People interested in further details of this symposium, to be given during
the EGS millennium conference, can contact one of the conveners:
Markus Harder, mharder [at] ifm.uni-kiel.de or
Michael Steele, mas [at] apl.washington.edu
XXV General Assembly
of the
European Geophysical Society (EGS)
Millennium Conference on Earth, Planetary & Solar Systems Sciences
Nice, France, 25 - 29 April 2000
http://www.copernicus.org/EGS/egsga/nice00/nice00.htm
Symposium OA 32 Climate variability
Subsession 04 Climate of the polar regions
Convener:
Dr. Markus Harder
Institut fuer Meereskunde Phone ++49 431 597 38 73
an der Universitaet Kiel Fax ++49 431 56 58 76
- Meteorologie - e-mail mharder [at] ifm.uni-kiel.de
Duesternbrooker Weg 20
D-24105 Kiel http://www.ifm.uni-kiel.de/
GERMANY
Co-Convener:
Dr. Michael Steele
Senior Oceanographer
Polar Science Center mas [at] apl.washington.edu
Applied Physics Laboratory 206/543-6586 (work phone)
1013 NE 40th St. 206/616-3142 (FAX)
Seattle WA 98105
USA
Symposium Description
This symposium addresses the variability of the climate in the polar
regions of both hemispheres on synoptic to decadal timescales. The
session covers meteorology, oceanography (including sea ice), hydrology,
and interactions between the components of the polar climate system.
Emphasis is put on variability that is displayed in the troposphere, the
upper ocean, and the atmosphere-ocean interface. Other phenomena in
polar regions, such as icebergs, snowfall on land, and river run-off
into the Arctic Ocean, are also considered as far as they express
manifestations of climate variability.
The polar climate variability is assessed by observations, modelling
studies, and combinations thereof (e. g., data assimilation, model
verification). Regional studies as well as polar aspects of global
studies (e. g., GCMs, analyses) are welcome.
Abstract submission
DEADLINE December 15, 1999
Participants who wish to give a presentation (oral or poster, please
indicate) should submit an abstract compiled and formatted in the way
described at:
http://www.copernicus.org/EGS/egsga/41.htm
Please submit your abstract to the EGS office and send a copy
(preferably by email) to the convener and the co-convener.
Conference proceedings
There is an option that conference proceedings be published in one of
the REFEREED journals of EGS. It has not yet been decided whether this
option will be realized for this symposium. The conveners kindly ask
all authors to indicate whether they would like to provide a paper for
refereed proceedings.