2011 IARC Summer School

Modeling of the Arctic Climate System

Location: International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA

Dates: May 23 - June 4, 2011

Coordinators: John Walsh and Vladimir Alexeev

The two-week summer school will bring graduate students and young scientists together with specialists in Arctic climate and climate modeling to convey to a new generation of scientists the opportunities and challenges of Arctic climate modeling.

The summer school will consist of background pedagogical lectures in the mornings and mini-projects and informal discussions in the afternoons. Mini-projects will be performed in collaboration with faculty members or lecturers. All participants will give short presentations on their mini-projects at the end of the two-week period.

Because one of the goals of the summer school is to bridge observations and modeling, classroom lectures will be complemented by field trips to research sites around Fairbanks, Alaska, including the Bonanza Creek LTER site, the permafrost tunnel, and Poker Flat Research Range.

Contact:
Tohru Saito
International Arctic Research Center
University of Alaska Fairbanks
930 Koyukuk Drive
Fairbanks, AK 99775

Phone: 907-474-1544
Email: saito iarc [dot] uaf [dot] edu

Photos

Photos of 2011's IARC Summer School can be see in the IARC Photo Gallery.

Agenda

Monday, May 23

8:00 AM8:45 AMBreakfast
8:45 AM9:00 AMWelcome message from IARC Director L.Hinzman, organizers, brief introductions
9:00 AM10:20 AMArctic Climate Modeling 101 (J.Kay)
10:20 AM10:30 AMBreak
10:30 AM11:50 AMArctic clouds -- An overview and their simulation (G.deBoer)
11:50 AM1:00 PMLunch (at IARC)
1:00 PM1:30 PMQuestions, discussion
1:30 PM2:50 PMRune Graversen
2:50 PM3:00 PMBreak
3:00 PM4:30 PMStudent introductions
4:30 PM4:45 PMBreak
4:45 PM5:15 PMProject Introductions

Tuesday, May 24

9:00 AM10:00 AMJennifer Kay. Polar amplification feedbacks
10:10 AM11:10 AMRune Graversen
11:20 AM12:00 PMVladimir Alexeev
12:00 PM1:00 PMLunch
1:00 PM3:00 PMPolar Amplification Debate
3:00 PM5:00 PMProject work with instructors

Wednesday, May 25

9:00 AM10:20 AMHajo Eicken. SEARCH, Sea ice. Arctic Ocean
10:30 AM11:50 AMHunke. Sea ice 101
12:00 PM1:00 PMLunch
1:00 PM2:20 PMGijs deBoer Arctic clouds. Special topics
2:30 PM4:00 PMHunke. Sea ice. Special topics
4:00 PM5:00 PMProject work

Thursday, May 26

9:00 AM10:20 AMBhatt. Atmospheric downscaling techniques and applications
10:30 AM11:50 AMIgor Polyakov. Arctic Ocean, NABOS
12:00 PM1:00 PMLunch
1:00 PM3:00 PMLarge Animal Research Station excursion (J.Wagaman, J.Blake)
3:00 PM5:00 PMProject work

Friday, May 27

9:00 AM10:00 AMPanteleev. Arctic Ocean. Data assimilation techniques
10:10 AM11:10 AMRomanovsky. Permafrost. Observations and modeling
11:20 AM12:20 PMX.Zhang. Arctic cyclones
12:20 PM1:00 PMLunch
2:00 PM3:20 PMAnnette Rinke. Arctic regional climate simulations: Sensitivity to land-surface conditions. (Elvey Auditorium)
3:20:00 PM5:00 PMProject work

Saturday, May 28

9:00 AMPermafrost Tunnel. L.Hinzman
Taro Nakai, Syun Akasofu
Poker Flats field trip
Sack lunch

Tuesday, May 31

9:00 AM10:20 AMShur. Northern Engineering
10:30 AM11:50 AMHinzman. Arctic hydrology
12:00 AM1:00 PMLunch
1:00 PM2:20 PMEuskirchen. Ecosystem feedbacks
2:30 PM4:30 PMNWS tour (E.Stevens, J.Malingowski)
4:30 PM5:00 PMProject work

Wednesday, June 1

9:00 AMT.Chapin, J.Hollingsworth (IAB), Introductions. Arctic ecosystems
Caribou Poker Creek Watershed Research site
Sack lunch
Project work

Thursday, June 2

9:00 AM10:20 AMHock. Alaska glaciers
10:30 AM11:50 AMCherry. Human dimension
12:00 AM1:00 PMLunch
1:00 PM4:00 PMElliott (2 lectures). Arctic Marine biochemistry Modeling
4:00 PM5:00 PMProject work

Friday, June 3

9:00 AM10:20 AMSimpson. Atmospheric chemistry. ARCTAS.
10:50 AM11:50 AMAkasofu. Aurora and Global warming
12:00 AM1:00 PMLunch
John Walsh
Project work

Saturday, June 4

9:00 AMProject presentations

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