Three Calls for Session Abstracts
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
11-15 December 2017
New Orleans, Louisiana
Early abstract deadline:
11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, Wednesday, 26 July 2017
Abstract submission deadline:
11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, Wednesday, 2 August 2017
For further information about the meeting and abstract submission, go to:
http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2017/
The American Geophysical Union (AGU) is currently accepting abstract submissions for the 2017 Fall Meeting. The meeting will be held 11-15 December 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Conveners of the following three sessions invite abstract submissions:
- SESSION 25613: Polar Climate Processes and Predictability
Conveners: Hansi Singh, Cecilia Bitz, Sarah Purkey, and Jeremy Fyke.
Accurate polar climate prediction on seasonal to multi-decadal timescales could benefit a wide range of stakeholders, from local residents to governmental policy makers. Yet few modeling studies have predicted recent changes in the Arctic or Antarctic with fidelity. In this session, organizers seek studies that identify sources of predictability, evaluate causes of variability, and characterize uncertainty in polar climate prediction. Organizers also welcome studies that link polar climate predictability to extrapolar phenomena. This session aims to connect scientists across a wide range of disciplines - those studying land ice, sea ice, ocean, atmosphere, and their coupling - whose research has furthered our understanding of Arctic or Antarctic climates.
For more information and to submit an abstract to this session, go to:
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/preliminaryview.cgi/Session25613
For questions, contact:
Cecilia Bitz
Email: bitz [at] uw.edu
- SESSION 22340: Sea ice-ocean-atmosphere interactions in the "New" Arctic and Southern Oceans
Conveners: Amy Solomon, Michael Steele, and Marilyn N. Raphael.
Record low sea-ice extent is currently observed in both the Arctic and Antarctic, variability that is unprecedented in the satellite record. Warming ocean temperatures, changes in atmospheric circulation patterns, and frequency of synoptic systems contribute to this variability. To predict future changes in sea ice it is necessary to understand the complex and coupled interactions between ice, ocean, atmosphere, and land. Improved representation of coupled processes and feedbacks is expected to advance predictive skill of polar weather and climate models, and linkages with lower latitudes. Conveners solicit papers on observational, theoretical, and numerical investigations that advance a system level understanding of processes that affect sea ice extent and thickness in the Arctic and Southern Oceans by studying the interaction between ice and at least one other component of the polar system (ocean, ecosystems, atmosphere, land).
For more information and to submit an abstract to this session, go to:
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/preliminaryview.cgi/Session22340
- SESSION 24194: Glacier mass balance: integrated observations and models, and downstream impacts
Conveners: Shad O'Neel and Anthony A. Arendt.
Runoff from mountain glaciers plays an important role in the global sea level budget, and is also linked to regional socio-economic issues including water supply and ecosystem function. Glacier mass loss estimates have high uncertainty due to the challenge of accurately determining hydro-climatic variability at the necessary spatial and temporal scales. Full utilization of existing field and remote sensing data can be achieved through data integration, as well as assimilation of observations into hydrological models. This session will highlight research efforts that synthesize multiple data types or integrate data and models to improve our understanding of glacier mass balance processes and trends. Organizers welcome submissions over a variety of space and time scales, including analysis of historic changes and projected changes. Organizers also welcome submission discussing how integrated research better informs multi-disciplinary efforts such as surface water modeling, or biophysical coupling between glaciers and ecosystems.
For more information and to submit an abstract to this session, go to:
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/preliminaryview.cgi/Session24194