WP2: Atmosphere

There is a strong need for improvement in the observations and modelling of the Arctic atmosphere. Current climate models, global as well as regional, are more unreliable in the Arctic than for most other regions.

WP leader: Timo Vihma: timo.vihma(a)fmi.fi

WP co-leader: T. Bruemmer: bruemmer(a)dkrz.de

This WP is divided into 3 tasks.

Topics:

• - General description of WP
• - Task 2.1 Arctic cyclones
• - Task 2.2 Boundary-layer turbulence
• - Task 2.3 Clouds, radiative fluxes and surface albedo
• - Deliverables, milestones and workshops 2007
• - Deliverables, milestones and workshops 2008

Posters from the 2009 Brussels symposium

Download the task 2.3 poster presented at the 2009 DAMOCLES symposium in Brussels. (Mar 18, 2008)

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Posters from the 2009 Brussels symposium

Download the task 2.2 posters presented at the 2009 DAMOCLES symposium in Brussels. (Mar 18, 2008)

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Posters from the 2008 general assembly

Download the task 2.2 posters presented at the 2008 general assembly in Sopot, Poland. (Mar 11, 2008)

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Posters from the 2008 general assembly

Download the task 2.3 posters presented at the 2008 general assembly in Sopot, Poland. (Mar 3, 2008)

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Posters from the 2008 general assembly

Download the task 2.1 posters presented at the 2008 general assembly in Sopot, Poland. (Feb 10, 2008)

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From the press

• Slow ice growth leads to low November ice extent >>
  [National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Dec 6, 2010]
• Arctic ice extent remains low despite rapid growth >>
  [National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Nov 2, 2010]
• Weather and feedbacks lead to third-lowest extent >>
  [National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Oct 4, 2010]
• End of summer approaches for Arctic sea ice >>
  [National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Sep 7, 2010]
• Canada picks site for Arctic research station >>
  [Nature, Aug 25, 2010]
• North by Northwest >>
  [National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Aug 17, 2010]
• Giant Greenland iceberg a climate 'warning sign' >>
  [AFP, Aug 13, 2010]
• Ice island could threaten oil, shipping >>
  [Detroit News/Reuters, Aug 12, 2010]
• July sea ice second lowest: oldest ice begins to melt >>
  [National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Aug 4, 2010]
• A change in atmospheric circulation >>
  [National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Jul 20, 2010]