S4D-NABOS-DAMOCLES Workshop
Near-slope observations in the Arctic Ocean

March 6-7, 2009
Universite Pierre et Marie Curie
4 place Jussieu 75005 Paris, France

Agenda

March 6, 2009, Friday

Breakfast: 8.30  – 9:30 a.m.

Morning Session: 9.30  – 12.30 p.m.

Welcome from Hosts: Jean-Claude Gascard, Leonid Timokhov and Igor Polyakov

I. Current State of Arctic Ocean Research (Chair: Dr. J.-C.Gascard )

1. Jean-Claude Gascard – TBD
2. Igor Polyakov and Leonid Timokhov – ”Eight years of NABOS”
3. Leonid Timokhov, Igor Ashik, Alexander Danilov, Igor Dmitrenko, Jens Hoelemann, Vladimir Ivanov, Sergey Kirillov, Alexander Novikhin, Igor Polyakov, Vladimir Sokolov – ”Summer 2007 and 2008: the temperature and salinity anomalies in the Arctic Ocean and the affecting factors (sources?).”
4. Igor Ashik, Vladimir Sokolov and Leonid Timokhov – “The recent thermohaline conditions at the continental slope area of Arctic Basin.”
5. Sergey Kirillov and Leonid Timokhov – “Intrusive thermohaline structures in Atlantic intermediate waters near Severnaya Zemlya continental slope: the rates of double-diffusive heat and salt fluxes.”
6. Vladimir Ivanov – “NABOS-2008 cruise - preliminary scientific results.”
7. Louis Fortier – TBD
8. Sheldon Bacon – TBD
9. Igor Dmitrenko - TBD
10. Cecilie Mauritzen – TBD
11. Tatiana Alexeeva and Sergey Frolov – “Visual sea-ice observation in the NABOS cruises and the ice-navigation support.”
12. Jan Piechura and  I. Goszczko – “Notes on changes of temperature and salinity on the slope of Sieviernaja Ziemla in 2006 - 2008, and possible connection to warming/cooling of AW carried by the WSC”
13. Irina Repina – "The experimental study of the air-ice-sea interaction in the Arctic seas."
14. Yueng-Djern Lenn - TBD
15. Ursula Schauer – “Oceanic heat flow through Fram Strait and Eurasian Basin warming”
16. NPI? – TBD
17. TBD

Lunch: 12.30 p.m. – 1.30 p.m.

Afternoon Session: 1.30 – 6.00 p.m.

I. Current State of Arctic Ocean Research, Continued (Chair: Dr. L. Timokhov)

Coffee break

Dinner (7.00 – 9.00 p.m.) Discussion of presented results. Place – TBD.

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March 7, 2009, Saturday

Breakfast: 8.30  – 9.30 a.m.

Morning session: 9.30 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.

I. Research Plans for 2009 and beyond (Chair: Dr. I. Polyakov)

1. Speaker TBD - Planning Arctic study from UK
2. U.Shcauer – "Polarstern cruise plan 2011"
3. Takashi Kitauch – TBD
4. TBD
5. I. Polyakov – “NABOS science plans for 2009 and beyond”
6. L.Timokhov – “US-Russian cooperation in research of the northern Laptev Sea and adjacent Arctic Ocean in 2009 and beyond”

Coffee break

Lunch: 12.30 p.m. – 1.30 p.m.

Afternoon Session: 1.30 – 6.00 p.m.

Round Table: Perspectives of coordinated research in the Arctic, joint publication (Chair: Dr. C. Mauritzen – to be confirmed)