Wednesday, December 4, 2013

[CRYOLIST] EUCOP4 - Permafrost observing and international coordination session - SHOWCASE YOUR PROJECTS

If you are involved in an international project on permafrost (e.g.
PAGE21, RCN, CryoCARB, PermaNet, DEFROST) a big national one (e.g.
CENPERM, ADAPT, NGEE, PERMOS, GRENE-TEA) a regional one (e.g. ANTPAS),
an organisation devoted to young researchers or observing of permafrost
(e.g. GTN-P, SAON, GCW, PSTG, PYRN, APECS) or simply an international
organisation (e.g. SCAR, IASC, IAG, CliC, IUGS), then THIS IS YOUR
SESSION: Submit an abstract to another session and SUBMIT A SECOND
ABSTRACT to our session to showcase your project and get feedback from
the hundred of attendees of the conference.

4th European Conference on Permafrost
18-21 June 2014
Evora, Portugal
Abstract deadline: 15 December 2013

We invite contributions to the following session. Active international
networks such as ADAPT, PAGE21, the permafrost RCN, NGEE, GTN-P,
GRENE-TEA, IPA Action Groups, IASC (SAON), SCAR or IAG initiatives are
particularly targeted in this session

Sesssion: Permafrost International Monitoring, Observing and
Coordinating Activities
Chairs:
Hugues Lantuit (AWI)
Jenny Baeseman (CliC)

Key-note Speaker:
Vladimir Romanovsky, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA.

Permafrost research has evolved considerably over the past fifty years.
From a science discipline practiced by a few specialists to a central
topic in Earth system science involving a wide range of specialties and
disciplines. This breadth of science has raised the expectations put on
the community of permafrost scientists, and has prompted the need to
have timely permafrost information and discoveries from around the
globe. This has created a need to improve the current capacity of
individual and national permafrost research projects by enhancing and
improving international collaboration.
In this session, we will highlight recent and necessary efforts to
consolidate and coordinate permafrost research activities at the
regional and global level to address societal and scientific needs. The
session will feature projects, networks, or people initiating or leading
coordination efforts, may it be under the helm of international
organisations such as the International Permafrost Association or the
Climate and Cryosphere project, or simply through national and/or
bottom-up networks and groups. The session will provide a forum to
explore the plans of global observing systems in relation to permafrost,
for space agencies to present new permafrost space monitoring efforts
and for international organisations and/or projects to showcase products
and deliverables achieved through networking as well as discuss areas
where more coordination is needed. The session will also address the
challenges of integrating current monitoring, observing and modeling
coordination efforts and explore strategies to address these challenges
by involving local communities and traditional knowledge in the process.
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Prof. Dr. Hugues Lantuit
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Telegrafenberg A43
Potsdam 14473
Germany

Tel: +49-331-288-2216
Fax: +49-331-288-2188
Cell: +49-170-454-0677
email: Hugues.Lantuit@awi.de
http://www.awi.de/People/show?hlantuit
http://www.awi.de/en/go/coper

Google Scholar profile: http://goo.gl/XVJ5v
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[CRYOLIST] PhD opportunity: Glacier meltwater-tidal water interaction: insights from in-situ and remote sensing analyses at Jökulsárlón, Iceland

As part of Loughborough University's NERC Doctoral Training Partnership, we are able to offer the following glacially-themed PhD studentship opportunity:

 

"Glacier meltwater-tidal water interaction: insights from in-situ and remote sensing analyses at Jökulsárlón, Iceland". Full details at:

http://www.lboro.ac.uk/services/graduateschool/funding-prospective/university-and-external/nerc-centa/centa-project-3/index.html

 

Enquiries from suitably-qualified applicants with an interest in glacier-ocean interactions are welcome to Richard Hodgkins, r.hodgkins@lboro.ac.uk

 

Note that the deadline for applications is 31 January 2014. Interviews are expected to take place during February 2014.

 

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[CRYOLIST] 4th EUCOP in Portugal - Session 16 "The role of geophysics in permafrost studies"

Dear cryolisters,

We would like to invite you to submit abstracts to the session "The role of geophysics in permafrost studies” (chaired by Antonio Correia and Christian Hauck) at the 4th European Conference on Permafrost in Portugal (18-21 June 2014, Évora).

Our session will try to be a forum for discussion of geophysical methods applied to the study of permafrost. Examples on the use of geophysical methods to evaluate the spatial and temporal evolution of permafrost are welcome, as well as studies on physical properties of rocks for temperatures below zero degrees Celsius.

The key-note speaker will be Brian Moorman from the University of Calgary, Canada.

We welcome oral and poster presentations of your research and hope you will consider submitting your abstract using the submission website at http://www.eucop4.org/abstract-submission.html. The deadline for abstract submission is 15th December 2013.


We look forward to seeing you at the EUCOP 2014.
Antonio Correia and Christian Hauck

 

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Tuesday, December 3, 2013

[CRYOLIST] Tenure-track position at UAF in the field of Arctic system science with a focus on Sea Ice.

Colleagues,

The Department of Geology and Geophysics and the International Arctic Research Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) invite applications for a tenure-track position at the level of Assistant or Associate Professor in the field of Arctic system science with a focus on Sea Ice.

The successful applicant is expected to pursue a vigorous, externally funded research program in the field of Arctic system science. He or she will also teach graduate or upper undergraduate-level courses in the  field of earth system science. Breadth of expertise including ability to interact with researchers outside of the sea ice community is essential. Experience in combining satellite sea-ice observations with changes observed in other components of the Arctic climate system is highly desirable.

Applicants must have a Ph.D. in an appropriate field by the time of the appointment. Evidence of post-doctoral experience or proof of the applicant’s ability to acquire funding from external sources shall be provided.

Please apply online at: www.uakjobs.com
An extended job description can be found at www.uakjobs.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=82573

Regards,
Andy Mahoney
Franz J Meyer 
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[CRYOLIST] NASA IceBridge Open Town Hall meeting at AGU - Monday Dec 9, 2013

Dear Colleagues,

 

Please join us for the NASA Operation IceBridge Town Hall Meeting at AGU:

When: Monday, December 9, 2013 from 6:15 PM to 7:15 PM

Where: 301 (Moscone South)

 

Agenda items:

 

·        NASA Headquarters update (T. Wagner)

·        IceBridge status update (M. Studinger)

·        Glaciers and Ice Sheets Science Team update (Eric Rignot)

·        Sea Ice Science Team update (Sinead Farrell for Jackie Richter-Menge)

·        Open discussion about IceBridge (all)

·        Question and answer (all)

 

Hope to see many of you there,

Michael

 

PS: Many of the IceBridge presentations are in one of the 3 sessions “Monitoring Changes in Polar Ice Sheets and Sea Ice Using Airborne and Satellite Remote Sensing” on Friday (C51A, C53D, C54A).

 

 

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Michael Studinger

 

Operation IceBridge Project Scientist

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory, Code 615

Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

Phone: +1-301-614-6908

http://www.nasa.gov/icebridge/

 

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[CRYOLIST] PhD Assistantship in Sea Ice Remote Sensing and Geophysics at UTSA

A PhD Research Assistantship will be available starting in either Fall 2014 or Spring 2015 in the Environmental Science and Engineering PhD Program at the Univ. of Texas San Antonio (UTSA), San Antonio TX, USA.

A three year  NSF-funded  study  of  Coastal Polynyas and Antarctic sea ice in the Ross Sea will be conducted starting in 2014. A vessel expedition to the Ross Sea will be conducted along with an airborne campaign using airborne lidar and photography over the ice cover to obtain surface elevations of the sea ice. One aspect of the vessel campaign is to make  measurements of ice thicknesses , with their corresponding surface elevations and snow depths.  The purpose of these measurements is to establish algorithms with quantitative confidence limits for converting surface elevations into regional estimates of ice thicknesses.  The PhD study will primarily use airborne lidar data to estimate ice thicknesses and to relate ice distribution changes to ocean and atmospheric forcing in the Ross Sea, as well as the analyses of the relevant field data to determine ice thickness from surface elevations. Other remote sensing data (e.g., MODIS and radar) will be analyzed for related ice formation processes in coastal polynyas, ice deformation and ice concentration. Analysis and integration of existing ICESat, CryoSat, and IceBridge data for the same area are also expected. Interests in sea ice geophysics, polar oceanography and remote sensing with some background in computer science, physics, and earth science is expected for best-qualified applicants. Prior experience on sea ice remote sensing is a big plus.

Formal application deadlines for the PhD admission are 1 Feb 2014 for Fall 2014 admission and 1 Oct 2014 for Spring 2015 admission.  Application information is available on: http://utsa.edu/admissions/index.html.  Applications should directly go through the same website.

Interested applicants should contact: Stephen.ackley@utsa.edu and Hongjie.xie@utsa.edu  for questions on qualification, and if more details are needed. More information about the UTSA polar research group can be found at www.utsa.edu/LRSG.

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[CRYOLIST] EUCOP4 session "Techniques of paleoenvironmental reconstruction from periglacial deposits"

Dear colleagues and friends,

We would like to draw your attention to the 4th European Conference on Permafrost (18-21 June 2014) and to the session number 12 -  "Techniques of paleoenvironmental reconstruction from periglacial deposits". 

Chairs: 
Barbara Woronko
(
Department of Geomorphology, Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsa
w,
Poland
)
 
Alexandre Nieuwendam
(
Center of Geographical Studies-IGOT, University of Lisbon, Portugal
)

Key-note speaker:

Jef Vandenberghe (VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

This session aims at presenting and discussing different applications of techniques of analysis of periglacial deposits
(micromorphology,
analysis of heavy mineral assemblages
, 
geochemistry
,
analysis of grain-size distribution
)
in order to provide insight into to soil-forming processes, pedology, geomorphology, geology and palaeoenvironmental reconstructions in periglacial environments.

(Full session description: http://www.eucop4.org/oral-and-poster-sessions.html)


The full version of the communications is under consideration to be published in a Special Issue in a prestigious peer-review journal.


We kindly invite you to contribute to this session and to enrich interdisciplinary discussions. Please also forward this message to any colleagues who might be interested in this topic.


Deadline for abstract submission: Dec. 15, 2013


We are looking forward to your contributions.


Best regards

 

Barbara and Alexandre


Alexandre Trindade Nieuwendam - PHD Candidate and Research Assistant
Research Group on Antarctic Environments and Climate Change - AntECC
Centro de Estudos Geográficos / IGOT - Universidade de Lisboa
Edif. Fac. de Letras, Alameda da Universidade, 1600-214 Lisboa, Portugal
Tel: +351 210442936 | Fax: +351 217938690
http://www.antecc.org | pyrn.arcticportal.org | http://www.portalpolar.pt

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[CRYOLIST] EUROFLEETS2: "Regional 2" Call for fully funded ship-time and/or use of marine equipment - NOW OPEN

EUROFLEETS2: CALL FOR SHIP TIME AND EMBARKED EQUIPMENT - Now OPEN

EUROFLEETS2 is a EU funded project providing scientists with 200 fully funded days of ship-time and 104 fully funded days of marine equipment to carry out ship-based research activities within any field of marine sciences.

-          “Regional 2” Call 2013 – Application deadline: Thursday 27th of March 2014, 16:00 HOURS (CET)

Applications are now being invited for funding for ship-time and/or use of marine equipment on the “Regional 2” Call. This call makes available a total of 13 research vessels (RVs) and 5 pieces of marine equipment to carry out ship-based research activities within any field of marine science. The RVs are offered on the following regions: Polar/Subpolar, North Atlantic, North Sea, English Channel, Celtic Sea, Baltic Sea and Bay of Biscay.

More information at: http://www.eurofleets.eu/np4/362.html

For more information and eligibility criteria visit: www.eurofleets.eu

If you have further questions please contact: eurofleets2@awi.de

 

Please forward and distribute this information widely.

Apologies for cross-posting.

 

EUROFLEETS2 Evaluation Office

Dr. Verónica Willmott-Puig
International Cooperation & Research Funding
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung
Am Handelshafen 12 
27570 BREMERHAVEN
GERMANY

Tel: +49 0 471 4831-2148
Fax: +49 0 471 4831-2142
E-Mail: eurofleets2@awi.de

 

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[CRYOLIST] EGU 2014 session announcement: Arctic climate change: governing mechanisms and global implications (CL5.3)


EGU,  27 April - 2 May 2014


Deadline for abstract submission: 16 January 2014


CL5.3. Arctic climate change: governing mechanisms and global implications


Convener: Richard Bintanja

Co-convener: Rune Grand Graversen


One of the most striking features of global climate change is the strongly amplified response of surface air temperature in the Arctic and the associated strong decline in sea ice. Both observational and climate modeling studies have shown that the Arctic is a region very susceptible to climate change; moreover, changes occurring in the Arctic may have more wide-spread implications. Arctic amplification manifests itself in a number of ways, most notably in the current retreat and thinning of Arctic sea ice. A variety of processes and feedbacks have been proposed that contribute to amplified Arctic warming, most of them associated with sea ice. The most well-known is the surface-albedo feedback, which is associated with retreating sea-ice and snow cover. While most climate models exhibit an Arctic amplification signal with respect to ongoing and future changes, the inter-model range in simulated amplification is large, suggesting that the magnitudes of the various feedbacks contributing to Arctic warming and the role of sea ice therein are still uncertain. This session specifically aims to identify, characterize and quantify the processes and feedbacks that govern amplified Arctic warming, and it also covers the climate impacts on the lower latitudes associated with Arctic changes (for instance the relation between sea ice reductions, heat flux changes and atmospheric circulation changes beyond the Arctic region). We therefore invite contributions on the causes, mechanisms and climate feedbacks associated with Arctic climate change and sea ice decline. We welcome studies based both on climate model results and/or observational datasets, for near-past, present and future climate changes.


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[CRYOLIST] Permafrost Open Session at EGU 2014

Permafrost Open Session (CR1.2)
EGU General Assembly
Vienna, Austria 27 April – 2 May 2014
<http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2014/session/14127>
Abstract deadline:  16. January 2014

We cordially invite you to participate in this session (details below) and look forward to seeing you in Vienna.

Best regards,
Julia Boike, Jeannette Noetzli, Christina Schädel, Stephan Gruber and Hugues Lantuit

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CR 1.2
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The Permafrost Open Session is a platform for the presentation and discussion of current research focusing on (a) permafrost and associated natural systems; (b) the interaction of permafrost and climate; (c) the impact of permafrost changes on both, natural and human systems; and (d) the measurement, understanding, modeling, and parameterization of corresponding processes. Contributions are welcome on high-latitude, mountain, and planetary permafrost.

We look forward to a high-quality session with a high number of contributions that reflect diverse scientific fields, approaches, and geographic locations. We would like to especially encourage contributions that (a) present novel measurement and monitoring approaches; (b) present new strategies to improve process understanding; (c) come from or interface with differing fields of science or innovative technologies and methods; (d) investigate model validation, model uncertainty, or spatial and temporal scale/scalability; (e) couple models of diverse processes or scales.

The Open Session on Permafrost complements several other sessions with more specific foci (such as natural hazards, geophysics, or geomorphology) and is intended to be the forum for research primarily focusing on permafrost phenomena.
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Stephan Gruber (stephan.gruber@carleton.ca)
Department of Geography & Environmental Studies
B443A Loeb Building, Carleton University
1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa ON  K1S 5B6 CANADA
phone: +1 613-520-2600, ext. 2562


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[CRYOLIST] Not another EGU session....

Dear all,

Some shamless promotion...

A paper:

"Rapid marine deglaciation: asynchronous retreat dynamics between the Irish Sea Ice Stream and terrestrial outlet glaciers"

has just been published in the lesser known open-access journal "Earth Surface Dynamics" & is freely available here:

http://www.earth-surf-dynam.net/1/53/2013/esurf-1-53-2013.html

It provides some interesting observational/modelling perspectives on the retreat pattern & dynamic interactions of a major (shallow marine) ice stream draining the Celtic Ice Sheet that would be worth bearing in mind as we scramble to understand what's going on at the margins of contemporary ice masses.

Happy xmas/agu... hopefully not in that order.

alun
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[CRYOLIST] First Annoucement: Joint Model-data workshop for the Late Pleistocene evolution of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, Grenoble, May 22-24, 2014

Dear Colleagues,
A workshop bridging glacial geology and ice sheet modelling for
the Late Pleistocene evolution of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets will
be held at:

LGGE (Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement),
Grenoble, May 22-24, 2014, (just prior to the IGS International Symposium on
Observations, Modelling and Prediction of the Cryospheric Contribution to Sea
Level Change, in Chamonix)

Workshop Objectives include:

1) Bring together the field and modelling communities working on
Antarctica, Greenland, or both.

2) Clarify key uncertainties for the field data and modelling communities

3) compare latest model results to data and geological inferences

4) identify key model deficiencies wrt data

5) identify priorities for new data

6) consider what can be done to make paleo records and model output more
accessible to various users

7) consider surprises in the model results and whether they are refuted by data

Some funding will be available to support attendance by young/Junior
Scientists.

Information will become available on the workshop website:
http://www.physics.mun.ca/MOCA/IceSheetModelandData2014.html

Yours Sincerely;
the organizing committee:
Michael Bentley,
Robert Larter,
Antony Long,
Glenn Milne,
Catherine Ritz,
Lev Tarasov,
Pippa Whitehouse
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Monday, December 2, 2013

[CRYOLIST] 12/11 AGU OPEN MEETING: Assessing Impacts of Short-lived Pollutants on the Andean Cryosphere

On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 representatives of the World Bank will host an open meeting and discussion on steps needed to assess the impacts of short-lived climate forcers on the Andean and Patagonian cryosphere.

WHEN: Wed., December 11, 2013; 6:30 - 8:30pm
WHERE: Marriott Marquis, San Francisco, Nob Hill D Room
Refreshments will be served.

Background:

Recently the World Bank and the International Cryosphere Climate Initiative (ICCI) released the report, On Thin Ice: How Cutting Pollution can Slow Warming and Save Lives. This report provided an overview of why it is critical to slow the rate of change in the global cryosphere, and addressed how accelerating actions to decrease short-lived pollutants from key sectors can help, while also improving public health and food security.

 

This meeting will focus on these issues for the Andean and Patagonian cryosphere region, one of the most fragile in the world.



Meeting Goal:

To identity appropriate next steps to improve the characterization of SLCP reduction measures (including BC and co-pollutants, methane, and potentially HFCs) in the Andes, Patagonia and the Amazon.  This can include modeling analyses, field campaigns or measurements, observational studies, inventory analysis or other science-based approaches to better inform our understanding of the impacts of SLCP reduction measures on the Andes and mountains of Patagonia.


The meeting flyer is attached. Please forward this email and flyer to other interested parties. 

For further information please contact: 

Danielle Meitiv, Science Consultant
World Bank, Washington, DC


 

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[CRYOLIST] Scientific Drilling in the Polar Regions AGU Town Hall Meeting

Scientific Drilling in the Polar Regions AGU Town Hall Meeting

Date: 12 December 2013
Time: 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM
Place: Moscone West Room 2003

The U.S. Ice Drilling Program Office (IDPO) is once again organizing a Town Hall meeting at the Fall AGU Meeting entitled 'TH45B. Scientific Drilling in the Polar Regions'. Ice sheets and ocean sediments hold crucial evidence of past climate. National and international collaboration for drilling in the remote polar regions requires strategic coordination between science, technology, and logistics. The research community is invited to hear updates on recent planning including IDPO-IDDO, NICL, IPICS, RAID and ANDRILL initiatives. Opportunities for community involvement will be showcased and input solicited.

AGU Meeting website for more information:
http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2013/events/th45b-scientific-drilling-in-the-polar-regions/

For further information, please contact
Mary Albert (Mary.R.Albert at dartmouth.edu)
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[CRYOLIST] Summit and Greenland Ice Sheet Science Side Meeting at AGU

Dear Colleagues,
 
The Summit Station Science Coordination Office (SCO) will be holding an open meeting at the upcoming Fall AGU meeting on Weds, December 11th from 9-10am in the Marriot Marquis Pacific Room I.  The purpose of this meeting is to inform interested members of the science community about planned long range developments for the station and surrounding area and the Greenland Inland Traverse (GrIT), and discuss recent SCO activities and updates to the GeoSummit website.
 
This meeting will be a precursor to the upcoming GeoSummit workshop that will be held Jan 31 at NASA-Goodard. 
 
Please contact the Summit Science Coordination Office (sco@summitcamp.org) with any questions.
 
 
Thanks,

The Summit Science Coordination Office
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[CRYOLIST] PhD opportunities

Dear Colleagues,

I'd like to bring to your attention a variety of ice-ocean Ph.D. projects starting next October. Please mention these to any keen students of mathematics, physics, or other numerate disciplines.

1) Dynamics of the Ross Gyre, Antarctica.
<http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/employment/vacancies/job.php?JobID=915>
Based at British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge; supervisor Paul Holland

2) Modelling ice-ocean processes driving sea-level rise from West Antarctica.
<http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/climatechange/studentships/jebsen%20scholarships/modelling%20ice-ocean%20processes>
Based at Imperial College, London; supervisor Matt Piggott

3) Has Antarctic ice loss altered the circulation of the Southern Ocean?<http://www.bris.ac.uk/gw4plusdtp/media/atmospheres.pdf>
Based at Bristol University; supervisor Rory Bingham

4) Ice-Shelf Signatures of Subglacial Hydrology in Antarctica and Greenland.
<http://www.bris.ac.uk/gw4plusdtp/media/atmospheres.pdf>
Based at Exeter University; supervisor Anne Le Brocq

Regards,

Paul

Dr. Paul Holland
British Antarctic Survey
pahol@bas.ac.uk
+44 (0)1223 221444
http://www.bas.ac.uk/profile/paul/



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Sunday, December 1, 2013

Re: [CRYOLIST] regarding sea ice field data

Dear Megha,

in addition to the information Axel Schweiger has provided, you may be interested in the resources compiled on this website (with relevant links to the data sources):


While this contains the IceBridge data Axel referenced, you'll also find more detailed airborne EM surveys north of Alaska and Canada as well as ancillary ground-based measurements.

Good luck with your work, best regards,

Hajo

On Nov 26, 2013, at 8:21 AM, Megha Maheshwari wrote:

Dear all,

I am working on sea ice thickness over polar regions from altimeter
for that I require some field measurements of 2013. Kindly help me to
get the sea ice thickness data.

Thanking you all in advance.

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Regards,

Megha Maheshwari
Scientist
OSD/AOSG/EPSA,
Space Applications Centre-ISRO
Satellite Road, Jodhpur Tekra
Ahmedabad, Gujarat India 380015
Ph:91 79 2691 6061 / 6045
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Geophysical Institute

University of Alaska Fairbanks

P.O. Box 757320

Fairbanks, AK 99775-7320

USA

phone: (1)907-474-7280

fax: (1)907-474-7290

e-mail: hajo.eicken@gi.alaska.edu

homepage: http://seaice.alaska.edu/gi/people/eicken

**************************

Near realtime sea-ice conditions and sea-ice data sets for Barrow and northern Alaska at:

seaice.alaska.edu/gi/observatories/barrow_webcam

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North by 2020: Perspectives on Alaska's Changing Social-Ecological Systems

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[CRYOLIST] Happy Antarctica Day - Dec 1

Dear Cryolist,

Join Our Spaces, APECS, IPF and PEI in celebrating Antarctica Day (December 1st) in recognition of the day when the Antarctic Treaty was signed in 1959.  Visit the Our Spaces website to learn about Antarctica Day:

The treaty, currently with 50 signatory nations, sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve, establishes freedom of scientific investigation and bans military activity on that continent. The Antarctic Treaty was the first nuclear arms control agreement and recognizes that it is in the interest of all mankind that Antarctica shall continue to be used exclusively for peaceful purposes. After almost fifty-four years, the Antarctic Treaty continues to shine as a rare beacon of international cooperation. 

Inquiries about Antarctica Day can be directed to Julie Berkman - director@ourspaces.ork.uk

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Re: [CRYOLIST] [Permalist] EUCOP 2014 session “Limnological processes in permafrost environments”

Dear colleagues,

I would like to remember you that the deadline for abstract submission to participate in the EUCOP4 is approaching fast: 15th December 2013

We invite contributions to EUCOP4 session on "Topography and microclimate effects on permafrost and seasonally frozen ground". 

4th European Conference on Permafrost,18-21 June 2014 (Évora, Portugal) – http://www.eucop4.org

Chairs: Carla Mora (University of Lisbon, Portugal) and Miguel Ramos (University of Alcalá, Spain)

 Key-note Speaker: Matti Seppala, University of Helsinki, Finland

 

Ground thermal regime is highly dependent on the effects of topography (altitude, aspect, morphology) and of other controls such as ground termophysical properties, changing snow cover and hydrological conditions, as well as on vegetation. From the interaction of these factors a set of topo- and microclimates  generates, with varying influences on ground freezing, including permafrost distribution and characteristics. The correct characterization and understanding of microclimate processes is therefore essential to characterize the spatial distribution and temperatures of frozen ground, but microscale variability is frequently poorly understood and integrated in a limited way in detailed permafrost mapping and modeling.

This session focus in the analysis of observational data on climate and frozen ground from different settings  on Earth, from seasonally frozen ground areas to the continuous permafrost zone, focusing on the controls of topo- and microclimate factors. It aims at bringing together climate, vegetation and permafrost scientists, including modelers, aiming at discussing the importance of ground truthing provided by high quality observational  data, especially in complex terrain settings.

 

 

Looking forward to meet you in Évora!

Carla Mora and Miguel Ramos

 

 

Miguel RAMOS

Depto. Física y Matemática. UAH.

Universidad de Alcalá.

E-28871- Alcalá de Henares.

Teléfono.- 918854917

 

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[CRYOLIST] EUCOP 2014 session “Limnological processes in permafrost environments”

Dear colleagues,
We would like to draw your attention to the session "Limnological processes in permafrost environments" at the upcoming 4th European Conference on Permafrost 2014, Evora (Portugal), 18-21 June 2014.
 
The deadline for abstract submission is approaching fast: 15th December 2013
 
Session "Limnological processes in permafrost environments"
Chairs: Dermot Antoniades (Laval University), Marc Oliva (University of Lisbon)
Key-note Speaker: Georg Schwamborn (AWI)
 
Many permafrost environments are undergoing rapid  changes in response to changing climate conditions. Drainage is generally poor in permafrost environments, and often results in landscapes dominated by surface waters. These lakes and ponds have life spans ranging from weeks to millennia and constitute highly dynamic, rapidly evolving environments. They may be characterized by highly variable physical, biological and geochemical conditions even on small spatial scales. Although their importance is often underappreciated, processes in permafrost lakes and ponds may have effects that extend far beyond the cryosphere, such as the implications of their emissions of greenhouse gases on the global carbon cycle. Lakes and ponds, in turn, may affect landscape evolution in permafrost regions, through processes including changing albedo or the influence of landforms such as taliks.
 
The sedimentary records of permafrost lakes also represent important archives of past climate and environmental conditions. However, in permafrost environments the deposition of lacustrine sedimentary sequences may be affected by a wide range of processes: variations in the thickness of the active layer, vegetation cover, the presence of glaciers, type/seasonality of  precipitation, runoff, aeolian transport, etc. Past environmental changes and their effects on lake dynamics, and hence on past permafrost evolution, may be reconstructed by a high-resolution multidisciplinary characterization of the bottom sediments using a large variety of techniques.
 
Understanding the role of permafrost and the active layer is of major importance for revealing the relationships between patterns of lake evolution and the forcings that trigger landscape change (i.e. climate).
 
The aim of the session "Limnological processes in permafrost environments" is to bring to light the state of progress in knowledge of limnological understanding in permafrost areas, with a focus on both present and past processes.
 
 
 
Dermot Antoniades, Marc Oliva
 
 
 
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Marc Oliva i Franganillo, PhD
Research Group on Antarctic Environments and Climate Change
Centro de Estudos Geográficos / IGOT, Universidade de Lisboa
Edifício FLUL, Alameda da Universidade, 1600-214 - Lisboa, Portugal
Tel: +351 210442936 / Fax: +351 217938690
HOLOANTAR project: http://holoantar.weebly.com / http://www.antecc.org
 
Research Group on Landscape Research and Mediterranean Mountain Palaeoenvironments
Facultat de Geografia i Història, Universitat de Barcelona
c/ Montalegre, 6-8, 08001- Barcelona, Catalonia
Tel: +34 934037561 / Fax: +34 934034529
http://www.ub.edu/palaeo/english/
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[CRYOLIST] Session 38: Biophysical linkages, mesoscale processes and large scale coupling of Antarctic continent shelf and slope waters, XXXIII SCAR Open Science Conference

Dear colleagues and friends,

Firstly, apologies for any cross-posting that may occur.

We would like to draw your attention to the following session "Biophysical linkages, mesoscale processes and large scale coupling of Antarctic continent shelf and slope waters" at the XXXIII SCAR Open Science Conference (25 Aug - 28 Aug 2014), Auckland, New Zealand. Abstract submission is now open and will close on the 14th of February 2014. More details of the conference can be found at: http://www.scar2014.com/.

SESSION 38: Biophysical linkages, mesoscale processes and large scale coupling of Antarctic continent shelf and slope waters

Antarctic shelf waters are some of the most productive regions in the world, yet biogenic fluxes of CO2 into the ocean remain poorly constrained. Ice formation and melt dynamics regulate the renewal of Antarctic surface waters and the formation of deep bottom water, which is then exported to all major ocean basins.  Biological and physical processes involved in these regions are directly impacted by climate, particularly through changes in irradiance, weather regimes and ice-cover.  However, nutrient fluxes and water mass modification are also influenced by mixing driven by mesoscale and submesoscale circulation dynamics.  Understanding these biophysical interactions and their links to larger scale forcing is critical to improving our ability to model these sensitive regions and assessing future variability under changing climates.
This session invites participants to present new results focusing on mesoscale and regional variability of biological and physical processes in Antarctic continent shelf and slope waters; biophysical linkages and the regulation of primary production; nutrient dynamics; mixing, heat transport, circulation and oceanic ice melt processes.

We hope you consider submitting an abstract.

Sincerely,

Bastien Queste
Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (COAS)
University of East Anglia, UK

Shigeru Aoki
Institute of Low Temperature Science
Hokkaido Univeristy, Japan

Andy Thompson
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
California Institute of Technology, CA, USA
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[CRYOLIST] European Conference on Permafrost - Abstract submission deadline approaching

Dear colleagues,

Please be aware that the deadline for abstract submission to the 4th European Conference on Permafrost (Évora - Portugal,18-21 June 2014) is due in two weeks time - 15 December 2013.

We invite you to consider submitting an abstract and joining us in Évora next year. A number of interesting field trip from North Africa, across Iberia up to the Alps is to take place. Registration is open and the number of available places is limited.

More information: http://www.eucop4.org

Looking forward to meet you in Évora!

EUCOP4 Local Organizing Committee
 
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Gonçalo Vieira, PhD - Associate Professor | Portuguese Polar Program - Coordinator
Centro de Estudos Geográficos / IGOT - Universidade de Lisboa, Edif. FLUL, Alam. Universidade, 1600-214 Lisboa, Portugal

E-mail: vieira@campus.ul.pt | gtelesvieira@gmail.com | http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7611-3464 | http://www.antecc.org | http://vieira.antecc.org
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