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