Date

Call for Abstracts and Symposium Announcement
"First International Symposium on Arctic Research - Drastic Change
Under Global Warming"
Tokyo, Japan
4-6 November 2008

Pre-Registration and Abstract Submission Deadline: Saturday, 31 May 2008

For further information, please go to:
http://www.jamstec.go.jp/iorgc/sympo/isar1/index.html


The Science Council of Japan Subcommittees for the International Arctic
Science Committee (IASC) and the Climate in the Cryosphere Program
(CliC) announce a symposium, "International Symposium on Arctic
Research - Drastic Change Under Global Warming " to be held 4-6 November
2008, in Tokyo, Japan. Abstracts are now being accepted for paper and
poster presentations.

The following topics will provide the basis of general discussion:
(1) Changes in the arctic climate and sub-systems
(2) Studies on the atmosphere-ocean-land system in the Arctic
(3) Feedbacks embedded in the sub-systems of the Arctic
(4) Impacts and feedbacks between the arctic and global climates
(5) Global and regional modeling, focusing on the Arctic
(6) Arctic influence on the Asian climate

Participants wishing to present a paper or poster are requested to
submit a tentative title and a short abstract. The symposium organizers
seek abstracts from a wide range of disciplines, including: climatology,
atmospheric science, oceanography, cryosphere science, biological
science, and hydrology. The deadline for submission of abstracts is
Saturday, 31 May 2008.

To submit an abstract, please go to:
http://www.jamstec.go.jp/iorgc/sympo/isar1/registration.html

For further information on the symposium, please go to:
http://www.jamstec.go.jp/iorgc/sympo/isar1/index.html