C23E:
Integrating Observations and Models to Better Understand a Changing Arctic Sea Ice Cover II
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Session ID#: 34052
Session Description:
The Arctic sea ice cover is in decline, with a reduction in summer ice extent and a transformation from primarily perennial ice to seasonal ice. There is a significant need to understand the ongoing changes in the Arctic sea ice cover and to predict future changes. Models play a fundamental role in these tasks by synthesizing the elements of the Arctic sea ice system. However, progress in model development suffers from a disconnect with the discoveries being made within the observational community. Observational activities could make better use of model guidance regarding the relative importance of various processes, and spatial and temporal sampling strategies. This session welcomes presentations that integrate in situ observations and remote sensing data with sea ice modeling studies. Examples of this integration range from improving the treatment of individual processes to advances in coupled earth system models to using models to inform observational network design.
Primary Convener: Donald K Perovich, Dartmouth College, Thayer School of Engineering, Hanover, NH, United States
Convener: Marika M Holland, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, United States
Chairs: Donald K Perovich, Dartmouth College, Thayer School of Engineering, Hanover, NH, United States and Marika M Holland, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, United States
OSPA Liaison: Marika M Holland, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, United States
Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
Andrew Roberts1,2, Elizabeth Clare Hunke3, William H Lipscomb4, Wieslaw Maslowski5 and Samy Kamal5, (1)Lost Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, United States, (2)Naval Postgraduate School, Department of Oceanography, Monterey, CA, United States, (3)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, United States, (4)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory, Boulder, United States, (5)Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, United States
Melinda Webster1, Alek Petty2, Linette Boisvert3, Thorsten Markus1, Nathan T Kurtz4, Ronald Kwok5 and Donald K Perovich6,7, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, United States, (3)Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College PARK, MD, United States, (4)NASA Goddard, Greenbelt, United States, (5)JPL, Pasadena, CA, United States, (6)U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH, United States, (7)Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth, Hanover, United States
Daniel Lee Feltham1, David Schroeder1 and Michel Tsamados2, (1)University of Reading, Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, Department of Meteorology, Reading, United Kingdom, (2)UCL CPOM, London, United Kingdom
Abigail Smith, University of Colorado Boulder, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), Boulder, CO, United States and Alexandra Jahn, University of Colorado at Boulder, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and INSTAAR, Boulder, United States
Richard Arthur Allard, John C. Stennis Space Center, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, Sinead Louise Farrell, University of Maryland, Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies (CISESS), Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC), College Park, United States, David A Hebert, Naval Research Laboratory, Ocean Sciences Division, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, William Johnston, US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States, Li Li, Naval Research Lab, Washington, DC, United States, Nathan T Kurtz, NASA Goddard, Greenbelt, United States, Michael Phelps, Jacobs Technology Inc., Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, Pamela G Posey, Naval Research Lab, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, Rachel Tilling, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Andy Ridout, University College London, London, United Kingdom and Alan J Wallcraft, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States
Neil F Tandon, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Climate Research Division, Toronto, ON, Canada, Paul J Kushner, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, David Docquier, UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, Justin J Wettstein, Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway and Camille Li, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Alexandra Jahn, University of Colorado at Boulder, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and INSTAAR, Boulder, United States, Kerrie Dochen, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States and David Matthew Hall, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
Nathan T Kurtz1, Alek Petty2, Melinda Webster3, Linette Boisvert4 and Thorsten Markus3, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Cryospheric Science Lab, Greenbelt, United States, (2)Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (4)Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College PARK, MD, United States
