3rd International Workshop on Global Change:

Connection to the Arctic 2002 (GCCA3)

 

Collaboration with IARC, Integration of Arctic Climate Research

 

November 4-5, 2002

Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

 

Program (Click here)

Objectives

               

The Arctic affects the global climate through strong feedback processes in the system, consisting of the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere and thermo-/ionosphere, oceans with sea ice, and land with climatic effects of tectonic activities. Previously, two workshops were held at Sendai, Japan, in 2000 and at Sapporo, Japan, in 2001. Through these workshops, crucial research topics were identified and the importance of integration efforts was recognized.

             

The International Arctic Research Center (IARC) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) was established jointly by the governments of Japan and the United States in order to study Arctic climate change/global warming, and to predict future changes. It is an ideal location for this workshop, bringing together both Japanese and US scientists for the purpose of formulating joint projects in advancing our knowledge of the climate in the Arctic. The focus of this workshop is to integrate understanding of the role of the Arctic in global climate change.  The goal of this workshop is to formulate joint research projects between Japanese researchers and US/UAF researchers and to plan for their concrete executions.

 

Organizing Committee

 

              Syun-Ichi Akasofu (IARC/UAF, USA), Chair                       Terry Chapin (IAB/UAF, USA)

              Yoshiyuki Fujii (NIPR, Japan)                                           Masami Fukuda (Hokkaido Univ., Japan)

              Hiroshi Fukunishi (Tohoku Univ., Japan)                             Yoshinobu Harazono (IARC/UAF, USA)

              Minoru Kasahara (Hokkaido Univ., Japan)                          Hiroshi Tanaka (Tsukuba Univ., Japan)

              Noriyuki Tanaka (Frontier, Japan)                                      Vladimir Romanovsky (GI/UAF, USA)

              John Walsh (IARC/UAF, USA)

 

Secretary Office

 

Department of Geophysics, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University

             Aramaki-Aoba, Sendai, 980-8578, Japan

              Contact: I. Murata

 

International Arctic Research Center (IARC)

              930 Koyukuk Dr., P.O. Box 757340, Fairbanks, AK 99775-7340, USA

              Contact: Y. Shinmyo  or Y. Freed

              Phone: +1-907-474-2683/1582   Fax: +1-907-474-1578 (Attn. IARC Liaison Office)

 


GCCA3 Schedule (Science Presentation Section)

 

The workshop will be held at IARC in Fairbanks.

              November 4 Morning:  Keynote Speech (4 persons)   @            

                            @       Afternoon:  Poster Session

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                 November 5 Morning:  Keynote Speech (4 persons)

 

Topics Included and Initial Coordinators/Contact points

 


1. Detection of changes

G. Juday

C. Lingle

               S. Minobe

J. Wang

K. Yamazaki

2. Arctic paleoclimatec

B. Finney

Y. Igarashi

3. Oceanic chemistry

S. Saitoh

T. Whitledge

4. Oceanic circulation

H. Enomoto

M. Johnson

A. Proshutinsky

5.  Permafrost

M.Fukuda

V. Romanovsky

        6. Glacier

K. Echelmeyer:

T. Shiraiwa

M. Truffer:

7. Hydrology

C. Benson

L. Hinzman

A.Sato

8. Ecosystem dynamics

T. Chapin

                    S. Kojima

Y. Matsuura

S. Walker

         9. Atmospheric chemistry

C. Cahill

               Y. Matsumi

B. Simpson

10.   Atmospheric circulation

H. Tanaka

T. Iwasaki

J. Tilley

11.   Middle atmosphere

R. Collins

Y. Murayama

12. Space weather

S. Akasofu

H. Fukunishi

13. Tectonics

D. Christensen

J. Freymuller

A. Hasegawa:

M. Kasahara

14. Volcanology

J. Eichelberger

N. Fujii

H. Okada

15. Impact

T. Akagawa

G. Weller

16. Greenhouse gas exchange

Y. Harazono

A.Miyata

W. Oechel

        17. Modeling

A.Kitoh

J.Walsh


 


GCCA3 Registration Information

 

Registration and Title Deadline: September 20, 2002

Abstract Deadline: October 10, 2002

 

Last Name, First Name:

Badge Name:

Affiliation:

Mailing Address (Street, City, State, Postal Code, Country):

Phone Number:

Fax Number:

E-mail Address:

Accompanying person Name:

 

Abstract preparation

E     Abstracts must be submitted in English.

E     Acceptance of abstracts will be notified by October 20, 2002.

E     All contributed papers will be presented in poster sessions.

E     Abstracts should be submitted by E-mail to the workshop secretary, I. Murata

 

Format for Abstract

E     Specify a session to which you are submitting your abstract.

E     Provide information on your address for correspondence.

E     TITLE should be in capital letters.

E     Name(s) and Affiliation(s) of Author(s): the name of the AUTHOR WHO WILL PRESENT PAPER should be in capital letters.

E     Text of Abstract:  should not exceed 300 words.

E    Figures and Tables should not be attached to the text.

 

 

Accommodation Registration (Deadline: October 10, 2002)

 

Block of rooms has been reserved for GCCA3 participants at SpringHill Suites Fairbanks Downtown on Nov 3 and 4 and at Chena Hot Springs Resort on Nov 5 and 6.  IARC/UAF pays all accommodations for non-funded participants.  Please submit an Accommodation Registration Form to IARC Liaison Office by e-mail or fax.  IARC Liaison Office will make a reservation for you.

 

IARC Liaison Office

              930 Koyukuk Dr., P.O. Box 757340, Fairbanks, AK 99775-7340, USA

              Contact: Y. Shinmyo or Y. Freed

              Phone: +1-907-474-2683/1582   Fax: +1-907-474-1578 (Attn. IARC Liaison Office)

 

There will be free shuttle services between airport and hotel (Phone (907) 451-6552).  IARC will provide transportation from hotel to the IARC at 08:00AM on Nov 4 and 5.  Transportation to/from Chena Hot Springs Resort will be also provided.


Japan-USA Arctic Research Planning Workshop

 

November 6, 2002

Chena Hot Springs Resort, AK

 

 

Japan-USA Arctic Research Planning Workshop is held on November 6 (morning, afternoon) at Chena Hot Springs Resort after GCCA3 WS.  Please contact Y. Harazono for the attendance of this workshop.  IARC secretary office provides business information and arranges the Japan-USA Arctic Research Planning Workshop.

 

Contact: Y. Harazono or N. Tanaka

 

Background

All Japanese research projects at the International Arctic Research Center (IARC) must be situated as international collaborations with the U.S.A., desirably, and other Arctic nations.  As described on the attached figures, newly proposed Japan Arctic Monitoring and Process Study (JAMP) is a joint work with preceding Community Arctic Modeling Project (CAMP), Frontier, and IARC-National Space Development Agency of Japan Information System (INIS) programs at the IARC.  The collaborations between JAMP and other IARC projects would be good opportunities for researchers of Japan, U.S.A. and other Arctic nations for observational process studies of global warming.  It would be essential for Japanese and U.S. researchers to propose new research plans, with the IARC research themes in mind, to both nationsf funding agencies.

 

What we do

Objectives of this workshop are to coordinate and to improve individual research plan through multidisciplinary discussions.  Researchers who are interested in this workshop will be requested to contact initial coordinators listed in GCCA3 circular or other relevant research field to prepare the draft.  Each group should choose a principal investigator (PI) at early stage of draft forming.  The PI leads discussions and coordinate to prepare a tentative research plan for the workshop using the research planning form.

 

During a workshop, each group presents its own plan and discusses with others based on the planning forms.  In this process, a plan may be transformed or merged with the other plan.

 

Improved research plans will be concluded at the end of workshop.  The improved plans will be proposed to research funds of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and National Science Foundation.

 

Supports

For the non-funded participants, IARC/NSF will provide accommodation.  IARC/NSF will also provide transportation between UAF and Chena Hot Spring Resort.  No registration fees are required.