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SEARCH Town Hall
The Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) will hold an open Town Hall meeting on Monday, 12 December from 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. PT in the Foothill E room of the San Francisco Marriott Marquis hotel. At the event, SEARCH leads will introduce new Arctic change information resources and discuss how researchers, agencies, and stakeholders can contribute to and participate in SEARCH activities. The event will be live-streamed for online participation.
Sea Ice Prediction Network Meeting at AGU
The Sea Ice Prediction Network (SIPN) announces an open meeting on Tuesday, 13 December 2016 from 12:15-1:15 p.m. in San Francisco, California, during the American Geophysical Union (AGU) fall meetings. The meeting will provide a forum to: re-cap the 2016 Arctic sea ice/Sea Ice Outlook season; discuss the next phase of SIPN and how best it can meet the needs of network participants; and share information on relevant efforts and potential collaborations. A boxed lunch will be provided for meeting participants who RSVP by end-of-day Tuesday, 6 December 2016.
SIPN Webinar - "The 2016 Sea Ice Outlook (SIO) – Post Season Discussion"
The Sea Ice Prediction Network (SIPN) announces open registration for a webinar entitled "The 2016 Sea Ice Outlook (SIO) – Post Season Discussion" presented by Larry Hamilton, University of New Hampshire, and Edward Blanchard-Wrigglesworth, University of Washington. This webinar will include a discussion of the 2016 Sea Ice Outlook (SIO) with a focus on the lessons learned from this season, what was new this season, and what areas could be improved for the future. Presentations will include a review and analysis of the outlooks contributed from 2008 to 2016, discussion of the 2016 summer sea-ice conditions that lead to the minima this year, and discussion of the SIO success and challenges at the local scale. Time for community discussion will follow the presentations. The webinar will be held Tuesday, 11 October 2016, 8:00am to 9:00am (AKDT).
Sea Ice Prediction Network Webinar - Archive Available
The archive is now available for the 23 August 2016 Sea Ice Prediction Network (SIPN) webinar presented by Walt Meier, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and entitled "Uncertainty in Satellite-Derived Sea Ice Extent Estimates.” The archive includes a video of the webinar, presentation slides, and a list of webinar participants.
This webinar, organized by Muyin Wang and the SIPN Leadership Team, focused on uncertainty in sea ice extent estimates from remotely-sensed data. Meier discussed the current understanding of related issues and proposed various methods of estimating extent uncertainty, with the aim of improving analyses of sea ice extent trends and variability. A question and answer session with participants followed the presentation.
2016 Sea Ice Outlook August Report Available
The August report for the 2016 Sea Ice Outlook (SIO) is now available! The goal of the SIO is to improve Arctic sea ice prediction on seasonal time-scales. Organizers thank all who contributed to the 40 Outlooks received for this report - a record number of contributions! This month the median pan-Arctic extent Outlook for September 2016 sea ice extent is 4.4 million square kilometers. Contributions are based on a range of methods from advanced numerical models to qualitative perspectives from citizen scientists. This report includes discussions about dynamical model contributions and their variance, current conditions, recent atmospheric conditions, probability forecasts for late summer meteorological conditions, and comments on sea ice conditions in the Alaska sector as well as the Outlooks that focused on that region; key statements from each individual Outlook; and links to view or download individual contributions.
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Sea Ice Data at NSIDC
Through the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), SIPN manages a comprehensive list of datasets useful for sea ice prediction. Two new datasets for 2016 include "Arctic Buoys - Snow Depth Data and Images" and "Unified Sea Ice Thickness Climate Data Record."