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The tools and techniques for making monthly and season scale climate forecasts are rapidly changing, with the potential to provide useful forecasts at the month and longer range. We will review recent climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools and finish up the Climate Prediction Center's forecast for September and the remaining fall/early winter season.

Feel free to bring your lunch and join the gathering in person or online to learn more about Alaska climate and weather.

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

Climate Series, Seminar 6 of 8:

Abstract:
Earth's climate system is highly interconnected, meaning that changes to the global climate influence the United States climatically and economically. In much the same way as European and Asian financial markets affect the U.S. economy, changes to ice sheet mass and energy flows in the far reaches of the planet affect our climate. Life on Earth is sensitive to climate conditions; human society is especially susceptible due to the climate-vulnerable, complex, and often fragile systems that provide food, water, energy, and security. Observed changes to the global climate affecting the United States include rising global temperatures, diminishing sea ice, melting ice sheets and glaciers, rising sea levels, etc. These documented changes have global economic and national security implications, including for the United States. For example, sea level rise alone is putting $100 billion dollars of U.S. military assets at risk, according to the Dept. of Defense. Arctic climate change continues to outpace the rest of the globe. Over the last 30 years, rapid and, in many cases, unprecedented changes to Arctic temperatures, sea ice, snow cover, land ice, and permafrost have occurred. While the Arctic may seem far away, changes in the Arctic climate system have a global reach, affecting sea level, the carbon cycle, atmospheric winds, ocean currents, and potentially the frequency of extreme weather. This presentation discusses the changes in the observed in the Arctic, the projected changes, and the potential impacts to us living the U.S.

About The Speaker:
Dr. Taylor is a research scientist at NASA Langley Research Center. His research focuses on understanding the mysterious life of clouds. Understanding cloud behavior provides valuable information for improving weather and climate models. Dr. Taylor received his PhD from Florida State University in 2009 and has since worked at NASA Langley Research Center receiving that 2012 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) and a NASA Early Career Achievement Medal in 2013 for his research. In 2015, he became a National Academy of Science Kavli Fellow. Dr. Taylor was appointed to the Virginia's Climate Change and Resiliency Commission by Governor McAuliffe, a member of the science working group for the Old Dominion University led Sea Level Rise Initiative, and currently working as a lead author on the Climate Science Special Report commissioned by the NASA, NOAA, and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. At NASA Langley Research Center, Dr. Taylor is a member of the Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) science team, leads the climate processes and diagnostics research group, and serves as a member of the Science Directorate 10-year planning committee as co-lead for the Radiation Budget focus area.

Sponsors: The U.S. Global Change Research Program and NOAA's National Ocean Service Science Seminar; co-hosts are Katie Reeves (kreeves [at] usgcrp.gov) and Tracy.Gill [at] noaa.gov

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Presenter: Leticia Williams, Postdoctoral Fellow, NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology

POC: Outreach Librarian: Katie Rowley (katie.rowley [at] noaa.gov); Leticia Williams (leticia.williams [at] noaa.gov)

Abstract:
Researchers have defined science communication as sharing science-related knowledge from experts (e.g., scientists) or professional science communicators (e.g., public information officers, journalists) to non-experts (e.g., policy makers, stakeholders) and the lay public. Effective science communication is integral to NOAA's goals to foster an informed and weather-ready nation, healthy oceans, and environmentally sustainable and vibrant communities. Come and learn what tools you can use to accomplish these goals to increase public engagement and understanding of science such as user-centered messaging and visual communication.

About The Speaker:
Dr. Leticia Williams is a Postdoctoral Fellow with the NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology (NCAS-M) at Howard University, and is currently contributing to social science research at the National Weather Service in the Operations Division for the Office of the Chief Operating Officer. Her research specialization is science communication, which focuses on strengthening public communication and engagement with science.

Remote access: Located outside Silver Spring? Please register for the webinar: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4368892252976866819 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Participants can use their telephone OR computer mic & speakers (VoIP).

This is a 4-day symposium designed to bring scientists and engineers together to solve polar engineering problems.

The Forum will consist of a single stream with encouragement for discussion and questions. Sessions will be organized around the following five themes:

• Autonomous observing
• Observation Technologies
• Sustained measurements
• Biology and biomass
• Data Science

Abstract submission closes 31 May, 2018.

Please follow the link above for more information.

We are excited to announce our EGU co-sponsored training school on “Glaciers, moraines and climate: identifying, dating and extracting paleoclimate data from evidence of past glacier change”, which will take place in Inchnadamph in the Scottish Highlands.

Our main aim is to encourage early career (PhD or Postdoc) researchers to integrate different (e.g. geomorphological, sedimentological, chronological, limnological) lines of paleoglaciological evidence. Often, the impact of such inter-disciplinary approaches is greater than the sum of its parts, advancing the potential of paleoglaciological evidence to understand climate change.

Are you interested? Then more information is available at the link above, including how to register. The registration deadline is 13 May 2018.

We are pleased to announce that Durham University will be hosting this year's UK Antarctic Science Conference on 10th-12th September 2018 (the conference will run from Monday lunchtime to Wednesday lunchtime) at Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom. The conference will include oral and poster presentations, and abstracts are invited on any aspect of Antarctic Research.

The conference dinner will take place in Hatfield College on the evening of Tuesday 11th September. Accommodation has been reserved in nearby Collingwood College. Other accommodation options are available for those who wish to make their own arrangements.

Durham is a spectacular cathedral city with a rich heritage. Narrow cobbled streets wind their way around the rocky peninsula to the majestic Norman cathedral and castle, which are a designated World Heritage Site. The city is well served by motorway access, Durham railway station and Newcastle International Airport (30 minutes by car, 1 hour by rail).

Abstract submission deadline extended to 5:00pm on Monday 13th August, 2018.

The Arctic Data Center provides training in data science and data management. These are critical skills for the stewardship of data, software, and many other research products that are preserved at the Arctic Data Center. A goal of this center is to advance data archiving and promote reproducible science and data reuse.

Overview:
This 5-day workshop, to be held in Santa Barbara, CA, Monday, August 13th – Friday, August 17th, will provide researchers with an overview of best data management practices, data science tools and concrete steps and methods for more easily documenting and uploading their data to the Arctic Data Center.

Workshop topics will include:

• Arctic Data Center and NSF Standards and Policies
• Data Management Plans
• Effective data management for data preservation
• Storing and Preparing Data in Open Source Formats
• Stability, longevity, interoperability
• Metadata
• Publishing data at the Arctic Data Center
• Web-based submission
• Automating submission for large data sets
• Data and Metadata Quality
• Provenance for data and software

Eligibility:
Space for this workshop is limited. Both early career and established researchers from the Arctic research community are encouraged to apply. Participants will be selected on the basis of their current research or work activities; their previous experience with open science practices, data management techniques and analysis methods; and their current or former opportunities to access training in these areas. We will prioritize applications from individuals currently funded through NSF Polar Programs. International applicants are eligible however travel reimbursement will be restricted to that indicated below.

Application deadline: 5:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time, 30 March 2018.

With funding from National Science Foundation’s Office of Polar Programs [NSF OPP], we are organizing a 1-week long CESM Polar Modeling Workshop at the National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesa Laboratory. The workshop will target ~15 early career (graduate student, postdoc, < 7 years since Ph.D.) polar scientists to attend. All workshop activities will focus on the Community Earth System Model and high performance computing supported by the National Science Foundation [NSF] at the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center [NWSC]. CESM Polar Modeling Workshop participants will gain hands-on experience planning, designing, executing, and analyzing earth system modeling experiments using high-performance supercomputing. Participants will engage in advanced activities focused specifically on capacity building for using CESM in polar research (e.g., sea ice, land ice, atmosphere, ocean, land, paleoclimate).

The CESM Polar Modeling Workshop will follow directly from the Annual CESM Tutorial held August 6-10, 2018. Prospective participants who have not attended the CESM Tutorial should apply for both the CESM Tutorial and the CESM Polar Modeling workshop. Prospective participants who have previously attended the CESM Tutorial (or have equivalent experience) should apply for just the CESM Polar Modeling Workshop.

All participant expenses will be paid by the organizers (including travel to Boulder, Colorado).

CESM Polar Modeling Workshop Application Process:
By March 9, 2018 email the following three [3] documents to Professor Jennifer Kay Jennifer.E.Kay [at] colorado.edu

• CV listing research experience, programming experience, research presentations, and peer-reviewed publications (if applicable)
• Recommendation letter from a faculty member or research scientist at a US institution
• 1-page cover letter indicating why you would like to attend the CESM Polar Modeling Workshop. Topics to incorporate into the cover letter include your research interests, what skills and topics you would find most beneficial at the tutorial, and the influence that attending such a tutorial might have on your scientific capacity both today and over the next 5-10 years

Please see the website linked above for more information.

PolarTREC teacher Svea Anderson and University of Alaska researcher Donie Bret-Harte will discuss their research live from Toolik Field Station in Alaska looking at shrubs, snow and nitrogen in the Arctic. You can learn more about Svea's expedition here.

This event will be 1 hour long with Q&A at the end for teachers, students, friends and family.

Register for FREE at the link above.

This event is hosted by the PolarTREC PolarConnect program. Participants will have a chance to learn about research from the scientists while on-site, ask questions, and chat with the teacher and researchers during the presentation.

Questions? Contact us at info [at] polartrec.com

The ICCH congresses are held every third year in different locations in the circumpolar area and represent the largest scientific meetings worldwide on circumpolar health.

The ICCH congresses are organised by the International Union for Circumpolar Health (IUCH), aided by a local organising committee.

The local organising committee for the ICCH17 is the Danish Greenlandic Society for Circumpolar Health.

Please disseminate this mail to all of your contacts in the world of circumpolar health and anyone else interested, including members of the national scientific societies of circumpolar health in the USA, Canada, Nordic countries and Russian Federation.