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This session invites contributions to discuss all the aspects of the cryosphere interacting with the climate system, at various time scales and from both modelling and observational point of view and addressing past, present and future variability. The cryosphere represents one of the Earth system compartments' surface portion where links to the climate system are particularly strong. Mountain glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets, permafrost and permanent ice deposits in caves interact with the climate system with response time from days to millennia and all such components are showing signs of dramatic changes due to climate forcing. Ice caps and mountain glaciers represent the main contributors to sea level changes, and affect the hydrology of vaste areas in the world. Ice sheets interacting with climate cause changes in atmospheric and ocean circulation, sea level, albedo, vegetation and several related feedbacks. Permafrost feedbacks have implications on natural hazards especially in the geomorphology of coastal and mountain areas, and its feedbacks related to methane release will very likely have great impact in the future under climate changes. Permanent ice deposits in karstic caves are probably the lesser known as well as the smallest part of the earth’s cryosphere, but it has been shown recently they can store important palaeoenvironmental information. Understanding the precipitation in Polar Regions and the interaction of the snow surface with the atmosphere is crucial for interpreting the proxy records archived in polar ice caps. In such perspective, estimating the response of the current continental cryosphere to ongoing climate changes as well as the response of climate to changes in the cryosphere extent and topography relies on the understanding of the climate-cryosphere feedbacks and their evolution through time from millennial to decadal time scale. The combination of multiple approaches, i.e. observations, past records and numerical modelling, allows advancing the current knowledge of the feedbacks between the cryosphere and the other components of the climate system.

As part of the Scientific Exploitation of Operational Missions (SEOM) programme element, the European Space Agency (ESA) is organising a new advanced Cryosphere Training Course devoted to train the next generation of Earth Observation (EO) scientists to exploit data from ESA and operational EO Missions (e.g. the Sentinels) for science and applications development. Post graduate, PhD students, post–doctoral research scientists and users from European countries and Canada interested in Cryosphere Remote Sensing and its applications are invited to apply to the 5 day course which will be held at the University of Leeds, UK from 12 to 16 September 2016. Research scientists and students from all other countries are also welcome to apply and participate to the course subject to space availability.

Post graduate, PhD students, post doctoral research scientists and users from European countries and Canada interested in Cryosphere Remote Sensing are invited to apply to the 5 day course on the subject. Research scientists and students from all other countries are also welcome to apply and participate to the course subject to space availability.

No participation fees will be charged for the training. Participants are expected to finance their own travel and accommodation expenses. The official language of the course is English.

The Advanced Cryosphere Training Course aims at:

• Training the next generation of European and Canadian Principal Investigators (PIs);
• Explaining theoretical principles, processing algorithms, data products and their use in applications;
• Introducing tools and methods for the exploitation of EO satellite data, in particular from the Sentinels.

Stimulating and supporting the exploitation of ESA EO and Third Party Mission data for remote sensing science and its applications to the cryosphere.

The International Glaciological Society, the International Association of Cryospheric Sciences and the WCRP Climate and Cryosphere Project invite you to attend the 'International Symposium on The Cryosphere in a Changing Climate', due to be held from 12-17 February 2017, in Wellington, New Zealand.

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.

For further information, please contact PolarTREC at:
Email: info [at] polartrec.com

Teachers, Apply at the PolarTREC website:
https://www.polartrec.com/teachers/application

Researchers, Apply at the PolarTREC website:
https://www.polartrec.com/researchers/application

PolarTREC (Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating) is accepting applications from teachers and researchers for teacher research experiences in the polar regions. Teachers and researchers are invited to submit applications to participate in field research learning experiences during the 2017 (usually Arctic) or 2017-2018 (usually Antarctic) field seasons.

APPLICATION PERIOD: The application period to participate in PolarTREC begins on Monday, 12 September 2016 and ends Monday, 10 October 2016.

POLARTREC INFORMATIONAL WEBINAR: A PolarTREC informational webinar (web seminar), will be held Monday, 19 September 2016. Register here:
https://www.polartrec.com/about/informational-webinar

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Further information about PolarTREC, including program goals, requirements, and frequently asked questions, is available at: https://www.polartrec.com

The Arctic-FROST research coordination network announces the availability of travel awards for Early Career Researchers to attend The Third Arctic-FROST network meeting and Early Career Scholars Workshop on Arctic Sustainability in the Global Context.

Arctic FRontiers Of SusTainability: Resources, Societies, Environments and Development in the Changing North (Arctic-FROST) is a new NSF-funded international interdisciplinary collaborative network that teams together environmental and social scientists, local educators and
community members from all circumpolar countries to enable and mobilize research on sustainable Arctic development, specifically aimed at improving health, human development and well-being of Arctic communities while conserving ecosystem structures, functions and resources under changing climate conditions.

The theme of the Annual Meeting and Early Career Scholars Workshop is on Arctic Sustainability in the Global Context. Papers should deal with one of the following topics:

• Sustainability and sustainable development in the Arctic or Sub-Arctic of particular relevance to the rest of the world.
• Comparative studies of sustainability between Arctic and other regions.
• Studies from various geographic contexts, which provide valuable insights into Arctic sustainability.
• Studies that analyze the role of outside actors in arctic sustainable development.

The main focus question of the conference is "What Can Arctic Sustainability Research Learn from or Teach the Rest of the World?"

Application Deadline: 30 April 2016.

To learn about eligibility, abstracts, and other info, please follow the link above.

For questions, please contact:
Ann Crawford
Email: ann.crawford [at] uni.edu.

or

Andrey Petrov
Email: andrey.petrov [at] uni.edu

The Arctic Change and Its Influence on Mid-Latitude Climate and Weather​ Workshop​ will take place on February 1-3, 2017 in Washington, DC.

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.

Registration closes July 1st, 2016.

The goal of the workshop is to develop and propose a strategy to improve estimates of the SMB of the GrIS that build on community input. The outcomes of the workshop will provide, among other things, community-driven guidance to funding agencies on targeted research activities. Presentations and breakout sessions for discussion will focus on the improvement of Greenland SMB estimates and projections through the application and interpretation of remote sensing data (e.g., Operation IceBridge, OIB, Icesat, GRACE, MODIS, SSM/I), the analysis and improvement of modeling toolsand the reduction and constrain of uncertainties in accumulation (e.g., compaction, densification), mass loss and associated processes (e.g., water retention in snow and firn; meltwater outflow to the ocean; albedo). The workshop participants will be engaging in discussions to address questions such as: What are the parameters most affecting SMB and how well can we model their current and historical evolution? Which measurements are currently available about these parameters? What are the uncertainties associated with estimates of the parameters identified above and how are they spatially and temporally distributed? Which measurements are mostly needed and where? The discussion will initially focus on the parameters identified during the PARCA 2015 and 2016 and follow-up discussions: a) runoff and outflow; b) accumulation; c) densification and compaction; d) albedo; e) water retention in firn.

More information about the Workshop format, agenda and details will be provided before the summer. In the meantime, those who are interested in participating are encouraged to register.

​Financial support is available for a limited number of participants, mostly junior and international colleagues.

The Workshop is free of charge for registration but participants might be requested to cover expenses for lunch and other meals in case the number of participants exceed the estimated original number.

A social dinner is planned for the evening of Thursday. This is by invitation and by first-come first-serve basis. There is a limited number of seats and those who are interested in participating should mention this in the registration form.

Should they be interested, participants are invited to submit an abstract. All abstracts will be presented as posters during the breaks.

We kindly encourage participants to submit scientific papers presented at the Workshop to the Special Issue on the Mass Balance of the Greenland ice sheet on the journal the Cryosphere (http://www.the-cryosphere.net/special_issues/schedule.html#12).

Participants should arrange their own trip and logistics. Those who will receive financial support will be notified and should anticipate their expenses and then submit request for reimbursement.

Geography and Environment at the University of Southampton is delighted to be hosting the British Branch meeting of the International Glaciological Society.

The conference will include oral and poster presentations, spread over two days, on a wide range of snow and ice research. Registration and accommodation costs will be kept to a minimum and delegates from overseas are very much welcome to attend.

The reception and conference dinner will take place overlooking Southampton Water on the evening of Wednesday 7th September. Accommodation has been reserved the University Halls of Residence, which is offered on a first come first serve basis. An additional number of other accommodation options are available – please contact FSHMS_Comms [at] soton.ac.uk for further information.

The conference is intended to promote the exchange of knowledge and ideas between planetary and terrestrial scientists interested in Mars polar and climate research. In recognition of the broad scope, interdisciplinary nature and strong international interest in this topic, we welcome participation of any interested scientist with relevant theoretical, experimental or field experience.

Contributions from the glaciological community on Mars polar research or terrestrial analog studies are welcome!

We encourage you to visit the homepage and register you interest to attend. Updates on field trips, etc. will be posted on the website.

We are pleased to announce the International school-conference for young scientists “Climate, geography and environment of the Russian Arctic”.

The conference is organized by the Institute of the North Industrial Ecology Problems (Kola Science Center RAS), Institute of Geography RAS, the Faculty of Geography Lomonosov Moscow State University and A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics RAS. We would like to invite you to register to our event especially if you are Bachelor, Master or PhD students or young scientists under 35 years old. The school will have a focus on research in the field of geography, palaeogeography, climatology and oceanography of polar regions of Russia within the following topics:

• Evolution and modern dynamics of terrestrial and marine ecosystems of the Arctic
• Present conditions and projected changes of the climatic system of the Arctic
• History of study and exploration of the Russian Arctic
• Ecologic, economic and social problems of the Arctic
• Perspectives of the development of Arctic region in the changing climate

Contact: org [at] apatity2016.ru