2023: Climate Change at the Poles
Organizer: Aaron Donohoe (Senior Research Scientist, Polar Science Center, APL)
Preparation: Paper Discussions 2-3PM on AUG 24, 31 and SEPT 7 IN MSB 123
- August 24: Climate dynamics perspective of the hemispheric asymmetry in observed polar temperature change. Lily Hahn and Aaron Donohoe will lead a discussion of Mark England’s GRL paper “The Recent Emergence of Arctic Amplification” (https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2021GL094086).
- August 31: Sea ice trends and variability in the Arctic and Antarctic. Eric Steig and Aaron Donohoe will lead a discussion of Paolo et al. (2018) Response of Pacific-sector Antarctic ice shelves to the El Niño/Southern Oscillation (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-017-0033-0)
- September 7: Indigenous perspective on climate change. Rondi Nordal and Zho Ragen will lead a discussion of Reid et al. 2020 : “Two-Eyed Seeing”: An Indigenous framework to transform fisheries research and management. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/faf.12516
Dates: Sept. 11-13, 2023, at Friday Harbor Labs on San Juan Island
- Registration is closed.
- Speakers please use the registration link to share dining and other requests.
- Carpools will be organized in late summer: We get a group discount – $10 per group who walk on together and $10 per carload of people (plus vehicle fee)
- Contribute a poster or quick talk — information sent to participants, email uwpcc@uw.edu with questions
- Graduate students are expected to join the paper discussions in later summer-watch for more information
Prior to registering for the Summer Institute
- Please review and agree to our Code of Conduct
- Review current COVID-19 guidance for WA State, University of Washington, San Juan County, and Friday Harbor Labs
SOME LOGISTICS: refer to FHL MAP
Housing Assignment/Key/Packet Pickup—Dining Hall
Poster Session and Opening Reception— Dining Hall and Patio
Row Boat Training— Dock
Sessions 1-4 — FHL Commons
Meals in the Dining Hall:
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- 7:45-8:15 AM Breakfast Served
- 12:00 – 12:30 PM Lunch Served
- 6:00 – 6:30 PM Dinner Served
Agenda (updated Sept. 6, 2023)
Monday Sept. 11
9 or 10 AM Meet carpools near UW Campus (more information will be sent to registrants)
Noon Ferry departs Anacortes for FHL (arrives at Friday Harbor at 1:05 PM; reservations strongly advised, arrive 45 min before ferry scheduled to depart)
1:00 – 3:45 PM Housing Assignment/Packet Pickup in the Dining Hall at Friday Harbor Labs
2:00 – 2:20 PM ROW BOAT TRAINING (required if you want to use the rowboats, meet on dock)
4:00 – 6:00 PM Poster Session and Opening Reception (Dining Hall)
MONDAY 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Session 1: POLICY AND INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVES ON CLIMATE CHANGE
7:00-7:05 PM (5 minute intro)
Session convener: Rondi Nordal (UW School of Marine Affairs)
7:05-7:45 (40 minute talk) : Nadine Fabbi (UW Jackson School) —“Indigenous Influence on Arctic Policy”
7:45-8:15 (30 minute talk) : Kimberly Kivvaq Pikok (University of Alaska Fairbanks) —“Bridging indigenous and Western knowledge in fisheries and marine science research”
8:15-8:45 (30 minute talk) : Lloyd Pikok Jr. (UIC Science) — “Utilizing Indigenous Traditional ecological knowledge in Arctic Science research”
8:45- 9:00 (15 minutes) : Panel discussion
Tuesday 8:30 AM to 12 PM
Session 2: SEA ICE AND POLAR OBSERVATIONS
8:30-8:40 AM (5-10 minute intro)
Session convener: Astrid Pacini (UW APL-Polar Science Center)
8:40-9:05 (20 minute talk +5 minutes questions) : Jamie Morison (UW APL-Polar Science Center) — “Arctic Ocean Circulation Change. Observational methods, Then, Now, or Ever”
9:05-9:30 (20 minute talk +5 minutes questions) : Melinda Webster (UW APL-Polar Science Center) — “Modern day sea ice observations in the Arctic and Southern Ocean”
9:30-9:55 (20 minute talk +5 minutes questions) : Ed Blanchard: (UW Atmospheric Sciences) — “How can we use observations to diagnose and improve model biases in the simulation of sea ice trends/variability?”
9:55-10:25 AM Coffee Break, GROUP PICTURE
10:25-10:50 (20 minute talk +5 minutes questions) : Jim Thomson: (UW APL and Civil and Environmental Engineering) — “Wave-ice feedbacks in the Arctic”
10:50-11:15 (20 minute talk +5 minutes questions) : Channing Prend: (UW Oceanography) — “Submesoscale ice-ocean interactions in Southern Ocean marginal ice zones”
11:15-11:40 (20 minute talk +5 minutes questions) : Jodi Young: (UW Oceanography) — “Phytoplankton in the Southern ocean and it’s response to climate change”
11:40-12:00 PM (20 minutes) Panel discussion
1:00 PM ROW BOAT TRAINING (2nd and final opportunity, meet on dock)
TUESDAY 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Session 3: CLIMATE DYNAMICS PERSPECTIVE OF POLAR AMPLIFICATION
7:00-7:05 PM (5 minute intro)
Session convener: Vince Cooper (UW Atmospheric Sciences)
7:05-7:45 (35 minutes talk + 5 minutes questions) : Kyle Armour (UW Atmospheric Sciences+Oceanography) and Lily Hahn (UW Atmospheric Sciences and Scripps Institute of Oceanography) — “Collaborative talk: Atmospheric and oceanic contributions to why the Arctic warms more than the Southern Ocean”
7:45-8:15 (25 minute talk + 5 minutes questions) : Mark England (University of Exeter) — “Role of internal variability and climate forcing on observed Arctic amplification of climate change”
8:15-8:45 (25 minute talk + 5 minutes questions) : Cecilia Bitz (UW Atmospheric Sciences) — “Climate forcing controls on Arctic Amplification”
8:45- 9:00 (15 minutes) : Panel discussion
Wednesday 8:30 AM to 12 PM
SESSION 4: ICE SHEETS
8:30-8:35 AM (5 minute intro)
Session convener: Gemma O’Connor (UW ESS)
8:35-9:05 (25 minute talk + 5 minutes questions) : Ben Smith (UW APL + ESS) — “Estimating the interannual variability of Antarctic and Greenland mass change from altimetry measurements”
9:05-9:35 (25 minute talk + 5 minutes questions) : Michalea King (UW APL-Polar Science Center) — “Ice in motion: Mapping ice velocity from the interior through the fjords to understand Greenland ice sheet dynamics.”
9:35-10:05 (25 minute talk + 5 minutes questions) : Eric Steig (UW ESS) — “Climate forcing of Antarctic ice sheet change”
10:05-10:35 Coffee Break
10:35-11:05 (25 minute talk + 5 minutes questions) : Susheel Adusumilli (UC San Diego) — “Observations and modeling of ice-ocean interactions around Antarctica”
11:05-11:35 (25 minute talk + 5 minutes questions) : Karen Alley (University of Manitoba) — “Ocean Ice Sheet Interactions in the Southern Ocean”
11:35-12:00 PM (25 minutes minutes) Panel discussion
12:00 – 12:30 PM: Quick Lunch