Date

Conference Announcement and Call for Abstracts
American Meteorological Society's 10th Polar Conference on Meteorology
and Oceanography
Organizer: AMS Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Committee
Co-sponsor: AMS Board on Societal Impacts
Madison, Wisconsin
18-21 May 2009

Abstract submission deadline: Monday, 12 January 2009

For further information, please go to:
http://www.ametsoc.org/MEET/fainst/200910polar.html

Or contact:
Steve Vavrus
Phone: 608-265-5279
Email: sjvavrus [at] wisc.edu


The 10th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, sponsored by
the American Meteorological Society, cosponsored by the AMS Board on
Societal Impacts, and organized by the AMS Polar Meteorology and
Oceanography Committee, will be held 18-21 May 2009, at the Madison
Concourse Hotel, in Madison, Wisconsin. Preliminary programs,
registration details, general information, and hotel accommodations are
posted on the AMS conference website:
http://www.ametsoc.org/MEET/fainst/200910polar.html.

Papers are solicited on all aspects of polar meteorology and
oceanography, including forecasting, climate (past, present, and
future), interactions among polar atmosphere-ocean-land-ice components,
cryospheric processes, atmospheric and oceanic dynamics, human
dimensions, and extreme events. A special session is planned to
highlight contributions from the International Polar Year (March
2007 - March 2009).

A $90 abstract fee includes the abstract submission, extended abstract
posting, and presentation uploading and recording, which will be
archived on the AMS conference website. A CD-ROM will not be produced,
allowing for a later extended abstract submission deadline.

Please submit your abstract electronically via the AMS conference
website by Monday, 12 January 2009. Detailed abstract submission
guidelines are available at the conference website:
http://www.ametsoc.org/MEET/fainst/200910polar.html. The $90 abstract
fee, payable by credit card or purchase order, is charged at the time of
submission (refundable only if abstract is not accepted).

Authors of accepted presentations will be notified via e-mail by early
February 2009. Instructions for formatting extended abstracts will be
posted on the AMS conference website. Extended manuscripts (file size up
to 3 MB) must be submitted electronically by 24 April 2009. All
abstracts, extended abstracts, and presentations will be made available
on the AMS website.

For further program information, please contact the program chairperson:
Steve Vavrus
Center for Climatic Research
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1225 W. Dayton Street
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608-265-5279
Email sjvavrus [at] wisc.edu