Symposium Announcement and Call for Abstracts
International Symposium on Ice
International Glaciological Society
Tromso, Norway
31 May - 4 June 2010
For further information, including information on abstract submission,
please go to: http://www.igsoc.org/symposia/2010/Tromso/
The International Glaciological Society will hold an International
Symposium on Sea Ice in 2010. The symposium will be held in Tromso,
Norway from 31 May to 4 June 2010. This symposium will present an
opportunity for interdisciplinary, biological, chemical, and
socio-economic research on sea ice.
Planned topics include:
- Sea ice in the regional and global climate system;
- The role of sea ice in polar ecosystems;
- Physical properties of sea ice;
- Biogeochemistry and physics of sea ice;
- Sea ice thickness, drift and large-scale circulation;
- Snow on sea ice;
- Social, economic and political importance of sea ice; and
- Sea ice research beyond the IPY.
Participants wishing to present a paper at the workshop are required to
submit an abstract. A pre-print of submitted abstracts will be provided
for all participants at the symposium. The International Glaciological
Society will offer a volume of Annals of Glaciology on "Sea ice in the
physical and biogeochemical system," and participants are encouraged to
submit manuscripts for this volume.
If you wish to attend the symposium, please visit the website and
complete the form on the first circular. The second circular will give
further information about accommodation, the general scientific program
and additional activities, and preparation of abstracts and final
papers. Copies of the second circular will be sent to those who return
the form associated with the first circular.
For further information, please go to:
http://www.igsoc.org/symposia/2010/Tromso/.