ecological interactions affecting permafrost temperature regime and ice-wedge activity in the Narsajuaq river valley, Nunavik, Canada - Samuel Gagnon, Université Laval, Centre d'études nordiques 10:00-10:15 (15min)

› Thermal denudation due to climate fluctuations as a driver for relief transformation in central Yamal, Russia - Artem Khomutov, University of Tyumen, International Institute of Cryology and Cryosophy, Earth Cryosphere Institute Tyumen Scientific Centre SB RAS 10:15-10:30 (15min)

26 - Open session on permafrost hydrology

Salle Paul Payot

William L. Quinton, Ryan F. Connon, Chris Spence

› Identification of patterns in hydrological conditions governing flow in an unregulated river basin in the Northwest Territories, and implications for downstream hydroelectric power generation - Jennifer Hickman, Wilfrid Laurier University 09:15-09:30 (15min)

› Quantifying the Interactions Between Subsurface Hydro-Thermal Characteristics, Permafrost Distribution, Soil Physical Properties and Landscape Structure in an Arctic Watershed - Baptiste Dafflon, LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATL LAB 09:30-09:45 (15min)

› Assessment of aufeis role in hydrological regime of the North-Eastern Russia - Nataliia Nesterova, St. Petersburg State University, State Hydrological Institute 09:45-10:00 (15min)

› Characterization of Runoff Within a Periglacial Micro-Watershed of the Andes Containing Rock Glaciers - Lukas Arenson, BGC Engineering Inc. 10:00-10:15 (15min)

25 - Open session on mountain permafrost

Salle Isabella Straton

Martin Hoelzle, Sebastian Vivero

› Combined rock temperatures modelling and glaciological survey on the Jungfraujoch (Switzerland) - Pierre Dalban Canassy, Geotest AG 09:15-09:30 (15min)

› Influences of snow on the temperature regime of steep frozen rock walls - Anna Haberkorn, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research, SLF 09:30-09:45 (15min)

› Fracture kinematics in steep bedrock permafrost, Aiguille du Midi (3842 m a.s.l., Chamonix Mont-Blanc, France) - Grégoire GUILLET, Environnements, Dynamiques et Territoires de la Montagne 09:45-10:00 (15min)

› Monitoring and statistical modelling of permafrost in steep slopes of Norway - Florence Magnin, Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1047, Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway - Sebastian Westermann, Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1047, Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway 10:00-10:15 (15min)

› Complex model simulations of permafrost in remote regions improved by data assimilation using a particle batch smoother - Joel Fiddes, University of Oslo 10:15-10:30 (15min)

1 - Remote sensing of permafrost landscapes

Salle Michel Payot

Sabine Baumann, Artem Khomutov, Ingmar Nitze

› Evolution of rock glaciers in northern Tien Shan, Central Asia, 1971 – 2016 - Tobias Bolch, University of Zürich [Zürich] 09:15-09:30 (15min)

› Spying on tundra beavers with times series remote sensing data - Benjamin Jones, U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, AK, USA 09:30-09:45 (15min)

› Active layer thickness and ground temperature through assimilation of remote sensing data in permafrost models - Sebastian Westermann, University of Oslo 09:45-10:00 (15min)

› Dynamics of gas emission craters on Yamal and Gydan Peninsulas, Russia, analysis of stereo pairs of very-high resolution satellite images - Alexander Kizyakov, Earth Cryosphere Institute, Tyumen Scientific Center SB RAS, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography, Cryolithology and Glaciology Department 10:00-10:15 (15min)

› Using remotely sensed data to identify perennial snow patches in northern Iceland - Hannah Prantl, Institue of Geography, University of Innsbruck 10:15-10:30 (15min)

16 - Living with Permafrost: Community engagements and outreach products

Salle Edgard Bouillette

Mathias Ulrich, Josefine Lenz, Ylva Sjöberg, Irina Streletskaya

› After the Thaw: Permafrost, People and a new narrative approach to community engagement. - Joaquin Alvarado, studiotobe 11:00-11:15 (15min)

› Lessons Learned from Mapping Permafrost Vulnerability in Northern Communities - Louis-Philippe Roy, Yukon Research Centre - yukon College 11:15-11:30 (15min)

› Bakeapple picking in a changing physical and social landscape - Darya Anderson, McGill University 11:30-11:45 (15min)

› Living with Permafrost: Community engagements and outreach products - Kenji Yoshikawa, University of Alaska Fairbanks 11:45-12:00 (15min)

› Permafrost Research Priorities - Hugues Lantuit, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research 12:00-12:15 (15min)

5 - Interdisciplinary approaches to conceptualize changes and feedbacks in permafrost landscapes

Salle Théodore Bourrit

Thomas A. Douglas, Benjamin W. Abbott, Yuanchao Fan

› Multiple-scaled observations of marginal permafrost over Mongolia - Mamoru Ishikawa, Hokkaido University 11:00-11:15 (15min)

› Coupling ground subsidence and surface wetlands - Altug Ekici, Uni Research Climate, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, Universität Bern [Bern] 11:15-11:30 (15min)

› Beaded streams in Alaska and Siberia: similarities and differences - Anna Tarbeeva, Lomonosov Moscow State University 11:30-11:45 (15min)

› A scalable approach to model the ground thermal and hydrological dynamics of polygonal tundra - Jan Nitzbon, University of Oslo, Humboldt University of Berlin, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research 11:45-12:00 (15min)

› The impact of lateral heat and water fluxes from thermokarst lakes on tundra landscape dynamics and permafrost degradation - Thomas Schneider von Deimling, Department of Geography, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Periglacial Research Section 12:00-12:15 (15min)

26 - Open session on permafrost hydrology

Salle Paul Payot

William L. Quinton, Ryan F. Connon, Chris Spence

› Hydrologic connectivity is a key control on the impacts of permafrost disturbance on fluvial fluxes - 11:00-11:15 (15min)

› High Arctic Sediment Yield Responses to Geomorphic and Permafrost Change in a Transitioning Climate - Casey Beel, Department of Geography and Planning 11:15-11:30 (15min)

› Hydrological change trajectories in the southern Taiga Plains, Canada - William Quinton, Centre for Cold Regions and Water Science [Wilfrid Laurier University] 11:30-11:45 (15min)

› Taliks, a tipping point in permafrost degradation - Elise Devoie, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering [UWaterloo] 11:45-12:00 (15min)

› Monitoring the Hydrogeochemical Evolution of Groundwater in a Small Watershed in a Discontinuous Permafrost Zone, Québec, Canada - Marion Cochand, Département de géologie et de génie géologique et Centre d'études nordiques, Université Laval, Québec, QC 12:00-12:15 (15min)

25 - Open session on mountain permafrost

Salle Isabella Straton

Martin Hoelzle, Sebastian Vivero

› Tibetan permafrost change during the past five decades - Duoying Ji, Beijing Normal University - Wenbin Sun, Beijing Normal University 11:00-11:15 (15min)

› Difference in surface temperatures and their influences on the permafrost temperatures on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau - Dongliang Luo, Northwest Institute of Eco-environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences 11:15-11:30 (15min)

› Frozen ground in the cold-arid Himalaya: a case study from upper Ganglass catchment, Leh - John Wani, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee 11:30-11:45 (15min)

› CTS-PB and GS-PT as two surfaces integrating glacial and periglacial permafrost - Wojciech Dobiński, University of Silesia 12:00-12:15 (15min)

1 - Remote sensing of permafrost landscapes

Salle Michel Payot

Sabine Baumann, Artem Khomutov, Ingmar Nitze

› Developing site specific spectral libraries for characterizing and monitoring surface features within ice-free areas of the South Shetland Islands (Antarctica) - Thomas Schmid, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medio Ambientales y Tecnológicas 11:00-11:15 (15min)

› Contribution of the permafrost phenomena and processes to coastal erosion at Baydaratskaya Bay, Kara Sea - Daria Aleksyutina, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography 11:15-11:30 (15min)

› Estimating shrub height as indicator for snow depth and permafrost modelling - Annett Bartsch, Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik 11:30-11:45 (15min)

› Relief and vegetation patterns in connection with permafrost features in Lena Delta (Eastern Siberia) - Nikolay Lashchinskiy, Central Siberian botanical garden SD RAS 11:45-12:00 (15min)

IPA Education & Outreach Committee meeting

Salle Samivel

Anna E. Klene

10 - Thermokarst lake dynamics across multiple spatial and temporal scales

Salle Edgard Bouillette

Josefine Lenz, Frederic Bouchard, Benjamin M. Jones

› The influence of vegetation structure on the geomorphic evolution of thermokarst lakes, Old Crow Flats, Yukon - Pascale Roy-Leveillee, Vale Living with Lakes Centre, Laurentian University 14:00-14:15 (15min)

› Reconstruction of the development of a retrogressive thaw slump on the bank of a thermokarst lake in Central Yakutia using dendrochronology - Antoine Séjourné, Géosciences Paris Sud 14:15-14:30 (15min)

› Past and present thermokarst lake dynamics in the Yedoma Ice Complex region of North-Eastern Yakutia - Alexandra Veremeeva, Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Challenges in Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences 14:30-14:45 (15min)

› Stochastic models of dynamic balance in cryolithozone landscapes and its significance for nature hazard assessment - Alexey Victorov, RAS Institute of Environmental Geoscience 14:45-15:00 (15min)

› Thermodynamic calculation of freezing temperature of gas-saturated pore water in talik zones - Vladimir Istomin, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Gazprom VNIIGAZ - Evgeny Chuvilin, Department of Geology, Lomonosov Moscow State University 15:00-15:15 (15min)

› Lake dynamics across latitudinal permafrost transects - Ingmar Nitze, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar- and Marine Research, Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Potsdam 15:15-15:30 (15min)

5 - Interdisciplinary approaches to conceptualize changes and feedbacks in permafrost landscapes

Salle Théodore Bourrit

Thomas A. Douglas, Benjamin W. Abbott, Yuanchao Fan

› Features of methane showings in disturbed cryogenic strata 280 km SE from the new Yamal crater Erkatayakha - Gleb Kraev, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam [Amsterdam], Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Challenges in Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences 14:00-14:15 (15min)

› Main results of 4-year gas-emission crater study - Marina Leibman, University of Tyumen, International Institute of Cryology and Cryosophy, Earth Cryosphere Institute, Tyumen Scientific Center, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences 14:15-14:30 (15min)

› Field incubation study of greenhouse gas release from buried soil in the Lena River Delta, Siberia - Svetlana Evgrafova, Siberian Federal University, V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forest 14:30-14:45 (15min)

› Spatially-explicit estimation of soil nitrogen stock and its comparison with Community Land Model across Tibetan alpine permafrost - Yuanhe Yang, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences 14:45-15:00 (15min)

› Divergent patterns of experimental and model derived variables of tundra ecosystem carbon exchange in response to arctic warming - Christina Schaedel, Northern Arizona University [Flagstaff] 15:00-15:15 (15min)

26 - Open session on permafrost hydrology

Salle Paul Payot

William L. Quinton, Ryan F. Connon, Chris Spence

› An experimental study of permafrost restoration under the seismic line in the wetland-dominated zone of discontinuous permafrost, Northwest Territories, Canada - Michael Braverman, GHD 14:00-14:15 (15min)

› Main controlling factors of the permafrost soil-moisture on the slope of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau - wei Cao, State Key Laboratory of Frozen Soil Engineering, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences 14:15-14:30 (15min)

› High frequency data reveals new insights into hydrological and biogeochemical processes in a discontinuous permafrost watershed - Sean Carey, McMaster University 14:30-14:45 (15min)

› Distribution of suprapermafrost taliks in the Shestakovka River catchment, continuous permafrost zone - Liudmila Lebedeva, Melnikov Permafrost Institute SB RAS 14:45-15:00 (15min)

› New insights into snowfall and snow accumulation trends and patterns across the Northwest Territories - Ryan Connon, Wilfrid Laurier University 15:00-15:15 (15min)

25 - Open session on mountain permafrost

Salle Isabella Straton

Martin Hoelzle, Sebastian Vivero

› Transient modelling of permafrost distribution in Iceland - Justyna Czekirda, Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo 14:00-14:15 (15min)

› IMPROVED SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF PERMAFROST MODELS TO PROJECTED CHANGES IN CONTINENTALITY, YUKON, CANADA - Philip Bonnaventure, Department of Geography, University of Lethbridge 14:15-14:30 (15min)

› Distinguishing ice-rich and ice-poor permafrost to map ground temperatures and -ice content in the Swiss Alps - Robert Kenner, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF 14:30-14:45 (15min)

› Seasonal and inter-annual variability of soil moisture in permafrost terrains - Cécile Pellet, University of Fribourg - Department of Geosciences 14:45-15:00 (15min)

› A distributed temperature sensing approach to mapping mountain permafrost - Jordan Harrington, Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary, BGC Engineering Inc. 15:00-15:15 (15min)

1 - Remote sensing of permafrost landscapes

Salle Michel Payot

Sabine Baumann, Artem Khomutov, Ingmar Nitze

› Sentinel-1 InSAR measurements of surface elevation changes over yedoma uplands on Sobo-Sise Island, Lena Delta - JIE CHEN, Earth System Science Programme, Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Institute of Space and Earth Information Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong - Frank Günther, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research - Guido Grosse, Institute of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Potsdam, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research - Lin Liu, Earth System Science Programme, Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong - Hui Lin, Department of Geography and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Institute of Space and Earth Information Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong 14:00-14:15 (15min)

› SAR Interferometry investigating Seasonal Heave and Subsidence in a Continuous Permafrost Landscape, Adventdalen, Svalbard - Line Rouyet, Norut - Northern Research Institute, Tromsø, Norvège 14:15-14:30 (15min)

› Evaluating DInSAR displacement products using fine-scale geomorphological mapping and field based studies along the Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway corridor, western Canadian Arctic - Ashley Rudy, Wilfrid Laurier University 14:30-14:45 (15min)

› The Importance of L-Frequency SAR Volume Scattering On Lowland Tundra in the Arctic - Reginald Muskett, Geophysical Institute, UAF 14:45-15:00 (15min)

› Surface Deformation Monitoring in High-Latitude Permafrost Areas with Sentinel-1 SAR Interferometry - Tazio Strozzi, Gamma Remote Sensing and Consulting AG 15:00-15:15 (15min)

17 - Subsea Permafrost Dynamics

Salle Edgard Bouillette

Martin Stendel, Paul Overduin, Matteo Puglini

› Investigating current state and mechanisms of subsea permafrost degradation and associated methane emissions in the East Siberian Arctic Shelf - Natalia Shakhova, University of Alaska Fairbanks, National Tomsk Research Polytechnic University 15:45-16:00 (15min)

› Reactive-transport model on Arctic shelves: a focus on subsea permafrost affected sediments - Matteo Puglini, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology 16:00-16:15 (15min)

› Submarine permafrost development modelled at the circum-Arctic scale - Pier Overduin, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar- and Marine Research 16:15-16:30 (15min)

› Subsea Permafrost Climate Modeling – From uncertainty estimates to estimates of future permafrost degradation - Christian Rodehacke, Danish Meteorological Institute, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research 16:30-16:45 (15min)

› Geophysical surveys of sub-aquatic permafrost: talik dynamics and the influence of a freshwater to saltwater lake transition - Michael Angelopoulos, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar- and Marine Research, Institute of Earth and Environmental Science, Universität Potsdam 16:45-17:00 (15min)

› Organic matter composition across subsea permafrost thaw horizons - Birgit Wild, Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry [Stockholm], Bolin Centre for Climate Research 17:00-17:15 (15min)

25 - Open session on mountain permafrost

Salle Isabella Straton

Martin Hoelzle, Sebastian Vivero

› Debris size classification of alpine landforms using high-resolution images - Elisa Giaccone, University of Lausanne 15:45-16:00 (15min)

› Towards accurate quantification of ice content in permafrost of the Central Andes – results from geophysical campaigns in 3 different regions - Christin Hilbich, University of Fribourg - Department of Geosciences 16:00-16:15 (15min)

› Modelling of Ground Penetrating Radar in alpine Permafrost at Hoher Sonnblick Summit - Theresa Maierhofer, TU Wien 16:15-16:30 (15min)

› Permafrost probability model for debris surfaces in the Central Andes (29º to 33º SL, Argentina) - Carla Tapia, Argentine Institute of Snow Research, Glaciology and Environmental Sciences - Christian Halla, Bonn Universität [Bonn] 16:30-16:45 (15min)

1 - Remote sensing of permafrost landscapes

Salle Michel Payot

Sabine Baumann, Artem Khomutov, Ingmar Nitze

› Detection and quantification of lateral thermokarst lake expansion processes in periglacial landscapes based on Sentinel and RadpidEye imagery - Soraya Kaiser, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Department of Geography, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 15:45-16:00 (15min)

› Characterization of Polar Permafrost Landscapes by Means of Multi-Temporal and Multi-Scale Remote Sensing, and In-Situ Measurements (SMART) - Tobias Ullmann, Institute of Geography and Geology - University of Wuerzburg 16:00-16:15 (15min)

› Automated mapping of landforms in high Arctic mountains - Huw Mithan, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences [Cardiff] 16:15-16:30 (15min)

IPA Action Group - Rock glacier inventories and kinematics

Salle Théodore Bourrit

Reynald Delaloye

Closing Ceremony

Salle Michel Payot

LOC and IPA