Nov 28-30, 2018
Polar Climates
W. M. Keck Center, California Institute of Technology
| Time | Event | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 - 8:30 | Breakfast & Coffee/Check-in | |
| 8:30 - 8:40 | Welcome and Workshop Goals | Tapio Schneider (Caltech/JPL) |
| 8:40 - 9:05 |
Breaking with Tradition: Dealing with Unavoidable but Imperfectly Observed Physics in Ice-Sheet Models and Sea-Level Rise
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Richard Alley (Penn State University) |
| 9:05 - 9:30 |
Bottlenecks in Antarctic Ice Sheet Modelling on Decadal Time Scales
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Frank Pattyn (Université libre de Bruxelles) |
| 9:30 - 9:55 |
Short Spatial and Temporal Scales in the Terrestrial Cryosphere
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Gwenn Flowers (Simon Fraser University) |
| 9:55 - 10:20 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:20 - 10:45 |
Lesson Learned from Coupling Ice Sheet models to Coupled Models
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Sophie Nowicki (NASA GISS) [by teleconference] |
| 10:45 - 11:10 |
Inferring the Mechanical Properties of Glacier Beds Using Time-dependent Surface Velocity Observations
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Brent Minchew (MIT) |
| 11:10 - 11:35 |
Modeling the Future of the Ice Sheets: Lessons Learned from the Development of ISSM
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Methieu Morlighem (UC Irvine) |
| 11:35 - 12:00 |
Ice Sheet Response: From Observations to Models
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Alex Gardner, Eric Larour, and Helene Seroussi (JPL) |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch (Keck Center Courtyard) | |
| 1:00 - 2:15 | Discussion (Moderator: Tapio Schneider) | |
| 2:15 - 2:40 | How Can We Use Glacier Observations to Inform Ice Sheet Models? | Leigh Stearns (University of Kansas) [by teleconference] |
| 2:40 - 3:05 |
Interactions and Feedbacks Between Ice Sheets and Other Components of the Climate System
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Olga Sergienko (Princeton University) |
| 3:05 - 3:25 | Coffee Break | |
| 3:25 - 3:50 |
Detection and Attribution of Arctic Climate Change
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Jen Kay (University of Colorado) |
| 3:50 - 5:05 | Discussion (Moderator: Cecilia Bitz) | |
| 5:05 - 5:30 |
The Climate Modeling Alliance (CliMA): A New Approach to Earth System Modeling
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Tapio Schneider (Caltech, JPL) |
| Time | Event | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 - 8:30 | Breakfast & Coffee | |
| 8:30 - 8:55 |
Sea Ice Modelling in the Twenty-First Century: Versatile Parameterizations from Physics?
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Danny Feltham (University of Reading) |
| 8:55 - 9:20 |
Sea Ice Modelling From the Floe-scale up
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Chris Horvat (Brown University) |
| 9:20 - 9:45 | Simulating Sea Ice-Surface Wave Interactions in the Changing Marginal Ice Zones | Cecilia Bitz (University of Washington) |
| 9:45 - 10:10 |
Satellite Observations Over the Next Decade
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Ron Kwok (JPL) |
| 10:10 - 10:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:30 - 10:55 |
Representing Sea Ice with Discrete Elements in Climate Models
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Adrian Turner (LANL) |
| 10:55 - 12:00 | Discussion (Moderator: Helene Seroussi) | |
| 12:00 - 1:00 | Lunch (Keck Center Courtyard) | |
| 1:00 - 1:25 |
Beyond the Thickness Distribution: Modeling and Evaluating Sea Ice Thickness in Earth System Models
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Andrew Roberts (LANL) |
| 1:25 - 1:50 |
Using Observations of Sea Ice Deformation to Improve Representation of Ice Interaction in the Momentum Balance
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Jenny Hutchings (Oregon State) |
| 1:50 - 2:15 |
Using Observations to Constrain the Yield Curve, Flow Rule and Mechanical Strength Properties of Sea Ice
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Bruno Tremblay (McGill University) |
| 2:15 - 2:40 |
On the Simulation of the Brittle Nature of Sea Ice in Future Earth System Models: How and Why?
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Pierre Rampal (NERSC, Norway) |
| 2:40 - 3:05 |
Using Numerical Models to Design the Future of the Arctic Observing System
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François Massonnet (Université catholique de Louvain) |
| 3:05 - 3:25 | Coffee Break | |
| 3:25 - 3:50 |
Lessons Learned from Model Developments Involving Ice-Ocean Interaction
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Hilmar Gudmundsson (Northumbria University) |
| 3:50 - 5:10 | Discussion (Moderator: Paul Kushner) | |
| 5:30 | Workshop Reception and Dinner (Athenaeum) | |
| Time | Event | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 - 9:00 | Breakfast & Coffee | |
| 9:00 - 9:25 |
The Challenge of Modelling Antarctic Shelf Dynamics
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Andy Hogg (Australian National University) |
| 9:25 - 9:50 |
Surface Climate Trends and Variability Around Antarctica Over the Past Four Decades: What can This Tell us About Model Biases and Errors?
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Matthew England (University of New South Wales) |
| 9:50 - 10:15 |
Evidence That Small-scale Features Can Influence Large-scale Ocean Dynamics in the Arctic
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Camille Lique (IFREMER) |
| 10:15 - 10:40 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:40 - 11:05 |
Energetics of the Wind-driven Beaufort Gyre
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Mary-Louise Timmermans (Yale) |
| 11:05 - 11:30 |
Ocean Variability in the Marginal Ice Zone and in Ice-covered Regions
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Andrew Thompson (Caltech) |
| 11:30 - 11:55 |
Simulating Linkages of the General Circulation to Sea Ice and Snow
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Paul Kushner (University of Toronto) |
| 11:55 - 1:00 | Lunch (Keck Center Courtyard) | |
| 1:00 - 2:00 | Discussion (Moderator: Alex Gardner) | |
| 2:00 - 2:30 | Coffee Break | |
| End of Formal Workshop Program | ||
| 2:30 - 4:00 | Informal Discussion: Next Steps in Modeling Polar Processes | |