To accomplish the resolutions from the Madison workshop, the following assignments were agreed upon:
Coordinating committee
GoncaloVieira (co-chairperson) (Portugal), Mauro Guglielmin (co-chairperson) (Italy), Megan Balks (Secretary/webmaster) (New Zealand), James Bockheim (USA), Jan Boelhouwers (Sweden) and Ron Sletten (USA).
Permafrost group
R. Sletten , I. Campbell, J. Bockheim, D. Gilichinsky, M. Guglielmin, with the following subgroups:
Soils and geomorphological group
James Bockheim , Iain Campbell, Megan Balks, John Kimble, and Lynn Everett
CALM-S/GTN-P monitoring group
M. Guglielmin, J. Boelhouwers , M. Ramos, F. Nelson, and G.Vieira.
IPY proposalJan Boelhouwers has coordinated an ANTPAS International Polar Year (IPY) project for 2007-2008.
The ANTPAS IPY activity document (ANTPAS_IPY_Final_v31.doc) is also available for downloading (.pdf, 84 KB).
Coordinating committee
GoncaloVieira (co-chairperson) (Portugal), Mauro Guglielmin (co-chairperson) (Italy), Megan Balks (Secretary/webmaster) (New Zealand), James Bockheim (USA), Jan Boelhouwers (Sweden) and Ron Sletten (USA).
Permafrost group
R. Sletten , I. Campbell, J. Bockheim, D. Gilichinsky, M. Guglielmin, with the following subgroups:
- Terminology and identification of a legend for the permafrost map will be coordinated by H. French and D. Gilichinsky
- S. Arcone will coordinate the permafrost database;
- G. Clow, A. Kholodov, and A. Abramov will coordinate subglacial modeling of permafrost distribution;
- Regional (inset) permafrost map compilation will include:
- Andes Mountains of South America - D. Trombotto
- Antarctic Peninsula and offshore islands - J. Lopez-Martinez
- Transantarctic Mountains - J. Bockheim, I. Campbell, B. Csatho
- Sub-sea permafrost - H. Hubberten
- Drønning Maud Land - J. Boelhouwers, N. Matsuoka
- Wilkes Land - I. Campbell
- An expert group will prepare a database and map showing the distribution of permafrost in the Southern Hemisphere. The map legend will include (1) ice-covered (sub-glacial) permafrost (contours of basal temperature from models extrapolated from specific boreholes, extent of lakes and water layers, thickness of permafrost from models, and specific borehole data); (2) ice-free permafrost (ground ice, lithology and mineralogy, thickness of permafrost from models, temperature, specific borehole data, and depth to an ice-bonded layer); (3) sub-sea permafrost; and (4) Andean permafrost. A draft of the map will be available by June 2007 with the final map being presented at the 2008 ICOP meeting in Fairbanks, AK.
- A further key effort of the group should be a permafrost drilling project to address questions such as:
- How deep are the dry-frozen materials?
- Of what importance are buried soils for interpreting and modeling environmental change?
- What are the consequences of melting of ice-cemented permafrost on global distribution and availability of water and soil genesis?
- Is there a biological signature from deep cores?
- The approach for the proposed drilling project should include:
- Drilling similar to that of NASA's program for Mars;
- Cryopedological and cryolithological studies such as geochemistry/mineralogy, isotopic analysis, etc.
- Use of GPR and other geophysical techniques;
- Use of cosmogenic and exposure dating procedures; and
- Temperature probes placed at close increments.
- The distribution of permafrost in the Andes of South America constitutes an early warning indicator of global warming on terrestrial ecosystems and warrants additional study
Soils and geomorphological group
James Bockheim , Iain Campbell, Megan Balks, John Kimble, and Lynn Everett
- Identification of soil and geomorphological attributes and database management will be coordinated by C. Tarnocai;
- M. Balks and M. McLeod will prepare protocols/manual for the soils database;
- The compilation of existing soils and geomorphological maps and data will be conducted by the following subgroups:
- Transantarctic Mountains ( M. McLeod , I. Campbell, G. Claridge, J. Kimble, J. Bockheim, M. Balks, and R. Sletten).
- The subgroup responsible for soils and geomorphology of the Antarctic Peninsula and offshore islands includes C. Schaefer/F. Simas, E. Serrano , and M.-F. André.
- J. Boelhouwers, N. Matsuoka , and E.-M. Pfeiffer will be responsible for soils and geomorphology of Drønning Maud Land.
- The study of cryogenic processes will be coordinated by R. Sletten and J. Boelhouwers.
CALM-S/GTN-P monitoring group
M. Guglielmin, J. Boelhouwers , M. Ramos, F. Nelson, and G.Vieira.
- R. Paetzold will coordinate existing and new sites and data management;
- E. Serrano will coordinate periglacial processes,
- F. Nelson and J. Boelhouwers will coordinate protocols/manual, network configuration, and scaling issues.
IPY proposalJan Boelhouwers has coordinated an ANTPAS International Polar Year (IPY) project for 2007-2008.
The ANTPAS IPY activity document (ANTPAS_IPY_Final_v31.doc) is also available for downloading (.pdf, 84 KB).