Chairs: Peter Schlosser, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, Peter David Jordan, Arctic Centre, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands and Mary-Louise Timmermans, Yale University, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, New Haven, CT, United States
Primary Convener: Peter Schlosser, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States
Co-conveners: Maribeth S Murray, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, Peter David Jordan, Arctic Centre, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands and Mary-Louise Timmermans, Yale University, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, New Haven, CT, United States
OSPA Liaison: Maribeth S Murray, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Characterization of Recent Greenland Melt Events in Atmospheric Analyses and Satellite Data (7363)
Richard I Cullather, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, Greenbelt, United States, Sophie Nowicki, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, United States, Bin Zhao, CEA, Wuhan, China, Lora Koenig, Lockheed Martin Space, Denver, CO, United States and Samiah Moustafa, Brown University, Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, Providence, RI, United States
Transport Pathways of Pollution Plumes into the Canadian Arctic during RACEPAC and NETCARE 2014 (12221)
Heiko Bozem1, Peter Michael Hoor2, Franziska Koellner2,3, Johannes Schneider3, Christiane Schulz4, Julia Burkart5, Megan D Willis5, Andreas Bodo Herber6, Stephan A Borrmann4, Manfred Wendisch7, André Ehrlich7, Warren Richard Leaitch8 and Jonathan Abbatt5, (1)Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany, (2)Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Mainz, Germany, (3)Johannes Gutenberg University, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Particle Chemistry, Mainz, Germany, (4)Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Particle Chemistry Department, Mainz, Germany, (5)University of Toronto, Department of Chemistry, Toronto, ON, Canada, (6)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven, Climate Science, Sea Ice Physics, Bremerhaven, Germany, (7)University of Leipzig, Leipzig Institute for Meteorology, Leipzig, Germany, (8)Environment Canada Toronto, Climate Research Division, Toronto, ON, Canada
Will Arctic ground squirrels impede or accelerate climate-induced vegetation changes to the Arctic tundra? (20632)
Jennifer Dalton1, Charles Elliot Flower1, Joel Brown1, Miquel A Gonzalez-Meler2 and Christopher Whelan3, (1)University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States, (2)University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Biological Sciences, Chicago, United States, (3)University of Illinois at Chicago, Biological Sciences, Chicago, IL, United States
Foliar Expression of Parent Lithologic Composition in the Sub-Arctic: Examples from Heath Ecosystems of Abisko, Sweden. (29618)
Eric Wayne Heim1, Nathan Tomczyk2, Kiley Remiszewski3, Julia G Bryce4, Serita D Frey5, Maria Florencia Fahnestock6 and Dr. Ruth K Varner, PhD4, (1)Northern Michigan University, Chelsea, MI, United States, (2)University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States, (3)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States, (4)University of New Hampshire, Department of Earth Sciences, Durham, United States, (5)University of New Hampshire, Natural Resources and the Environment, Durham, United States, (6)University of New Hampshire, Durham, United States
Mercury Content of Vegetation across a Subarctic Mire Thaw Gradient (30483)
Amy Lauren Mayedo1, Kiley Remiszewski2, Maria Florencia Fahnestock3, Carmody K McCalley2, Julia G Bryce4 and Dr. Ruth K Varner, PhD4, (1)University of Florida, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States, (2)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States, (3)University of New Hampshire, Durham, United States, (4)University of New Hampshire, Department of Earth Sciences, Durham, United States
Atmospheric Blocking and Sub-Arctic Climate: Insights from CMIP5 (25835)
Yanni Ding1, James Carton1, Sirpa M A Hakkinen2, Gennady A Chepurin3 and Michael Steele4, (1)University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, (2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)University of Maryland College Park, College Park, United States, (4)Univ Washington, Seattle, United States
Impacts of Organic Macromolecules, Chlorophyll and Soot on Arctic Sea Ice (25930)
Oluwaseun O Ogunro1, Oliver W Wingenter2, Scott Elliott3, Mark Flanner4 and Manvendra Krishna Dubey3, (1)New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, United States, (2)New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, United States, (3)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (4)University of Michigan, Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States
HyLab: Building In-State Capabilities for Imaging Spectroscopy in Alaska (30789)
Anupma Prakash1, Donald L Hampton2, Marcel Buchhorn2, Jordi Cristóbal-Rosselló2 and Christine F Waigl3, (1)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Department of Geology and Geosciences, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (2)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (3)University of Alaska Fairbanks, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Responding to Change in NW Alaska: Ethnographic Film and the Voices of the People (31803)
Scott Craig Gerlach, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, Sarah Renee Betcher, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, David E Atkinson, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada and Philip A Loring, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada