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APPLICATION DEADLINE: 1 February 2016

The course is intended to provide glaciology graduate students with a comprehensive overview of the physics of glaciers and current research frontiers in glaciology with focus on quantitative glaciology, modeling and remote sensing of glaciers and ice sheets. The course is taught by glaciology faculty of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, and several invited guest lecturers.

Current sponsors include NASA, the International Glaciological Society (IGS), the International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS) and the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Instructors:
Andy Aschwanden, Ed Bueler, Mark Fahnestock, Regine Hock, Martin Truffer (UAF),
Gwenn Flowers (SFU, Canada)
More instructors are being recruited.

In recent years with rapid changes of climate and environment in the Arctic region and China’s economic growth, the interaction between China and the Arctic has been increasingly deepened, which calls for a coherent and sustainable development of the Arctic and China.

China-Nordic Arctic research cooperation has been intensified over the past few years and during that period Chinese institutes such as the Polar Research Institute of China (PRIC) and Shanghai Institute of International Studies (SIIS) have strengthened their ties with international counterparts.

The 4th China-Nordic Arctic Cooperation Symposium (CNARC) will take place in the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland from the 6th to 9th of June 2016 under the theme "The Sustainable Arctic - Opportunities and Challenges of Globalization".

CNARC and the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland cordially invite proposals from researchers affiliated with Nordic and Chinese universities, research institutes, think tanks and organisations to the following sessions:

1) Arctic tourism
2) Arctic sustainability
3) The GlobalArctic: Globalization and the Arctic
4) China, Nordic countries and the Arctic

Deadline for submission of abstracts: 25 February 2016

Acceptance of abstracts: 20 March 2016

Please submit the abstracts (250-400 words) to:
Ms. Malgorzata Smieszek, Arctic Centre: malgorzata.smieszek [at] ulapland.fi
Mr. Deng Beixi, CNARC: dengbeixi [at] pric.org.cn

The call for abstracts with detailed descriptions of the sessions can be found here:
http://www.cnarc.info/images/dl_files/CNARC2016-Call-For-Abstracts.pdf

Registration for participants will open later.

Nunavut General Monitoring Plan (NGMP) collects and analyzes information on the long-term state and health of the ecosystemic and socio-economic environment in the Nunavut Settlement Area.

The information collected by the NGMP helps support responsible and sustainable development by offering insight into the territory's ecosystemic and socio-economic landscape. It can be used to inform strategic planning by government, Nunavut's co-management system, and Nunavummiut and contributes to regulatory improvement by providing access to credible Nunavut monitoring information.

The NGMP is now accepting funding proposals for 2016-17. The deadline for sending the funding proposal is June 5th 2016. All interested and qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. For more details, please refer to the Nunavut General Monitoring plan Call for Proposal Guidelines 2016-17:

http://www.nunavut.ca/files/IQALUIT-996616-v15-2016-17_NGMP_CALL_FOR_PR…

Organizers of the Polar Weather and Climate Week 2016 announce a call for registration and abstracts for associated workshops and meetings.

Workshop registration and abstract submission deadline: 9 May 2016.

Polar Weather and Climate Week 2016 will include the following workshops:

International Workshop on Coupled Modeling of Polar Environments
4-5 June 2016
Organizers invite contributions on the use and development of fully coupled models in high northern and southern latitudes, including those based on the Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere-Wave-Sediment Transport model (COAWST), the Regional Arctic System Model (RASM), and the Model Prediction Across Scales (MPAS). Organizers hope to attract broad interdisciplinary modeling participation from atmospheric scientists, physical oceanographers, sea ice specialists, land surface scientists, etc. The workshop goal is not only to discuss scientific advances but promote collaborative work.

The 11th Antarctic Meteorological Observation, Modeling & Forecasting Workshop
6-8 June 2016
This workshop will bring together investigators with research and operational/logistical interests in Antarctic meteorology, forecasting, and related disciplines. The annual activities and status of Antarctic observing and modeling efforts will be addressed, and feedback and results from their user communities will be solicited. More broadly, this workshop will provide a forum for current results and ideas in Antarctic meteorology, numerical weather prediction, and weather forecasting, from contributors around the world.

International Symposium on Atmospheric Boundary Layers in High Latitudes
9 June 2016
This symposium will focus on the atmospheric boundary layer over snow, ice, and water in high latitudes with the scientific focus from small to large scale processes that are responsible for control exchanges through the boundary layer. The symposium is intended to provide an interdisciplinary forum to bring together researchers working in the areas of high-latitude experimental and theoretical studies of the stable and unstable boundary layers over land, ice, water and sea ice, including atmospheric chemistry.

Please note: The Year of Polar Prediction Southern Hemisphere (YOPP-SH) Planning Meeting will convene 6 June 2016.

For more information on the YOPP-SH Program, go to:
http://polarmet.osu.edu/YOPP-SH/

To register for any of the meetings and workshops or to submit an
abstract, go to: http://polarmet.osu.edu/AMOMFW_2016/registration.php

The Alaska Satellite Facility will be hosting an open house in honor of their 25th Anniversary on June 3, from 4-7 p.m. This is a free all ages event on the West Ridge of UAF campus. First Friday art show featuring imagery from the Alaska Satellite Facility, including radar images of Earth Activities and exhibits including coloring books, satellite models, unmanned aircraft, rocketry, and more scientific posters featuring research using synthetic aperture radar (SAR).

The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) will host a webinar entitled "Systematic Improvements to Reanalyses of the Arctic (SIRTA) White Paper Review and Discussion".

The Interagency Arctic Research and Policy Committee (IARPC) working group on Systematic Improvements to Reanalyses of the Arctic (SIRTA) will present a preliminary draft white paper on atmospheric reanalyses, with a focus on issues related to Arctic reanalyses. The working group welcomes comments and input for further development of the white paper.

For questions, or if you are unable to attend the online meeting, comments on the white paper may be sent by email to:

Sara Bowden
Email: bowden [at] arcus.org

This webinar will review the U.S. Committee on the Marine Transportation System (CMTS) report, "A Ten-Year Prioritization of Infrastructure Needs in the U.S. Arctic". Please join for an Overview of the Report and answer questions from Tribal interests and maritime stakeholders. The report may be found at:
http://www.cmts.gov/Bulletin.aspx?id=115

For questions, please contact:
ArcticMTS [at] cmts.gov

This is a public webinar, so please share with anyone who would have an interest in participating. We look forward to your participation!

To join the webinar:

• Follow the link above. You will be directed to the online page, where you will be asked to insert the meeting number and participant code.
• Meeting Number: 8773361839
• Participant Code: 7705293
• When inserting your name, please write your name and agency/ organization in parenthesis such as: John Smith (CMTS). This is the name we will see listed in the webinar chat box.
• Sign in as a “participant.”
• Login SIMULTANEOUSLY by conference line OR use the conference line alone if preferred.
• Phone conference number: 877-336-1839
• Phone conference access code: 7705293#
• Join the conference as a participant when prompted.
• The webinar may end early when no further questions or comments are provided.

Purpose:

• Present and discuss results on observations and modelling of meltwater retention processes on ice sheets and glaciers, with some emphasis on low temperature 'polar snow'.
• To plan and coordinate meltwater retention model development.
• To develop future projects and collaboration.

Registration deadline is Friday 8 April, 2016.

Contributions are welcomed in the form of oral presentations and/or posters. Presentation duration will be 15-20 minutes, including discussion. A keynote presentation by W.T. Pfeffer is planned. Between 2.5 and 3 days are planned.

Abstracts and registration:
Those intending to attend the workshop should submit abstracts (maximum length 200 words) by email to Robert Fausto rsf [at] geus.dk no later than the registration deadline. Abstracts should indicate whether an oral or poster presentation is preferred.

We have some financial support, but may ask a modest registration fee. We plan for the workshop to include lunch, morning and afternoon coffee breaks. We are working to raise some financial support for early career scientists to participate in the workshop.

We plan a special issue on the workshop topic in either Annals of glaciology, The Cryosphere, Frontiers in Earth Sciences.

A range of hotels and hostels exist near the workshop location. Public transit is very efficient, including bike rental. Booking these early is recommended due to extra demand from the high tourist season.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) announces a fifteen day summer course entitled "Arctic Alaska Environmental Change." The course is open to undergraduate and graduate students interested in Arctic environmental change. The three credit course will be held 1-15 June 2016 in Fairbanks and on Alaska's North Slope.

The field course includes two days of classroom instruction and local field trips in the Fairbanks area, an 11-day field excursion to Alaska's North Slope, and two days for student presentations and additional field trips. The field excursion will have a strong emphasis on Arctic environments, local people, and field sampling. Students will learn about Arctic vegetation, soils, landforms, permafrost, geology, wildlife, and land-use. The class will travel along the latitudinal transect from Fairbanks to Prudhoe Bay, which traverses boreal forest, alpine, and Arctic biomes. Students will undertake an independent research project of their choosing.

The cost of transportation and meals during the field excursion is included in the course fee, as well as two nights lodging at Toolik Field Station and up to six nights campus dorm housing.

A $2,000 scholarship is available for one Alaska Native student or an indigenous student from a circumpolar nation.

To apply for the scholarship, submit a one-page letter about how this course would advance their interest in Arctic Science to Skip Walker.
Email: dawalker [at] alaska.edu

For questions, please contact:
Skip Walker
Email: dawalker [at] alaska.edu

You are cordially invited to the 23rd IAHR International Symposium on Ice, which will be held from 31st of May to the 3rd of June 2016 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. The 23rd IAHR International Symposium on Ice is sponsored by the International Association of HydroEnvironment Engineering and Research (IAHR). The successful event has been held previously in St. Petersburg, Russia (2004), Vancouver, Canada (2008), Lahti, Finland (2010), Dalian, China (2012) and Singapore (2014). In 2016, it will be the first time that IAHR Symposium on Ice is held in Ann Arbor, MI on the University of Michigan campus, one of the foremost research universities in the United States. In Ann Arbor, there are interests related to ice research with the concern on the magnitude of long term sea level rise, the potential development of new shipping routes due to the melting Arctic, offshore structures in cold waters and their possible environmental impacts, and the impact of climate change on all water resource issues. The aim of the Symposium is on research and application of ice dynamics and thermodynamics in engineering and climate change.

Key Dates:

• September 25th, 2015 – Abstract submission opens
• November 25th, 2015 – Abstracts due
• December 26th, 2015 – Notification of abstract acceptance
• February 26th, 2016 – Deadline for submission of full papers
• March 1st, 2016 – Registration opens
• March 31st, 2016 – Deadline for early bird registration closes
• April 15th, 2016 – Notification of acceptance of full paper
• May 31st – June 3rd, 2016 – IAHR International Symposium on Ice