23 March 2025 | 09:00 - 16:30 (MST)
Open Session - ON-SITE ONLY
Room: UMC Second Floor - 235
Organiser: Melinda Webster (University of Washington, USA)
Event Description:
The goals of the Climate and Cryosphere Arctic Sea Ice Working Group (CliC-ASIWG) are to:
- Develop, standardise, and implement observation and measurement protocols for Arctic sea ice in coastal, seasonal, and perennial ice zones;
- Integrate surface-based observations with remote sensing and modelling efforts and;
- Establish and foster connections between international groups involved in sea ice observations, modelling, remote sensing, and data assimilation.
The workshop will facilitate discussions centred on Arctic sea ice loss - assessment and impacts. Discussion topics include Sea Ice Essential Climate Variables for monitoring sea-ice loss, new and upcoming satellite missions targeting key sea-ice variables (e.g., the planned ESA CRISTAL mission for sea ice thickness), updates from synthesis reports such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Arctic Report Card and the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) of the Arctic Council, and updates from international groups including the International Arctic Science Committee, Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS), Global Cryosphere Watch, and others. The workshop will also support collaborations within modelling activities on the projection of future ice loss and impacts. These activities include discussions on the Grand challenge of the World Climate Research Programme, the Sea-Ice Model Intercomparison Project (SIMIP), and highlights from model-observation studies building on the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition, and other recent Arctic sea ice studies. Discussions will target observational needs from modelling perspectives, standardisation of field observations to facilitate use in model experiments, gaps in observational networks for model evaluation, and means to make more sea ice data (observations and model run results) available and sea ice research more open and accessible. These discussions will advance understanding and coordination in sea-ice research from regional to global scales.