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Presenters:
James Overland, Oceanographer, NOAA Research Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory and Muyin Wang, Meteorologist, University of Washington Joint Institute for the Study of Atmosphere and Oceans.

A new Arctic surprise (unexpected magnitude of rapid change) was extensive record warm Arctic temperature extremes in January through April 2016, which repeated in fall-early winter 2016-17. In January, the Arctic-wide average temperature was 2.0 degrees C above the previous positive record of 3.0 degrees C above normal, with local January values in excess of 7 degrees C above normal. Record sea ice extent losses were observed for all months of 2016 except during the summer. Sea ice multi-year (MY) fraction (amount of old thick ice) had a sharp drop between January 2016 and January 2017, and was 60% below the MY fraction during the early 2000s. Delayed sea ice freeze up in fall 2016 helped to maintain the warm temperatures, a clear example of Arctic specific feedback processes that amplified the rate of change. An open question is whether there will be continuing near future rapid Arctic changes from such surprises.

This event, sponsored by NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, will be held at the NOAA Western Regional Center, Building 3, Room 2104 (Oceanographer Room), 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115.

To join this meeting remotely, go to:
https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/168810045

You can also join by telephone:
United States: +1 872-240-3212
Access Code: 168-810-045

SEARCH Permafrost Action Team Lead, Christina Schädel will be participating in the symposium and present at the CliC Permafrost Modeling Forum.

The International Glaciological Society (IGS) will co-sponsor an International Symposium on ‘The Cryosphere in a Changing Climate".

THEME:
This is the first international symposium that will bring together three of the leading international organisations in the field of cryospheric research: IGS, IACS and CliC. The theme of the conference ‘The Cryosphere in a Changing Climate’ is global in scope with a focus on physical processes within the cryosphere, and interactions between the cryosphere and the climate system.This symposium will also serve as the 2017 meeting of New Zealand Snow and Ice Research Group (SIRG; the NZ regional branch of the International Glaciological Society).

ABSTRACT AND PAPER PUBLICATION:
Participants wishing to present a paper (either oral or poster) at the Symposium will be required to submit an abstract by Monday 12 September 2016 (5 months prior to the symposium).

For more information please follow the link above.

The 3rd Snow Science Winter School will be arranged by WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF and Finnish Meteorological Institute at the FMI Arctic Research Centre in Sodankylä, Finland. The school will teach advanced field techniques and relate these measurements to microwave and spectral albedo measurements. The course will consist of field and laboratory measurements combined with theoretical lessons in the classroom.

Any graduate student or post-doc working on snow or in some snow related field, this year especially in remote sensing of the cryosphere, is welcome to participate. Those fields include everybody interested in cryospheric sciences.

The application for the 3rd Snow Science Winter School is now open until 30 October 2016. The course fee is approximately 350 Euro.

For more information and details for applying please visit the link above.

You are cordially invited to attend the 8th Workshop on Remote Sensing of Land Ice and Snow of the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL), which is to be held at the Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Switzerland.

Significant parts of IPCC AR5 report on the status of the cryosphere rely on publications, where satellite data are involved. The announced workshop will focus on the latest developments in remote sensing of land ice and snow. Presentations are encouraged on all fields of research and applications with the focus on snow and ice as proxy for changing cryosphere, methods for retrieving cryospheric parameters from various types of remote sensing data, theoretical basis of inversion methods and their application, state of the art of retrieval algorithms, data assimilation of remote sensing data and in situ observations in process models, current and planned sensors for snow and ice, etc. Half of a day will be dedicated to the COST action ES1404 Harmosnow and future activities from ESA (CCI+).

Papers will be presented orally and as posters. Contributions must comply with one of the workshop topics specified below. Please indicate under which session topic your contribution shall be presented.

Preliminary session topics:

• Glaciers and Ice Caps
• Snow cover (regional to global scale)
• Snow albedo and climate
• Snow hydrology
• New technologies (sensors/methods)
• Snow modelling and data assimilation
• ESA: Sentinels, future missions and programs (CCI+)
• EUMETSAT operational services
• COST action ES1404 HarmoSnow

Due date for abstract submission is Nov. 15, 2016.

Further information is available at the website above, or you may contact the organizing committee.

The workshop is open to all scientists interested in detailed observations of energetic, hydrological and chemical fluxes at the surface-atmosphere interface and how these may be used to understand and model the Arctic climate system. The Workshop is bringing professional and scientific experts together under research themes related to biogeochemistry, surface energy balance, atmospheric sciences, permafrost, hydrology, modeling, and remote sensing to help coordinate and synthesize polar flux data and models as an integrated systems of energy, moisture and chemical exchange.

The official language of the Workshop will be English.

The host of the conference is the PEEX HQ, University of Helsinki, Finland.

Registration deadline: 15 January 2016.

Organizers announce a call for registration to an evening lecture entitled "Changing Arctic: How It's Affecting Our Weather." This lecture
will convene 6:00-8:00 p.m. EST.

Profound changes in the Arctic have coincided with more frequent extreme weather events across the mid-latitudes, such as Washington, D.C. These events include intense heat and rainfall, and severe winter cold spells and snow storms. Scientists are actively addressing if and how Arctic change is connected to these events, which affect economies, geopolitics, security, and society at large.

This lecture will feature experts discussing scientists' understanding of these events and the impact this has on society. An opening reception will provide networking opportunities before the lecture.

Featured Speakers:

• Tony Busalacchi, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
• Heather A. Conley, Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Jennifer Francis, Rutgers University
• Chris Mooney, Washington Post (moderator)

This event is open to the public. Registration is required.

To register for this event, go to:
https://usclivar.org/changing-arctic-evening-lecture-registration

For the seventh time the Alpine Glaciology/Glaciologist Meeting (AGM) will be hosted in Zürich, Switzerland. The meeting serves as informal exchange platform for researchers working on snow, glaciers and permafrost. Oral and poster presentations are welcome, and young researchers are especially encouraged to present their work in progress.

There are usually participants from (alphabethically) Austria, Bavaria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Lombardia, Piemonte, Poland, Savoie, Scotland, Switzerland, Tirol, USA, val d'Aosta and Wales registered for the meeting.

The meeting will be held in the main building of ETH Zürich, in close vicinity of the main railway station and downtown Zürich.

The final program, list of participants, location of the meeting and further information will be available after the 24th of January at the website above.

Please note that the latest date for registration is the 20th of January 2017.

Research Topics:
Terrestrial Ecology, Fjord Ecology, Glaciology, Hydrology, Limnology, Geomorphology, Biogeochemistry, Permafrost, and Quaternary Geology.

The Kangerlussuaq area has been an important location for intense research activities for many decades. This region of Greenland contains a large diversity of geomorphic systems from a sector of the Greenland Ice Sheet to a proglacial foreland exposed to fluvial, aeolian, and limnological environmental change to a long and narrow fjord. Significant progress in understanding ecological, geomorphological, and climatic processes in the Arctic derives from studies conducted in the Kangerlussuaq area. However, as with most other regions in the Arctic the Kangerlussuaq area is undergoing climate-driven environmental change and impacts and it has become even more important to document and understand the ecological and geological implications of these changes. In this context, robust case studies and cross-system analyses from the Kangerlussuaq area serve as a valuable source of knowledge for progressing our understanding of processes, mechanics and modeling. We invite contributions that address all aspects of physical and biological research on all ranges of spatial and temporal scales conducted in the Kangerlussuaq area.

Please contact Jacob Clement Yde Jacob.Yde [at] hisf.no in the first instance. Inquiries are encouraged prior to manuscript submission.

If you have colleagues working in West Greenland, please let them know about this special issue.

The Arctic has warmed more than twice as fast as the global average, experienced rapid loss of sea ice, and collapse of warm season snow cover. These profound changes to the Arctic system have coincided with a period of ostensibly more frequent events of extreme weather across the mid-latitudes, including extreme heat and rainfall events and recent severe winters.

Join us in this workshop to explore the possible links between Arctic change and mid-latitude weather and climate​ that has spurred a rush of new observational and modeling studies.

The deadline to apply and submit an abstract is September 7.

Learn more by following the link above.

The workshop is co-sponsored by US CLIVAR, the NSF Arctic Natural Sciences Program, and the WWRP Polar Prediction Project.