Title: Connecting dots: Arctic Sea Ice Forecasting and local community needs
Session Nr.: C008
Convener: Ann-Christine Zinkann, Muyin Wang, Matthew Druckenmiller
Abstract:
Arctic sea ice cover has dramatically declined over recent decades resulting in widespread ecosystem responses. Accurate prediction of Arctic sea-ice conditions including concentration, thickness, timing of retreat and advances, type, and quality are of high-priority for Arctic Indigenous communities and required for assessments regarding national security, natural resource management, and ecosystem dynamics. Changes in sea ice conditions have affected Indigenous coastal communities in a variety of ways including reducing travel and access to subsistence harvesting opportunities and increasingly exposing their coastlines and infrastructure to storm surge. This session aims to bridge the gap between scientific knowledge and local community information requirements by gaining insights into sea ice modeling needs and limitations, the implications of seasonal model projections and variability, and products and delivery modalities usable to communicate forecasting information to Indigenous communities. Other studies related to the understanding and forecasting of sea ice conditions and Indigenous community impacts are encouraged.AGU Link: https://www.agu.org/Fall-Meeting/2020/Present/Abstracts
Ann-Christine Zinkann, Ph.D.
2020 Knauss Marine Policy Fellow
Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing Program
ann-christine.zinkann@noaa.gov | 301.427.2470 | 907.347.8291
