Multiple Session Announcements and Calls for Abstracts
AS2.4 - Boundary Layers in High Latitudes: Physical and Chemical
Processes Including Atmosphere-Ice Chemical Interactions
European Geoscience Union General Assembly
7-12 April 2013
Vienna, AustriaCR3.6 - Sea Ice Processes and Interaction with Climate
European Geoscience Union General Assembly
7-12 April 2013
Vienna, AustriaA4.2 - Sea Ice and Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions
Davos Atmosphere and Cryosphere Assembly 2013
8-12 July 2013
Davos, SwitzerlandA4.3 - High Latitude Climate Change and Links with the Cryosphere
Davos Atmosphere and Cryosphere Assembly 2013
8-12 July 2013
Davos, Switzerland
- AS2.4 - Boundary Layers in High Latitudes: Physical and Chemical
Processes Including Atmosphere-Ice Chemical Interactions
Organizers of session AS2.4, entitled "Boundary Layers in High
Latitudes: Physical and Chemical Processes Including Atmosphere-Ice
Chemical Interactions" announce a call for abstracts. The session will
be convened at the European Geoscience Union (EGU) General Assembly,
7-12 April 2013 in Vienna, Austria.
This session is intended to provide an interdisciplinary forum to bring
together researchers working in the areas of high-latitude tropospheric
meteorology, chemistry, oceanography, and climate with an emphasis on
the role of boundary layer processes that mediate exchanges between the
Earth's surface (snow, ice, ocean, and land) and the atmosphere.
Submissions addressing extreme changes in the Arctic this last summer
(rapid loss of sea ice and the melting of the entire Greenland ice
surface on 11 July) and associated boundary layer impacts and controls
are especially welcome. The complete session description, including a
list of specific subject areas from which contributions are invited, can
be found at:
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2013/session/11583/as2%2C4.
For further information, please contact:
William Neff
Email: william.neff [at] noaa.gov
- CR3.6 - Sea Ice Processes and Interaction with Climate
European Geoscience Union General Assembly
7-12 April 2013
Vienna, Austria
Organizers of session CR3.6, entitled "Sea Ice Processes and Interaction
with Climate" announce a call for abstracts. The session will be
convened at the European Geoscience Union (EGU) General Assembly, 7-12
April 2013 in Vienna, Austria.
In 2012 the summer sea ice extent was the lowest in satellite history,
exceeding the previous low in 2007. Although the amount of young
multiyear ice has increased somewhat in the last couple of years, the
amount of thick multiyear ice has continued to decline. Some climate
models predict that summer arctic sea ice might altogether disappear in
about 30 years. While the effects of a shrinking sea ice cover on global
climate, ocean circulation, and marine biology are expected to be
significant, they are difficult to evaluate because of our incomplete
understanding of the polar climate components and our limited ability to
model them.
The scientific community is investing considerable effort in organizing
the current knowledge of the physical and biogeochemical properties of
sea ice, exploring poorly understood sea ice processes, and forecasting
future changes of the sea ice cover. In this session, organizers invite
contributions regarding all aspects of sea ice science and sea
ice-climate interactions. Oral presentations and posters on snow and sea
ice thermodynamics and dynamics, sea ice-atmosphere and sea ice-ocean
interactions, sea ice biological and chemical processes, and sea ice
models will be welcome.
The abstract submission deadline for this and all other sessions is
Wednesday, 9 January 2013. To submit an abstract, please log in or
create an account at:
https://administrator.copernicus.org/authentication.php.
For further information, please contact:
Daniel Feltham
Email: d.l.feltham [at] reading.ac.uk
- A4.2 - Sea Ice and Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions
Davos Atmosphere and Cryosphere Assembly 2013
8-12 July 2013
Davos, Switzerland
Organizers of Session A4.2, entitled "Sea Ice and Ocean-Atmosphere
Interactions," announce a call for abstracts. The session will be
convened at the Davos Atmosphere and Cryosphere Assembly 2013, scheduled
for 8-12 July 2013 in Davos, Switzerland.
Sea ice is a critical component of the climate system, affecting
atmosphere, oceans, and biological systems. In the Arctic, sea ice
extent has been decreasing for decades while in the Antarctic, total
extent has been increasing slowly. Understanding these conflicting
trends and predicting the future state of sea ice fields in both
hemispheres is vital for our understanding of global climate change.
This session will explore the latest developments in our understanding
of atmosphere-ice-ocean interactions, process studies to improve
understanding of such interactions, and improved modeling of sea ice in
the context of global earth-system models. The session will include, but
is not limited to, studies of sea ice albedo, surface energy exchange in
the sea ice zone, the role of snow on sea ice, sea ice kinematics and
dynamics, interactions between sea ice dynamics and thermodynamics, and
the impact of sea ice formation and sea ice melt on ocean structure. It
will also cover remote sensing of sea ice and sea ice modeling and
prediction, both regional and global.
Abstract submission deadline: Monday, 31 January 2013.
For further information about the Davos Atmosphere and Cryosphere
Assembly 2013, please see: http://www.daca-13.org.
For information on how to submit an abstract, please see:
http://www.daca-13.org/daca13/AbstractSubmission/index_EN.
For questions about this session, please contact:
James Renwick
Email: james.renwick [at] vuw.ac.nz
- A4.3 - High Latitude Climate Change and Links with the Cryosphere
Davos Atmosphere and Cryosphere Assembly 2013
8-12 July 2013
Davos, Switzerland
Organizers of Session A4.3, entitled "High Latitude Climate Change and
Links with the Cryosphere," announce a call for abstracts. The session
will be convened at the Davos Atmosphere and Cryosphere Assembly 2013,
scheduled for 8-12 July 2013 in Davos, Switzerland.
Increasing evidence of climate change in high latitudes is seen in
higher air temperatures in the Antarctic Peninsula, decreased arctic
summer sea-ice minima, increased surface melt on the Greenland ice
sheet, and a wealth of other anomalies. Yet the combined effects of
anthropogenic forcing and natural variability modes are yielding
different levels of response in the atmosphere, ocean, and cryosphere
components of the two polar climate systems. This session will address
how the meteorology and climate of the polar regions is responding to
these changes, with a particular emphasis on linkages to the cryosphere.
Organizers solicit observation-, theory- and model-based papers from the
atmospheric, oceanic, and cryospheric communities that address questions
of high latitude climate change. Of particular interest is work that
examines questions of decoding and predicting past and future surface
melt behavior on polar ice sheets and ice shelves, e.g., recent melt
events in Greenland.
Abstract submission deadline: Monday, 31 January 2013.
For further information about the Davos Atmosphere and Cryosphere
Assembly 2013, please see: http://www.daca-13.org.
For information on how to submit an abstract, please see:
http://www.daca-13.org/daca13/AbstractSubmission/index_EN.
For questions about this session, please contact:
David B. Reusch
Email: dreusch [at] ees.nmt.edu