• 2015 Arctic Observing Open Science Meeting
  • 17-19 November 2015
  • Hyatt at Olive 8
  • All sessions on 3rd floor
  • Seattle, Washington

Check-in, name badge pick-up, and speaker presentation support will be available on Monday, 16 November, 6:00-8:00 p.m. in the Ballroom Foyer, 3rd Floor.

Time Event
Day 1 Tuesday, 17 November 2015 (Plenary Sessions in Ballroom ABC, 3rd Floor)
8:00 a.m. -
8:30 a.m.
Registration, Coffee and Tea
8:30 a.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks

  • Craig Lee, Meeting Co-chair
  • Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington
8:45 a.m.

Collaborative Networking for Arctic Atmospheric Observing Science - The International Arctic Systems for Observing the Atmosphere (IASOA) Model

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  • Sandy Starkweather
  • Earth System Research Laboratory-Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
9:10 a.m.

Permafrost Carbon and Climate: Lessons Learned from Network Building in Support of Synthesis Science

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  • Ted Schuur
  • Northern Arizona University
9:35 a.m.

Taking Community Based Observing To the Next Level: Building the Interface Between Data and Action

Presentation Not Available

  • Lilian Alessa
  • Center for Resilient Communities/Department of Homeland Security Arctic Domain Awareness Center, U. Idaho and U. Alaska
10:00 a.m.

The Distributed Biological Observatory: An International Change Detection Array in the Pacific Arctic

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  • Jacqueline Grebmeier
  • Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
10:25 a.m. BREAK
10:55 a.m.

Where Would We Be Without the Arctic Observing Network: A Sea Ice Perspective

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  • Jackie Richter-Menge
  • Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
11:20 a.m.

Observing Two Decades of Change in the Arctic Ocean

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  • James Morison
  • Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Lab, University of Washington
11:45 a.m.

The Challenge of Observing Land Ice Change in the Arctic

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  • Mark Fahnestock
  • Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks
12:25 p.m. LUNCH (On Your Own)
1:30 p.m.

Panel Discussion: “Achieving an Interagency Arctic Observing System”. Agency representatives addressing the following questions:

  1. What are the key Arctic science objectives of your agency?
  2. What observations does your agency support to help meet your key science objectives?
  3. How do you envision your agency's role in an interagency Arctic observing network?
3:00 p.m. BREAK
3:15 p.m.

Parallel Sessions I

  • Terrestrial Arctic 1 (Azure)
    • Session Co-Chairs:
    • Elizabeth Hoy, NASA Goddard/Global Science and Technology, Inc.
    • Cathy Wilson, Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • Ted Schuur, Northern Arizona University
  • Arctic Atmosphere 1 (Cyan)
    • Session Co-Chairs:
    • Matthew Shupe, University of Colorado
    • Gijs de Boer, University of Colorado
  • Community Based Monitoring (Steel)
    • Session Co-Chairs:
    • Sandy Starkweather, Earth System Research Laboratory
    • Lilian Alessa, U. Idaho and U. Alaska
5:30 - 5:45 p.m.

Parallel Sessions End for the Day

5:45 - 7:15 p.m.

Poster Session (Ballroom DE). Cash bar and light appetizers.

Time Event
Day 2 Wednesday, 18 November 2015
8:30 a.m.

Parallel Sessions II (Break: 10:00-10:30 a.m.)

  • Terrestrial Arctic 2 (Azure)
    • Session Co-Chairs:
    • Elizabeth Hoy, NASA Goddard/Global Science and Technology, Inc.
    • Cathy Wilson, Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • Ted Schuur, Northern Arizona University
  • Arctic Atmosphere 2 (Cyan)
    • Session Co-Chairs:
    • Matthew Shupe, University of Colorado
    • Gijs de Boer, University of Colorado
  • Marine Ecosystems (Steel)
    • Session Co-Chairs:
    • Craig Lee, University of Washington
    • Jacqueline Grebmeier, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
  • The Fate of Sea Ice (Ballrooom DE)
    • Session Co-Chairs:
    • Ron Kwok, Caltech
    • Axel Schweiger, University of Washington
12:15 p.m. LUNCH (On Your Own)
12:45 p.m.

Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) Arctic Observing Systems Collaboration Team (AOSCT) Town Hall Meeting

Location: Ballroom DE

The AOSCT presents one forum for the US Arctic observing community to develop and sustain action on key topics. The AOSCT is hosting an in-person town hall style collaboration meeting to gather community input on future directions for this collaboration team. That input could concern the types of presentations that would be valuable to host, the specific foci that could use attention or even suggestions for new milestones. Please join us for this informal discussion.

For further information, please contact Sandy Starkweather at sandy.starkweather [at] noaa.gov

1:45 p.m.

Parallel Sessions III (Break: 3:15-3:45 p.m.)

5:30 p.m.

Parallel Sessions End for the Day

6:30 p.m.

Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) Meeting

Location: Steel

The Multi-disciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) is a proposed, year-long coupled-system process study through the central Arctic in 2019-2020. The Polarstern icebreaker will serve as a drifting observatory for coupled, inter-disciplinary observations in the atmosphere, ice, ocean, and ecosystem. Surrounding the icebreaker will be a distributed array of autonomous systems for capturing spatial variability and heterogeneity on model grid box scales. At larger scales MOSAiC will link with a number of multi-scale observational and modeling activities as part of the Year of Polar Prediction. As we form an identity for the US contributions to MOSAiC, this session will provide an overview of the initiative and offer a venue to discuss potential ideas and contributions. This meeting is open to all.

For further information, please contact Matt Shupe at matthew.shupe [at] noaa.gov

Time Event
Day 3 Thursday, 19 November 2015
8:30 a.m.

Parallel Sessions IV

11:15 a.m. BREAK
11:30 a.m.

Closing Plenary (Ballroom ABC): Meeting Co-chairs

12:00 p.m.

Meeting Adjourns