5th International Workshop on Sea Ice Modelling and Data Assimilation

The workshop of the International Ice Charting Working Group Data Assimilation Working Groupwill take place in Bremen, Germany on May 15th to 16th 2013.
The focus of the workshop is on research and development related to numerical sea ice
analysis and prediction. General topics considered appropriate for this workshop include:
· Sea ice observations
· Data assimilation (methods and results)
· Sea ice model parametrizations and coupling to ocean and atmosphere
models
· Verification approaches for sea-ice analyses and forecasts

Go to: http://nsidc.org/noaa/iicwg/docs/IICWG-2013/IICWG_DA_2013_Workshop_Invitation.pdf for more information. E-mail Lilian.Schubert@awi.de before the 31 January 2013.

New datas available for Byrd Glacier

The Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS) has posted a new radar depth sounder dataset and a new ice bottom, ice thickness, and ice surface grid for Byrd Glacier.
For radar depth sounder dataset go to:
https://data.cresis.ku.edu/ Click on “Radar Depth Sounder” link and then click on L1B and L2 link. The direct link is: ftp://data.cresis.ku.edu/data/rds/2011_Antarctica_TO/
For ice bottom, ice thickness, and ice surface grid go to: https://data.cresis.ku.edu/ Click on “Radar Depth Sounder” link and then click on L3 link. The direct link is: ftp://data.cresis.ku.edu/data/grids/Byrd_2011_2012_Composite.zip
Citation and acknowledgement information is provided on the main radar data products page: at https://data.cresis.ku.edu/#ACRDU
If you have any questions or find any problems with the dataset please contact:
cresis_data@cresis.ku.edu

Arctic Frontiers 2013 live and streaming webTV feed available

Arctic Frontiers 2013 - Geopolitics & Marine Production in a Changing Arctic can be followed through live and streaming webTV feed available at www.arcticfrontiers.com

The 7th Arctic Frontiers conference addresses the contemporary and emerging political issues for the changing Arctic. How do states in and outside the region prepare strategically for the new Arctic reality? How does the global security architecture impact on security in the Arctic? How important is Arctic oil and gas production for global demand and the energy security of various states? How will traditional businesses interact with new industry, and if and how will profits from industrial activities benefit the people living in the High North.

Change is the keyword which best describes the future of the Arctic. A warming Arctic with less ice creates economic opportunities but it also presents new challenges for Arctic stakeholders. Join us at this year's Arctic Frontiers Conference to engage with the experts and be ready to meet the challenges that lie ahead for the Arctic.
Got to: www.arcticfrontiers.com for more information.

Deadline 15 February 2013 for the Atmospheric Processes in Latin America and the Caribbean course

The 2013 Pan American Advanced Studies Institute (PASI) Atmospheric Processes in Latin America and the Caribbean short course will take place from 27 May - 7 June 2013, in Cartagena, Colombia. The course is intended to foster a community of early career scientists who are interested in atmospheric processes that are important to Latin America and the Caribbean. This two-week course will provide a comprehensive summary of the state of knowledge of the key processes that are important to the region including global tele-connections, regional monsoon systems, regional sources of moisture and its transport, hurricanes, ocean-air interactions, hurricanes, and small scale convection. Application deadline is 15 February 2013

For more information visit: http://www.cosmic.ucar.edu/pasi2013/index.html

December 2012 Issue of the Journal ARCTIC Available

The Arctic Institute of North America (AINA) announces publication of the December 2012 issue of the journal ARCTIC, Volume 65, Number 4. A non-profit membership organization and multidisciplinary research institute of the University of Calgary, AINA's mandate is to advance the
study of the North American and circumpolar Arctic through the natural and social sciences, as well as the arts and humanities, and to acquire, preserve, and disseminate information on physical, environmental, and social conditions in the North. Created as a binational corporation in
1945, the Institute's United States Corporation is housed at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

For information on becoming an AINA member and receiving the journal, please visit the Institute's website at: http://www.arctic.ucalgary.ca/. Members have the options of receiving ARCTIC in print, online, or both in print and online.

The following papers appear in the December 2012 issue of ARCTIC:

- Shifts in Plankton, Nutrient and Light Relationships in Small Tundra
Lakes Caused by Localized Permafrost Thaw
By: Megan S. Thompson, Frederick J. Wrona, and Terry D. Prowse

- Ringed Seals and Sea Ice in Canada's Western Arctic: Harvest-Based
Monitoring 1992-2011
By: Lois A. Harwood, Thomas G. Smith, Humfrey Melling, John Alikamik,
and Michael C.S. Kingsley

- The Utility of Harvest Recoveries of Marked Individuals to Assess
Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) Survival
By: Elizabeth Peacock, Jeff Laake, Kristin L. Laidre, Erik W. Born, and
Stephen N. Atkinson

- Serum Biochemistry and Serum Cortisol Levels of Immobilized and Hunted
Muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) from Northern Canada
By: N. Jane Harms, Brett T. Elkin, Anne Gunn, Boyan Tracz, Jan
Adamczewski, Peter Flood, and Frederick A. Leighton

- Shorebirds Breed in Unusually High Densities in the Teshekpuk Lake
Special Area, Alaska
By: Brad A. Andres, James A. Johnson, Stephen C. Brown, and Richard B. Lanctot

- Harvest-based Monitoring in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region: Steps
for Success
By: Robert K. Bell and Lois A. Harwood

- The Naming of Kazan River, Nunavut, Canada
By: C.B. Sikstrom

- Weathering Changes: Cultivating Local and Traditional Knowledge of
Environmental Change in Tr'ondek Hwech'in Traditional Territory
By: Shirley Roburn and Tr'ondek Hwech'in Heritage Department

- Nesting Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) Population Quintuples in
Northwest Greenland
By: Kurt K. Burnham, Jeff A. Johnson, Bridger Konkel, and Jennifer L. Burnham

- Renewable Energy Policies and Programs in Nunavut: Perspectives from
the Federal and Territorial Governments
By: Nicole C. McDonald and Joshua M. Pearce

The December issue also contains an Arctic Profile of Ernest William Hawkes, written by Barnett Richling; five book reviews; a Letter to the Editor; and two obituaries, one for Geoffrey Hattersley-Smith, and the other for Richard George Bolney Brown.

The InfoNorth section of the December issue contains two essays written by the AINA 2012 scholarship winners. N. Jane Harms, the recipient of the Jennifer Robinson Memorial Scholarship, provided an update on her study of avian cholera among common eiders in the eastern Canadian
Arctic. Ann Balasubramaniam, the 2012 recipient of the Lorraine Allison Scholarship, presented her research on hydro-limnological relationships in thermokarst lakes of the Old Crow Flats, Yukon.

For information on becoming an AINA member and receiving the journal,
please visit the Institute's website at: http://www.arctic.ucalgary.ca/.

Applications are now being accepted for the 2013 Juneau Icefield Research Program

JIRP is an experience-based educational and research program that takes senior high school, undergraduate, and graduate-level students on an 8-week, self-powered expedition from Juneau, AK, to Atlin, BC, over the Juneau Icefield.  During this expedition, students receive training and experience in backcountry skiing, glacier travel, and crevasse rescue; participate in JIRP’s long-running mass balance and surface elevation surveys; receive lectures from top scientists in a range of natural sciences (including glaciology, geology,climatology, meteorology, biology, and ecology); and perform individual research projects, the results of which they present at public symposia in Atlin and Juneau.  Students receive academic credits for participation in the program from the University of Alaska Southeast.

This year’s program will run from June 21 through August 16.  The cost for the program is $4800; this includes all transportation, food, lodging, and instruction following arrival in Juneau, Alaska (but does not include transportation to and from Juneau).  Some scholarships are available.  Application materials and additional information are available at JuneauIcefield.com.  To ensure full consideration for acceptance and scholarships, completed applications should be submitted by April 15.
Visit the blog at GlacierChange.org or go to Facebook
(http://www.facebook.com/pages/Juneau-Icefield-Research-Program-JIRP/185726721442334) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/JuneauIcefield). For further information about JIRP, please contact Director Jeff Kavanaugh e-mail: jeff.kavanaugh@ualberta.ca

“Ice and Snow” Journal on latest results of recent studies of the subglacial Lake Vostok in Antarctica available

Free full access (pdf) to all papers of  the last issue of the “Ice and Snow” Journal [no 4(120), 2012] is available.

This issue is devoted specifically to the latest results of recent studies of the subglacial Lake Vostok in Antarctica.

It includes 5 papers in English and 13 papers in Russian (with English summaries and figure captions) + preface and contents.
You can download the papers from “Ice and Snow” page:
  http://ice-snow.igras.ru/index.php?r=312&id=2521 clicking on relevant links,
or more simply from this open public folder:
 https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0BySErXCOSTGDczU3MXptbmhPeFk/edit

Deadline: February 28, 2013 DISCCRS VIII Interdisciplinary Climate Change Research Symposium

The DISsertations initiative for the advancement of Climate Change ReSearch (DISCCRS, pronounced discourse) hosts symposia for early-career climate change researchers. The 2013 Symposium will be held from October 12-19, in La Foret Conference and Retreat Center (Colorado).
The goal of the DISCCRS VIII is to catalyze international, interdisciplinary collegial networks and foster collaborative interdisciplinary research and dynamic interactions between science and society to enable us to better understand and respond to the myriad challenges posed by climate change.
During the weeklong symposium, 30 competitively selected recent Ph.D. graduates will share their research, engage in discussions with peers, mentors, and funding agency representatives, and hone their teambuilding and communication skills. Most importantly, scholars will depart from the symposium with a collegial peer network that extends across the full range of climate science.
2012 Symposium Report: http://disccrs.org/files/DISCCRS_VII_Symposium_Report.pdf
2012 Symposium Scholars: http://disccrs.org/files/DISCCRS_VII_Symposium_Scholars.pdf
Symposium Eligibility: Ph.D. requirements completed between September 1, 2010 - February 28, 2013 in any field. Applicants should be conducting research relevant to the study of climate change, its impacts, or its societal implications. We encourage applicants from the biological, physical, and social sciences, mathematics, engineering, and other fields. While U.S. citizens and residents have preference, some funds are available for non-U.S. participants.
Application Deadline: February 28, 2013
Participation limited to 30 early-career Ph.D. scholars
Airfare and on-site expenses are supported through grants from NSF and NASA http://disccrs.org
Symposium Application Instructions: http://disccrs.org/application_instructions
DISCCRS Website: http://disccrs.org

Ice Drilling Support NSF proposal deadline: 15 April 2013

The Ice Drilling Design and Operations (IDDO) group at the Ice Drilling Program Office (IDPO) reminds the community that proposals for the NSF 2013 Antarctic Research call (13-527 are due 15 April 2013. Researchers requiring ice drilling or ice coring support from IDDO must contact them at least six weeks prior to the deadline, by 4 March 2013.

A Field Project Support Requirements form is available on the IDPO/IDDO website (http://www.icedrill.org/scientists/scientists.shtml), and must be completed and emailed to IDPO/IDDO (icedrill@dartmouth.edu). Upon receipt of the form, IDPO/IDDO will provide a cost estimate and a letter of support that must be included with your proposal.

For more information about requesting ice drilling support, please
visit: http://www.icedrill.org/scientists/scientists.shtml.

For information and ideas about partnering with the Ice Drilling Program Office for broader impacts, please visit: http://www.icedrill.org/scientists/outreach_support.shtml.

Deadline: Wednesday, 9 January 2013 for Nominations Workshop Committee Opportunities to Use Remote Sensing in Understanding Permafrost and Ecosystems U.S. National Research Council

The National Research Council (NRC) announces a call for nominations, seeking members for an ad hoc committee that will organize a new NRC activity, "Opportunities to Use Remote Sensing in Understanding Permafrost and Ecosystems: A Workshop."

A committee of experts will plan the workshop to explore opportunities for using remote sensing to advance our understanding of permafrost status and trends and the impacts of permafrost change, especially on ecosystems and the carbon cycle in the high latitudes. The workshop discussions will be designed to encourage attendees to articulate gaps in current understanding and potential opportunities to harness remote sensing techniques to better understand permafrost, permafrost change, and implications for ecosystems in permafrost areas. The committee will write a report that summarizes the workshop discussions.

The committee of 8-9 members will meet numerous times by conference call to plan the workshop structure, identify appropriate speakers and attendees, and develop background materials for attendees. Committee members will lead the workshop and serve as session facilitators. The committee will remain for an extra day after the public workshop to summarize the discussions and begin preparing the workshop report.

The committee will need expertise in a range of areas: permafrost, high latitude ecosystems, remote sensing technologies (e.g., LIDAR, hyperspectral, optical, radar, InSAR, thermal infrared, airborne resistivity), climate change, hydrology, vegetation, geomorphology, and snow science. To submit a nomination, please email Rob Greenway (rgreenway@nas.edu) with the person's name, affiliation, contact information, area of expertise, and a brief statement on why the person is relevant to the study topic.

Preproposal deadline: Friday, 1 February for Scientific Research at the ARM Climate Research Facility U.S. Department of Energy

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) welcomes preproposals from all scientists, worldwide, for use of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility. Scientists can propose to use any of the research sites (http://www.arm.gov/sites/) and the ARM Mobile Facilities or ARM Aerial Facility (AAF). In fiscal year 2014 two new ARM facilities will open, and campaign proposals for these locations are also welcomed now.
Proposals are being accepted for usage of the second mobile facility (AMF2) for fall of 2015 for U.S. deployments or early winter in 2016 for international deployments. The G-1, operated by the AAF, is available beginning in August 2015 for short intensive deployments anywhere or longer-term deployments over an ARM site. Selections for AAF will be considered between August 2015 and the end of fiscal year 2016. Possible instruments and configurations are available at: http://www.arm.gov/sites/aaf/instruments. The first mobile facility (AMF1) is available for deployment in the spring of 2016.
Specific starting dates will depend on the end of previous campaigns. Availability dates and capabilities of the mobile facilities and aerial facility are available at: http://www.arm.gov/campaigns/.
Priority will be given to proposals that make comprehensive use of the ARM facilities and focus on long-term goals of the DOE Office of Biological and Environmental Research, which can be reviewed at: http://science.energy.gov/~/media/ber/pdf/CESD-StratPlan-2012.pdf. Successful proposals will be supplied all operational and logistical resources (provided at no cost to the principal investigator). Successful principal investigators may have an opportunity to obtain a research grant from the Atmospheric System Research (ASR) program for the analysis and/or process modeling for three years that supports the science goals and objectives of the proposal.
To submit a proposal, please go to: http://www.arm.gov/campaigns/propose.

ADVANCED CLIMATE DYNAMICS COURSE (ACDC) 2013 on THE DYNAMICS OF THE LAST DEGLACIATION

Advanced Climate Dynamics Courses (ACDC) are yearly summer schools organized by the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Dynamics at the University of Bergen in collaboration with the University of Washington and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The 2013 Course will take place in Nyksund, Vesterålen Islands, Northern Norway from 19-30th August, 2013.
The main focus of this year's course will be on the understanding of the basic principles and dynamics of the last deglaciation as observed in paleoclimate archives (marine, terrestrial and ice cores).
Topics to be included are:
•atmospheric dynamics and impact of changing ice topography
•ocean dynamics and impact of melting ice sheets
•models of the deglaciation and importance of radiative forcing
•paleoceanography and proxies of deglacial ocean climate and circulation
•terrestrial paleoclimate and archives of deglacial climate change
•ice cores and proxies of deglacial climate
Advanced graduate students and early post-docs are encouraged to apply. The registration will open shortly and application deadline is 28th of February 2013.
The course aims to provide an environment for engaging discussions between all participants (students and lecturers), exchange of concepts and ideas between oceanography, paleoclimate and glaciology, and identification of key scientific challenges. The list of lecturers includes: David Battisti (U. Washington), Ray Bradley (U. Amherst), Jerry McManus (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory), Axel Timmermann (U. Hawaii), Lev Tarasov (Memorial U.), Kerim Nisancioglu (BCCR/U. Bergen), Tore Furevik (BCCR/U. Bergen), Patrick Heimbach (MIT), Jostein Bakke (U. Bergen), Camille Li (BCCR/U. Bergen) and Øyvind Paasche (U. Bergen), amongst others.
For more information go to: http://www.bccr.no/acdc/

Deadline April 15 for the International Conference "Earth Cryology: XXI century”

The Scientific Council on Earth Cryology, Russian Academy of Science and Earth Cryosphere Institute invites you to Pushchino, Russia from September 22 to 25, 2013.

The main topics of the conference will be:

• Mountain and volcanic permafrost
• Subsea permafrost
• Subglacial permafrost
• Permafrost processes
• Permafrost modelling and mapping
• Constructions on frozen ground
• Permafrost microbiology and astrobiology
• Permafrost dating and paleoreconstructions
• Permafrost-affected soils and biosystems
• Permafrost biogeochemistry
• Permafrost hydrology and hydrogeology
• Permafrost long-term monitoring
• Constructions on frozen ground

If you are interested in being a chair of the section, or have an idea to add an extra one - they are open for disscussion.

Several roundtables will be organized: Antarctic permafrost and soils (ANPAS), TSP, CALM, Antarctic and mountain permafrost, palaeoreconstructions, PYRN.

The deadline for Registration is April 15, 2013

The congress language is English.

Detailed information on the Conference and forms for registration and abstract submission will be available at  www.cryosol.ru/publ/kalendar_konferencij/earth_cryology_xxi_century/1-1-0-5 after January 10, 2013.
For any questions e-mail- Permaconf2013@gmail.com