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EGU Session - Modeling Sea Ice and Ice-Ocean Interaction
Call for Papers Modeling Sea Ice and Ice-Ocean Interaction European Geophysical Union General Assembly 13-18 April 2008 Vienna, Austria
Call for Papers
Modeling Sea Ice and Ice-Ocean Interaction
European Geophysical Union General Assembly
13-18 April 2008
Vienna, Austria
Abstract Submission Deadline: 14 January 2008
For further information, please go to: http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2008/
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Papers are invited for "Modeling sea ice and ice-ocean interaction" (session CR21) to be convened at the European Geophysical Union General
Assembly on 13-18 April 2008, in Vienna, Austria.
Session description:
The year 2007 has witnessed yet another record minimum sea ice extent in the Arctic. Some climate models now predict that summer arctic sea ice might altogether disappear in about 30 or 40 years. While the effects of a shrinking sea ice cover on global climate, ocean circulation, and marine biology are expected to be quite significant, they are very
difficult to evaluate because of our incomplete understanding of the polar climate components and our limited ability to model them. Coupled sea ice-ocean models are key for organizing our current knowledge of the physical and biogeochemical properties of sea ice and ocean, exploring poorly understood processes, and forecasting future changes and their impact on the natural world and human activities, such as the exploitation of gas, oil, and mineral resources, navigation, tourism, and military operations.
How realistic are current sea ice-ocean models? The representations of which processes and properties need to be introduced or revised in order to improve the performance of these models? How reliable are these models for operational, medium-range, and climate forecast? Session organizers invite contributions regarding all aspects of sea ice and sea
ice-ocean modeling. Presentations and posters are welcome on modeling of snow and ice thermodynamics and dynamics, ice-atmosphere and ice-ocean interactions, ice biological and chemical processes, and data assimilation in sea-ice models.
For further information and to submit an abstract, please go to: http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2008/
or contact:
Miguel A. M. Maqueda, E-mail: mamm@pol.ac.uk
Daniel Feltham, E-mail: dlf@cpom.ucl.ac.uk