Planetary Ices and Planetary Analogs: what role for NSIDC? Ted Scambos and Roger Barry NSIDCs skills in image interpretation, albedo, surface temperature mapping, and multi-sensor applications to cryospheric applications might be applicable to extraterrestrial satellite data; particularly on Mars and Europa; Can we identify science and data-related avenues for future NSIDC funding in the planetary sciences? Should NSIDC Explore the Cryosphere of Other Spheres? Should NSIDC Explore the Cryosphere of other Spheres? A Strategy for increasing NSIDCs involvement with Extraterrestrial ice Become more involved in extraterrestrial research -initiate collaborations with established PIs -submit smart Earth-analog proposals to space-related calls -share Ph.D. students, post-Docs with, e.g., LASP Use research funding to gather existing data -offer assembled data over our website -value-added products leading to: Propose to archive and dist. selected space cyrosphere data, -e.g. Mars permafrost, Europa radar obs., Should NSIDC Explore the Cryosphere of other Spheres? Possible science research project ideas: Mars - a) Using ~10m resolution images to examine similarities/differences in sub-ice-sheet geomorphology and Mars major channel morphology. (i.e. continuing the work of B. Lucchitta; T. Scambos, J. Kargel) b) Martian and Terrestrial Permafrost landforms: Overview, what does it tell us? (T. Zhang, D. Winebrenner) c) Image and topographic-based searches for subglacial lakes (North Polar Cap and high-latitude ice-filled craters) (MOLA and ICESat connection) (T. Scambos, T. Haran) d) Albedo and surface temperature mapping of the polar caps (J. Stroeve and A. Nolin) e) Martian seasonal snow cover mapping (Passive/active microwave sensor at Mars?) (R. Armstrong, M-J Brodzik, D. Winebrenner) Should NSIDC Explore the Cryosphere of other Spheres? Possible science research project ideas: Europa - a) rifting and calving of shelf ice on two planets Compare and contrast (Scambos, Maslanik) b) surface energy balance in penitentes: Earth (Andes), Mars, and Europa (Stroeve, Nolin) Other Icy Bodies a) Are high-pressure ice polymorphs exposed in the central peaks of large icy-moon craters? Mimas, Tethys, Miranda, Enceledaus? Pluto/Charon? e.g. Roger Clark at USGS/Denver collaboration (T. Scambos, A. Nolin) Should NSIDC Explore the Cryosphere of other Spheres?