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Since the start of operations, the CryoSat mission has been providing systematic data to the scientific community supported by validation and calibration activities to ensure high data quality. The 4th CryoSat Workshop is intended to provide a forum to present and discuss all topics related to the exploitation of the CryoSat mission and to identity novel scientific challenges.

The CryoSat 4th User Workshop is organised, as a dedicated event, within the Living Planet Symposium 2016.

It will focus on CryoSat technical/engineering/operational/Validation and novel applications driven by the missions.

Major scientific results, based on the exploitation of the CryoSat products in combination with other sensors and modelling, will be part of the thematic sessions of the Living Planet Symposium 2016 on Cryosphere, Hydrology and Oceanography.

Objectives of the CryoSat 4th User Workshop (CUW):

• Provide information on the mission status
• Provide information on the latest and future CryoSat IPF developments and improvements
• Inform about the CryoSat mission performance, product status, calibration and validation results as well as new kind of validation approaches
• Receive recommendations from the CryoSat users to improve the CS2 ocean and ice processors
• Identify opportunities of exploiting CryoSat data for service –oriented applications
• Identify potential synergies of CS2 products with modelling (validation, assimilation) and with other EO satellite missions for validation purposes (new metrics) and higher level processing (multi-sensor mapping)
• Define recommendation for a CryoSat mission extension and requirements for a CryoSat mission follow-on

CryoSat users are encouraged to apply to the 4th CryoSat Workshop, by selecting "User-Workshop" as one of the keywords and "CryoSat" as satellite data keyword when submitting abstracts to the Living Planet Symposium. The deadline for submitting abstracts is 16 October 2015.

CH2M HILL Polar Services (CPS) announces 2016 Arctic Field Training Course Opportunities. These courses are open to NSF-funded researchers working in the Arctic, including principal investigators, graduate students, research assistants, and undergraduate field assistants. The courses are free of charge for all qualified researchers, and limited travel funds may be available for some courses. CPS can only accept attendees whose schedules allow them to attend all days of the course.

AFT and Wilderness First Aid Training: May 6-8 – Woods Hole, Massachusetts

The course combines field training (cold weather camping, survival techniques, tips for working around aircraft, emergency communications, bears, search-and-rescue procedures, and risk management) with wilderness first aid training (first aid techniques in remote settings with challenging weather, unreliable communications and/or delayed medical or rescue support, limited equipment, and the need to make independent decisions on care and transport). Interested participants should send their name, affiliation, email, active NSF grant number with the name of the grant's Principal Investigator, and name of course to Matt Irinaga (matt [at] polarfield.com). If the courses fill, CPS will start a waitlist.

For further information, please contact:
Matt Irinaga
Email: matt [at] polarfield.com

PolarConnect participants will learn about what scientists are doing to study the polar regions, and what it is like to live and work in the Arctic and Antarctica through presentations and Q&A sessions with teachers and polar scientists.

Kelly and her team have been stationed in Greenland for field work that involves flying over the ice sheets in the Arctic. She will be at Thule, Greenland to connect with teachers and students around the country and share their experience. Learn more about Kelly and NASA's incredible expedition: https://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/operation-icebridge-arctic

This event will be broadcast with the team from Thule, Greenland. It will last one hour and it is open to all ages.

Read more about Operation IceBridge here: https://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/operation-icebridge-arctic

The Sea Ice Prediction Network (SIPN) and the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (Lamont) will host a Workshop on Polar Predictability on 4-6 May 2016. This is the third annual workshop on this topic. The first was held in April 2014 in Boulder, Colorado and the second was in April 2015 in Reading, United Kingdom.

The 2016 workshop will focus on:

• Sources of polar predictability on sub-seasonal to inter-annual timescales
• Sea ice prediction
• Operational and research efforts

Forecast users and operational forecasters are encouraged to attend the workshop.

The meeting will include a series of invited talks on the first day, followed by contributed talks and poster sessions. Talks will be approximately 25 minutes in length. We are expecting approximately 50-60 participants. The meeting will end by 3:00 p.m. on the third day. An agenda will be available by mid-March.

Outcomes of the meeting will include recommendations for the Sea Ice Outlook and other activities related to polar prediction.

There is no charge for the workshop, and lunch, coffee, and food during breaks will be provided. We expect to be able to accommodate 50-60 participants and will close registration when we reach capacity.

The Polar Prediction Workshop will be web streamed. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory will be hosting the stream at:

http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/video/livestream-2015-polar-prediction-wor…

DEADLINE EXTENDED:
Call for Nominations
Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) Science Steering Committee Members

Extended deadline for nominations: Sunday, 1 May 2016

For further information about the SEARCH program, please visit: https://www.arcus.org/search-program

The Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) program announces an extended deadline for the call for nominations of new Science Steering Committee members.

Although the official 2016 open call for nominations ended on April 4, any further nominations received by Sunday, 1 May 2016 may still be considered during the next candidate review cycle and will also be retained for future consideration as committee openings occur.

Nominations should be sent to:
Brit Myers, ARCUS
Email: brit [at] arcus.org

For questions about directions in the SEARCH program, please contact:
Brendan Kelly, SEARCH Executive Director
Email: bpkelly [at] alaska.edu

Or any other member of the SSC:
https://www.arcus.org/search-program/structure/s...

The Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH; https://www.arcus.org/search-program) calls for nominations for Science Steering Committee (SSC) members. SEARCH is a U.S. program with a vision of scientific understanding of Arctic environmental change to help society understand and respond to a rapidly changing Arctic.

The SSC is comprised of 12-14 members. Four new members will be selected to join the SEARCH SSC based on this nomination process. Members serve a three-year term, with a maximum of two consecutive terms. No more than two members may be based from non-U.S. institutions.

We seek nominations of candidates that are broad and cross-disciplinary thinkers, are good communicators and consensus-builders, and have a strong commitment to the SEARCH vision (included at the end of this solicitation). SSC members are expected to:

• Define and update the SEARCH vision and mission
• Guide overall directions of SEARCH implementation
• Promote and communicate SEARCH activities and plans
• Provide a supervisory role for the SEARCH Executive Director
• Work with the SEARCH Executive Director to establish strong linkages and partnerships with other relevant programs, agencies, and organizations
• Approve annual SEARCH work plans and reports
• Attend and be active participants in regular SSC meetings and working groups. The SSC has four regular meetings each year. In-person meetings are typically held twice a year (travel support provided).

While we welcome nominations from all disciplines and research backgrounds to complement existing strengths, we are particularly interested in additional members with expertise in Arctic freshwater ecosystems, coastal erosion, land-ice-ocean interactions, and partnering with Arctic stakeholders outside the academic and US federal scientific communities.

Nominations should include the person's name, affiliation, contact information, area of expertise, curriculum vitae or resume, and a brief statement on why the person would be an asset to the SEARCH program. To submit a nomination, you should first obtain the consent of the nominee. Self-nominations are welcome. Nominations should be sent to Brit Myers,
ARCUS (SEARCH Science Management Office) at brit [at] arcus.org.

Extended nomination submission deadline: Sunday, 1 May 2016.

For questions about the nomination process, please contact:
Brit Myers
Email: brit [at] arcus.org

For questions about directions in the SEARCH program, please contact:
Brendan Kelly, SEARCH Executive Director
Email: bpkelly [at] alaska.edu

Or any other member of the SSC:
https://www.arcus.org/search-program/structure/s...

The SEARCH Vision:
Scientific understanding of Arctic environmental change to help society understand and respond to a rapidly changing Arctic.

The SEARCH Mission:
To provide a foundation of Arctic change science through collaboration with the research community, funding agencies, and other stakeholders.

Towards this mission, SEARCH:

• Generates and synthesizes research findings and promotes Arctic science and scientific discovery across disciplines and among agencies.
• Identifies emerging issues in Arctic environmental change.
• Provides scientific information to Arctic stakeholders, policy-makers, and the public to help them understand and respond to Arctic environmental change.
• Facilitates research activities across local-to-global scales, with an emphasis on addressing needs of decision-makers.
• Collaborates with national and international science programs integral to SEARCH goals.

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Call for Nominations for Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) Science Steering Committee Members

The Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) program announces an extended deadline for the call for nominations of new Science Steering Committee members.

Although the official 2016 open call for nominations ended on April 4, any further nominations received by Sunday, 1 May 2016 may still be considered during the next candidate review cycle and will also be retained for future consideration as committee openings occur.

Nominations should be sent to:
Brit Myers, ARCUS
Email: brit [at] arcus.org

For questions about directions in the SEARCH program, please contact:
Brendan Kelly, SEARCH Executive Director
Email: bpkelly [at] alaska.edu

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 in Vienna, Austria on 9-12
September 2016.

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

Contribution Deadline: 29 April 2016

The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) is currently soliciting information from the Arctic research community and the public to help shape the next Arctic Research Plan for FY 2017-2021. They are looking for funded projects or programs that IARPC can incorporate as Research Objectives and Performance Elements in support of the new research goals. Research Objectives are a specific set of tasks contributing to a research goal (e.g., Improve knowledge of biophysical and chemical interactions and feedbacks as well as their role in the regional context). Performance elements are specific, measurable, attainable activities that demonstrate progress towards achieving the objectives. (e.g., Complete three years of abundance surveys of marine species in the region).

This is the best opportunity for inclusion of your information during the the preliminary drafting process. A complete draft will be available for public comment during summer 2016.

Organizers announce a call for abstracts and workshops for the Aleutian Life Forum 2016: Building Resilience in the Face of Change. This forum will take place from 16-20 August 2016 in Dutch Harbor, Alaska.

The Aleutian Life Forum (ALF) is a gathering of national, state, and regional scientists, industry stakeholders, community leaders, tribal leaders, and local knowledge holders to promote resilient coastal communities. At this conference, pressing conservation issues will be brought forward for discussion and action through information sessions and community workshops. Topics will include sustainable fisheries, coastal hazards, community monitoring, and others.

Abstracts are being accepted for oral presentations, posters, and workshops.

To submit an abstract for an oral presentation or poster, go to:
http://www.aleutianlifeforum.com/abstracts

To submit a workshop proposal, please provide a one-page description of the workshop and details on workshop leads, anticipated participants, proposed format, and expected outcomes.

Abstract submission deadline: 29 April 2016.

For questions, please contact:
Nikita Robinson
Email: info [at] aleutianlifeforum.com

There is growing realization of the strong interactions between degradation of near-surface permafrost on the dynamics of ecosystems, and that these interactions together influence local and global environmental, economic, and social systems.

Degradation of near-surface permafrost (perennially frozen ground) caused by modern climate change is adversely affecting human infrastructure, altering Arctic ecosystem structure and function, changing the surface energy balance, and has the potential to dramatically impact Arctic hydrological processes and increase greenhouse gas emissions.

The Study of Environmental Change (SEARCH) (https://www.arcus.org/search-program) Permafrost Action Team is developing new knowledge about permafrost change impacts on the ecosystem services critical to local residents of the permafrost zone through research synthesis. This framework of synthesis builds on activities of the Permafrost Carbon Network (PCN) (www.permafrostcarbon.org), an international scientific effort that links biological carbon cycle research with networks in the physical sciences focused on the thermal state of permafrost.

This presentation will discuss the use of synthesis science by both the SEARCH Permafrost Action Team and Permafrost Carbon Network to identify and understand the widespread implications of changing permafrost at both regional and global scales.

For more information and to learn about the speaker, please visit the link above.

This event is a brown-bag lunch. Cookies and beverages will be provided. A live webinar is also available to those unable to attend in person. Instructions for accessing the webinar will be sent to 'Webinar Only' registrants prior to the event.

This event is being conducted in partnership with The Arctic Institute.