Progress: 40%

Contractors involved: NERSC + members of IPUDC[1]

There has been increased focus on the Arctic and changes in atmosphere-ice-ocean conditions in the last year and new scientific results related to Arctic climate are widely distributed via media. A major highlight was the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to IPCC where DAMOCLES partners have provided significant contribution to the 4^th assessment report issued in the spring of 2007. Climate and climate change is now on the political agenda and scientific results produced by scientists have impact on and are used in political discussions. It is therefore more important than ever, for scientists to disseminate their research results in accordance with ethical rules. We see almost daily that scientists are quoted in the media, and journalists often tend to twist or misinterpret statements from scientists.

Several conferences and workshops held in 2007 have shown research results on Arctic climate and impact of the climate change. DAMOCLES has been presented at conferences such as

• Arctic Frontiers Conference in Tromsø 23 – 26 January 2007
• Polar Environment and Climate: The Challenges European Research in the context of the International Polar Year in Brussels 05 – 06 March 2007
• Arctic Development and Maritime Transportation Prospects of the Transarctic Route - Impact and Opportunities, Arctic Council Workshop in Akureyri, 27-28 March 2007
• European Geosciences Union Conference in Vienna 16 – 20 April 2007
• Polar Dynamics Conference in Bergen 29 -31 August 2007

More details about dissemination activities are presented in report D7-1-02d.

To prepare for exploitation of results from DAMOCLES after the project is finnished is a major goal for the dissemination activities. . Exploitable results in DAMOCLES are defined in the following categories: (1) New instruments and platform for observing the Arctic environment; (2) New observational and model output data sets; (3) Models and data assimilation methods; (4) Improved access to and standardisation of data sets; (5) Systems or services that can be implemented for long term monitoring or forecasting.

To implement and maintain operational monitoring and forecasting services as part of GMES and GEO is one of the key exploitation possibilities for the DAMOCLES results. Several Other Eu projects will also contribute to develop operational services, in particular MERSEA, BOSS4GMES and MyOCEAN.

Another application area for DAMOCLES results is in impact studies of climate change in the Arctic. This is a new research area where many new projects are expected to be created in the coming years. The impact studies will need the best possible observations and model simulations for the Arctic regions.

Arctic operators, in particular Arctic offshore and shipping, will also need improved observation and model results for design, planning and operation of ships, platforms and terminals in the Arctic

Implementation of Arctic GOOS is a result of the increased demand for monitoring and forecasting services in Arctic regions. Several DAMOPCLES partners are pushing for start Arctic GOOS. During 2007 a MoU for an Arctic Regional Ocean Observing System has been developed and 12 partners have signed this MoU in December 2007.

Work carried out at NERSC:

The design of the Fram Strait tomography experiment has been presented for visiting NATO people at NERSC(January) and at the final meeting of IPY- CARE at NERSC (february).

An oral presentation was held at the Underwater Acoustic Measurements Conference in Heraklion 29th of June. A paper was prepared and is found in the conference proceeding.

A lecture about the upcoming Fram Strait Tomography Experiment was presented by Hanne Sagen at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 1st of August 2007

A Poster was prepared for the 90-year anniversaries of the Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, Norway, and the Norwegian Geophysical Society, the open science conference POLAR DYNAMICS – MONITORING; UNDERSTANDING AND PREDICTION

Two major following up proposals to the acoustic work in DAMOCLES has been submitted, and until now one has be accepted for negotiation.

Planned dissemination activities in 2008:

An abstract will be prepared for the 155th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, 5th FORUM ACUSTICUM, and 9th Congrès Français d'Acoustique to be held in Paris, France in June/July 2008. At this meeting there will be a Technical session "Acoustic Sensing of Polar Environments”. Peter Mikahalevsky and Hanne Sagen will co-chair the session.

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