Polar Dynamics:
Monitoring, Understanding, and Prediction
Open science conference
August 29-31, 2007 Bergen, Norway

Program


Location: Grieghallen, Edvard Griegs Plass 1 (see map of city center)

1st floor2nd floor


Tuesday, 28 August 2007

1900-2100: Conference registration and ice breaker
  • Conference registration from 1700-2000 (foaje 1 PG)
  • Set up of posters from 1700 (foaje 2 PG)

Wednesday, 29 August 2007

0830: Welcome remarks (Peter M Haugan)
0845: Formal opening of the conference (Sigmund Grønmo, Rector University of Bergen)   [PDF file]
0900-0940: Opening lecture: Geophysical Institute: 90 years of Polar exploration, 1917-2007 (Svein Østerhus, Bjerknes Centre)   [PDF file]
0940-1000: Coffee break
Session I-A: Large scale atmosphere and ocean circulation dynamics in high latitudes
1000-1030: Key note: Southern Ocean Dynamics. Karen Heywood, University of East Anglia.  [PDF file]
1030-1100: Key note: The organising entity of the NAO (NAM/SAM) for understanding high latitude atmospheric circulations. Gudrun Magnusdottir, University of California/University of Bergen.   [PDF file]
1100-1120: Sea-ice Area Flux Across the Canadian Archipelago. Tom Agnew, Environment Canada.  [PDF file]
1120-1140: The Greenland Sea does not control the overflows feeding the Atlantic conveyor. Tor Eldevik, Nansen Centre/Bjerknes Centre.
1140-1200: The future fresh water supply from the Arctic Ocean and its implications for the large scale. Cornelia Koeberle, Alfred Wegener Institute.  [PDF file]
1200-1330: Lunch break
1330-1430: Poster session
Session I-B: Large scale atmosphere and ocean circulation dynamics in high latitudes
1430-1450: The Arctic Ocean as a buffer. Michael Karcher, Alfred Wegener Institute.  [PDF file]
1450-1510: Variations of water mass properties in the Weddell Sea. Eberhard Fahrbach, Alfred Wegener Institute.  [PDF file]
1510-1530: The "Diabatic Deacon Cell" in a numerical model of the Antarctic Circumpolar current. Anne Marie Treguier, CNRS-IFREMER-UBO.  [PDF file]

Session II-A: Small- and mesoscale dynamics and air/sea/ice processes
1530-1600: Key note: Small-Scale Variability in the Arctic Boundary Layer. Michael Tjernström, Stockholm University.  [PDF file]
1600-1630: Key note: A Collection of Small-scale Process Questions with Consequences for Understanding, Predicting, and Monitoring Large-scale Polar Ocean Change. James Morison, University of Washington.   [PDF file]
1630-1650: Supercooling Under Fast Ice in Freemansundet, Svalbard, March, 2007. Lars Henrik Smedsrud, Bjerknes Centre.  [PDF file]
1650-1710: Coffee break
Session II-B: Small- and mesoscale dynamics and air/sea/ice processes
1710-1730: Variability of Summertime Ocean-to-Ice Heat Flux from the 2002-2006 NPS Flux Buoy Drifts. Timothy Stanton, Naval Postgraduate School.  [PDF file]
1730-1750: Air Sea Interaction Associated with a Reverse Greenland Tip Jet. Kent Moore, University of Toronto.  [PDF file]
1750-1810: A Coupled Atmosphere-Wave system to simulate Polar Lows. Øyvind Sætra, Norwegian Meteorological Institute.  [PDF file]
1810-1830: Laboratory observations of increased plume entrainment in the presence of submarine canyons and ridges. Anna Wåhlin, Göteborg University.  [PDF file]

1900-1945: Reception at VILVITE (The brand new Bergen Science Centre with focus on weather, ocean and energy, located next to the Geophysical Institute, a 10-15 minute walk from the conference site)
1945-2045: Possibility to explore the science centre in groups or on your own

Thursday, 30 August 2007

Session III-A: High latitude biogeochemical cycles
0830-0900: Key note:Carbon cycling at high latitudes - an early warning system for changes in oceanic CO2 uptake and carbonate saturation. Christoph Heinze, University of Bergen/Bjerknes Centre.   [PDF file]
0900-0930: Key note:Uptake and transport of CO2 in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica. Mario Hoppema, Alfred Wegener Institute.  [PDF file]
0930-0950: Anthropogenic carbon uptake in an isopycnic ocean carbon cycle model. Karen Assmann, Bjerknes Centre.  [PDF file]
0950-1010: Coffee break
Session III-B: High latitude biogeochemical cycles
1010-1030: North Atlantic and Arctic Ocean marine carbonate system response to climate change and ocean acidification. Richard Bellerby, Bjerknes Centre.  [PDF file]
1030-1050: Disappearance of Pacific Water in the northwestern Fram Strait. Eva Falck, University of Bergen.  [PDF file]
1050-1110: Observed Relationships between the Southern Annular Mode and Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide. Amy Butler, Colorado State University.  [PDF file]
1110-1130: Long-term trends in the Southern Ocean carbon sink. Nicole Lovenduski, University of California.  [PDF file]
1130-1150: Carbon time series at Ocean Weather Station M. Ingunn Skjelvan, Bjerknes Centre.  [PDF file]
1200-1330: Lunch break
1330-1430: Poster session
Session IV-A: Coupling between high and low latitudes
1430-1500: Key note:Oceanic exchanges through subarctic seas: achievements and challenges. Bob Dickson, CEFAS.   [PDF file]
1500-1530: Key note:Climate variability at multidecadal and longer time scales during the last 1200 years in the North Atlantic: Links between the tropics and high latitudes and the role of external forcing. Eystein Jansen, Bjerknes Centre/University of Bergen.   [PDF file]
1530-1550: Late-winter hydrography in the Fram Strait from the integrated Arctic Ocean Observing System (iAOOS). Laura de Steur, Norwegian Polar Institute.  [PDF file]
1550-1610: Coffee break
Session IV-B: Coupling between high and low latitudes
1610-1630: The inflow of Atlantic water, heat, and salt to the Nordic Seas across the Greenland-Scotland Ridge. Bogi Hansen, Faroese Fisheries Laboratory.  [PDF file]
1630-1650: Salinity anomalies and volume flux variations in the Nordic Seas. Svein Sundby, Institute of Marine Research.  [PDF file]
1650-1710: Imprint of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation on arctic sea ice. Martin Miles, Bjerknes Centre/Environmental Systems Analysis Research Center.   [PDF file]
1710-1730: The annular mode trend in both the hemispheres and the tropical ocean warming. Shuanglin Li, Nansen-Zhu International Research Centre.  [PDF file]
1730-1750: ENSO and the west Antarctic Peninsula. Margaret Wallace, British Antarctic Survey/Open University.  [PDF file]

1900: Conference dinner (location: Fløien Folkerestaurant)

Friday, 31 August 2007

Session V-A: Advances in high latitude monitoring, weather forecast, and climate prediction
0900-0930: Key note:Climate and the synoptic scale: observations and models of subpolar dynamics beneath the Atlantic storm track. Peter Rhines, University of Washington.   [PDF file]
0930-1000: Key note:The role of inter-latitudinal Rossby-wave energy dispersion in the initiation of hazardous extratropical and tropical weather events and their socioeconomic and environmental impacts. Melvyn Shapiro, NOAA.   [PDF file]
1000-1020: Coffee break
Session V-B: Advances in high latitude monitoring, weather forecast, and climate prediction
1020-1040: SPAR: Seasonal Predictability over the Arctic Region - exploring the role of boundary conditions. Ina Kindem, Bjerknes Centre.  [PDF file]
1040-1100: Ocean and sea-ice data assimilation and forecasting in the TOPAZ system. Laurent Bertino, Nansen Centre.  [PDF file]
1100-1120: Weather forecasting challenges in the polar regions. Haraldur Ólafsson, University of Bergen.  [PDF file]
1120-1140: Buoyant eddies entering the Labrador Sea observed with gliders and altimetry. Hjálmar Hátún, Faroese Fisheries Laboratory.  [PDF file]
1140-1200: Seasonal to interannual predictability of high latitude climate in a global coupled model. Torben Koenigk, Max Planck Institute.  [PDF file]
1200-1330: Lunch break
1330-1500: Poster session
1500-1540: Closure lecture: Future perspectives - The Arctic Region, 2007-2097 (Ola M Johannessen, Nansen Center/Geophysical institute, University of Bergen)  [PDF file]
1545-1600: Closure (Peter Haugan)

Side events

The week before:

  • 20-23 August: Layered ocean model meeting (former MICOM meeting). Local contact, Helge Drange
  • 23-24 August: State of the Art Numerical Methods in Ocean Models. Jointly coordinated by WGOMD and LOM. Local contact, Helge Drange
  • 25-26 August: Inaugural meeting: Southern Ocean Physical Oceanography and Cryosphere Linkages (SOPHOCLES).
  • 26 August: Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR). Local contact, Peter Haugan


Monday, 27August

  • CLIVAR working group on climate modelling (WGOMD). Local contact, Helge Drange
  • International Antarctic Zone Program (iAnZone) 10th Biennial Meeting and 2nd SASSI workshop. Local contact, Peter Haugan
  • Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (2.day)


Tuesday, 28 August

  • CLIVAR working group on climate modelling (2.day)
  • International Antarctic Zone Program (iAnZone) 10th Biennial Meeting and 2nd SASSI workshop (2.day)
  • Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (3.day)


Social programme (before or after conference):