A three-task proposal is defined to aid GLIMS (Global Land Ice Measurements from Space) in achieving its measurement goals, to apply improved multi-sensor methods of semi-automated glacier mapping, and to apply a novel approach in remote sensing analysis of glacier/lake dynamics. The three tasks are as follows. Task 1: GLIMS Core Functions coordination of the global project. Task 2: Glacier measurement, mapping, and monitoring in the Alaskan Chugach Mountains and Wrangell Mountains. Task 3: Forward and inverse approaches to analysis of suspended sediment in glacier lakes and applications to glacier/lake dynamics in Alaska, Peru, and the Himalaya. The project will utilize mainly ASTER and MODIS data and will also involve limited field studies to obtain empirical constraints (glacier surface spectra and water samples and lake spectra) on mapping. Task 1 leverages off involvement in GLIMS by 28 nations; this task encompasses consortium publication activity, GLIMS workshop logistical work, participation as a GLIMS consortium representative in ASTER Science Team meetings, teamwork with other Core Institutions in developing future research and analysis directions for the consortium, and other activities where the benefit is for the consortium as a whole and for scientific and public dissemination of knowledge gained by the project. Task 2 is a "regional center" type of activity needed to keep the project leadership well atuned to the technical challenges and the science of the GLIMS project as a whole. Task 3 is designed to explore key hydrological linkages between glaciers and their environment, including impacts on people.
