Workshop Announcement
"Hydrological Modeling of Freshwater Discharge from the
Alaskan Arctic Coast"
7-8 October 2004
International Arctic Research Center
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Abstract Submission Deadline: Monday, 26 July 2004
Registration Deadline: Tuesday, 31 August 2004
For further information, please go to:
http://www.iarc.uaf.edu/workshops/hydro_mod_workshop_04/
or contact the workshop coordinator:
Ms. Kathy Glodowski
International Arctic Research Center
E-mail: katcam [at] iarc.uaf.edu
Phone: 907-474-1960
Fax: 907-474-2643
or contact:
Jia Wang
E-mail: jwang [at] iarc.uaf.edu
OVERVIEW
This workshop will bring together leading experts to discuss the present
status and future direction of high resolution, basin-scale, and
regional hydrological modeling. The workshop will focus on precedents in
data processing, hydrological modeling, and field observations,
including needs, scientific and economic issues, and possible solutions
in this region. The workshop will be designed to include
interdisciplinary research such as hydrology, meteorology/climate, and
oceanography. The workshop will produce recommendations on the
hydrological modeling approaches based on the current research in the
polar and subpolar regions.
OBJECTIVE
The objective of this project is to summarize the status of hydrological
observations, data analysis, and modeling of freshwater discharge
(including river runoff from numerous creeks and streams due to snow and
glacier melting) in the North Slope region. The results will be utilized
as freshwater boundary condition in an ice-ocean general circulation
model in the future. The workshop will summarize the present status of
hydrological observation and modeling, and discuss the scientific
questions and possible solutions. The rationales for implementing a
high-resolution DEM-based hydrological model will be addressed, which
will incorporate the first-order hydrological processes (precipitation,
energy balance, aquifer/land processes) to estimate freshwater discharge
into the Arctic Ocean primarily along the Beaufort-Chukchi Sea coast. A
list of recommendations for future research will be made to MMS managers
for scientific research planning, which will also benefit water resource
management by the State of Alaska, North Slope Borough, and the local
communities.
The workshop will promote discussion of the following topics in North
Slope or other regions similar to the North Slope:
(1) Hydrological observations: Remote-sensed and in-situ data analysis
(2) Hydrological modeling: Basin to pan-Arctic scales
(3) Climate pattern (temperature/precipitation): Forcing and feedback
(4) Oceanography/sea ice: Relationship to hydrology
ABSTRACT DETAILS
Participants are asked to submit one-page abstracts (or up to four-page
extended abstracts) in advance of the workshop. Please include the
following information:
(1) Title
(2) Authors' names
(3) Affiliations
(4) E-mail addresses
For further information including abstract specifics or submission
details, please contact the workshop coordinator:
Ms. Kathy Glodowski
E-mail: katcam [at] iarc.uaf.edu
or go to:
http://www.iarc.uaf.edu/workshops/hydro_mod_workshop_04/
Abstract Submission Deadline: Monday, 26 July 2004
SPONSORS
Minerals Management Service (MMS)
US. Department of the Interior
Coastal Marine Institute of University of Alaska
International Arctic Research Center (IARC)
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Eddy Carmack (IOS, Arctic oceanography and freshwater)
Larry Hinzman (WERC/UAF, hydrology)
David Meyer (USGS/Anchorage, hydrology observation)
John Walsh (IARC/UAF, Arctic climate)
Jia Wang (IARC, ice-ocean/hydrological modeling), Chair