Invitation to symposium: “The Arctic Climate system; its present status, future evolution and potential impacts”
The Damocles consortium and the DG Research of the European Commission invite all Arctic experts interested in participating to a Symposium in Brussels November 10-12 2009.
Photo: Erlend Hermansen
Full program can be downloaded here
This symposium is intended to describe near future scientific and technological challenges for a better understanding of the Climate system at a time of human-induced rapid environmental changes.
This description will be based on current results from Damocles and other IPY projects.
There will be 8 plenary scientific sessions. Each session will be introduced by keynote speakers.
November 10, 2009
Session 1. The Arctic CryosphereSession 2. Circulation, Energy and fresh Water Budgets in the Atmosphere and the Ocean
November 11, 2009
Session 3. Small Scale physical Processes and their Representation in Climate ModelsSession 4. Operational Forecasting and Reanalysis in the Arctic
Session 5. New Observational Techniques
Session 6. From Expeditions to a Network. How to integrate field Work into a sustainable focused Network?
November 12, 2009
Session 6. (continued)Session 7. Predictability on synoptic, seasonal, decadal and climatic Scales
Lunch and Press Conference
Session 8. Projections of the Arctic future Climate and its Consequences for the Carbon Cycle, Ecosystems and for Human Society
Press conference: Declaration
A press conference is scheduled for the last day with a declaration signed by number of scientists expressing their concerns and also their wishes for future Arctic Research.
Please respond to Laetitia (laetitia.nitkiewicz@locean-ipsl.upmc.fr) and to Elena (Elena.Billi@upmc.fr) for registration as soon as possible. There will be a limited number of seats (200). There will be a possibility to present posters during extended breaks. Each plenary session will be limited to 2.5 hours (3 hours maximum).
A projection of the award-winning television documentary "Tara - Journey to the Heart of the Climate Machine" coproduced with the European Commission DG Research, will be organised wednesday evening with the possibility for the public to meet Arctic scientists as well as the film director and producers.
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