Session Announcement and Call for Abstracts
"Sea Ice and Sea Ice - Climate Interactions"
European Geophysical Union
Vienna, Austria
19-24 April 2009
Abstract submission deadline: Tuesday, 13 January 2009
Financial support application deadline: Sunday, 7 December 2008
For further information, please go to:
http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2009/
Or contact:
Miguel A. M. Maqueda
Email: mamm [at] pol.ac.uk
Or:
Daniel Feltham
Email: dlf [at] cpom.ucl.ac.uk
Organizers of session CR9.1, "Sea Ice and Sea Ice - Climate
Interactions," invite abstract submissions for poster and oral
presentations. This session will be convened at the European Geophysical
Union (EGU) General Assembly, being held 19-24 April 2009, in Vienna,
Austria. The abstract submission deadline is Tuesday, 13 January 2009.
The application deadline for financial support is Sunday, 7 December
2008.
Session Description:
The year 2008 witnessed yet another record minimum sea ice extent in the
Arctic. Some climate models now predict that summer arctic sea ice might
altogether disappear in 30 or 40 years. While the effects of a shrinking
sea ice cover on global climate, ocean circulation and marine biology
are expected to be quite significant, they are very difficult to
evaluate because of the very incomplete understanding of the polar
climate components and the limited ability to model them.
The scientific community is investing considerable effort in organizing
current knowledge of the physical and biogeochemical properties of sea
ice, exploring poorly understood sea ice processes, and forecasting
future changes of the sea ice cover and their impact on the natural
world and human activities, such as the exploitation of gas, oil and
mineral resources, navigation, tourism, and military operations.
In this session, contributions regarding all aspects of sea ice science
and sea ice-climate interactions are invited. Oral presentations and
posters on snow and sea ice thermodynamics and dynamics, sea
ice-atmosphere, and sea ice-ocean interactions, sea ice biological and
chemical processes, and sea ice models will be welcome."
To submit an abstract, follow the link in the session description page:
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2009/session/368.
The abstract submission deadline for this and all other sessions is
Tuesday, 13 January 2009. The application deadline for financial support
is Sunday, 7 December 2008.
For further information about this session, please contact:
Miguel A. M. Maqueda
Email: mamm [at] pol.ac.uk
Or:
Daniel Feltham
Email: dlf [at] cpom.ucl.ac.uk