Alaska Climate Webinar Announcement
Climate Scenarios and Vulnerabilities in the Aleutian
and Bering Sea Islands
Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP)
Speakers: John Walsh, University of Alaska Fairbanks and Nick Bond,
University of Washington
Tuesday, 17 December 2013
10:00-11:00 a.m. AKST
To register for the webinar, please fill out the form available at:
https://accap.uaf.edu/webinar/climate-scenarios-and-vulnerabilities-
aleutian-and-bering-sea-islands
The Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP) will host a
webinar titled "Climate Scenarios and Vulnerabilities in the Aleutian
and Bering Sea Islands" on Tuesday, 17 December 2013 from 10:00 to 11:00
a.m. AKST. It will be presented by John Walsh of the University of
Alaska Fairbanks, and Nick Bond of the University of Washington.
The speakers will briefly summarize the downscaling methods and output
variables they are each generating from global climate models for the
mid-21st century for the Aleutian and Bering Sea region. Downscaling
methods and relative uncertainty across the different output variables
for both CMIP3 and CMIP5 (the most recent generation) climate models
will be described in the context of climatic variability in the region.
The emphasis will be on temperature, winds, and sea ice. Additionally,
efforts to integrate climate information into whole-system models of
ocean response will be highlighted, illustrating applications of using
climate model output to project detailed oceanographic properties
including ecosystem productivity and community structure.
This webinar is part of a project engaging stakeholders as well as
natural and social scientists to assess the vulnerability of key
resources and ecosystem services within the Aleutian and Bering Sea
Islands region and there are many ways get involved in the project,
including participating in workshops at the Alaska Marine Science
Symposium (AMSS) and community meetings throughout the region.
Find out more about the project at:
https://absilcc.org/science/sitepages/abcva.aspx.
To register for the webinar, please go to:
https://accap.uaf.edu/webinar/climate-scenarios-and-vulnerabilities-
aleutian-and-bering-sea-islands.
For further information on the ACCAP Alaska Climate webinars, please go to:
http://accap.uaf.edu/webinars.
For questions, please contact:
Tina Buxbaum
Phone: 907-474-7812
Email: tmbuxbaum [at] alaska.edu