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Podcast Episode Available
Gunilla Svensson on The IcePod

To access the episode, go to:
https://theicepodcast.home.blog/

For questions, contact:
Kirstin Werner
Email: kirstin.werner [at] awi.de

Sara Pasqualetto
Email: sara.pasqualetto [at] awi.de

A new bonus episode of The IcePod is now available. The IcePod is the podcast about polar science and the people. Hosts talk to scientists who went on board Polarstern, the German research icebreaker, for the biggest research expedition in the Arctic. It is produced in collaboration with the Alfred Wegener Institute and Radio Weser.TV. The IcePod is the official podcast of the Year of Polar Prediction (www.polarprediction.com).

In this episode, hosts talk with the meteorology professor Gunilla Svensson about the Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP) Targeted Observing Periods, the process-based model evaluation project YOPPSiteMIP, and why MOSAiC is a paradise for every Arctic scientist.

Gunilla Svensson is professor for meteorology at Stockholm University, Sweden. She is also member of the Polar Prediction Project's Steering Group and leads the YOPP Processes Task Team. Within her role, she coordinates the YOPPSiteMIP project and the currently ongoing YOPP Targeted Observing Periods (TOPs), aligned with MOSAiC. Wait a minute – what is YOPPSiteMIP? And what is a Targeted Observing Period? Well, listen to the new bonus episode of the IcePod where we speak with Gunilla about one of the key activities for the Year of Polar Prediction.

In our first episode of the TOP series of The IcePod, Gunilla explains not only what these pan-Arctic campaigns of enhanced observations are meant for. She also talks about how the TOP studies of warm air intrusions from the mid-latitudes to the central Arctic are impacted by COVID-19, and why Polarstern's current location in the Arctic is a paradise for every Arctic scientist.

Observations are just one part of the puzzle, and so is modelling, but blending the two allows to see the bigger picture. This is done within the YOPP Supersite Model Intercomparison (YOPPSiteMIP) activity. Here, atmospheric and sea ice data from across the Arctic including MOSAiC, and respective modelling output are currently simultaneously examined.

The new episode, and all previous IcePod episodes, are available online at:

For questions, contact:
Kirstin Werner
Email: kirstin.werner [at] awi.de

Sara Pasqualetto
Email: sara.pasqualetto [at] awi.de