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EAR Division Of Earth Sciences |
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| Initial Amendment Date: | August 27, 2007 |
| Latest Amendment Date: | June 20, 2008 |
| Award Number: | 0731541 |
| Award Instrument: | Standard Grant |
| Program Manager: |
Richard Yuretich
ryuretic@nsf.gov (703)292-4744 EAR Division Of Earth Sciences GEO Directorate for Geosciences |
| Start Date: | September 1, 2007 |
| End Date: | August 31, 2008 (Estimated) |
| Total Intended Award Amount: | $0.00 |
| Total Awarded Amount to Date: | $74,954.00 |
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3100 MARINE ST Boulder CO US 80309-0001 (303)492-6221 |
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3100 MARINE ST Boulder CO US 80309-0001 |
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Instrumentation & Facilities, Geomorphology & Land-use Dynam |
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| Award Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Fund Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Assistance Listing Number(s): | 47.050 |
ABSTRACT
This research will assemble and deploy newly-developed time lapse camera systems at Columbia Glacier, Alaska, for combined scientific and public education/outreach use. Columbia Glacier is mid-way through a rapid dynamic retreat and its terminus is presently entering a confluence of two major branches where exceptionally rapid changes occurred in September 2006, and are likely to continue in 2007. Detailed observations made during Summer 2007 during what may be the fastest and most complex phase of the retreat to date will provide critical information for understanding the details of outlet glacier dynamics at the world's most intensively studied marine-terminating glacier. Deployment of ground-based camera systems greatly strengthen the documentation and analysis of retreat during this period of rapid and complex change.
Broader Impacts: The newly-developed camera systems described here have greater capabilities than existing systems, both in terms of photogrammetric applications for extraction of quantitative information and in terms of intrinsic image quality for professional outreach. Time lapse imagery has a powerful informative influence on general public and scientific audiences alike; the imagery gathered under this funding will be used to address a wide variety of outreach and educational goals, in collaboration with the University of Colorado Outreach Education Office, National Geographic Society, and The North Face, Inc.
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