Final Notice: ABSTRACT DEADLINE 14 DECEMBER 2002
7th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint Symposium
on High-Latitude Climate Variations
12-16 May 2003
Hyannis, Massachusetts
You must submit your abstract via the AMS online system at:
http://www.ametsoc.org/AMS/
Select "Meetings" from the navigation menu, then "AMS Upcoming Meetings"
The 7th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography will be held
12-16 May, 2003, at the Sheraton Hyannis Resort in Hyannis,
Massachusetts. The conference is sponsored by the American Meteorology
Society and organized by the AMS committee on Polar Meteorology and
Oceanography. In addition to topics related to polar meteorology and
oceanography, the conference will feature a Joint Symposium on
High-Latitude Climate Variations organized by the AMS committee on Polar
Meteorology and Oceanography together with the committee on Climate
Variations. Further information about the conference logistics and
registration are available from the AMS website at:
http://www.ametsoc.org/AMS
The Joint Symposium on High-Latitude Climate Variations will be
organized according to temporal and spatial scales, beginning with
sessions on large-scale, multi-decadal and longer variations,
progressing to studies of shorter and smaller-scale phenomena. We
welcome papers related to all aspects of high-latitude climate processes
and particularly solicit presentations and posters on high-latitude
paleoclimate, interactions between high and low latitudes, large-scale
circulation modes, interactions and feedbacks among oceanic and
atmospheric variables, low- versus high-latitude climate forcing, and
observations of and explanations for recent and/or abrupt change. The
format will include invited speakers, oral presentations, and posters.
Posters will be displayed prominently all week with at least two
dedicated viewing sessions.
In addition to the Joint Symposium, we also encourage papers on other
topics related to polar meteorology and oceanography. We encourage
presentations pertaining to modeling and observing cloud-radiation
processes and atmosphere/sea-ice/ocean interactions. Results from recent
field programs are also welcome. A special session highlighting
achievements of the Surface Heat Balance of the Arctic (SHEBA)
Experiment is planned.
The deadline for abstracts is 14 December 2002. Authors of accepted
presentations will be notified via e-mail by 17 January 2003. A preprint
volume will be prepared, and authors of invited and accepted papers will
be asked to contribute to this volume. Instructions for formatting
extended abstracts for the preprint volume will be posted on the AMS Web
site. Camera-ready manuscripts (page length to be determined), including
photos and diagrams, must be submitted by 28 February 2003 to AMS
Headquarters. Page charges will be assessed to defray printing costs.
Registrants will receive a preprint volume at the conference.
For further information please contact a Program Chairperson:
Polar --
Jennifer Francis
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Rutgers University
74 Magruder Rd
Highlands, NJ 07732
Phone: 732-708-1217
Fax: 732-872-3088
E-mail: francis [at] imcs.rutgers.edu
or
Climate Variations --
C. F. Ropelewski
IRI
Monell 115
61 Route 9W
Palisades, NY 10964-8000
Phone: 845 680-4490
Fax: 845 680-4864
E-mail: Chet [at] iri.columbia.edu