Past Events

You are cordially invited to the XXIV IAHR International Symposium on Ice. The XXIV IAHR International Symposium on Ice is sponsored by the International Association of Hydro Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR).

The successful events were held previously in St. Petersburg, Russia (2004), Vancouver, Canada (2008), Lahti, Finland (2010), Dalian, China (2012), Singapore (2014) and Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (2016). 2018 year will be the first time when IAHR Symposium on Ice is held in Vladivostok, on the Russkiy island, on the Far Eastern Federal University campus that is a one of the leading federal universities in Russia.

At present time in the Far Eastern Federal University the project “Center of Excellence in Arctic Technologies “Far Eastern Arctic Engineering Center” is being implemented with the aim to develop world ocean resources in the nearest future. The Far Eastern Arctic Engineering Center includes research laboratories capable to provide a scientific support for projects on the Arctic and subarctic shelf as well as perform a full range of engineering services.

Far Eastern Arctic Engineering Center annually holds the International Winter School "ICE MECHANICS". This winter course was created for young scientists and experts from Russia and abroad and allow them to know more about sea ice properties and mechanisms, its impact on engineering structures both in theory and practice.

For more information please see the link above.

We are pleased to invite you to the Fifth Forum for Young Permafrost Scientists to be held in Yakutsk, Russia from 4 to 23 June 2018. This event is open to young researchers under the age of 35 years, including undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows. Interested school children are also welcome to participate.

The Forum for Young Permafrost Scientists will include:

• The Geocryological Conference held from 4 to 8 June 2018
• The Geocryological Field Workshop from 9 to 23 June 2018

The Geocryological Conference themes include:

• Regional and historical geocryology
• Permafrost geothermics and thermal physics
• Periglacial processes and forms
• Landscape dynamics in permafrost regions
• Permafrost geochemistry
• Permafrost hydrology and hydrogeology
• Climate change and permafrost evolution
• Greenhouse gases and gas hydrates
• Permafrost microbiology
• Remote sensing of permafrost
• Stability of engineering structures on permafrost

The summer school, in the form of a Geocryological Field Workshop will take place in the vicinity of Yakutsk and Amga (204 km south-east of Yakutsk). It will focus on permafrost degradation effects on agriculture and rural infrastructure in central Yakutia.

Organizers invite those interested in attending the conference and/or field school to pre-register before 28 January 2018.

For questions, please contact:
Anna Kut
ankaurban [at] mail.ru

The Fifth International Summer School in Glaciology organized by the University of Alaska, Fairbanks (UAF), will be held in McCarthy, central Alaska, from 5 to 15 June 2018.

The course will provide a comprehensive overview of the physics of glaciers and current research frontiers in glaciology with focus on quantitative glaciology and remote sensing. The course is open to 28 graduate students from around the world targeting primarily early stage PhD students who perform glacier-related research. It will be taught by faculty of UAF’s glaciology group and several invited guest instructors from outside Alaska.

Application deadline: 20 January 2018

The Eastern Snow Conference (ESC) is a joint Canadian/U.S. organization founded in the 1940s originally with members from eastern North America. Today, our members come from the United Kingdom, Japan and Germany, as well as North America. Our current membership includes scientists, engineers, snow surveyors, technicians, professors, students and professionals involved in operations and maintenance. The western counterpart to this organization is the Western Snow Conference (WSC), also a joint Canadian/US organization.

The 75th ESC has a longer program than usual to allow for more sessions. The program will also include an excursion on the Chesapeake Bay and Banquet in registration fee. The scientific program is open to sessions on theoretical, experimental, remote sensing, modeling and operational studies of snow, ice, and winter hydrology. We anticipate including sessions on historical perspectives of snow such as “Remote Sensing History”, “Data Preservation and Archiving” and “SnowEX”. This year’s general theme is “SNOW PAST, PRESENT and FUTURE”. The ESC has only plenary (oral and poster viewing) sessions, allowing time to view and discuss the research of each participant.

Students are encouraged to enter the ESC Student Paper Competitions. The winner of the best submitted student paper will receive the Wiesnet Medal, a $750 prize. The Campbell Scientific Canada Award of $500 can be awarded to the Canadian student who submitted the paper demonstrating the most innovative use of technology in the gathering of data. In addition, the David Hewitt Miller Student Poster Award of $100 will be awarded to the best student poster. To be considered for the Weisnet or Campbell awards please send an electronic copy of the paper with the supervisor's endorsement (separate email) to the Chair of the Research Committee (Barton Forman), no later than 27 April 2018. Please consult the ESC web site for conditions and details.

Dr. Barton Forman
baforman at umd.edu

All papers will be published in the ESC Proceedings; please consult the ESC web site for details on submission.

Deadline for abstracts has been extended to 23 April 2018.

The UK National Earth Observation Conference 2018 is being organised by RSPSoc, NCEO and CEOI. It will take place September 4-7, 2018 at Birmingham University, United Kingdom.

Important Dates:
- 8 June: Submit an Abstract (until 23:59, London Time)
- 23 July: Early Bird Registration (until 23:59, London Time)
- 20 August: Final Registration: (until 23:59, London Time)

Please follow the link above for more information.

We are pleased to invite you to the Fifth Forum for Young Permafrost Scientists to be held in Yakutsk, Russia from 4 to 23 June 2018. This event is open to young researchers under the age of 35 years, including undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows. Interested school children are also welcome to participate.

The Forum for Young Permafrost Scientists will include:

• The Geocryological Conference held from 4 to 8 June 2018
• The Geocryological Field Workshop from 9 to 23 June 2018

The Geocryological Conference themes include:

• Regional and historical geocryology
• Permafrost geothermics and thermal physics
• Periglacial processes and forms
• Landscape dynamics in permafrost regions
• Permafrost geochemistry
• Permafrost hydrology and hydrogeology
• Climate change and permafrost evolution
• Greenhouse gases and gas hydrates
• Permafrost microbiology
• Remote sensing of permafrost
• Stability of engineering structures on permafrost

The summer school, in the form of a Geocryological Field Workshop will take place in the vicinity of Yakutsk and Amga (204 km south-east of Yakutsk). It will focus on permafrost degradation effects on agriculture and rural infrastructure in central Yakutia.

Organizers invite those interested in attending the conference and/or field school to pre-register before 28 January 2018.

For questions, please contact:
Anna Kut
ankaurban [at] mail.ru

The University of Hawaii Sea Level Center, in collaboration with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and University of California at Irvine will host the 2018 Sheet System Model (ISSM) Sea Level Workshop. This will be the first time an ISSM workshop is dedicated to Sea-Level Science. The workshop will take place at the at the East-West Center on the campus of the University of Hawaii at Manoa. It will be hosted by Pr. Phil Thompson of the University of Hawaii Sea Level Center and sponsored by the N-SLCT NASA Science Team.

Interactive sessions will be offered for beginners/advanced users and developers interested in learning how to use ISSM. Updates to ISSM since the 2016 workshop, including user-requested features will be presented. Specific focus will be on tutorials that allow users to make use of ISSM's SESAW capabilities. This will include computation of sea-level fingerprints using GRACE based estimates of ice-mass changes, use of high-resolution meshes to refine sea-level estimates in specific areas of the world, and computation of resulting stresses in the Earth crust (including lateral and vertical displacements). Participants will be invited to showcase their work during an open poster session, and science talks will be organized around relevant topics.

Please follow the link above for more information.

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research SCAR and the International Arctic Science Committee IASC invite the international polar and high altitude community to their joint meeting POLAR2018, hosted by WSL and SLF in Davos, Switzerland.

Program Overview

• 15 - 18 June 2018: SCAR and IASC/ASSW Business & Satellite Meetings
• 19 - 23 June 2018: SCAR/IASC Open Science Conference, including the COMNAP Symposium
• 24 - 26 June 2018: SCAR Delegates Meeting & 2018 Arctic Observing Summit

The goal of POLAR2018 is to bring together excellent research from both poles, as well as from high altitude areas, focusing on the similar challenges those regions face. The program features 65 different sessions, structured into 12 categories. In addition to the parallel sessions, central elements of the Open Science Conference (OSC) will be keynote presentations, mini-symposia, extended poster sessions, and exhibitions. The annual COMNAP symposium will be held during the OSC, as well as a plenary lecture from the 2018 Arctic Observing Summit as an opening to this biennial summit immediately after the OSC. A range of excursions and trips will allow participants to make the most of coming to the Swiss Alps and enjoy science, nature, culture, and sports.

Davos

POLAR2018 will be held in the Swiss mountain town of Davos, which can easily be reached by train from Zurich Airport. Davos, Europe's highest city, is situated in the Eastern part of the Swiss Alps at 1560 meters above sea level. It offers an advanced congress infrastructure and a wide range of accommodation for all budgets. The stunning alpine environment will ensure your visit is an enjoyable experience.

Invitation to submit an abstract to the Open Science Conference

The Scientific Committee for POLAR2018 invites the submission of abstracts to be considered for oral or poster presentations. The session program provides guidance on the thematic areas covered at POLAR2018. The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 1 November 2017. Authors wishing to submit an abstract are required to pay a submission fee of CHF 30 for each abstract. You can submit as many abstracts as you like, but only two with a preference for oral presentation. Early career and other authors who wish to apply for a submission fee waiver grant can follow this link.

Submit an abstract here:
http://www.polar2018.org/abstracts.html

Important deadlines:

• 1 September 2017: Abstract submission opens
• 1 November 2017: Deadline abstract submission, early-bird registration opens
• 31 December 2017: Side meeting requests close
• 31 January 2018: Acceptance notification with oral/poster information

For questions, contact organizers at:
Email: polar2018 [at] slf.ch

The 32nd FRISP workshop will be held in the French Alps from September 3rd to 6th. Preregistration and abstract submission are now open. Deadline for pre-registration is 15 May 2018.

Deadline for submission of abstract is the 15th June 2018.

FRISP is a subcommmittee of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Working Group of Glaciology. For several years the work of the FRISP parties was focused on the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf (FRIS). But meanwhile the geographical restriction to FRIS was widened up and other ice shelves have been included into the investigations. FRISP started out as an European forum, but now welcomes any scientist working on ice shelves and related issues. FRISP remains a focus on glaciology, but the scope is extended to include continental shelf oceanography, meteorology, and quaternary paleoclimatology to encourage discussion between these disciplines. More info can be found on FRISP website. Workshops are regularly organised, and this year workshop, FRISP-2018, is organised by JB Sallée and N. Jourdain.

The 32nd FRISP workshop (2018) will be held in the French Alps in Aussois at the Paul Langevin center.

Organizers invite registration for the 2018 Arctic Summer Institute titled Arctic Law, Science, and Policy. This is a pass/fail, two credit or Certificate of Completion course.

The goal of the course is to provide students with an interdisciplinary knowledge base and the tools to practically and responsibly participate in Arctic affairs.

Climate models predict that within ten years the Arctic will be virtually ice-free for at least several weeks during the year and the pace appears to be accelerating. Abrupt climate change is producing Arctic warming and generating new shipping routes, business opportunities, and access to resources in ways that affect states, Indigenous peoples, the Arctic environment, and more. Effective participation in this new Arctic requires a unique combination of knowledge and skills.

Course topics will include:

• Arctic science
• Law of the Sea
• Maritime shipping
• Geographic information systems
• Maritime history
• Indigenous peoples
• North Atlantic trade
• Governance and environmental Regulation
• Geopolitics and maritime security
• Arctic Public Engagement

Registration deadline: 15 May 2018.

Please join us for a LIVE event from Toolik Field Station, Alaska. This event will feature PolarTREC teacher Melissa Lau and researchers, Dr. Steve Oberbauer and Dr. Jeremy May.

The team will be sharing what it's like to be working in the Arctic as well their research as part of the Arctic Observing Network (AON). They are researching the relationships between vegetation change, plant phenology, and ecosystem function in a warming Arctic. More information about their research as well as journals and photos can be found on their expedition page:

https://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/phenology-and-vegetation-change-i…

We will be pleased to welcome you at the foot of the Mont Blanc for the 5th European Conference On Permafrost (EUCOP5). Our agenda will be the following:

• Saturday 23 ‐ Sunday 24/06: PYRN days (meeting, field trip, and more!)
• Sunday 24/06: IPA council meeting, workshops, ice‐breaker dinner
• Monday 25/06: 1st day of sessions
• Tuesday 26/06: 2nd day of sessions
• Wednesday 27/06: 1st day of local field trips
• Thursday 28/06: 3rd day of sessions
• Friday 29/06: 2nd day of local field trips
• Saturday 30/06 ‐ Sunday 01/07: two‐day‐long regional field trips

KEY DATES:

• Call for abstract submission: 28 August 2017 to 15 December 2017
• Decision on abstract (oral/poster): February 2018
• Early-bird registration: until April 1st 2018

The Arctic Observing Summit (AOS) is a high-level biennial summit that provides a platform to address urgent and broadly recognized needs of Arctic observing across all components of the Arctic system. AOS 2018 will focus on pressing issues in the implementation and support of sustained observations that can be addressed through a business-case lens. To that end, short submissions are requested that address any and all aspects of the overarching theme and sub-themes.

The International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology 2018 sponsored by the American Academy of Sciences will be held on in Houston, Texas, USA. The conference will provide a multidisciplinary platform for environmental scientists, engineers, management professionals and government regulators to discuss the latest developments in environmental research and applications.

Please visit the conference website at the link above for more information or send email inquiries to env-conference [at] AASci.org.

The Sea Ice Prediction Network–Phase 2 (SIPN2) announces an open webinar titled “Advancing Predictability of Sea Ice” to provide an overview of its main activities and an overview of the SIPN Data Portal for sea ice prediction.

This webinar is designed for the sea ice research community and others interested in advancements in sea ice prediction. While this is an open event, attendees should be aware that the discussions will largely be of a technical nature.

Webinar Speakers:

Uma S. Bhatt, SIPN2 Principal Investigator (PI), is Chair of Atmospheric Sciences at University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute and Director of NOAA Cooperative Institute for Alaska Research (CIFAR). Her research on climate variability aims to understand how climate system components impact one another.

Cecilia Bitz, SIPN2 Leadership Team member, is a professor in the Atmospheric Sciences Department and Director of the Program on Climate Change and part of the Future of Ice Initiative, all at University of Washington. Her research interests include the role of sea ice in the climate system and high-latitude climate and climate change and global coupled climate modeling. Including integrations at very high resolution.

Webinar Program:

Uma Bhatt will present an overview of the SIPN2 project goals and an update on related activities to improve Arctic sea ice forecasts using a multi-disciplinary approach that includes modeling, new products, data analysis, and scientific networks.

Cecilia Bitz, will present an overview of the Data Portal for SIPN Forecasts project, funded by the Office of Naval Research and the development of products including model visualization and access to data processing.
Time for participant questions will follow the presentation.

Further details including registration instructions, will be announced closer to the event. The webinar will be archived and available online after the event.

For questions, contact:
Betsy Turner-Bogren, ARCUS (betsy [at] arcus.org)

Organizers invite applications for the 4th TraitTrain International Plant Functional Traits Course (TraitTrain4).

This course is intended for graduate students, M.Sc. and PhD, and will offer hands-on experience with collecting and exploring plant functional traits data in a real-life field research project setting. The course will also include an introduction to the use of plant trait data in climate-change research and ecosystem ecology.

TraitTrain4 will address several core scientific questions with an emphasis on key skills, including:

• Collecting original data in the field,
• Developing data management skills,
• Developing computational and statistical skills, and
• Generating data summaries and basic hypothesis tests.

Participants will be introduced to the environmental, ecological, and taxonomic diversity of the region, and will be involved in one of the following projects:

• Assessing the role of climate and biotic factors in determining plant community leaf trait composition,
• Assessing how temperature variation and leaf functional traits influence leaf ecophysiology,
• Using a trait-based approach to assess how local plant communities and populations respond to experimental climate and grazing treatments, and
• Measuring how functional trait composition influences ecosystem functioning by measuring carbon dioxide (CO2)-flux within and across plant communities.

The course fee covers costs for accommodation, food, and transport in Svalbard. For students at the University of Bergen, the University of Arizona, and UNIS, funding is available to help offset cost of travel to Svalbard. Some external participants may also be offered funding to support travel to Svalbard.

Applications must include a short personal statement describing how the course fits into the applicant's goals and aspirations and a curriculum vitae. Applicants should also rank the four projects listed above in order of interest.

Applications should be send to Vigdis Vandvik or Brian Enquist by 1 April 2018.

For questions, contact:
Vigdis Vandvik
Email: vigdis.vandvik [at] uib.no
Phone: +47 4730 1794

Brian J. Enquist
Email: benquist [at] email.arizona.edu

The 13th Workshop on Antarctic Meteorology and Climate brings together those with research and operational/logistical interests in Antarctic meteorology and forecasting and related disciplines. As in the past, the annual activities and status of the Antarctic Meteorological Research Center (AMRC), Automatic Weather Station (AWS), and Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System (AMPS) efforts will be addressed, and feedback and results from their user communities will be solicited. More broadly, this workshop also is a forum for current results and ideas in Antarctic meteorology, numerical weather prediction, and weather forecasting, from contributors around the world. There will be discussions on the relationships among international efforts and Antarctic forecasting, logistical support, and science. We welcome papers and posters on these topics

Registration deadline: 25 June 2018

Nancy Fresco, SNAP Coordinator

SNAP offers online tools to allow you to view models and maps showing changes in temperature, precipitation, fire, sea ice, extreme events and other variables at the community or regional level. Join us to see what's available, and what's new.

Available online or in-person at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, 407 IARC/Akasofu building, 10:00am AKDT, 2:00pm EDT.

More information and registration at the link above.

Christopher Grassotti, NESDIS STAR/SMCD

The presentation will cover the background of the MiRS retrieval approach, and then move on to discussion of retrieval products, user applications, and recent work aimed at scientific improvements.

Available online or in-person at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, 407 IARC/Akasofu building, 11:00am AKDT, 3:00pm EDT.

More information and registration at the link above.

We will review recent climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools and finish up the Climate Prediction Center's forecast for August and the remaining summer/early fall season.

Available online or in-person at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, 407 IARC/Akasofu building, 12:00pm AKDT, 4:00pm EDT.

More information and registration at the link above.