Monday, April 25, 2016

[CRYOLIST] REMINDER: Registration Available for ARCUS Arctic Research Seminar/Webinar on 28 April 2016

REMINDER: ARCUS Arctic Research Seminar Series
Regional and Global Implications of Changing Permafrost
Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S.(ARCUS)

Date: Thursday, 28 April 2016 at 12:00-1:00 p.m. EDT

Speaker: Ted Schuur
Northern Arizona University

To register for this event, please go to:
https://www.arcus.org/research-seminar-series

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The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS), in partnership with
the Arctic Institute, is pleased to announce the fourth Arctic Research
Seminar Series event "Regional and Global Implications of Changing
Permafrost." The event will be held in the ARCUS D.C. office at 1201 New
York Avenue, NW Washington D.C. on Thursday, 28 April 2016 at 12:00-1:00
p.m. EDT.

The ARCUS Arctic Research Seminar Series brings some of the leading
Arctic researchers to Washington, D.C. to share the latest findings and
what they mean for decision-making. These seminars will be of interest
to Federal agency officials, Congressional staff, NGOs, associations,
and the public.

This seminar will be presented by Dr. Ted Schuur of Northern Arizona
University.

Seminar Abstract: There is growing realization of the strong
interactions between degradation of near-surface permafrost on the
dynamics of ecosystems, and that these interactions together influence
local and global environmental, economic, and social systems.

Degradation of near-surface permafrost (perennially frozen ground)
caused by modern climate change is adversely affecting human
infrastructure, altering Arctic ecosystem structure and function,
changing the surface energy balance, and has the potential to
dramatically impact Arctic hydrological processes and increase
greenhouse gas emissions.

The Study of Environmental Change (SEARCH)
(https://www.arcus.org/search-program) Permafrost Action Team is
developing new knowledge about permafrost change impacts on the
ecosystem services critical to local residents of the permafrost zone
through research synthesis. This framework of synthesis builds on
activities of the Permafrost Carbon Network (PCN)
(www.permafrostcarbon.org), an international scientific effort that
links biological carbon cycle research with networks in the physical
sciences focused on the thermal state of permafrost.

This presentation will discuss the use of synthesis science by both the
SEARCH Permafrost Action Team and Permafrost Carbon Network to identify
and understand the widespread implications of changing permafrost at
both regional and global scales.

This event is a brown-bag lunch that will be held in the ARCUS D.C.
office (1201 New York Avenue, NW Washington D.C. Fourth Floor). Cookies
and beverages will be provided. A live webinar is also available to
those unable to attend in person. Instructions for accessing the webinar
will be sent to 'Webinar Only' registrants prior to the event.

To register for this event or for additional information, please go to:
https://www.arcus.org/research-seminar-series

For questions about this event or the ARCUS Arctic Research Seminar
Series, please contact:
Judy Fahnestock
Email: judy@arcus.org

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[CRYOLIST] VGC 2016 abstract submission extended until 08/05/2016

Dear colleagues,

Following several requests, we have decided to extend the VGC 2016
abstract submission until 8th May 2016. We look forward to receiving
your submissions.

Updates since the last circular:

*Registration is now open. Don't forget to register early to benefit
from the early bird rate.

*VGC 2016 special issue will be in The Photogrammetric Record, an
international journal published by Wiley. This journal covers all
aspects of relevant geomatics methods and applications, including
geosciences, and will be promoted by Wiley's Earth Sciences team.

*Icebreaker will be in the heart of Bergen, at the Zachariasbryggen
wharf in the old harbour.

Visit the conference website here:
http://virtualoutcrop.com/vgc2016

Best regards,

Simon

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Dr. Simon Buckley
Virtual Outcrop Geology
Uni Research AS
Postboks 7810
N-5020 Bergen
Norway

Tel: +47 5558 3458
Fax: +47 5558 8265
Simon.Buckley@uni.no
*VGC2016:* http://virtualoutcrop.com/vgc2016
http://org.uib.no/cipr/Project/VOG/index.htm
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1477-9730
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[CRYOLIST] Compendium of 20 years of polar radar imaging data

To celebrate EarthDay (on 22 April), the WMO Polar Space Task Group's SAR Coordination Working Group has released a Data Compendium to celebrate 20 years of satellite radar imaging of the poles.

EarthDay Release: Monitoring the Earth’s Poles
Although the icy landscapes of our planet’s poles seem benign or distant to many, the scientific community has shown increasing concern about the warming taking place in these regions. There is an urgent need to better understand current changes in the context of changes over recent decades, and to develop improved capability to project potential future impacts.

In 2011, the World Meteorological Organization established the Polar Space Task Group (PSTG) to better coordinate the collection of satellite data over the Polar Regions (see: http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/sat/pstg_en.php). Through the coordinated efforts of representatives from space agencies, international organisations and the scientific community, several thousands of images were collected from over two decades. This coherent and extensive compilation is one of the richest and most diverse datasets ever composed and it contributes to our understanding of the impact of climate change on the Polar Regions.

The images are available to the scientific community to encourage observation, analysis and hopefully, novel answers to important science questions. To raise awareness of this initiative, the Polar Space Task Group is releasing a compilation of select imaging activities that features views and insights on both Poles like never before. This Data Compendium focusses on four thematic areas: ice sheets, floating ice, permafrost, and snow.

Access the Data Compendium here: http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/sat/documents/SAT-GEN_PSTG-SAR-CWG-DataCompendium-Apr2016.pdf

For further questions, please contact: Mark Drinkwater (ESA) Chair Polar Space Task Group (mark.drinkwater@esa.int)
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Mark Drinkwater

Head, Mission Science Division (EOP-SM)
European Space Agency (ESA)
ESTEC, Keplerlaan 1
NL-2201 AZ Noordwijk, The Netherlands
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T +31 71 565 5673 | F +31 71 565 5675

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[CRYOLIST] Postdoc in Ice and Climate Greenland ice sheet and paleoclimatic modelling

Postdoc in Ice and Climate Greenland ice sheet and paleoclimatic modelling

One postdoc position (2 years) is available at the Centre of Excellence for Ice and Climate at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. The position is open from 1 June 2016 or as soon as possible thereafter. We seek a Postdoctoral researcher with experience relevant to ice core-related climate research and paleo-climatic modelling to work on coupled Greenland ice sheet and climate modelling during the last interglacial-glacial cycle.

The Postdoc will be part of the ice flow modelling team, which is working towards understanding the evolution of the Greenland in the past, present and future, using ice core records to constrain the past together with climate models and other paleo-climatic data. The position is part of the Ice2Ice project funded by the European Research Council under the ERC Synergy programme (https://ice2ice.b.uib.no/). The Ice2Ice project works on identifying whether Arctic and sub-Arctic sea-ice cover exerts important controls on past and future Greenland temperature and ice sheet variations.

Applicants should have a PhD in earth science and experience from climate modeling, preferable experience with the Earth system models EC-Earth (http://www.ec-earth.org) and/or CESM (http://www2.cesm.ucar.edu/).

Deadline for applying is 3rd of May-2016.

More information can be found here: http://employment.ku.dk/faculty/?show=820643

Sincerly Helle Astrid Kjær

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Postdoc Helle Astrid Kjær

Centre for Ice and Climate

Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen

Juliane Maries vej 30

2100 Kbh Ø

phone: (+45) 50528004

email: hellek@fys.ku.dk

Friday, April 22, 2016

[CRYOLIST] SIPN Sea Ice Outlook 2016: Call for Pre-season and Informal Contributions

Sea Ice Prediction Network (SIPN)
Sea Ice Outlook 2016
Call for Pre-season and Informal Contributions

For more information, please contact:
Betsy Turner-Bogren at ARCUS
Email: betsy@arcus.org

For more information about SIPN, please go to:
http://www.arcus.org/sipn

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The Sea Ice Prediction Network (SIPN) announces a call for pre-season
and informal contributions to the 2016 Sea Ice Outlook (SIO). These
contributions will be in addition to the regular SIO monthly reports in
June, July, and August that synthesize predictions for the September
monthly average extent of Arctic sea ice. For more information about the
SIO, please see: http://www.arcus.org/sipn/sea-ice-outlook.

Pre-season and informal contributions provide a way to share information
on sea ice parameters or time periods not included in the regular
monthly reports as well as any early field observations, such as unusual
early season conditions. These contributions are valuable for
understanding initial conditions as well as sea ice dynamics throughout
the season.

The regular call for contributions for the June report will be made
later in May. The tentative schedule of the SIO 2016 monthly reports is
listed at the bottom of this announcement.

PRE-SEASON CONTRIBUTIONS
SIPN welcomes pre-season contributions with predictions, data, field
observations, or comments on sea ice conditions that might include:

- Submissions of regional ice-free and ice-retreat dates (e.g., first
day that ice concentration in a gridded zone drops below 15% or when
melt ends). We encourage contributors to include either a gridded
field, or regional mean value, and a graphic image that can be displayed
on the SIPN website as well as a summary of the data and methods used to
make these forecast.
- Submissions of melt pond fraction, ice thickness, and any other sea
ice parameter based on early-season data that could contribute to a
status summary of pre-season conditions and help inform subsequent
contributions to the regular SIO monthly report.

Pre-season contributions will be accepted immediately.

INFORMAL CONTRIBUTIONS
SIPN welcomes informal contributions that might include:

- Sea ice extent or maps of sea ice probability in any month, not just
September.
- Sea ice freeze-up dates (e.g., maps of first day when ice
concentration >15%),
- Seasonal climate forecasts that may help guide ice forecasts (e.g.,
temperature, North Atlantic Oscillation, Arctic Oscillation, El Nino
Southern Oscillation).
- Any field- or ship-based updates on ice conditions in the different
regions such as sea ice morphology (e.g., concentration, ice type, floe
size, thickness, snow cover, melt pond characteristics, topography),
meteorology (surface measurements) and oceanography (e.g., temperature,
salinity, upper ocean temperature).
- Other information on Arctic sea ice conditions or predictions that do
not otherwise fit within the regular monthly reports.

Please include a definition of the parameter(s) for which you are
sending information. All types and formats of scientific contributions
are welcome. Contributions may be sent in any form, including in MS
Word, PDF, or email text.

Informal contributions can be accepted at anytime throughout the season.

Pre-season and informal contributions will be posted to a webpage on the
SIPN website. However, if contributors prefer the information not be
shared online, please let us know that when you submit, and the
information will be shared only with SIPN Leadership team and SIO report
writing groups.

For more information, please go to:
https://www.arcus.org/sipn/sea-ice-outlook/2016/informal-contributions.

Contributions and questions should be sent to:
Betsy Turner-Bogren at ARCUS (betsy@arcus.org).

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TENTATIVE SCHEDULE FOR SEA ICE OUTLOOK 2016 MONTHLY REPORTS
*******************************************************************************************

JUNE REPORT: (Based on May data)
23 May 2016: Call for Contributions for June Report
13 June 2016: Contributions Due for June Report
24 June 2016: June Report Released

JULY REPORT: (Based on May and June data)
29 June 2016: Call for Contributions for July Report
11 July 2016: Contributions Due for July Report
22 July 2016: July Report Released

AUGUST REPORT: (Based on May, June, and July data
27 July 2016: Call for Contributions for August Report
8 August 2016: Contributions Due for August Report
19 August 2016: August Report Released

POST-SEASON REPORT
Developed during September-November 2016
Note: A call for nominations for a post-season SIO Action Team will be
circulated in early September via the SIPN mailing list:
http://www.arcus.org/sipn/mailing-list.

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Betsy Turner-Bogren
Project Manager
Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS)
3535 College Road Suite 101
Fairbanks, AK 99709-3710
Phone: 907/474-1600
betsy@arcus.org

Follow ARCUS on twitter: @ArcticResearch

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[CRYOLIST] Antarctic Sea Ice Variability Workshop(Boulder, Jan 2016)-Pesentations Available

The presentation made at the NAS Workshop on Antarctic Sea Ice Variability are available, (if released by the presenter). The weblink is to the workshop Agenda page, and the presentations

(if available) will come come up by clicking on the presentation or name in the 2min short presentations.

The full NAS report will come out later in 2016 and will include the results of the discussions and breakout groups that are not included here.

http://dels.nas.edu/global/prb/Antarctic-Sea-Ice-Workshop-Agenda

Antarctic Sea Ice Workshop Agenda - dels.nas.edu

dels.nas.edu

Key session questions: • What does the observational record of Antarctic sea ice extent tell us about sea ice variability and recent trends?

[CRYOLIST] Job posting: Research Grants Facilitator/Development Officer - University of Manitoba (Canada)

The Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources, (University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada) invites applications for a full-time 3-year term position as Research Grants Facilitator/Development Officer.

Position: To assist researchers in identifying funding sources, preparing and reviewing submissions, facilitating the submission of large interdisciplinary team grant applications, and assisting with knowledge translation and research(er) recognition. The successful candidate will work closely with each of our units (Natural Resources Institute, Geological Sciences, Environment and Geography, and the Centre for Earth Observation Science), initiate searches, research and distribute notifications and information regarding major, multidisciplinary university and regional grants; support and facilitate the development of applications of individual grant applications, team grants, and development of multi-unit proposals with and between our various departments, provide expertise for applications to tri-council sources for researchers across the University and provide administrative support. In addition, the successful candidate will assist in preparation of nominations and applica
tions for major research awards and compile, analyze, and report date on research success.

More information at: http://umanitoba.ca/cgi-bin/human_resources/jobs/view.pl?posting_id=91198

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Lucette Barber
Research Associate
ASP Communications Team
Centre for Earth Observation Science
University of Manitoba
Tel: 204-474-9158
Cell: 204-799-7328

www.umanitoba.ca/ceos
www.asp-net.org

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[CRYOLIST] New website on glacier hazards in Chile

Dear all

We are pleased to announce that we have set up a new project website for our ‘Glacial hazards in Chile: processes, assessment, mitigation and risk management strategies’ project. This is a new research project aiming to answer key questions concerning past, present and future glacial hazards in Chile. The project will assess the changing magnitude, frequency, and distribution of different glacial hazards in Chile under current and future global climate change. The project brings together leading researchers from Aberystwyth University (UK), Austral University of Chile, Exeter University (UK), Reynolds International Ltd (UK) and University of Magallanes (Chile). It is jointly funded by the RCUK (Research Councils UK) – NERC (Natural Environment Research Council) in the UK and CONICYT (Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica) in Chile.

You can access the website here: http://wordpress.aber.ac.uk/glacialhazardsinchile

You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GlacialHazardsinChile

Twitter: https://twitter.com/GlacialHazards

All constructive comments and suggestions welcome.

Neil Glasser

Professor Neil Glasser

Director / Cyfarwyddwr

Institute of Geography, History, Politics and Psychology / Athrofa Daearyddiaeth, Hanes, Gwleidyddiaeth a Seicoleg

Aberystwyth University / Prifysgol Aberystwyth

SY23 3DB

Phone / Ffon +44 (0)1970 622785

Twitter: @NeilNfg and @MAGICDML

Google Scholar profile: http://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=EtOvTPoAAAAJ&hl=en

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Thursday, April 21, 2016

[CRYOLIST] Job opportunity: Postdoctoral Research Position at the Los Alamos National Laboratory

Postdoctoral Research Position at the Los Alamos National Laboratory
Improving the MPAS-Seaice sea-ice model and sea-ice/ocean coupling in
the ACME Global Climate Model

Overview: Los Alamos National Laboratory is a multidisciplinary research
institution engaged in science and engineering on behalf of national
security. The postdoc position is within the Climate, Ocean and Sea-Ice
Modeling (COSIM) project which develops advanced ocean and ice models
for the study of climate and climate change, and the T3 (Fluid Dynamics
and Solid Mechanics) group, a part of the Theoretical Division.

Detailed Description: The COSIM group seeks a postdoc to improve the
MPAS-Seaice sea-ice model and the sea-ice/ocean coupling of the
Accelerated Climate Model for Energy (ACME) global climate model.
Possible projects include: improving the physical fidelity of sea ice to
ocean coupling fluxes related to brine drainage and study its affect on
ocean properties (with focus on deep water formation in the Southern
Ocean); investigating the effect of embedding sea-ice draft in a
variable sea-surface height ocean model and improving the sea-ice/ocean
stress calculation to include depth effects. Projects will likely
include both model development in MPAS-Seaice and performing and
analyzing simulations with a fully coupled global climate model.

Keywords: climate, climate modeling, sea-ice modeling, ocean modeling,
global climate models.

Minimum Job Requirements: Experience and knowledge of computational
climate modeling, preferably both the construction of models and their
application in a fully coupled context. Software skills including
expertise in high-performance computing languages (e.g. Fortran, C, C++)
and knowledge of a scripting framework (e.g. Python). Requirements also
include demonstrated ability to work in a team setting.

Desired Skills: The successful candidate will have demonstrated the
following: scientific excellence as evidenced by submission and
publication of authored publications in refereed journals, the ability
to create or improve numerical models, and the ability to analyze and
interpret climate simulation data.

Education: A Ph.D. in sea-ice physics, physical oceanography,
atmospheric sciences, climate modeling, physics, applied mathematics, or
closely related field.

Note to Applicant: Send a curriculum vitae, digitized copies of
transcripts, names of three references, and a cover letter detailing
qualifications and research interests to Adrian Turner at akt@lanl.gov.
Please include "ACME Sea-ice Postdoc" in the email subject line.
Applications will be reviewed as received with the intent of filling the
position before August, 2016. Start date can be no later than the end of
2016.

Pre-Employment Drug Test: The Laboratory requires successful applicants
to complete a pre-employment drug test and maintains a substance abuse
policy that includes random drug testing.

Candidates may be considered for a Director's Fellowship and outstanding
candidates may be considered for the prestigious Marie Curie, Richard P.
Feynman, or J. Robert Oppenheimer.

For general information related to the Postdoc Program go
to http://www.lanl.gov/careers/career-options/postdoctoral-research/index.php.

Equal Opportunity: Los Alamos National Laboratory is an equal
opportunity employer and supports a diverse and inclusive workforce. We
welcome and encourage applications from the broadest possible range of
qualified candidates. The Laboratory is also committed to making our
workplace accessible to individuals with disabilities and will provide
reasonable accommodations, upon request, for individuals to participate
in the application and hiring process. To request such an
accommodation, please send an email to applyhelp@lanl.gov or call
1-505-665-5627.

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[CRYOLIST] FRISP meeting 2016

Dear all,
this is to announce that registration has now opened for the 30th FRISP meeting which will be held in Gothenburg, Sweden, on Oct 3rd - Oct 6th.
The FRISP meeting is for scientists working with various aspects of ice shelf processes meeting in an informal setting and exchanging ideas, results and field plans. This year there will be a special focus on under ice observations, including information and feedback with the SOOS under ice working group presently being formed. The meeting includes an APECS mentor panel discussion, prizes for best student presentations, and a guided excursion to the historical station Bornö situated in the Gullmar fjord, famous for its geology and marine life.
Travel support for students is provided.
The meeting will take place in one of the University of Gothenburg marine field stations, Kristineberg. More information about Kristineberg can be found here: http://loven.gu.se/english/stations/kristineberg

The deadline for registration is on June 15th, 2016. Register online at: https://sunet.artologik.net/gu/Survey/816
Abstract and conference fee will be required after the summer. The estimated total conference fee (including meals and accommodation) is:
- for staying three nights at the Kristineberg research station (single / double): 3000 / 2500 SEK
- for staying three nights at the nearby Gullmarsstrand Hotel: 5500 SEK

The final cost is hopefully going to be reduced aided by financial support that has been applied for.

For questions, please contact one of the local organizing committee:
Anna Wåhlin   anna.wahlin@marine.gu.se
Celine Heuze   celine.heuze@marine.gu.se
Karen Assmann   karen.assmann@marine.gu.se
Nina Kirchner    nina.kirchner@natgeo.su.se

Looking forward to seeing you in Gothenburg in October!!

Preliminary program:

Monday, October 3, 2016:   Arrival of participants, registration, welcome reception.

                        APECS mentor panel discussion 17.00-18.30

                        Reception and buffet 19.00

Tuesday, October 4, 2016:

                        Morning session (9.00-12.00)

                        Afternoon session 1 (13.30-15.30)

                        Afternoon session 2 (15.45-17.45):

                        Evening: informal discussions & splinter meetings

                        Crayfish party at Kristineberg 20.00

Wednesday, October 5, 2016:

                        Morning session (9.00-12.00)

                        Afternoon session 1 (13.30-15.30)

                        Afternoon session 2 (15.45-17.15)

                        Conference dinner at Gullmarsstrand 20.00

Thursday, October 6, 2016:

                        Steering Committe meeting (8.30-9.30)

                        Morning session 1 (9.30-10.45)

                        Morning session 2 (11-12): Under ice observations: Recent advances and future priorities

                        Afternoon/evening (13.30-17.00): Excursion to historical Bornö Station with one of the

                        University of Gothenburg's research vessels.

                        Guides: Thomas Dahlgren, Assoc. Prof in Marine Ecology, Lennart Björklund, Prof. in Marine

                       Geology, Artur Svansson, Assoc. Prof. in Historical Oceanography



                        End of meeting / departure of participants

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Dr. A. K. Wåhlin
Professor in Physical Oceanography
Co-chair of SOOS, www.soos.aq
Department of Marine Sciences
University of Gothenburg
PB 460
405 30 Göteborg
Sweden

Phone: +46 31 786 2866
Fax: +46 31 786 1986
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[CRYOLIST] First circular for the IGS/IACS/CliC Wellington NZ 2017 symposium

Dear Cryolist members

The International Glaciological Society, the International Association of Cryospheric Sciences and the WCRP Climate and Cryosphere Project invite you to attend the ‘International Symposium on The Cryosphere in a Changing Climate', due to be held from 12–17 February 2017, in Wellington, New Zealand.

We strongly encourage you to visit http://www.igsoc.org/symposia/2017/newzealand/ and register your interest to attend. That way you will ensure you'll receive all communications relating to the symposium.

You can access the first circular at the same location.

The Local Organiser’s website is also now up and running. It will be the place to visit to obtain more detailed information about the symposium.

Please see http://www.climate-cryosphere.org/meetings/upcoming-clic/2017-cryosphere-in-a-changing-climate-conference/about

We look forward to seeing you in New Zealand in 2017

Magnús Már Magnússon, Secretary General of the International Glaciological Society

Andrew Mackintosh, Chair of Local Organizing Committee and Secretary General of IACS

Gwen Hamon, Executive Officer of CliC

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Magnús Már Magnússon

Secretary General

International Glaciological Society

Scott Polar Research Institute

Lensfield Road

Cambridge CB2 1ER

United Kingdom

E-Mail: magnus@igsoc.org

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Wednesday, April 20, 2016

[CRYOLIST] 73rd Eastern Snow Conference: Last call for papers

The Eastern Snow Conference (June 14 - 16) is rapidly approaching! The meeting will take place at the Byrd Polar & Climate Research Center, at the Ohio State University.

The official deadline for abstract submission has passed (April 8). We received well over fifty submissions, and are looking forward to a great program. However, if you have a last minute abstract, we can still accept a few more. See the website (http://www.easternsnow.org/annual_meeting.html) for call for papers and other meeting details.

There will be an icebreaker the evening of Tuesday the 14th. The scientific program will begin Wednesday morning, and conclude on Thursday the 16th by noon. The conference banquet will take place Wednesday evening; we are privileged to have Prof Lonnie Thompson as our banquet speaker. During lunch on Thursday, there will be tours of the Byrd center and ice cores. After lunch on Thursday, we will organize a tour of several excellent Columbus micro-breweries for any who are interested.

As a reminder, the scientific program is open for theoretical, experimental, and operational studies of snow, ice, and winter hydrology. This year's general theme is: Airborne and spaceborne remote sensing of snow and ice. There will be a presentation and discussion on the proposed NASA SnowEx campaign (http://neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov/hsb/index.php?section=322).

We are looking forward to a great meeting, and hope to see you in Columbus in June!

[CRYOLIST] FRISP meeting registration now open!

Looking forward to seeing you in Gothenburg in October!!

Preliminary program:

Monday, October 3, 2016:   Arrival of participants, registration, welcome reception.

                        APECS mentor panel discussion 17.00-18.30

                        Reception and buffet 19.00

Tuesday, October 4, 2016:

                        Morning session (9.00-12.00)

                        Afternoon session 1 (13.30-15.30)

                        Afternoon session 2 (15.45-17.45):

                        Evening: informal discussions & splinter meetings

                        Crayfish party at Kristineberg 20.00

Wednesday, October 5, 2016:

                        Morning session (9.00-12.00)

                        Afternoon session 1 (13.30-15.30)

                        Afternoon session 2 (15.45-17.15)

                        Conference dinner at Gullmarsstrand 20.00

Thursday, October 6, 2016:

                        Steering Committe meeting (8.30-9.30)

                        Morning session 1 (9.30-10.45)

                        Morning session 2 (11-12): Under ice observations: Recent advances and future priorities

                        Afternoon/evening (13.30-17.00): Excursion to historical Bornö Station with one of the

                        University of Gothenburg's research vessels.

                        Guides: Thomas Dahlgren, Assoc. Prof in Marine Ecology, Lennart Björklund, Prof. in Marine

                       Geology, Artur Svansson, Assoc. Prof. in Historical Oceanography



                        End of meeting / departure of participants

[CRYOLIST] Quantarctica User Survey

Quantarctica User Survey (5 minutes): http://www.quantarctica.org/user-survey.html

The Norwegian Polar Institute has developed the free, standalone open GIS package Quantarctica [quantarctica.org] for Antarctic science and mapping. This geospatial data package is built on the open-source, cross-platform QGIS software, and includes a wide range of cartographic basemap layers, geophysical and glaciological datasets, and satellite imagery. The next version of Quantarctica, releasing in 2017, will focus on increasing the breadth and depth of the included open data from an expanded array of international partners and investigators. Priorities for this new version include Antarctic climatology, biology, oceanography, and atmospheric sciences. The Quantarctica project is also expanding its educational outreach through online and video user tutorials and user workshops.

As part of this enhanced outreach effort, the buildup to the 2016 SCAR Open Science Conference in Kuala Lumpur, and the upcoming release of Quantarctica v3, the Quantarctica project team has assembled a User Survey, with three main goals:

· Collecting basic demographic information about Quantarctica's diverse user community

· Soliciting and identifying new datasets for inclusion in future versions of Quantarctica

· Identifying user priorities for new features and technical improvements

The User Survey is meant for everyone in the Antarctic community, including those who have never used Quantarctica or GIS software. Feedback from this survey will be used to prioritize improvements and additions to Quantarctica v3. The survey will close on May 31^st.

Access the User Survey here:

http://www.quantarctica.org/user-survey.html

Watch a quick tour of Quantarctica v1:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HV_VbxKKDM

Registration for the (free!) Quantarctica User Workshop at the SCAR OSC in Kuala Lumpur, Saturday 27 August:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RR7G3PF

From all of us on the Quantarctica project team, we appreciate your feedback, and look forward to bringing the next version of Quantarctica to you, the Antarctic community!

George Roth, George.Roth@npolar.no

Kenny Matsuoka, Kenichi.Matsuoka@npolar.no

on behalf of the Quantarctica project team at the Norwegian Polar Institute

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Kenny Matsuoka, PhD

Senior Research Scientist (Antarctic glaciology)

Norwegian Polar Institute

Fram Centere, 9296, Tromso, NORWAY

phone: +47 77 75 06 45

[CRYOLIST] Jobopportunity - Hydrologist in Greenland

Dear All

Asiaq – Greenland Survey are seeking a Hydrologist. The job is based in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland.

We offer a unique job in an inspiring professional team with the exceptional and challenging Greenlandic environment as study area.

Further details, including the full job description are avaible here: http://www.asiaq.gl/en

Best regards

Ms. Dorthe Petersen

Asiaq – Greenland Survey

3900 Nuuk

Greenland

Email: Asiaq@asiaq.gl

Phone: +299 34 88 00

Web: www.asiaq.gl

[CRYOLIST] PDRA position glaciomarine geology/palaeoceanography

Dear Cryolist,

Can you please circulate the PDRA advert below.

Thank you

Dave Roberts

Durham University

Job Title: Post-Doctoral Research Associate: Glaciomarine Geology/Greenland

(001803)

Company: Durham University

Department: Department Of Geography

Position Type: Research (Grade 7; £31,656; Full time/Fixed term/2yrs)

The Geography Department at Durham University seeks to appoint a Post-doctoral Research Associate (PDRA) for a period of two years, specialising in glacial/marine geology and palaeo-environmental reconstruction to work on a project investigating the Quaternary/Holocene history of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream (NEGIS). Understanding the impacts of climate change on ice sheets and the subsequent changes to global sea-level over 100-1000yr timescales are key scientific and societal challenges. This project will focus on the NEGIS which controls the flow of ice from NE Greenland to the Atlantic from a drainage basin holding a sea-level equivalent of ~ 1.1m. This sector of the ice sheet is predicted to be vulnerable to climatic changes and understanding how it will evolve is critical for predicting rates of future global sea level rise. Indeed, the ice shelves that front the NEGIS are known to have collapsed during the Mid-Holocene Thermal Maximum. The overall aim of the project is therefore to reconstruct the past behaviour of NEGIS in order to validate and test the sensitivity of models that predict ice sheet behaviour over 100-1000yr timescales.

The PDRA will help to collect sediment cores from the areas adjacent to the NEGIS. They will also analyse glacial and marine sediments in order to generate records of both ice stream/shelf advance/retreat and palaeo-ocean temperature change over the last 15,000 years. The post will require an advanced knowledge of geological, geophysical and sedimentological data acquisition and techniques for the investigation of glacial and marine sediments. A working knowledge of multi proxy analyses of palaeo-oceanographic sediment archives will also be required (e.g. forams; diatoms; sediment geochemistry and stable isotopes).

This project is supported through NERC (UK) and the Alfred Wegener Institute (Germany) and will include two research cruises to NE Greenland in 2016 and 2017 working in collaboration with partners at the British Antarctic Survey and the University of Aberdeen. The PDRA will join the Ice Sheets and Sea Level research group at Durham, and will have access to an extensive suite of analytical facilities including multi-sensor core loggers, XRF, XCT X-Ray and microscope laboratories. The post will start from 1st June 2016 for 24 months and will include cruises in summer 2016 and 2017.

For further information please contact Dr David Roberts

Tel No: 0191 33411935

Email: D.H.Roberts@durham.ac.uk

Closing Date: 02-May-2016

https://recruitment.durham.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.display_form?p_company=1&p_internal_external=E&p_display_in_irish=N&p_applicant_no=&p_recruitment_id=001803&p_process_type=&p_form_profile_detail=&p_display_apply_ind=Y&p_refresh_search=Y

[CRYOLIST] EGU: social event tonight (Wednesday) for early-career glaciologists

Dear Early-Career Cryolisters-who-are-currently-in-Vienna,

This is a quick reminder of the social event we are having tonight, together with APECS.
Please notice that the venue has changed the new place is Wieden Bräu - Waaggasse 5 1040 Wien

The rest of the plan is still the same : having dinner/some drinks from 20.30 at Wieden Bräu (close to metro line 1 and 4).

Or even better, you can attend the ice-core short course (19-20.00 room 0.31) and come with us to the brewery right after the short course.

More information on the facebook event : https://www.facebook.com/events/598367733645309/

Hope to see you there,

Sophie

Sophie BERGER
PhD student
Laboratoire de Glaciologie
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
Brussels, Belgium

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

[CRYOLIST] Vacancies: Research Fellowships at Northumbria Unviersity, Newcastle, UK

As part of a large investment in multidisciplinary research themes, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK is seeking to appoint Senior Research Fellows or Research Fellows (2 posts) in Extreme Environments. The Extreme Environments theme links research in the Departments of Geography and Mathematics. This post is well suited to glaciologists and we welcome applications from highly qualified candidates in any area of cryospheric science.

Full details of the post and application details and forms can be found here:

https://work4.northumbria.ac.uk/hrvacs/eae1534

Details of the Extreme Environments research theme, with links through to staff and research group web pages can be found here:

www.northumbria.ac.uk/extremeenvironments

The deadline for applications is 12 May 2016

Please contact Benjamin.brock@northumbria.ac.uk for informal enquiries. The full job advert is included below.

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Vice-Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow or Research Fellow in Extreme Environments (2 posts) - Fixed term for 3 years

Engineering and Environment
Ref: EAE15/34 (MDRT)
Salary: Grade 7 £38,896 - £47,801; £33,574 - £37,768

Northumbria University, Newcastle is now in the UK top 50 for research power and has been recognised by Times Higher Education as having the biggest rise in research power of any university following the results of the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF2014), a national assessment of research quality in UK universities. To further strengthen our world-leading research areas we are investing to develop exciting opportunities in multidisciplinary research.

The Extreme Environments multidisciplinary research theme is a university wide initiative which draws together ground-breaking research in understanding and harnessing physical and biological environments that operate under extreme conditions, such as those found in the Earth's surface, subsurface, oceans, atmosphere and in the solar system. Theme expertise ranges from the geophysical exploration of Antarctic subglacial lakes, responses of glaciers, snow cover and permafrost to climate change through the investigation of nonlinear waves, the Sun-Earth connection, solar physics and space weather, to the reconstruction of past extreme climates using ocean cores, speleothems and pollen records.

You will work with experts in a Multi-Disciplinary Research theme in one of the following areas:

Physical Geography

Mathematics

You will have the opportunity to demonstrate your extensive knowledge and subject expertise through individual and collaborative academic activity. Successful candidates will be selected according to the excellence of their research profile and plans (candidates are encouraged to include a two-page research plan in their application), regardless of their area of research interest.

The Fellowship will be for three years in the first instance with the expectation of progression to a permanent academic position at the end of the Fellowship subject to satisfactory progress.

For informal enquiries about this post please contact Dr Benjamin Brock (Geography) Tel: +44 (0)191 227 3225, Email: benjamin.brock@northumbria.ac.uk or Dr James McLaughlin (Mathematics) Tel: +44 (0)191 227 3667, Email: james.a.mclaughlin@northumbria.ac.uk.

For more information about the Extreme Environments theme please visit: www.northumbria.ac.uk/extremeenvironments

Depending on the nature of research some posts may be exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 therefore the successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check.

Northumbria University is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community and particularly from under-represented groups.

Closing date: 12 May 2016

Dr Ben Brock

Reader, Department of Geography

Faculty of Engineering and Environment

T: +44 (0)191 227 3225

E: benjamin.brock@northumbria.ac.uk

Room A214, Ellison Building, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, United Kingdom

Monday, April 18, 2016

[CRYOLIST] MEaSUREs Greenland Glacier Velocities Derived from Optical Images Now Available at NSIDC DAAC

The "MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Velocity: Selected Glacier Site Velocity
Maps from Optical Images" data set is now available at the NASA National
Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC).
This data set, part of the Making Earth System Data Records for Use in
Research Environments (MEaSUREs) Program, contains mean monthly velocity
maps for selected glacier outlet areas. The maps were generated by
tracking visible features between optical image pairs acquired by the
Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+), the Landsat 8
Operational Land Imager (OLI), and the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal
Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER).

Access to the data and documentation is provided on the data set Web
page at the NSIDC DAAC:
http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0646

Data Acknowledgements
Data authors: I. Howat
Data set DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/EYV1IP7MUNSV
Data center: NSIDC DAAC (http://nsidc.org/daac)
Sponsor: NASA EOSDIS (http://earthdata.nasa.gov)

If you have any questions, please contact the User Services Office for
the NSIDC DAAC at nsidc@nsidc.org.

[CRYOLIST] Vacancy: Fully funded PhD (UK/EU) in Digital Technology and Environmental Change

Lancaster University has recently received a substantial 5-year research grant (in the form of a Senior Fellowship) of around £2.5m, jointly funded from the Digital Economy (DE) and Living with Environmental Change (LWEC) programmes. This will fund a cross-disciplinary research programme investigating the role of digital technology in understanding, mitigating and adapting to environmental change. The research focuses specifically on three complementary areas of digital technology, namely the Internet of Things, cloud computing and data science, all areas with the potential to transform our understanding of the natural environment.

As part of our commitment to this programme of research, the university is funding a 3.5 year PhD studentship in an associated area to be hosted in the School of Computing and Communications but there is the potential for collaboration with Lancaster Environment Centre or the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology depending on topic. The studentship covers an annual tax-free stipend of £14,057 (with annual increments), tuition fees at home/EU level (currently £4,052) and access to a training grant (£800 p.a.).

We are looking for a strongly motivated an ambitious PhD student to join and support this initiative. Potential areas include, but are not limited to:

The role of Internet of Things technology in providing real-time streamed data associated with the natural environment;
The role of cloud computing in supporting a new kind of open, integrative and collaborative science;
The role of cloud computing for the execution of complex environmental models;
The role of data science in making sense of complex and heterogeneous environmental data;
The management of the underlying complexity of distributed systems, including middleware principles and techniques to raise the level of abstraction of underlying technological infrastructure;
Management of complexity in environmental ecosystems, including insights from systems of systems thinking;
Reasoning about uncertainty, including support for decision making in an uncertain world;
Issues of privacy and/ or security around environmental data;
Human and/or societal issues around digital technology and living with environmental change.

We are also open to cross-disciplinary research pertinent to this area.

Potential candidates are strongly encouraged to contact Professor Gordon Blair to discuss potential PhD topics and to learn more about this research initiative and this associated opportunity– email g.blair@lancaster.ac.uk (tel: 01524 510303).

How to apply:

Please apply online via Lancaster University Postgraduate Admissions Portal. Once you have created an account you will be able to fill in your personal details, background and upload supporting documentation.

For the research proposal, please submit a statement of around 1,000 words that covers: i) why you would like to join this initiative, ii) what specifically you would like to do (including potential research questions), and iii) why this is important, novel and timely.