The Norwegian Polar Institute and the Fram Committee will host the H.U. SVERDRUP
SYMPOSIUM, an international symposium commemorating the Maud Expedition to the
Arctic. For more information about this symposium, contact:
Anne Kibsgaard
Norwegian Polar Institute
Polar Environmental Centre
N-9296 Tromsø, Norway
E-mail: kibsgaard [at] npolar.no
FAX: +47 77 75 05 01
Symposium Announcement
H.U. SVERDRUP SYMPOSIUM
The role of ocean/sea ice/atmosphere interaction in polar and sub-polar climate
Tromsø, Norway, 21-23 September 2000
HOSTS
The Norwegian Polar Institute and the Fram Committee will host an international
symposium commemorating the Maud Expedition to the Arctic which was concluded
75 years ago. Professor H.U. Sverdrup, who later became director of Scripps
Institution of Oceanography and thereafter of the Norwegian Polar Institute,
was responsible for the scientific aspects of the expedition. His name is also
recognized by the American Meteorological Society which awards the Harald U.
Sverdrup Medal for outstanding scientific contributions.
TOPICS
The intent of the symposium is to provide a current assessment of the role of
ocean/sea ice/atmosphere interaction in polar and sub-polar climate. The topic
will include mixing and exchange processes, fluxes, deep water formation and
shelf processes. There will be invited papers, as well as other papers. There
will be a limited poster display and brief oral poster presentations. Posters
will have the same status as the oral papers in the published proceedings.
TENTATIVE PROGRAMME
Thursday, 21 Sept. 2000
The symposium will start with a reception at the Fram Museum in Oslo in the
afternoon/evening of 21 Sept. After the reception, it will be possible to go
to Gardermoen airport in time to catch flights to Tromsø around 2000 hours.
Friday, 22 Sept. 2000
Registration/official opening, introductions/keynote addresses and workshops.
Saturday, 23 Sept. 2000
Oral and poster presentations. Summary of workshop highlights and priorities.
Confirmed invited speakers:
Leif Anderson, SWE
Eddy Carmack, CAN
Bob Dickson, UK
Alexander Makshtas, USA
Cecilie Mauritzen, USA
Jens Meincke, GER
Walter Munk, USA
For more information, contact:
Anne Kibsgaard
Norwegian Polar Institute
Polar Environmental Centre
N-9296 Tromsø, Norway
E-mail: kibsgaard [at] npolar.no
FAX: +47 77 75 05 01
TEL: +47 77 75 06 16