We would like to bring to your attention our final Call-For-Abstracts to our session at the AGU Fall Meeting 2015 in San Francisco.
Exploring a Permafrost Forecast System
Description
Scientists project vast permafrost changes in Alaska as a result of global warming and permafrost there has already begun to degrade. Such degradation affects communities, infrastructure, coastal erosion, and ecosystems. Year-ahead forecasts of permafrost activity could help to reduce losses and encourage actions to limit damage. But a forecast system does not exist and is not planned although the needed components are available. The American Geophysical Union will host a session at its annual meeting December 14-18 in San Francisco to bring scientists, government officials, and potential users together to discuss the need for and challenges of creating a permafrost forecast system. We invite input from those who monitor and model permafrost activity and those who forecast climate (e.g. NOAA's year-ahead seasonal forecasts). We also invite discussion of possible applications of permafrost forecasts from potential partners in affected governments, native groups, NGOs, and the private sector.
Submit an abstract here: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm15/preliminaryview.cgi/Session8349
Best Regards,
· Rachael Grace Jonassen, George Washington University, Washington, DC, rachaelj@gwu.edu
· Richard Thoman, NOAA, National Weather Service, Alaska Region, Fairbanks, AK, richard.thoman@noaa.gov
· Marina M Livezey, NOAA Washington DC, Washington, DC, marina.timofeyeva@noaa.gov
· Elchin E Jafarov, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, elchin.jafarov@colorado.edu
