The introductory ACSNet meeting will be held during the IPY2012 Conference in Montreal on 23 April 2012, 5:30-7:30 pm. The goal of the meeting will be to set a course for activities under ACSNet that would promote and strengthen international, interdisciplinary research collaborations in the Western Arctic. Interested researchers with planned or ongoing field activities in the Canada Basin and boundary regions are invited to attend.
The ACSNet, established in June 2011, aims through the coordination and networking of existing or emerging fieldwork to implement an intensive cross-disciplinary study of the role of the polar seas in climate. In particular special reference is made to the Western Arctic as a site of demonstrable global importance and to the research questions identified as of key importance by the 2011 iAOOS plan of the IASC Marine Working Group.
Perceptions and Representations of Polar (Climate) Science
Lead Convenors: James Overland (NOAA,
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Where: IPY 2012 Montréal Conference
When: 22-27 April, 2012
Polar science faces a strange conundrum: while recent years (and the Fourth IPY in particular) have brought massive advances in understanding the polar systems, popular understanding of these processes seems to be diminishing. In light of tremendous changes threatening the state of the system in the Arctic and elsewhere, mis-perceptions and representations of polar climate science become a matter of concern for society at large. Given the critical role media and politics play in that field, representatives from these arenas will be part of the session as well as academics. The latter groups will include climate scientists, historians of science, as well as social scientists trying to understand the current situation.
Part of Area 3 (From Knowledge to Action) - Parallel Session 3.2.1Organized by the Chairs of both the IASC Atmosphere WG and Social and Human Sciences WG.
Vulnerability of Permafrost Carbon Workshop
When: May 2012 Location: Florida, USA
The main objectives of the Vulnerability of Permafrost Carbon Research Coordination Network are to synthesize and link existing research about permafrost carbon and climate in a format that can be assimilated by biospheric and climate models, and that will contribute to future assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). These overall objectives are closely related to the scientific foci of the Terrestrial (“Determining the net effect of the terrestrial and freshwater environmental and biosphere’s processes that amplify or moderate climate warming”) and Cryosphere WG (“Permafrost”, including support of activities being undertaken by the International Permafrost Association.)
The May workshop is supported by the IASC Cryosphere and Terrestrial WG's.
Ice at the Interface: Atmosphere-Ice-Ocean Boundary Layer Processes and Their Role in Polar Change
When:24-27 June 2012
Locations: Boulder, CO, USA
“Arctic amplification” is the term given to the phenomenon seen in global climate models (GCMs) in which climate change in the high northern latitudes is enhanced relative to other areas of the world. Observational evidence supporting the model results is now becoming apparent. While the ice-ocean albedo feedback is a clear contributor to this phenomenon, other processes at the atmosphere-ice-ocean interface may play important roles also. The atmosphere-ocean boundary layer in which sea ice resides includes many complex processes that require a more realistic treatment in GCMs, particularly as models move toward full “earth system” descriptions. The primary purpose of the proposed workshop is to define and discuss such coupled processes from both the observational and modelling points of view.
The workshop is supported by IASC as one of its cross-cutting initiatives.
Multi-disciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of the Arctic Climate (MOSAiC): Planning Activities and Workshops for organizing and defining the scientific need and producing science and implementation plans
When: 27-29 June 2012
Where: Boulder, CO, USA
This workshop follows meetings in Potsdam and Denver during the fall of 2011, and represents a key step for producing project documentation (a science plan and an implementation plan) necessary to formally propose such an observatory to science directorates and funding agencies in the participating countries. This workshop is to be held in Boulder, Colorado, USA, on June 27-30, 2012. A second workshop is preliminarily planned for autumn 2012 to produce the final Science Plan and a draft of the Implementation Plan.
Ice Sheet Mass Balance and Sea Level (ISMASS) Kick-off Workshop
When: 14 July 2012
Location: Portland OR, USA
The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), and the World Climate Research Program (WCRP) are pleased to announce the kick-off workshop of the renewed Ice-Sheet Mass Balance and Sea Level (ISMASS) expert group.
Workshop on the Global Status of Migratory Tundra Rangifer
Late Fall 2012 I Vancouver, Canada
The IASC Terrestrial and Social and Human Sciences WGs are supporting a CircumArctic Rangifer Monitoring and Assessment (CARMA) Workshop on the global status of migratory tundra Rangifer. The workshop will focus on lessons learned from recent declines to monitor, assess, and manage abundance into the future. The workshop will include active CARMA collaborators across the Circumpolar North.
For more information go to www.carmanetwork.com
"Kick-Off Workshop on Arctic measurements to validate sub-grid scale parameterizations and to improve the performance of regional and global climate models in the Arctic"