Arktalas Hoavva Science Workshop Agenda
UNIS, Longyearbyen, Svalbard
26-29 April 2022
Day 1 - 16:00 Workshop at UNIS (flight delay caused late start)
16:15 -16:30 Welcome and Logistics
16:30 -16:45 Main Goals of the Science Workshop (J.A. Johannessen)
16:45 -17:10 Words from ESA (C. Donlon)
17:10 -17:40 Status overview of the Arktalas project (J.A. Johannessen)
17:40 -18:10 Rearrangement of agenda due to change of visit to SvalSat and availability of on-line participants.
Day 1 – 18:10 Adjourn
18:15 Transport from UNIS and check in at Svalbard Guesthouse
19:30 Joint Dinner at Kroa
Day 2 – 09:00 Workshop at UNIS
08:30 Transport to UNIS
09:00 – 11:00 Status of science papers (~ 45 minutes to 1 hour per paper with questions and comments)
- Wind-wave attenuation under sea ice in the Arctic: a review of remote sensing capabilities by Fabrice Collard, Louis Marié Frédéric Nouguier, Marcel Kleinherenbrink, Frithjof Ehlers and Fabrice Ardhuin, submitted to JGR-Oceans.
- Evaluation of a coupled wave-sea-ice model against the ICESat-2-derived wave-affected fraction, G. Boutin, T. Williams, C. Horvat and L. Brodeau, submitted to Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. London A
11:00 - 11:30 Break
11:30- 12:30 Status of science papers (continue)
- On the assessment of Arctic storm effects on sea ice dynamics, new sea ice formation and ice-ocean stress (Anton Korosov), submitted to GRL.
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30- 14:30 Overview of EU-ESA´s polar science cluster projects and future plans (D. Fernandez)
14:30- 16:30 Status of science papers (continue)
- Arctic amplification and its impact (I. Esau)
- Impact of sea-ice friction on tidal modelling in Arctic Ocean (M. Cancet)
16.30-17:15 Round table discussion on scientific findings and results
Day 2 – 17:15 Adjourn
17:30 Transport to Svalbard Guesthouse
19:30 Joint Dinner at Funken
Day 3 – 09:00 Workshop at UNIS
08:30 Transport to UNIS
09:00 - 11:30 Presentations from participants from the University Centre at Svalbard (UNIS)
- Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS), Shridhar Jawak, SIOS-Knowledge Center, UNIS
- UNIS- A University in the Arctic, Rector Jøran Moen,
- Trends and variability in the ocean around Svalbard based on in situ data and satellite observations, Frank Nilsen, Professor at UNIS
11:30 – 11:45 Break
11:45- 12:30 First examples of a Digital Twin Arctic, Einar Olason, NERSC (remotely)
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 -14:30 CIMR over sea ice, Dr. Thomas Lavergne, MET.no (remotely)
14:30- 15:30 ESA´s future mission observing the Cryosphere, Craig Donlon, ESA
15:30 – 16:00 Break
16:00 -16:45 Changes in the Arctic Ocean: Knowledge gaps and Impact of future satellite missions, Status of draft synthesis paper by Mathilde Cancet
16:45 - 17:25 Discussion on Roadmap for future studies, Bertrand Chapron, IFREMER.
Day 3 – 17:25 Adjourn
17:30 Transport to Svalbard Guesthouse
19:30 Joint Dinner at Stasjonen
Day 4 – 09:00 Workshop at UNIS
08:30 Transport to SvalSat
09:00-11:00 Visit at SvalSat
11:00- 11:30 Transport to UNIS
11:30 -12:30 Round table discussion addressing major Arctic scientific challenges, their level of maturity, approaches to remove knowledge gaps, possible design of a Digital Twin Arctic.
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
Day 4 – 14:00 Adjourn