2004 Annual Meeting and Arctic Forum | Arctic Forum
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THE ARCTIC FORUM
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| Thursday, 13 May 2004 (Terrace East & West Rooms) | |||
| 8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast & Registration | ||
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8:30 a.m. |
Welcome and Introductions Arctic Forum Co-Chairs: Wieslaw Maslowski Mark Serreze
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OVERVIEW / SETTING THE STAGE |
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8:40 a.m. |
Background on Sea Ice and Arctic Climate Mark Serreze Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences University of Colorado
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| 9:10 a.m. |
Local Observations of Recent Change Warren Matumeak Barrow, Alaska |
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| UNDERSTANDING THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT | |||
| 9:40 a.m. |
Observations of Decreasing Sea Ice Cover from
Satellites Josefino Comiso Goddard Space Flight Center National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
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| 10:05 a.m. |
Weekly to Interannual Variations in the Sea Ice Draft Distribution at the North Pole Environmental Observatory
Richard Moritz |
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| 10:30 a.m. | BREAK | ||
| 10:50 a.m. |
Variations in the Age of Arctic Sea Ice and
Summer Sea Ice Extent
Applied Physics Laboratory |
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| 11:15 a.m. |
The Rate and Causes of Arctic Sea Ice Melt:
Modeling Perspective Wieslaw Maslowski Department of Oceanography Naval Postgraduate School |
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| 11:40 a.m. |
The Arctic in Global Climate Models and
Projections of Future Change Gregory Flato Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis Meteorological Service of Canada
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| 12:05 p.m. | LUNCH | ||
| 1:35 p.m. |
The Role of Hydrology in Arctic Climate
Change |
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| 2:00 p.m. |
The Role of Coastal Processes in the Arctic
System |
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| PAST AND POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES | |||
| 2:25 p.m. |
Déjà Vu: A Paleoenvironmental Look at Sea Ice
Extent During Earlier Warm Periods Department of Geosciences University of Massachusetts |
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| 2:50 p.m. |
Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling and the Changing
Arctic Center for Environmental Science University of Maryland |
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| 3:15 p.m. | BREAK | ||
| 3:35 p.m. |
Changes in Arctic Sea Ice: What are the
Consequences for Whales? Department of Wildlife Management Alaska North Slope Borough
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| 4:00 p.m. |
Polar Bears, Seals, and Climate in Hudson Bay and
the High Arctic Ian Stirling Canadian Wildlife Service Environment Canada |
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| 4:25 p.m. |
Changing Marine Access in the Arctic Ocean Lawson Brigham U.S. Arctic Research Commission |
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| 4:50 p.m. |
Security and International Relations Department of Political Science University of Calgary |
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5:15 p.m. |
Poster Session and ARCUS Annual
Reception (State Room) |
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6:45 p.m. |
Banquet and Special
Presentation (Terrace East & West Rooms) Special Presentation by Charles Wohlforth, author of "The Whale and the Supercomputer: On the Northern Front of Climate Change"  Download Flyer (414
K - PDF)
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| Friday, 14 May 2004 (Terrace East & West Rooms) | |||
| 8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast & Registration | ||
| 8:30 a.m. | Welcome and Introductions | ||
| NORTHERN COMMUNITIES/HUMAN DIMENSIONS | |||
| 8:35 a.m. |
Impact of Climate Change on Alaska Native
Communities Executive Director, Alaska Native Science Commission |
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| 9:00 a.m. |
Human Dimensions Research: Rationale and
Implementation Arctic Centre University of Lapland |
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| 9:25 a.m. |
Student Award Paper: Shrub Increase in Northern Alaska Documented Using Repeat Aerial Photography Kenneth Tape Geophysical Institute University of Alaska Fairbanks |
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| 9:50 a.m. | BREAK | ||
| 10:20 a.m. |
Panel: Partnerships and Collaboration in Arctic Research
Panelists:
Moderator: |
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11:20 a.m. |
Final thoughts |
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| 11:35 a.m. | Adjourn | ||
