A joint workshop of the International Ice Charting Working Group (IICWG), the Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP – the flagship activity of the Polar Prediction Project by the World Weather Research Programme (WWRP)), GODAE Oceanview (GOV) and the Coordination & Support Action KEPLER by the European Commission.
17-19, June 2019 hosted by the Alfred Wegener Institute at Haus der Wissenschaften (https://www.hausderwissenschaft.de), Bremen, Germany
Objective: This workshop builds on a series of successful workshops organized by the IICWG Data Assimilation Working Group to advance international capabilities for automated sea ice analysis and prediction on timescales from hours to a season. In conjunction with the Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP) organized by the WWRP-PPP and GOV, a particular need has been identified regarding the development of more mature and meaningful methods for sea ice verification. The focus of the workshop is to discuss cross-cutting issues in sea ice modelling and data assimilation and how deficiencies of current systems can be more efficiently diagnosed and addressed.
General topics considered appropriate for this workshop include:
- Sea ice data assimilation (methods and results)
- Sea ice observations and uncertainties
- Sea ice model parameterizations and coupling to ocean and atmosphere models
- Verification approaches for sea ice analyses and forecasts
- Automated prediction systems
Organization: The workshop will be organized around keynote and contributed presentations with ample time for discussion. As the number of participants is limited, please provide a short abstract (or motivation for attending) in the registration form. As attendees are encouraged to make a contribution, please specify your preference for oral or poster presentation.
Please register to the workshop not later than 15 January 2019. Participants will be contacted by 15 February 2019 regarding their proposed contribution.
Organizing Committee: Frank Kauker (AWI, OASys, KEPLER), Helge Goessling (AWI, PPP/YOPP, KEPLER), Laurent Bertino (NERSC, KEPLER), Mark Buehner (ECCC, IICWG-DAWG), Gilles Garric (MERCATOR OCEAN INTERNATIONAL, KEPLER), Leif Toudal Pedersen (eolab.dk, IICWG-DAWG, DTU, KEPLER), Lynn Pogson (ECCC) and Greg Smith (ECCC, PPP/YOPP, GOV). Registration: Please register here providing your name, email and title of your presentation (talk or poster) and a short abstract. There might be an option for travel support but we will know for sure only in early February. Please check in the form if you need travel support.
More information at: https://nsidc.org/sites/nsidc.org/files/files/noaa/iicwg/2018/201906_IICWG-YOPP-GOV-KEPLER_SeaIceAssimVerif_Advert.pdf