Call for Papers
Modeling Sea Ice and Ice-Ocean Interaction
European Geophysical Union General Assembly
13-18 April 2008
Vienna, Austria
Abstract Submission Deadline: 14 January 2008
For further information, please go to:
http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2008/
Papers are invited for "Modeling sea ice and ice-ocean interaction"
(session CR21) to be convened at the European Geophysical Union General
Assembly on 13-18 April 2008, in Vienna, Austria.
Session description:
The year 2007 has 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 about 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 our incomplete understanding of the
polar climate components and our limited ability to model them. Coupled
sea ice-ocean models are key for organizing our current knowledge of the
physical and biogeochemical properties of sea ice and ocean, exploring
poorly understood processes, and forecasting future changes 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.
How realistic are current sea ice-ocean models? The representations of
which processes and properties need to be introduced or revised in order
to improve the performance of these models? How reliable are these
models for operational, medium-range, and climate forecast? Session
organizers invite contributions regarding all aspects of sea ice and sea
ice-ocean modeling. Presentations and posters are welcome on modeling of
snow and ice thermodynamics and dynamics, ice-atmosphere and ice-ocean
interactions, ice biological and chemical processes, and data
assimilation in sea-ice models.
For further information and to submit an abstract, please go to:
http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2008/
or contact:
Miguel A. M. Maqueda, E-mail: mamm [at] pol.ac.uk
Daniel Feltham, E-mail: dlf [at] cpom.ucl.ac.uk