NASA Community Snow Meeting 2024

14 - 15 August Boulder, CO (virtually accessible)
What's Next for Snow?

About the NASA Community Snow Meeting

Our meeting agenda will focus on the following objectives:
  • Summarize the SnowEx and working group accomplishments
  • Identify/prioritize remaining snow science gaps
  • Bring the larger snow community together
  • Share components of different satellite mission proposals
  • Generate tangible next steps for the Decadal Survey
  • Facilitate collaborations for future work

Past Events:

2020 Virtual Meeting

2024 Event Starts In:

Days Hours Minutes Seconds

Information for Attendees

Please familiarize yourself with the meeting code of conduct
Meeting Code of Conduct

Schedule

All times listed below are Mountain Daylight Time (UTC -6).

7:45 - 9:30

Summary and State of the Science/Community Discussion

Welcome, expectations, current status of NASA community snow science.

Moderator: Kate Hale, Jack Tarricone (Virtual), Randall Bonnell (Notes)
  • 7:45 - Check in, coffee available
  • 8:15 - Welcome, introductions
  • 8:30 - NASA Terrestrial Hydrology Program (Jared Entin, Craig Ferguson)
  • 8:50 - SnowEx Overview (2017-2023) (Carrie Vuyovich)
  • 9:15 - Questions/Discussion

9:30 - 9:50

BREAK

9:50 - 12:00

Breakout Session for Current Sensing Techniques

Discuss the current capabilities and state of the art of numerous sensing techniques.

Breakout session groups:

  • Microwave Scattering
  • Signals of Opportunity
  • UAV applications
  • Snowpack and Hydrologic Modeling
  • Ground-based/observational
  • Snowpack Albedo
  • L-band InSAR
  • Spaceborne lidar/stereo

Moderator: Jack Tarricone, HP Marshall (Virtual), Mimi Hughes (Notes)
  • 9:50 - Introduce breakout session objectives & expecations
  • 10:00 - Breakout group discussion time
  • 11:00 - Summarize sensing technique breakout discussions to full group

12:00 - 13:00

LUNCH (catered)

13:00 - 15:00

Mission Concepts and Ongoing Scientific Projects

Summary of missions concepts, including technical approach and Earth System Explorer feedback.

Moderator: HP Marshall, Joachim Meyer (Virtual), Aditya Khuller (Notes)
  • 13:00 - Terrestrial Snow Mass Mission, TSMM (Benoit Montpetit)
  • 13:20 - Surface Biology and Geology, SBG (Niklas Bohn)
  • 13:40 - NISAR (Shadi Oveisgharan)
  • 14:00 - SnoWatch (Steve Margulis)
  • 14:20 - SnowGlobe (Ana Barros)
  • 14:40 - Questions/Discussion

15:00 - 15:30

BREAK

15:30 - 17:00

Poster Session

All participants are invited to present in the afternoon poster session.

Moderator: Megan Mason

17:00

DINNER (on your own)

7:45 - 10:00

Future of Snow Remote Sensing & Science

Breakout Session for Big Picture Snow Science

What to aim for in snow science, remote sensing, and modeling.

Moderator: Joachim Meyer, Noah Molotch (Virtual), Otto Lang (Notes)
  • 7:45 - Arrive, coffee available
  • 8:15 - Announcements, day 1 follow up and introduce breakout session objectives & expectations
  • 8:30 - Breakout group discussion time
  • 9:30 - Summarize breakout discussions to full group

10:30 - 10:50

BREAK

10:50 - 13:00

Breakout Session for Near Term Next Steps

Identify areas that the snow community should focus on in the next decade to make major advances in the future, both in snow and in the broader earth science communities.

Moderator: Noah Molotch, Keith Musselman (Virtual), Hamish Prichard (Notes)
  • 10:50 - Introduce breakout session objectives & expectations
  • 11:00 - Breakout group discussion time
  • 12:00 - Summarize breakout discussions to full group

13:00 - 14:00

LUNCH (catered)

14:00 - 17:00

Community Engagement and Operations

Ways to increase engagement with the broader snow science community through data distribution centers, open science workshops, and operational environments.

Moderator: Keith Musselman, Carrie Vuyovich (Virtual), Millie Spencer (Notes)
  • 14:00 - NASA distributed active archiving centers & cloud computing (Joseph Kennedy)
  • 14:15 - Open science and community engagement (Stephanie Wong)
  • 14:30 - How can the hackweek model support future snow community collaborations? (Anthony Arendt)
  • 14:45 - SnowSchool update (McKenzie Skiles)
  • 15:00 - Research & Flight Operations of airborne platforms (Jeff Deems)
  • 15:15 - Colorado Airborne Snow Measurement Program (CASM) (Taylor Winchell)
  • 15:30 - River Forecast Center applications (Joachim Meyer)
  • 15:45 - Questions/Discussion

16:00 - 16:15

BREAK

16:15 - 16:45

Meeting Wrap Up

Wrap up, presentation of objectives and meeting takeaways.

Moderator: Carrie Vuyovich, Kate Hale (Virtual), Katie Breen (Notes)

17:00

Group Social

Gathering at Rayback Collective (2775 Valmont Rd. Boulder, CO)

Meeting Location

CU Boulder East Campus
Sustainability, Energy and Environment Community (SEEC) Building
4001 Discovery Dr, Boulder, CO 80303
Room C120 Auditorium
Getting There

Travel

For meeting attendees traveling by plane, Denver International Airport (DEN) is the closest to Boulder. The RTD AB1 bus provides transit directly from DEN to downtown Boulder every hour. Please see the RTD schedules for local transit to CU East Campus, including the JUMP and BOUND buses. Parking is available outside of the SEEC building.

Lodging

There are many hotels in Boulder and within proximity to the meeting location, including: Hotel Boulderado, Hilton Garden Inn Boulder, Boulder Marriott, Residence Inn Boulder Canyon Boulevard, Hyatt Place Boulder.

Meet the Organizing Team

The people on this page have helped organize and secure funding for the community snow meeting.
Kate Hale
Meeting PI, Postdoctoral Scholar
  • University of Alaska Fairbanks
Joachim Meyer
Senior Research Scholar
  • Boise State University
Carrie Vuyovich
Research Physical Scientist
  • NASA GSFC
Keith Musselman
Assistant Professor
  • University of Colorado Boulder
Noah Molotch
Associate Professor
  • University of Colorado Boulder
HP Marshall
Associate Professor
  • Boise State University
Jack Tarricone
Postdoctoral Scholar
  • NASA GSFC / NPP
Megan Mason
Research Scientist
  • NASA GSFC / SSAI

Our Sponsors

Thank you to the NASA Terrestrial Hydrology Program
NASA Snow