Multiple Webinars Available
Alaska River Break-up: Historic Comparison and 2015 Spring Outlook
Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy
Tuesday, 14 April 2015 at 10:00 a.m. Alaska timeIndigenous Knowledge and Use of Ocean Currents in
the Bering Strait Region
NOAA National Marine Protected Areas Center
Thursday, 9 April 2015 at 9:00 a.m. Alaska timeAlaska Climate Forecast Briefing
National Weather Service
Friday, 17 April 2015Fire and Ice: Snow Albedo and Our Future
National Science Teachers Association
Wednesday, 29 April 2015 at 6:30 p.m. Eastern
- Alaska River Break-up: Historic Comparison and 2015 Spring Outlook
Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy
Tuesday, 14 April 2015 at 10:00 a.m. Alaska time
The Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP) will host a
webinar titled 'Alaska River Break-up: Historic Comparison and 2015
Spring Outlook - What can we expect?" on Tuesday, 14 April 2015 from
10:00 to 11:00 a.m. AKDT. It will be presented by Crane Johnson and Rick
Thoman of the National Weather Service.
Each year the National Weather Service provides a breakup outlook for
Alaska rivers. This winter stands out as unusual with both temperature
and precipitation anomalies observed throughout the state. We will
present a brief overview of current conditions and provide our spring
statewide flooding potential outlook. This will be followed by a
comparison of historic breakup years and a spring/summer climate outlook.
Registration and more information available at:
https://accap.uaf.edu/River_Breakup
For further information on the ACCAP Alaska Climate webinars, to
subscribe to their podcasts, and for archived webinars please go to:
http://accap.uaf.edu/webinars.
For questions, please contact:
Tina Buxbaum
Phone: 907-474-7812
Email: tmbuxbaum [at] alaska.edu
- Indigenous Knowledge and Use of Ocean Currents in
the Bering Strait Region
NOAA National Marine Protected Areas Center
Thursday, 9 April 2015 at 9:00 a.m. Alaska time
A webinar entitled 'Indigenous Knowledge and Use of Ocean Currents in
the Bering Strait Region' will be held Thursday, 9 April 2015 at 9:00
a.m. Alaska time / 1 p.m. Eastern time.
During this event, Julie Raymond-Yakoubian of Kawerak, Inc. will present
a recently completed project on indigenous knowledge and use of ocean
currents. She will share perspectives on the importance of traditional
understandings of ocean currents as a critical aspect of the body of
knowledge held by communities in the region, how this knowledge was
collected, and the modern-day practical applications of this knowledge
for marine policy, planning, and safety considerations. Examples of
where this knowledge is currently being used will also be presented. The
webinar is sponsored by the NOAA National Marine Protected Areas Center,
the EBM Tools Network, OpenChannels.org, and MPA News.
To register for the webinar, please go to:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3014373064856709889.
For questions or additional information, contact:
Joanne Flanders
Phone: 301-734-1020
Email: joanne.flanders [at] noaa.gov
- Alaska Climate Forecast Briefing
National Weather Service
Friday, 17 April 2015 at 12:00-1:00 p.m. Alaska time
Organizers announce the availability of a webinar entitled 'National
Weather Service Alaska Climate Forecast Briefing.' The event will be
held Friday, 17 April 2015 at 12:00-1:00 p.m. Alaska time. It can be
attended on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus (IARC, Akasofu
407) or online.
Do you lay awake at nights wondering what the upcoming season will be
like? Want to place bets with friends and family on next month's
weather? If so, good news:
The tools and techniques for making monthly and season scale climate
forecasts are rapidly changing, with the potential to provide useful
forecasts at the month and longer range. Rick Thoman (Climate Science
and Services Manager, Environmental and Scientific Services Division,
National Weather Service Alaska Region) will review recent climate
conditions around Alaska, review forecast tools and finish up with the
Climate Prediction Center's forecast for the upcoming season.
Thoman will also present a "Model-of-the-Month" special feature in which
each month he will explain one or two of the models that is used in the
forecasts in greater detail. This will be a monthly series generally
taking place the third Friday of each month.
For further information, including joining instructions, go to:
https://accap.uaf.edu/NWS_Briefings.
For questions, please contact:
Tina Buxbaum
Phone: 907-474-7812
Email: tmbuxbaum [at] alaska.edu
- Fire and Ice: Snow Albedo and Our Future
National Science Teachers Association
Wednesday, 29 April 2015 at 6:30 p.m. Eastern
A webinar entitled 'Fire and Ice: Snow Albedo and Our Future' will be
held Wednesday, 29 April 2015 at 6:30 p.m. Eastern. This event will
discuss the widespread melting that occurred over the surface of 97% of
the Greenland Ice Sheet in July 2012.
Dr. Mary Albert and her Dartmouth graduate students happened to be on
the Greenland Ice Sheet at just the right time to gather some evidence.
They excavated samples of the refrozen surface melt layer to take back
to the U.S. for study, where their team investigated the physical,
chemical, and isotopic aspects of that layer. They also looked deeper
into the ice sheet and investigated evidence from firn (old snow) cores
that contained melt layers dating back to 1889. They discovered that
both in 2012 and in 1889, the warming and soot that changed the snow
albedo (reflectivity) had both been necessary to synergistically create
the melt; neither factor alone could have achieved melt in the cold,
high, dry snow regions on the ice sheet.
Alden Adolph is now working with Dr. Albert on a project in New
Hampshire to investigate climate change, snow albedo, and land use
change on a project that is much closer to home. In Greenland, the soot
from forest fires travels long distances to end up on the snow, where it
changes the albedo. In New Hampshire, soot and aerosols can come from
similar distant sources, but also from very local sources like wood
stoves down the street. Alden will show how engineers and scientists use
evidence to examine the importance of snow albedo even here in New
England. Alden will also share ways in which she inspires younger
students in the field, so that they can share in the excitement of
research. The discussions will also discuss how scientists used evidence
from multiple sources to learn what caused the recent big melt, and why
understanding regional albedo is important.
To register for this event, please go to:
http://learningcenter.nsta.org/products/symposia_seminars/NLC/websemina…
For questions, please contact:
Linda Morris
Phone: 603-646-8126
Email: linda.m.morris [at] dartmouth.edu
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