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Workshop Information

The committee developed the workshop agenda and invited leading sea ice scientists, experts, and stakeholders to identify obstacles impeding progress in the prediction of Arctic sea ice on seasonal to decadal timescales, and to explore strategies to mitigate those obstacles. To address its task, the committee developed several fundamental working guidelines. The committee considered ice conditions during all seasons within the whole Arctic marine environment (i.e., Arctic Ocean and the subpolar seas, including the seasonal sea ice zone). The committee also provided the participants with a background document that summarized insights and information gained from previously related efforts and published works (see Appendix A). Challenges and strategies were identified during this workshop through presentations, breakout group discussions, and plenary summaries.

Workshop Agenda
May 9-10, 2012
University of Colorado Boulder, East Campus
Administrative and Research Center (ARC)
Boulder, CO

Workshop Goals: Arctic sea ice plays a number of important roles in moderating global climate and influencing oceanic and atmospheric circulation. Recent observed changes in the characteristics of the sea ice cover have various direct and indirect scientific, technological, and societal impacts such as the planning of new shipping ports, oil and gas exploration, increased marine transportation, as well as local and global climate and ecological changes. Currently, our limited understanding of the coupled and complex interactions between Arctic sea ice, oceans, and atmosphere hinders our ability to predict the rate and magnitude of future change. Enhancements of our theoretical, observing, and modeling capabilities will be essential for advancing the understanding and prediction of sea ice over seasonal to decadal timescales. The goal of the workshop is to foster a dialogue between polar scientists, agency representatives, and stakeholders to explore the current major challenges, with a focus on whether there are new methods, observations, and technologies that might advance our predictive capabilities through improved understanding of seasonal to decadal sea ice variations. This dialogue will provide expert information for the preparation of a National Research Council report.

Overarching Questions: What is limiting advancements in sea ice predictions on seasonal to decadal timescales? How can these limitations be overcome to realize necessary advancements?

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

**A shuttle will pick up workshop participants from the Boulder Marriott on Canyon Blvd at 7:50 A.M., though participants may walk if they wish.**

Thursday, May 10, 2012

**Shuttle will pick up workshop participants from the Boulder Marriott on Canyon Blvd at 7:50 A.M., though participants may walk if they wish.**

Room: ARC 620

The Future of Arctic Sea Ice Research in Support of Seasonal to Decadal Prediction Participant List

Cecilia Bitz, University of Washington

Ed Blanchard-Wrigglesworth, University of Washington

LCDR Ken Boda, U.S. Coast Guard

Lawson Brigham, University of Alaska

Lauren Brown, National Research Council

Pablo Clemente-Colon, NOAA National Ice Center

Hajo Eicken, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Chris Elfring, National Research Council

John Farrell, U.S. Arctic Research Commission

Sinead Farrell, University of Maryland

Jennifer Francis, Rutgers University

Jean-Claude Gascard, Université Pierre et Marie Curie

Deb Glickson, National Research Council

Jeff Gossett, USN Arctic Submarine Laboratory

Marika Holland, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Amy Holman, NOAA National Ocean Service

Gary Hufford, National Weather Service—Alaska Region

Elizabeth Hunke, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Jenny Hutchings, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

Janet Intrieri, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory

Alexandra Jahn, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Brendan Kelly, Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee

Ron Kwok, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Ron Lindsay, University of Washington

Jim Maslanik, University of Colorado, Boulder

Wieslaw Maslowski, Naval Postgrad School

Larry Mayer, University of New Hampshire

LCDR Blake McBride, U.S. Navy

Molly McCammon, Alaska Ocean Observing System

Walt Meier, National Snow and Ice Data Center

Vera Metcalf, Eskimo Walrus Commission

Son Nghiem, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech

Jim Overland, NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory

Don Perovich, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

Andrey Proshutinsky, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Amanda Purcell, National Research Council

Robert Raye, Shell Projects and Technology

Jackie Richter-Menge, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

Ignatius Rigor, University of Washington

Mike Terminel, Edison Chouest Offshore

Katie Thomas, National Research Council

Peter Wadhams, University of Cambridge

John Walsh, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

Justin Wettstein, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Jim White, University of Colorado, Boulder

Rebecca Woodgate, University of Washington

Jinlun Zhang, University of Washington