Call for Abstracts
American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2004 Fall Meeting
Session OS 02 - "Change in the Arctic Marine Environment: Recent Findings"
The AGU Submission Form is available online at:
http://submissions4.agu.org/submission/entrance.asp
Abstract Submission Deadlines:
Thursday, 9 September 2004 (Submissions via the web)
Wednesday, 1 September 2004 (Submissions via the mail)
SESSION DESCRIPTION
This session seeks to bring together the latest observational and model
findings about the present state of the Arctic marine environment, in
recognition of the substantial changes in the sea ice, ocean, and
atmospheric circulation that have been documented for the past few
decades in the Arctic Ocean and Nordic Seas. Measurements and model
results suggest that changes in the balance of Atlantic and Pacific
influences in the upper layers, ice distributions, mid-depth
temperatures in the Arctic Ocean, in the reach of open-ocean convection,
and the balance of Arctic and Atlantic influences in the Nordic Seas
could be profound, prolonged, and far reaching. An objective of the
session is to develop a reasonably comprehensive picture of the state of
our understanding of this system, which comprises a remarkable
contributor to freshwater and salt balances of the North Atlantic and
World Oceans. Presentations which explore the nature and causes of
ocean, sea ice, and atmosphere variability in the Arctic ocean and
Nordic Seas are particularly welcomed. Works exploring the implications
of observed or modeled changes for the Arctic marine system and larger
global systems are equally of interest.
CONVENERS
Kelly Kenison Falkner
Oceanic & Atmospheric Science
Oregon State University
104 Ocean Admin Bldg
Corvallis, OR 97331-5503 USA
Phone: 541-737-3625
E-mail: kfalkner [at] coas.oregonstate.edu
Jamie Morison
Polar Science Center APL-UW
1013 NE 40th St
Seattle, WA 98105 USA
Phone: 206-543-1394
E-mail: morison [at] snark.apl.washington.edu
James H. Swift
UCSD Scripps Institution of Oceanography
9500 Gilman Drive
Mail Code 0214
La Jolla, CA 92093-0214 USA Phone: 858-534-3387
E-mail: jswift [at] ucsd.edu
Thomas J. Weingartner
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Institute of Marine Science
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7220 USA
Phone: 907-474-7993
E-mail: weingart [at] ims.alaska.edu
The AGU Submission Form is available online at:
http://submissions4.agu.org/submission/entrance.asp