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19th annual aosb meeting

 

1-4 April 2000
Cambridge, UK

Agenda

 

Saturday, 1 April
1700-1800 AOSB Steering Committee meeting
1800- Informal gathering for AOSB members and friends (Bar in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Downing Street)

 

Sunday, 2 April
0830-0930 Registration at ASSW Conference Office (Stop by even if you are pre-registered, to pick up an ASSW conference packet.)
0930-0935 Opening of meeting by AOSB Chair (Leif Anderson)
0935-0945 Welcome from Cambridge (Chris Rapley)
0945-1000 Meeting arrangements and adoption of agenda
1000-1200

1000-1100
1100-1115
1115-1200
AOSB programs and interests
A. IAPP
- NOW (Mitsuo Fukuchi)
- Report from the SCG (Lou Brown and Mitsuo Fukuchi)
- Future plans for polynya research (Lou Brown)
1200-1330 Lunch
1330-1715
1330-1415
1415-1500
1500-1530
1530-1600
1600-1630
1630-1700
1700-1730
AOSB Programs and Interests
B. APARD (Rudiger Stein)
C. Arctic Ocean remote sensing activities (Preben Gudmandsen)
D. Freshwater balance in the Arctic (Geoff Holland)
E. Shelf-basin interaction (Leif Anderson and Tom Pyle)
F. BIODAFF (Jan Marcin Weslawski)
G. GRASP (Henrik Hojmark Thomsen)
H. Arctic Ocean drilling (Yngve Kristoffersen)
1730-1800 Discussion, wrap-up, plans for Monday
1900- Open

 

Monday, 3 April
0900-1100 Arctic-Subarctic Linkages (Robert Dickson)
- ongoing activities
- planned activities
- future actions
1100-1200 Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (Bob Corell)
1200-1330 Lunch
1330-1530 Future Directions for Arctic Ocean Researcht (Leif Anderson)
Suggested topics include:
- sea-ice thickness
- natural or anthropogenic variability?
- questions, topics of interest, etc.
1530-1600 ACSYS (Howard Cattle)
1600-1630 SHEBA/JOIS (Tom Pyle, Marty Bergmann)
1630-1700 LOIRA (TBA)
1700-1730 Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (Ron MacNab) *Tentative
1730-1800 Wrap-up, plans for Tuesday
1900-2200 ASSW Reception (Scott Polar Research Institute, Lensfield Road. Bus service will be provided from Selwyn College.)

 

Tuesday, 4 April
0830-1030 National Presentations
- UK Presentation (Peter Wadhams)
- Korea Presentation (Ho Il Yoon) *tentative
- China Presentation (Weija Qin)
- EU Presentation (TBA)
1030-1100 Break
1100-1130 Workshop for the Geophysical Compilation Group (Sergei Maschenkov) *tentative
1130-1200 SCICEX (Ted De Laca)
1200-1230 PAGES/IMAGES (Leif Anderson)
1230-1400 Lunch
1400- Management issues
A. Interactions with other science organizations (EU, IASC, EPB)
B. Next year's meeting
C. Miscellaneous topics
1900-2200 ASSW Buffet Dinner and poster session (Selwyn College)

 

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