Multiple Meeting Announcements

Date

5 November 2014

26th IUGG Session Announcement and Call for Abstracts
Evaluation of the Cryosphere in CMIP5 Models
22 June - 2 July 2015
Prague, Czech Republic
Conference Announcement
Arctic Offshore Conference
27-28 November 2014
Aarhus, Denmark
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council
Public Advisory Committee Meeting
19 November 2014
Anchorage, Alaska
ASSW Session Announcement and Call for Abstracts
Arctic in Rapid Transition (ART)
27-30 April 2015
Toyama, Japan

26th IUGG Session Announcement and Call for Abstracts
Evaluation of the Cryosphere in CMIP5 Models
22 June - 2 July 2015
Prague, Czech Republic

Organizers of a session entitled "Cryosphere, Atmosphere and Climate:
Evaluation of the Cryosphere in CMIP5 Models" announce a call for
abstracts. The session will be held during the 26th General Assembly of
the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), scheduled for
22 June - 2 July 2015 in Prague, Czech Republic.

The Fifth Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) provides a large
multi-model ensemble of historical simulations, idealized experiments,
and future projections that were used extensively in the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment
Report. Although some initial evaluation of the ability of the CMIP5
models to simulate aspects of the cryosphere was undertaken in Chapter 9
of the IPCC report, more in-depth evaluation remains to be done. This
symposium invites contributions in which cryosphere components (sea-ice,
snow, ice sheets, permafrost, etc) in CMIP5 models are evaluated by
comparison to a range of in-situ and remotely-sensed data. Novel
evaluation approaches, in which important physical processes are
identified and probed, are particularly welcome, as are contributions to
understanding the link between model quality (as evaluated by comparison
to historical observations) and confidence in model predictions on
seasonal to interannual time scales, and in model projections of
longer-term future climate. Careful evaluation of model biases and
shortcomings also helps guide ongoing model development through the
identification of processes or feedbacks that are not well represented.
Therefore, this symposium also invites contributions in which model
evaluation is applied to understanding shortcomings in the
representation of cryospheric processes and linking these to
improvements that have or could be made. This symposium is co-sponsored
by CliC (Climate and Cryosphere, World Climate Research Programme).

Abstract submission deadline: 31 January 2015.

The instructions for abstract submission are available at:
http://www.iugg2015prague.com/abstract-submission-guidelines.htm

Conference Announcement
Arctic Offshore Conference
27-28 November 2014
Aarhus, Denmark

Organizers announce that the 'Arctic Offshore Conference' will be held
27-28 November 2014 in Aarhus, Denmark. The focus of the conference will
be on regulatory governance of offshore activities, with an emphasis on
risks of oil spill in the Arctic seas.

As climate change is dramatically affecting the Arctic environment, the
region is witnessing substantial new development opportunities in
sectors like fossil energy oil, gas and renewable energies (e.g. wind
power, hydroelectricity and geothermal power). Complex challenges
simultaneously arise in terms of environmental protection, health and
social issues in regions where indigenous peoples and civil
participation in decision-making on public issues is still evolving.

Timo Koivurova, Director for the Northern Institute for Environmental
and Minority Law, Arctic Centre/University of Lapland, will be keynote
speaker at this event. Other presenters with expertise on the Arctic
region from both Aarhus University and international institutions will
be coming from a wide spectrum of disciplines such as political science,
law, anthropology, bioscience, health etc.

For further information on the conference, please click on the 'Arctic
Offshore Conference 2014 - Aarhus Interdisciplinary Arctic Initiative'
link at: http://arctic.au.dk.

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council
Public Advisory Committee Meeting
19 November 2014
Anchorage, Alaska

The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (EVOS) Trustee Council will meet Wednesday,
19 November 2014 at 9:30 a.m. in Anchorage, Alaska. The meeting will be
held in the Dr. Glenn Olds Hall Conference Room, 4210 University Drive,
on the Alaska Pacific University campus.

Topics for discussion include the 2015 Draft Work Plan and 2014 Draft
Injured Resources and Services Update. To participate in the meeting,
call: 800-315-6338 and use code 7224. If you have a disability and need
special accommodations to participate, please contact Cherri Womac no
later than 72 hours prior to the meeting to make any necessary
arrangements.

For more information, go to:
http://www.evostc.state.ak.us.

Or contact:
Cherri Womac
Email: cherri.womac [at] alaska.gov
Phone: 907-278-8012 or 800-478-7745

ASSW Session Announcement and Call for Abstracts
Arctic in Rapid Transition (ART)
27-30 April 2015
Toyama, Japan

Organizers of a session entitled "Arctic in Rapid Transition -- Future
Research Directions from the Perspective of Early Career Scientists."
This session will be held during the 2015 Arctic Science Summit Week
(ASSW), as part of the Third International Conference on Arctic Research
Planning (ICARP III). The meetings are taking place 23-30 April 2015 in
Toyama, Japan.

Much research has been conducted in the Arctic in the past few decades,
however some areas received more scientific attention than others, i.e.,
Atlantic and Canadian Arctic is more advanced than Pacific and Central
Arctic. Pan-Arctic research is important to quantify the changes
occurring within the complex Arctic systems, especially since the
ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles could have strong regional
variability. Contribution from Asian countries to Arctic research is not
large in comparison with European and North American countries due to
geographical limitations. In order to fill the geographical gaps in
Arctic research, it is fundamental that Asian early career to mid-career
scientists become involved in international collaborations. Also,
research resources such as personnel, facilities and funding are still
limited in the world. Thus, involvement of Asian early to mid-career
scientists into the frame of international collaborations is important
to logistically, as well as scientifically, improve pan-Arctic research
in coming decades.

This session specifically aims at allowing early career scientists, to
get involved in international collaborations under the umbrella of the
Arctic in Rapid Transition (ART) network, with especially encouraging
scientists from Asia. The Arctic in Rapid Transition (ART;
http://www.iarc.uaf.edu/en/ART/), an official network of the
International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), is an integrative,
international, interdisciplinary, Pan-Arctic network to study the
spatial and temporal changes in biogeochemical cycling and ecosystem
functioning of the Arctic Ocean over multiple time scales. Early career
researchers' perspective is of great importance to ensure the
involvement of the next generation of Arctic researchers, since they
will be the ones sustaining current monitoring and implementing new
projects into the future. The goal of this session is to integrate
studies from various Arctic research fields in order to better
understand the changing Arctic system beyond its regional variability
and across multiple time-scales, and will also include outcomes from the
former ART science workshop held in Sopot 2012 as well as the upcoming
workshop in Brest 2014 (http://istas.sciencesconf.org/), and the session
of the Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN;
http://pyrn.arcticportal.org/index.php/en/) at the upcoming EUCOP-4
conference (http://www.eucop4.org/) in Portugal.

Abstract submission deadline: Monday, 10 November 2014.

For further information including a complete list of ISAR-4 and ICARP
III session themes, abstract submission instructions, registration
instructions, and to download the first, second, and third circulars,
please go to: http://www.assw2015.org/.

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