The workshops will be held at Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum in Bremerhaven, Germany from 27th to 30th March 2017. Both events are jointly organized by the Polar Climate Predictability Initiative (WCRP-PCPI), the Polar Prediction Project (WWRP-PPP), the Sea Ice Prediction Network (SIPN), and the Sea Ice Model Intercomparison Project (SIMIP).
The Polar Prediction Workshop 2017 (March, 27th morning - March, 29th noon) will start with the public Alfred Wegener Lecture where every other year a distinguished climate scientist is invited to report on emerging fields of research for scientific exchange. This time, the lecture entitled "A Decade of Sea Ice Prediction" will be given by Cecilia Bitz (Atmospheric Science Department, University of Washington) who is going to review rapid advances in predicting skills of Arctic sea ice conditions since The Sea Ice Outlook began collecting and reporting predictions in 2008.
The focus of the subsequent Polar Prediction Workshop is on environmental prediction in the polar regions on subseasonal to interannual timescales, thereby helping to build a "seamless" polar prediction community. As in previous years, sea ice prediction will play a central role. Desired outcomes include the compilation of recommendations for the 2017 Sea Ice Outlook season, as well as the stimulation of collaborations in the context of the Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP; mid-2017—mid-2019).
Confirmed keynote speakers are:
* Dirk Notz
* François Massonnet
* Leif Toudal Pedersen.
For the Polar Prediction Workshop 2017, we invite abstracts related to polar prediction topics such as:
* Predictability,
* Modelling, data assimilation, and forecasting,
* Observations,
* Verification, and
* User needs.
SIMIP workshop (March, 29th noon - March, 30th noon)
The SIMIP workshop (March, 29th noon - March, 30th noon) is devoted to discussions about the sea ice simulations from the upcoming CMIP6 experiments (SIMIP), with three distinct aims:
- To discuss and define best practices for the evaluation of sea-ice simulations against observations
- To identify and define new remote sensing and in situ sea ice observations that will allow for improved model evaluation and initialization
- To discuss and coordinate the analysis of CMIP6 sea ice simulations for improved understanding of sea ice processes and improved sea ice projections.
The SIMIP workshop will primarily be a discussion meeting with a few invited presentations to set the scene. The SIMIP workshop is organized by the WCRP-CliC Sea ice and Climate Modeling Forum.
Registration
To register and/or submit an abstract, please use this online form for both workshops. Abstracts can be submitted only for the PPW 2017. Registration and abstract submission are open until the 30th of January.
There is some funding available to support early-career scientists. If you'd like to apply for early-career travel support, please indicate so in the online form.
Information on the venue and accomodation can be found here.
For any questions, please contact the PPP International Coordination Office at office@polarprediction.net
Best wishes,
The Workshop Organisers
Helge Goessling
Cecilia Bitz
Ed Blanchard-Wrigglesworth
Ed Hawkins
John Fyfe
Alexandra Jahn
Dirk Notz
Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Bussestr. 24
Germany
