Call for 2008 September Sea Ice Outlooks
Input for the July Report: Outlook Based on July Data
Submission deadline: Wednesday, 5 August 2008
For further information on the Sea Ice Outlook, please go to:
http://www.arcus.org/search/seaiceoutlook/index.php
To submit an outlook to be included in the July Report: Outlook Based on
July Data, or for further information, please send an email with the
subject heading "2008 Outlook" to: James Overland
Email: james.e.overland [at] noaa.gov
The organizers of the 2008 Sea Ice Outlook are now soliciting outlook
submissions to be included in the July Report: Outlook Based on July
Data.
The SEARCH Sea Ice Outlook is an international effort to provide an
integrated, community-wide summary of the state of arctic sea ice over
the 2008 summer season. The Sea Ice Outlook effort produces monthly
reports based on an open and inclusive process that synthesizes input
from a broad range of scientific perspectives.
The organizers would like to thank those who participated in earlier
reports and solicit additional participants for the July Report. The
organizers are interested in comments and outlook changes based on July
sea ice and meteorological data. To participate, please send an email no
later than Wednesday, 5 August, with the subject line "2008 Outlook" to
James Overland at: james.e.overland [at] noaa.gov. In the email, please
include the following information:
1) Names of scientist(s) contributing outlook content
2) Estimate of sea ice extent for the month of September 2008 (the value
for September 2007 was 4.3 million square kilometers)
3) Principal method (e.g., numerical model, statistical model,
comparison to 2007 weather and satellite data, etc.). Keep this short,
as this information will go into a table for the final report
4) A short (several sentences) summary of the primary physical reasoning
behind the estimate of September sea ice extent (provided in #2). The
organizers are primarily interested in how you may be using data from
July.
5) Any expanded information with figures that support #4
6) Any information on regional sea ice conditions or outlooks
It is very important to maintain monthly continuity; if you participated
in previous months' reports and do not have any changes based on July
data, at a minimum please send an email to James Overland with the
message "No Changes" and any further comments you wish to include.
These responses and a summary will be posted in early August on the Sea
Ice Outlook Website at the SEARCH Project Office:
http://www.arcus.org/search/seaiceoutlook/index.php
For further information and to view previous months' outlook reports,
please go to:
http://www.arcus.org/search/seaiceoutlook/index.php