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CliC Scientific Steering Group 9 - Potsdam 2013

Participant Information, Documents, Presentations, Videos, and Photos from the 9th Session of the CliC Scientific Steering Group Meeting in Potsdam, Germany held from 4-7 February 2013.

2013-CliC-SSG9-Report-Final
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2013-CliC-SSG9-Report-Final
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The 9th Session of the CliC Scientific Steering Group was held from 4-7 February at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Potsdam, hosted by the International Arctic Science Committee. The meeting began with a critical look at that state of the CliC project and where new foci may be necessary. Several...
BDiekmann- Introduction to the Alfred Wegener Institute.video
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BDiekmann- Introduction to the Alfred Wegener Institute.video
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This presentation was part of the CliC/AWI Symposium 5 February 2013 Potsdam, Germany. Video Recording by: Jenny Baeseman, CliC Director Video Editing by: Erik Warming
GAsrar- The Role of Climate Services in Global Development.video
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GAsrar- The Role of Climate Services in Global Development.video
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This presentation was part of the CliC/AWI Symposium 5 February 2013 Potsdam, Germany. Video Recording by: Jenny Baeseman, CliC Director Video Editing by: Erik Warming
VRachold- International Cryospheric Research in the Arctic.video
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VRachold- International Cryospheric Research in the Arctic.video
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This presentation was part of the CliC/AWI Symposium 5 February 2013 Potsdam, Germany. Video Recording by: Jenny Baeseman, CliC Director Video Editing by: Erik Warming
MSparrow- A View Beyond the Horizon: Future Directions in Antarctic Science.video
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MSparrow- A View Beyond the Horizon: Future Directions in Antarctic Science.video
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This presentation was part of the CliC/AWI Symposium 5 February 2013 Potsdam, Germany. Video Recording by: Jenny Baeseman, CliC Director Video Editing by: Erik Warming
GFlato- CliC and Its Role in WCRP.video
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GFlato- CliC and Its Role in WCRP.video
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This presentation was part of the CliC/AWI Symposium 5 February 2013 Potsdam, Germany. Video Recording by: Jenny Baeseman, CliC Director Video Editing by: Erik Warming
VKattsov- Cryosphere in a Changing Climate.video
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VKattsov- Cryosphere in a Changing Climate.video
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This presentation was part of the CliC/AWI Symposium 5 February 2013 Potsdam, Germany. Video Recording by: Jenny Baeseman, CliC Director Video Editing by: Erik Warming
DDahl-Jensen- The Past and Future of the Greenland Ice Sheet.video
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DDahl-Jensen- The Past and Future of the Greenland Ice Sheet.video
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This presentation was part of the CliC/AWI Symposium 5 February 2013 Potsdam, Germany. Video Recording by: Jenny Baeseman, CliC Director Video Editing by: Erik Warming
KDethloff- Arctic Climate System Modeling from an Atmospheric Perspective.video
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KDethloff- Arctic Climate System Modeling from an Atmospheric Perspective.video
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This presentation was part of the CliC/AWI Symposium 5 February 2013 Potsdam, Germany. Video Recording by: Jenny Baeseman, CliC Director Video Editing by: Erik Warming
HLantuit- Permafrost and Climate Change.video
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HLantuit- Permafrost and Climate Change.video
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This presentation was part of the CliC/AWI Symposium 5 February 2013 Potsdam, Germany. Video Recording by: Jenny Baeseman, CliC Director Video Editing by: Erik Warming
NKoc- Arctic Sea Ice & Freshwater Outflows; Status, Prospects and Impact.video
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NKoc- Arctic Sea Ice & Freshwater Outflows; Status, Prospects and Impact.video
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This presentation was part of the CliC/AWI Symposium 5 February 2013 Potsdam, Germany. Video Recording by: Jenny Baeseman, CliC Director Video Editing by: Erik Warming
TJung- The WWRP Polar Prediction Project
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TJung- The WWRP Polar Prediction Project
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The WWRP Polar Prediction Project (PPP) is an IPY legacy activity that aims to promote cooperative international research enabling development of improved weather and environmental prediction services for the polar regions, on time scales from hourly to seasonal. It represents the short-term...
AKlepikov- SOP and SOOS
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AKlepikov- SOP and SOOS
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The main outcomes of the 7th Meeting of the CLIVAR/CliC/SCAR Southern Ocean Region Panel (Boulder, USA, 19 – 21 October 2011) were presented. The meeting focused on three different themes: Southern Ocean carbon; atmospheric processes over the Southern Ocean; and Southern Ocean physics. The...
PWagner- International Ice Charting Working Group (IICWG)
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PWagner- International Ice Charting Working Group (IICWG)
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From the two topics of discussion, the first introduced the IICWG to the CliC community to see how we can forge collaborations with both groups. The IICWG includes every active sea ice charting organization and more information can be found at: http://nsidc.org/noaa/iicwg/. This is relevant to...
HRott- Satellite techniques for observing global glacier mass balance
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HRott- Satellite techniques for observing global glacier mass balance
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There is still considerable uncertainty about the global mean mass balance of glaciers and the regional pattern. This impairs the assessment of recent contributions to sea level rise from mountain glaciers and ice caps, and affects the estimates for future decrease in glacier volume for which...
TShepherd- Stratospheric Processes And their Role in Climate (SPARC)
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TShepherd- Stratospheric Processes And their Role in Climate (SPARC)
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Ted Shepherd, outgoing co-Chair of the SPARC SSG, gave an overview of the SPARC (Stratospheric Processes And their Role in Climate) core project. He described the ‘modus operandi’ of SPARC, which involves identifying ‘bite-sized’ activities with clear deliverables, and managing all SPARC...
ELarour-Ice Sheet System Model Outreach using a mobile application
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ELarour-Ice Sheet System Model Outreach using a mobile application
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ELarour- Towards a Cryosphere Modeling Conference Forum ISSM Workshop Report
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ELarour- Towards a Cryosphere Modeling Conference Forum ISSM Workshop Report
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It was proposed to expand on the exiting ISSM workshop, organized every year at JPL and UCI (California, USA), to create a new CLIC sponsored forum/workshop, where Cryosphere scientist interested in ice sheet modeling could participate. We could invite scientists to give invited talks on specific...
ELarour- Towards an Inter-comparison framework for Ice Sheet Models
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ELarour- Towards an Inter-comparison framework for Ice Sheet Models
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With the emergence of new ice sheet models in the last 5-10 years, a concerted effort has been carried out to try and understand what fundamental differences between different ice sheet models are responsible for the wide divergence in projections of mass balance. This lead to the "Sea-level...
DHolland- Antarctic Regional Outlet Glacier-Icean Modeling
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DHolland- Antarctic Regional Outlet Glacier-Icean Modeling
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There is a pressing need to develop regional coupled glacier-ocean models that can simulate the present day state of the system as well as to project possible future changes. It is therefore proposed that CliC initiate an activity that will bring together the international community of...
EHanna- Ice Sheet Mass balance work (ISMASS)
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EHanna- Ice Sheet Mass balance work (ISMASS)
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We need to better define the impacts of different global sea-level rise scenarios. How will these change with socio-economic developments, with subsidence, with and without adaptation, and in relation to other climate change e.g. storminess variations? We need to understand the major impacts, and...
LHinzman- Freshwater Budget Of The Polar Regions: A Proposed CliC Collaborative Assessment
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LHinzman- Freshwater Budget Of The Polar Regions: A Proposed CliC Collaborative Assessment
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It was proposed that CliC could lead an international activity to form an network and to hold an associated series of workshops, with focus on the Arctic freshwater system and involving all WGs. Under the time leading up to the Third International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP...
MDrinkwater- ESA and Relations with WCRP-CliC
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MDrinkwater- ESA and Relations with WCRP-CliC
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Impressive achievements in cryospheric observations were related to recent completion of the first Cryosat-2 calibration reprocessing campaign. The importance of measurements obtained using CryoSat-2 is particularly high now due to the completion of the Envisat mission. Currently, the CryoSat...
AJahn- Sea ice model evaluation
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AJahn- Sea ice model evaluation
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New Arctic observations have improved the possibility for model evaluation against data. However, different modelers (regional, column, global, climate models or forced models) need different kinds of data. Furthermore, variables are sometimes called the same in observations and models, but are...
VKattsov- Sea ice model evaluation
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VKattsov- Sea ice model evaluation
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In the context of evaluation of sea-ice models, among its immediate priorities CliC should consider: (1) Assessing and documenting uncertainties of observationally based and reanalyzed data used in evaluation of sea-ice models and particularly sea-ice (and other cryosphere) components of Earth...
JOverland- Summer Arctic Sea Ice Loss
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JOverland- Summer Arctic Sea Ice Loss
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Multiple Groups (AMAP, WCRP, National Programs), as well as the climate research community and the general public, are interested in this question for adaptation planning and as a popular indicator of climate change. The observed rapid loss of thick, multi-year sea ice over the last seven years...
ARinke- Polar regional Earth system models
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ARinke- Polar regional Earth system models
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Resolution is important for Greenland SMB. High-resolution RCMs are therefore an important tool contributing to reliable projections of sea-level rise. Now, there are a lot of papers about GrIS SMB using available RCMs. These studies made it possible to assess uncertainties in model estimates of...
MSparrow-SCAR Research-CliC relevant activities
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MSparrow-SCAR Research-CliC relevant activities
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Five new SCAR Scientific Research Programmes have been approved from 2013. Three of these are of particular relevance to CliC: Antarctic Climate 2100 (AntClim 21 ): “Predictions of the future role and response of Antarctica to global change” Past Antarctic Ice Sheet Dynamics (PAIS): “ improving...
VRachold- IASC presentation at CliC SSG9
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VRachold- IASC presentation at CliC SSG9
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Sponsor/Partner Feedback, and Identification of Gaps/Needs The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) promotes and supports leading-edge multi-disciplinary research in order to foster a greater scientific understanding of the Arctic region and its role in the Earth system. IASC encourages...
RBarry- CLIVAR STATUS 2013
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RBarry- CLIVAR STATUS 2013
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Following the statement of CLIVAR’s mission, CLIVAR’s organizational structure is reviewed, noting changes from 2012 to 2013. Its responsibilities for three of WCRP’s Grand Challenges are listed followed by a summary of the five Tiger Teams who are addressing CLIVAR research foci. These are:...
PvOevelen-Golbal Energy and Water Exchanges
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PvOevelen-Golbal Energy and Water Exchanges
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The collaboration between CLiC and GEWEX can be strengthened in many areas but primarily depends on individual efforts and interests as well as funding prospectives. That said some alignment of activities that both projects undertake within the WCRP Grand Challenges is desirable and should be...
GAsrar-WCRP progress and Plans
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GAsrar-WCRP progress and Plans
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Director of WCRP, Dr G. Asrar spoke on progress achieved by the WCRP and future plans of the Programme. They are shaped by the urgent need for actionable climate information based on sound science. In turn, this calls for a “symbiotic” relationship between providers and users of climate...
NKoc- Arctic sea ice and freshwater outflows- status, prospects and impact.pdf
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NKoc- Arctic sea ice and freshwater outflows- status, prospects and impact.pdf
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Presented by Nalân Koç, Norwegian Polar Institute, at the CliC/AWI Science day in Potsdam, Germany 2013.
HLantuit- Permafrost and climate change.pdf
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HLantuit- Permafrost and climate change.pdf
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Presented by Hugues Lantuit, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, at the CliC/AWI Science day in Potsdam, Germany 2013.
GFlato- CliC and its role in WCRP.pdf
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GFlato- CliC and its role in WCRP.pdf
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The WCRP “Grand challenges” are limited-term projects on important, cross cutting issues. They provide a focus on these topics and bridge different projects and groups within WCRP. Several of the WCRP grand challenges have a cryosphere component relevant to CliC, but “Cryosphere in a Changing...
MSparrow- A view beyond the Horizon: Future directions in Antarctic Science.pdf
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MSparrow- A view beyond the Horizon: Future directions in Antarctic Science.pdf
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Presented by Mike Sparrow, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, at the CliC/AWI Science day in Potsdam, Germany 2013.
TShepherd- WCRP Polar Climate Predictability Initiative
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TShepherd- WCRP Polar Climate Predictability Initiative
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Ted Shepherd presented the current status of the WCRP Polar Climate Predictability Initiative (PCPI). The PCPI has developed over the last couple of years, and will be a component of the “The Cryosphere in a Changing Climate” Grand Challenge (although the scope of the PCPI extends well beyond the...
PLemke- EC-PORS-GIPPS
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PLemke- EC-PORS-GIPPS
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The Executive Council (EC) of WMO at EC-LX in 2008 established the EC Panel of Experts on Polar Observations, Research and Services (EC-PORS), which has responsibility for WMO Polar activities. This is the entry point to all WMO Programmes and to external partners seeking to collaborate with WMO...
JKey- A Global Cryosphere Watch
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JKey- A Global Cryosphere Watch
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The International Polar Year (IPY) helped demonstrate the urgent need for a sustained, robust, end-to-end cryosphere observing and monitoring system, not only for polar regions, but globally. In 2007, the World Meteorological Congress supported a proposal to create a Global Cryosphere Watch...
VRyabinin- International Polar Initiative
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VRyabinin- International Polar Initiative
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The Concept Note was initially presented to Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) in Montreal and the Montreal IPY 2012 Conference “From Knowledge to Action” (April 2012). In December 2012, an IPI Town Hall at the AGU Fall 2012 Meeting in San Francisco was held. In April 2013, the updated IPI will be...
VKattsov- Cryosphere In a Changing Climate- A Grand Challenge Of Climate Science
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VKattsov- Cryosphere In a Changing Climate- A Grand Challenge Of Climate Science
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A Grand Challenge for WCRP has been defined as something highly specific and focused, and identifying specific barriers preventing progress in a critical area of climate science that can be addressed on a 5 – 10 year timescale. Following these criteria for a Grand Challenge (GC) accepted by WCRP,...
JBaeseman- CIPO update
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JBaeseman- CIPO update
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CliC is in the process of rebuilding after the Directorate Office was vacant for 2 years. In 2012, the CliC IPO received a grant from the Norwegian Research Council for three workshops in Tromso as follows: Norwegian sea ice meeting in Tromso in late February, for Norwegian sea ice scientists Sea...
CXiao- Asia CliC in 2011-12 and near future
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CXiao- Asia CliC in 2011-12 and near future
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CliC is very active in China, and there have been annual reports from the Chinese National Committee on CliC and IASC. Specifically, China is very involved in the international “Third Pole” project, with several research projects and reports related to the subject. Future cryospheric research for...
TOhata- CliC related activities in Japan and Asia-CliC
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TOhata- CliC related activities in Japan and Asia-CliC
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Japan hosted the Third international Arctic Symposium in January 2013, with 270 participants from 15 countries. CliC is generally very active in Japan, with 5 main programs related to CliC in Japan: • GREN Arctic Project (2011-2016), from observations to modeling (Project of MEXT, NIPR hosting...
VRomanovsky- Carbon and Permafrost (CAPER)
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VRomanovsky- Carbon and Permafrost (CAPER)
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CliC CAPER initiative is a “success story” of CliC involvement in international scientific planning and implementation of important research initiatives. This initiative was conceived about 10 years ago during a CliC meeting in Hobart, Australia and started to be implemented in the second part of...
SGerland- CliC Arctic Sea Ice Working Group
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SGerland- CliC Arctic Sea Ice Working Group
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The CliC Arctic sea ice working group was started in 2007/08, and has the goal to develop and implement standard measurement protocols for Arctic sea ice, to integrate surface-based observations with remote sensing and modeling efforts, and to foster international partnerships in Arctic sea ice...
MRaphael- ASPeCt report
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MRaphael- ASPeCt report
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In 2012 ASPeCt has continued and has almost completed its reorganization. This was facilitated by opportunity meetings at several conferences and by a dedicated Workshop held in July 2012 at the SCAR OSC in Portland, OR. At that Workshop ASPeCt members also highlighted the scientific activities...
GFlato- CliC: Introduction and Context
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GFlato- CliC: Introduction and Context
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The WCRP “Grand challenges” are limited-term projects on important, cross cutting issues. They provide a focus on these topics and bridge different projects and groups within WCRP. Several of the WCRP grand challenges have a cryosphere component relevant to CliC, but “Cryosphere in a Changing...
Final Implementation Plan for the WWRP Polar Prediction Project
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Final Implementation Plan for the WWRP Polar Prediction Project
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Final Implementation Plan for the WWRP Polar Prediction Project Available There has been a growing interest in the polar regions in recent years, because of concerns about amplification of anthropogenic climate change. Furthermore, increased economic and transportation activities in polar regions...
IPI Brief and Concept for CliC SSG9 Potsdam
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IPI Brief and Concept for CliC SSG9 Potsdam
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International Polar Initiative (IPI) V. Ryabinin As a follow up of the WMO/Roshydromet Workshop on the proposal for International Polar Decade (Saint Petersburg, April 2011), an interagency Steering Group was formed to develop a concept for a long-term cooperative international polar initiativ....
USNAS-seaice-predictions
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USNAS-seaice-predictions
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Recent well documented reductions in the thickness and extent of Arctic sea ice cover, which can be linked to the warming climate, are affecting the global climate system and are also affecting the global economic system as marine access to the Arctic region and natural resource development...
SSG9 Print agenda final
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SSG9 Print agenda final
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CliC Scientific Steering Group Agenda As of 1 February 2013
CliC SSG9 DRAFT Agenda 2013-01-17 - Updated
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CliC SSG9 DRAFT Agenda 2013-01-17 - Updated
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Draft Agenda for 9th CliC Scientific Steering Group Meeting in Potsdam, Germany from 4-7 February 2013 Updated 17 January 2013
Policy Implications of Warming Permafrost
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Policy Implications of Warming Permafrost
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The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has published a Report on the status of the global permafrost regions in the Arctic, Siberia and in the high mountain regions. The report seeks to inform a broad audience about permafrost and communicate to decision-makers and the general public the...
CliC Priorities and Activities DRAFT 2013-01-10
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CliC Priorities and Activities DRAFT 2013-01-10
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VERY PRELIMINARY draft of new CliC activities and priorities for 2013 - 2018.
WCRP Cryosphere in a Changing Climate Grand Challenge - Draft
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WCRP Cryosphere in a Changing Climate Grand Challenge - Draft
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The prospect of an ice-free Arctic Ocean; the fate of mountain glaciers providing fresh water to hundreds of millions of people worldwide; the strength of positive feedbacks between the warming climate and natural emissions of greenhouse gases from the thawing permafrost (both terrestrial and...
International Polar Initative Concept Paper 2012-Oct-11
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International Polar Initative Concept Paper 2012-Oct-11
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To address the emerging challenges identified within the IPY, a new and novel framework for long-term cooperation between the stakeholders with mandate and interest in the Polar Regions, entitled “International Polar Initiative” (IPI), has been proposed. An International Steering Group is...
Implementation Strategy for a WCRP Polar Climate Predictability Initiative (PCPI)
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Implementation Strategy for a WCRP Polar Climate Predictability Initiative (PCPI)
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Implementation Strategy document for the WCRP Polar Climate Predictability Initiative (PCPI), November 2012.
CliC SSG 9 Travel Information
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CliC SSG 9 Travel Information
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Travel information for the SSG9 meeting in Potsdam 2012