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Theme 1 Parallel Sessions Agenda

Tuesday, 16 March 2010

1.1. Advances in Understanding Arctic System Components
1:30 pm Changes in the Growth Response of Larch to Climate Variability Along a Latitudinal Gradient in Central Siberia

Andrea H. Lloyd, Middlebury College


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1:45 pm Vegetation Biomass, Leaf Area Index, and NDVI Patterns and Relationships Along Two Latitudinal Transects in Arctic Tundra

Howard E. Epstein, University of Virginia


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2:00 pm Incorporating a Meteorological Constraint to Plant Migration in a Dynamic Vegetation Model: Projections of Future Vegetation Distribution in the Pan-Arctic

Eunjee Lee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology


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2:15 pm Properties of Arctic Clouds from Multiple Atmospheric Observatories

Matthew D. Shupe, University of Colorado


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2:30 pm Observations of Melt Pond Evolution and Sea Ice Albedo

Chris Polashenski, Dartmouth College


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2:45 pm Recent Changes in the Sea Ice of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Tom A. Agnew, Environment Canada


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3:00 pm Advancements and Limitations in Understanding and Predicting Arctic Climate Change

Wieslaw Maslowski, Naval Postgraduate School


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3:15 pm The Circulation of the Deep Bering Sea and Exchanges with the North Pacific: A High-Resolution Model Perspective

Jaclyn Clement Kinney, Naval Postgraduate School


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3:30 pm Arctic Ocean Boundary Current Modeling With Transient Tracers

Abigail R. Mauldin, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory-Comer


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3:45 pm Investigation of Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) Habitat Ecology Through Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) in Northern Quebec (Nunavik), Canada

Kaitlin Breton-Honeyman, Trent University


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4:00 pm Climate Effects on Contaminant Exposure of Arctic Marine and Freshwater Biota

Gary A. Stern, Freshwater Institute


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4:15 pm State of Arctic Social and Economic Conditions: An Analysis of the Circumpolar Regions

Gerard Duhaime, Université Laval


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4:30 pm Session Adjourns
1.2. Understanding the Linkages and Feedbacks Between the Arctic System Components
1:30 pm Atmospheric Forcing of Hudson Bay Sea Ice in Spring

Klaus P. Hochheim, University of Manitoba


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1:45 pm Circumpolar Arctic Tundra Vegetation Change is Linked to Sea-ice Decline

Uma S. Bhatt, University of Alaska Fairbanks


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2:00 pm Spatial and Temporal Influences of Thermokarst Failures on Surface Processes in Arctic Landscapes

William "Breck" Bowden, University of Vermont


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2:15 pm Long-term Warming and Litter Additions Affect Moss-associated Nitrogen Fixation in a Subarctic, Moist Heath

Pernille L. Sorensen, University of Copenhagen


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2:30 pm Arctic Sea Ice Sensitivity to Changing Precipitation Regimes

Benjamin Blazey, University of Colorado Boulder


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2:45 pm Hydrologically Triggered Regime Shifts in Terrestrial Arctic Ecosystems: A Cross-Scale Perspective

Johanna Mard Karlsson, Stockholm University


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3:00 pm BREAK
3:15 pm The Arctic Hydrologic System in Transition: A Heuristic Look at This Dynamic Environment

Daniel M. White, Institute of Northern Engineering


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3:30 pm Ecological Consequences of Upwelling in the Southeast Beaufort Sea

Jean-Eric Tremblay, Laval University

3:45 pm Linkages of Arctic Sea Ice, Cloud Cover, and Surface Temperature from Satellite Observations

Yinghui Liu, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies


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4:00 pm Inputs of Nutrients and Organic Matter from Land to the Arctic Ocean and their Potential Impact on Ocean Processes

Suzanne E. Tank, Marine Biological Laboratory


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4:15 pm Environmental Variability, Bowhead Whale Distributions, and Iñupiat Subsistence Whaling Near Barrow, AK

Carin J. Ashjian, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution


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4:30 pm Session Adjourns
1.3. Approaches to Integrated Studies of the Arctic System
1:30 pm The Declining Arctic Sea Ice Cover: In Situ Insights and Synthetic Finding

Donald K. Perovich, ERDC - CRREL


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1:45 pm The International Polar Year (IPY) Circumpolar Flaw Lead (CFL) System Study

David G. Barber, University of Manitoba


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2:00 pm The Changing Carbon Cycle of the Arctic

A. David McGuire, University of Alaska Fairbanks


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2:15 pm Modeling of the Coupled Sea Ice-Ocean Ecosystem in the Pan-Arctic Ocean

Meibing Jin, University of Alaska Fairbanks


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2:30 pm Development of a Regional Arctic Climate System Model

John Cassano, University of Colorado


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2:45 pm The State of Arctic Data

Mark A. Parsons, National Snow and Ice Data Center


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3:00 pm BREAK
3:15 pm Proposed Development of a Community Arctic System Model for Understanding Environmental Complexity

Andrew Roberts, University of Alaska


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3:30 pm Understanding Ecosystem Processes in the Bering Sea: The BEST-BSIERP Program

Rodger Harvey, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science


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3:45 pm Electricity, Population, and Climate: Modeling Change in Alaska Towns and Villages

Lawrence Hamilton, University of New Hampshire


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4:00 pm Tidal Mixing, Polynas, and Human Settlement in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Maribeth S. Murray, University of Alaska Fairbanks


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4:15 pm Discussion
4:30 pm Session Adjourns
1.4. Challenges in Arctic System Studies
1:30 pm Welcome/Introduction
1:35 pm Arctic System Science: Advances in the Past Two Decades, Expectations for the Next Two Decades

Larry D. Hinzman, University of Alaska Fairbanks


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2:00 pm Quantifying Watershed Export in the Arctic: Challenges and Rewards of Capturing Highly Variable River Water Chemistry over Time and Space

James W. McClelland, University of Texas at Austin


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2:15 pm Ongoing Climatic Changes in the Eurasian Arctic: Why They Force Us to be Expedient in Our Research

Pavel Groisman, UCAR at NOAA National Climatic Data Center


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2:30 pm Catching Falling Water: Challenges and Progress on Precipitation Research in the Arctic

Jessica Cherry, University of Alaska Fairbanks


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2:45 pm Mesoscale Influences on Climate-Change Observations at an Arctic Site

Ola Persson, University of Colorado


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3:00 pm BREAK
3:15 pm Delineation of Surface and Near-Surface Melt on the Greenland Ice Sheet using MODIS and QuikSCAT Data

Dorothy K. Hall, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center


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3:30 pm Data Assimilation of Ocean and Sea-ice Data for Forecast and Reanalysis with the TOPAZ System

Intissar Keghouche, Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center


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3:45 pm On the Processes Controlling the Ongoing Reduction of Multiyear Sea Ice in the Northern Hemisphere

David G. Barber, University of Manitoba


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4:00 pm Challenges When Quantifying Arctic Ecosystems

John K. Horne, University of Washington


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4:15 pm Discussion
4:30 pm Session Adjourns
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This work is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the ARCUS Cooperative Agreement ARC-0618885. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.