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March 2006 SASS Investigator Meeting | Agenda



Synthesis of Arctic System Science (SASS) Investigator Meeting
26–27 March 2006
Red Lion Hotel on Fifth Avenue
Seattle, Washington
Agenda

Sunday, 26 March 2006

Sunday sessions in Bainbridge Room
8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
Don Perovich
CRREL, ARCSS Committee Member
8:45 a.m. ARCSS Program Overview
Neil Swanberg
NSF ARCSS Program Director
9:05 a.m. ARCSS Synthesis Overview
Mark Serreze
U. Colorado, ARCSS Committee Member
SASS Project Presentations (~20 minutes presentation, 10 minutes questions/discussion)
9:30 a.m. Heat Budget
Mark Serreze, U. Colorado
10:00 a.m. Sunlight and the Arctic System
Don Perovich, CRREL
10:30 a.m. BREAK
10:50 a.m. Modes of Climatic Variability
Martin Miles, ESARC
11:20 a.m. Surface Air Temperature
Ignatius Rigor, U. Washington
11:50 a.m. Carbon Cycle
Dave McGuire, UAF
12:20 p.m. LUNCH on your own
1:30 p.m. Greening of the Arctic
Skip Walker, UAF
2:00 p.m. Greenland Ice Sheet Freshwater Discharge
Mark Fahnestock, UNH
2:30 p.m. Humans and Hydrology

Richard Lammers, UNH
Dan White, UAF

Larry Hamilton, UNH

3:00 p.m. Human Use of Reindeer and Caribou
Gary Kofinas, UAF
3:30 p.m. BREAK
4:00 p.m. Discussion: Overarching themes and project linkages
  • Conceptual linkages
  • Data integration
  • Other approaches to integration
5:00 p.m. Discuss and determine topics and focus of Monday break-out groups on approaches to integration (e.g. data integration, big science questions, feedbacks, budgets, changes and attributions, component linkages, etc.)
5:30 p.m. Adjourn for the day
Monday, 27 March 2006
8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast (Bainbridge)
8:30 a.m. Plenary Session: Charge to break-out groups (Bainbridge)
8:45 a.m.

Break-out groups: Approaches to integration (Various break-out rooms)
(Break as needed)

10:15 a.m.

Brief reports to plenary (8-10 minute, one slide summary) and discussion on approaches to integration (Bainbridge)

11:30 a.m. Combined session with Study of the Northern Alaskan Coastal System (SNACS) investigators (Emerald III)
  • Short presentation from one representative from SASS and SNACS (10 minutes each, 20 minutes total) summarizing focus of projects
  • Short presentation from one representative from SASS and SNACS (10 minutes each, 20 minutes total) summarizing respective morning plenary and break-out discussions on synthesis approaches
  • Group discussion on approaches to integration and synthesis for understanding of the arctic system (20 minutes)
12:30 p.m.

Buffet Lunch with SNACS Investigators, ARCSS Committee, SMO
(Whidbey and San Juan Rooms)

2:00 p.m. Plenary Session: Reconvene, revise/adjust break-out group focus/participants
(Bainbridge)
2:30 p.m. Break-out groups: Approaches to integration (Various break-out rooms)
3:30 p.m. Plenary Session: Report from break-outs (Bainbridge)
  • What are our integration/synthesis methods?
  • What are our potential products?
  • Other topics?
4:30 p.m. Wrap-up and Action Items
  • Next steps/activities
  • Leadership/Infrastructure needs
  • Others
5:30 p.m. Meeting adjourns