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Dear Colleagues! terms of observations. Feedback from the com- 01 munity on how to improve the YOPP Observations / It is my pleasure to welcome you to the fourth Layer would be much appreciated. 10 issue of PolarPredictNews. Among others, this latest issue provides you with a brief report from Finally, I would like to point out two important the first YOPP Online Conference. I thought that milestones in terms of user-engagement this event was important, given some interesting highlighted in this issue—namely the establish- and valuable discussion and suggestions from the ment of the platform “Polar Prediction Matters” participants. A link to the recording of this event and publication of the scoping document entitled is provided in this newsletter; and I would like to “Navigating Weather, Water, Ice and Climate”, invite you to join us on 1 December 2017 for the which is a high-level document discussing rese- second YOPP Online Conference. arch needs in relation to the use and provision of environmental forecast in the Arctic and Antarctic. Another important element, described in this issue of PolarPredictNews, is the development of Happy reading, the YOPP Observations Layer, which allows you to Thomas Jung check who will be doing what, when and where in

The Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP) is a major international activity that has been initiated by World Mete- orological Organization’s World Weather Research Programme (WWRP) as a key component of the Polar Prediction Project (PPP). It takes place from mid-2017 to mid-2019. The overarching goal of YOPP is to significantly advance our environmental prediction capabilities for the polar regions and beyond. As an inter- nationally coordinated period of intensive observing, modelling, prediction, verification, user-engagement, and education activities which involves various stakeholders, the YOPP contributes to the knowledge base needed to manage the opportunities and risks that come with polar climate change. Newsletter #04 // Nov. 2017

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Content ning of the upcoming YOPP Special Observing Periods (SOPs). SOPs will 01 YOPP Online Conference #01 take place in winter (February–March) 02 YOPP Observations Layer and summer (July–September) 2018 in 03 Polar Prediction Matters the Arctic and during summer 2018/19 04 Operational Support (mid November 2018–mid February 05 Workshop on Arctic Airborne Observations 2019) in the Antarctic. The presentation 06 Navigating Weather, Water, Ice and Climate by Thomas Jung was followed by a ques- Information tion and answer session, which allowed 07 In Operation! – Medical Evacuation from participants to engage in the planning. South Orkney Islands 08 Project ARICE Funded This conference has been the first in a num- 09 Chukchi Sea Radiosondes Help ber of YOPP Online meetings that will be held Detecting Hurricane Irma during the coming months. To listen to the con- 10 Feeling the Arctic to Better Understand – ference on YouTube, please click here. The next Arctic Circle 2017 Assembly conference is scheduled for 01 December 2018, 4 11 Subtitles to Polar Prediction Animation pm (GMT). In order to register, please follow this 12 YOPP-endorsed! – CAALC link. 13 Upcoming Events 02 YOPP Observations Layer|In order to provide a better overview on observational acti- 01 YOPP Online Conference #01 | The first vities that will take place during the Year of YOPP Online Conference took place on 17 Oc- Polar Prediction, the International Coordina- 02 tober. During the first of a series of YOPP Online tion Office has developed a layer (kmz file) to / Conferences, the chair of the Polar Prediction be opened e.g., with Google Earth. This file dis- 10 Project Steering Group, Thomas Jung, has provi- plays information about extra observations such ded an update on the planning of the Year of Polar as buoys, automatic weather stations and radio- Prediction. He flagged activities such as extra sonde launches during the Special Observing Pe- routine observations that contribute to the plan- riods of the Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP SOPs).

Observations during YOPP: Extra radiosondes, buoys, and aircraft can be explored at a kml file to be downloaded from www.polarprediction.net (Figure: Google Earth) Newsletter #04 // Nov. 2017

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Currently known details on airborne observations gue between polar forecast providers and users. have also been included to the layer and can be What kind of information is needed by the cap- browsed along different time slots. tain of a vessel navigating polar waters, or by the One of the main sources for this file has been in- pilot of an aircraft operating in Antarctica? Our formation received from national weather centres knowledge of what really matters at the end of replying to a letter WMO officially sent out early the forecast chain is rather limited. One important this year to inform Permanent Representatives of goal of YOPP is to foster the dialogue between po- WMO Member States about YOPP SOPs. Obser- lar forecast providers and users, in order to guide vations taking place during field campaigns of research towards significantly improved and YOPP-endorsed projects are also included. This applied polar prediction capabilities in a way that file is available for download at the website and, is meaningful to the various stakeholder groups as a living resource, will continuously be updated involved. in response to any new information. A spreads- heet with information on planned airborne obser- The dialogue platform Polar Prediction Matters vations is currently under development and will which is hosted by the German Helmholtz Asso- soon be shared with the community for input. For ciation specifically aims to foster the exchange any comments and updates, please contact the between forecast users and experts on polar pre- ICO at [email protected]. diction by sharing individual insights of polar environmental forecast users. These user perspecti- 03 Polar Prediction Matters | Together with ves will be complemented with contributions by partners APPLICATE, Blue-Action, and the forecast providers, such as natural scientists wor- PPP-SERA subcommittee, the YOPP Coordina- king at meteorological and sea-ice services or at tion Office has launched the Polar Prediction universities, but also by social scientists trying to Matters dialogue platform at https://blogs. shed light on how forecast information and pro- 03 helmholtz.de/polarpredictionmatters/. Polar ducts are created, delivered, and utilised. / Prediction Matters aims to strengthen the dialo- 10 In our first two contributions, a former master of the German research icebreaker Polarstern and two Icelandic coast guards provide their views on the role of available environmental information for practical planning of an ice passage and for managing a se- arch and rescue situation in the harsh Arctic environments. For any questions related to Polar Pre- diction Matters, please contact office@ polarprediction.net.

04 Operational Support | A number of operational services, in particular related to weather and sea-ice information, offer support for Arctic field campaigns during the Year of Polar Prediction. A way to assist colleagues while working in the field is to provide and promote opportunities Fostering dialogue: Polar Prediction Matters is hosted by the Ger- for operational support as delivered man Helmholtz Association and the Alfred Wegener Institute. by different weather and ice services. Newsletter #04 // Nov. 2017

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The YOPP Coordination Office is keen to facilitate for concerted efforts of the polar aircraft rese- operational support in particular for field cam- arch community in the years to come. As logisti- paigns that are going to take place during the cal hurdles are taken and funding decisions are Year of Polar Prediction, including those that have made, the coordination of airborne activities will been endorsed by YOPP (for more information on be a “moving target” that requires continuous YOPP-endorsed activities see the YOPP Explorer). exchange within the community. Consequently, a major outcome of the workshop is the develop- A number of operational services, in particular ment of a “living document” that summarises all related to weather and sea-ice information, offer relevant information on planned campaigns. The operational support for YOPP-related campaigns document will soon be shared with the commu- in the Arctic. Possible services include the disse- nity in order to continuously be updated, and mination of existing services, open data, operati- content will be incorporated into the YOPP Obser- onal and site-specific forecasts, or aviation brie- vations layer to facilitate coordination. fings. More details can be found here. A follow-up meeting is tentatively scheduled for Operational services that would like to offer simi- spring/summer 2018, to be held at AWI in Bre- lar products or services are invited to contact the merhaven, Germany. YOPP office at [email protected]. A list Contact: Manfred Wendisch m.wendisch@ of weather and ice services that offer operational uni-leipzig.de support during YOPP in the Southern Hemisphere will be following. 06 Navigating Weather, Water, Ice and Climate Information| A high-level document discus- 05 Workshop on Arctic Airborne Observa- sing research needs in relation to the use and 04 tions| During 5–6 October, the “Workshop on provision of environmental forecasts for the / Airborne Activities in the Arctic: Science and Arctic and An- 10 Prospects” took place in Leipzig, Germany. It tarctic regions brought together about 40 scientists and 30 PhD during the Year students from around the world in order to dis- of Polar Predicti- cuss and coordinate upcoming aircaft missions in on has just been the context of YOPP, MOSAiC, and (AC)³. published.

During the workshop, it was recognised that YOPP, “Navigating MOSAiC, and (AC)³ provide a unique opportunity Weather, Water, Ice and Climate Information for Safe Polar Mobi- lities” is the fifth document published as part of the WMO WWRP/ Exploring the needs and exper- PPP series. The tise of polar forecast users: the authors of the new PPP-SERA document has document – the just been published in the WMO PPP Societal and WWRP/PPP series. Economic Rese- arch and Applications (PPP-SERA) Subcommittee Altogether: Group photo of members of the ACLOUD – argue that environmental forecasting systems aircraft campaign that took place in July 2017 on Spits- are only of societal benefit if they are being used bergen (Photo: Tobias Doktorowski). widely. This entails that they can be accessed Newsletter #04 // Nov. 2017

International Coordination Office (ICO) Find more information at of the Polar Prediction Project www.polarprediction.net by stakeholders in the polar regions, are desi- time, the Argentinean Ice Service called the U.S. gned in such a way that users without a scientific National Ice Center for support and coordinati- or technical background can interact with them on of incoming information. The communication and, first and foremost, that they provide the kind between the two ice servies went very well; the of information that the users need to make their U.S. National Ice Center for example provided field operations safer, more efficient or more pro- information extracted from satellite images which ductive. PPP-related research initiatives should enabled the Argentinean Ice Service to reinforce “explore how weather, water, ice and climate its own analyses. (WWIC) information is currently being used and produced in the Polar Regions, by whom, and for One of the major challenges of this operation was what reasons“ in order to help better understand to combine the ice information with the probab- decision-making processes when operating in the le ice drift during the movement of low pressure Arctic and Antarctica. The document is also avai- systems in the area. There were several storms lable for download. ongoing which regularly modify the position of Contact: Daniela Liggett daniela.liggett@canter- the marginal ice zone and change the pressure bury.ac.nz; Jackie Dawson Jackie.Dawson@uotta- characteristics of the ice fields. Finding the right wa.ca position for a ship to enter the ice field was thus challenging, particulary when considering the 07 In Operation! – Medical Evacuation from limited amount of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) South Orkney Islands | (by Alvaro Scardilli, Ar- images available in the Southern Hemisphere, gentinian Ice Service) For the first time, medical which in other areas are routinely used for plan- evacuation was successfully performed from ning operations in the ice. the South Orkney Islands by coordinating joint efforts of Southern Hemisphere international Finally, the medical evacuation was successful- 05 ice services and ma- ly performed on 29 July by landing a Twin Otter / king use of the Inter- aircraft on a glacier of the island as it was the qui- 10 national Ice Charting ckest and safest way to evacuate the injured per- Working Group‘s son from the base. The mission in particular has (IICWG) Emergency been successful thanks to the excellent work by Response Contact List. Commander Gabrielle McGrath who had led the establishment of the IICWG Emergency Response On 24 July, the Argenti- Contact List where all ice services are now listed nian Ice Service recei- and can be contacted to provide support in case ved a call to initiate an urgent assessment on ice of emergency. This operation therefore constitu- conditions around the South Orkney Islands due tes a great improvement for the development of to the injury of a crew member at the Argenti- ice services in the Southern Hemisphere and de- nian-operated naval station Orcadas. Medical monstrates the possibility to establish internatio- evacuation was requested for which a ship opera- nally coordinated actions in cases of emergency. tion seemed the best option. However, sailing can Contact: Alvaro Scardilli [email protected] be very difficult since during this time of the year compact ice extends up to 40 miles north of the 08 Project ARICE Funded | (by Veronica Will- South Orkney Islands. mott, Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany) With ARICE (“Arctic Research Icebreaker Consor- In order to assess the prevalent ice conditions for tium”), a new member project joins EU Arctic the rescue ship to penetrate the ice on its way to Cluster. It will offer transnational access to Orcadas Base (see title picture), the staff at the four European and two North American Argentinean Ice Service collected all available icebreakers in the Arctic Ocean. The new EU satellite images and photographs of ice taken infrastructure project ARICE joins the efforts of 14 from different heights of the base. At the same partners from twelve different countries. The pro- Newsletter #04 // Nov. 2017

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ject will start on the 01 January 2018 and will run 09 Chukchi Sea Radiosondes Help Detecting for four years. ARICE will provide Europe with Hurricane Irma| (by Jun Inoue, Japan National In- better capacities for marine-based research in stitute of Polar Research) During this summer‘s the ice-covered Arctic Ocean. It aims at reaching cruise of the Japanese research vessel RV this goal by: Mirai extra radiosondes have been launched as a contribution to YOPP. As part of the Japane- 1) Developing strategies to ensure the optimal se research project “Arctic Challenge for Sustain- use of the existing polar research vessels at a Eu- ability” (ArCS), extra radiosondes were launched ropean and international level, working towards every six hours over the ice-free Chukchi Sea an International Arctic Research during September 2017 aboard the RV Mirai. In Icebreaker Consortium which shares and jointly addition to radiosoundings, a global cloud-resol- funds operational ship time on the available rese- ving model (“Non-hydrostatic Icosahedral At- arch icebreakers. mospheric Model” NICAM) was run to provide a quasi-real time forecast for the operational sup- 2) Providing transnational access to a set of six port of navigating RV Mirai through Arctic waters. key European and international research Although NICAM still needs to be tuned for spe- icebreakers for European scientists, based on cific meteorological phenomena occurring in the scientific excellence of submitted proposals: Arctic, certain weather events were well detected - PRV Polarstern, Germany and helped to improve their forecasts. - IB Oden, Sweden - RV Kronprins Haakon, Norway (under construc- Being associated with a developing low pressure tion, to be operative in 2017) system evolving over the Chukchi Sea, precipita- - RRS Sir David Attenborough, United Kingdom tion detected by a shipboard scanning Doppler 06 (under construction, to be operative in 2018) radar and surface wind recorded at 20 m/s on 13 / - CCGS Amundsen, Canada September could for example already be well 10 - RV Sikuliaq, United States of America. predicted two days earlier by the model-driven ARICE will provide transnational access to a forecast initialized at 0000 UTC. unique winter experiment carried out on board the PRV Polarstern, the MOSAiC (Multidiscipli- The hurricane Irma that took place from 5–11 nary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic September has been of wide international Climate) initiative.

3) Improving the research icebreakers’ services by partnering with maritime industry on a “ships and platforms of opportunity” programme and by exploring into new key technologies that could lead to an improvement of ship-based and autonomous measurements in the Arctic Ocean. ARICE will also im- plement virtual and remote access of data via an innovative 3D Virtual Icebreaker. Contact: Nicole Biebow – Project Coordinator [email protected]; Verónica Willmott – Project Manager Detecting Irma in the Arctic: Extra radiosondes from RV Mirai (see dots [email protected] north of Alaska) likely contributed to improve the forecast of the catas- trophic hurricane Irma in September 2017 (Figure: ECMWF). Newsletter #04 // Nov. 2017

International Coordination Office (ICO) Find more information at of the Polar Prediction Project www.polarprediction.net awareness due to its powerful damaging impact and extremely complex region that is the Arctic. to the Caribbean Sea and the South of the United Maybe to remind attendees that there is no simp- States. With regard to activities on board RV Mirai, le solution to a changing Arctic, the Finnish MSV Irma can be taken as a suitable case showing that Nordica icebreaker has been situated just a few the impact of YOPP observations together with the steps away the conference centre. Tough but mag- tropical special dropsondes close to the hurrica- nificent. ne can reveal much improved forecast precision. Since the hurricane was associated with a deep Variety of Interest atmospheric trough that extended from the north The event gathered a plethora of stakeholders re- of Alaska to the south of the United States, extra presenting different types of organizations, ways radiosondes from RV Mirai probably contributed of life – from big city dwellers to reindeer her- to detecting the event well in advance and thus ders and nomads –, and regions all over the Ar- helped to improve the hurricane forecast. Extra ctic and beyond. People with diverse professional radiosondes from this summer‘s RV Mirai cruise roles – from owners of big corporations interested are also going to be implemented in the YOPP in financial planning to whale hunters concerned Observations Layer. with the subsistence of their community – were shoulder to shoulder in this annual appointment. By using an ensemble data assimilation system Participants had also different connections and developed by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth stakes in the Arctic, ranging from economic inte- Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), data denial rests linked to resources exploitation, over nature experiments will be carried out in the near future conservation to spiritual links to the Arctic terri- in order to estimate tory based in indigenous the particular degree people’s traditions. of improvement to 07 the forecast of events Researchers Meet Stake- / as such these two holders 10 examples. The Arctic Circle Assembly Contact: Jun Inoue also provided a good op- [email protected] portunity for researchers to meet certain stakehol- 10 Feeling the Ar- ders who help defining ctic to Better Under- priorities in future Arctic stand – Arctic Circle research. For projects 2017 Assembly | and initiatitives such as (by Marta Terrado Three busy days: The Arctic Circle 2017 Assembly APPLICATE and the Year and Dragana Bojovic, took place from 13–15 October in Reykjavik, Iceland of Polar Prediction, the Barcelona Supercom- (Photo: Arctic Circle). Arctic Circle provided an puting Center, BSC- excellent platform to link CNS) For three busy days of dialogue, interac- with relevant initiatives focusing on the Arctic. tions and learning on priority issues affecting One of these initiatives with high relevance for their lives and businesses, international go- APPLICATE and YOPP is the Arctic Council – the vernment representatives, statesmen, organi- leading intergovernmental forum promoting zations, corporations and universities, think cooperation, coordination and interaction among tanks, indigenous communities and many the Arctic states, indigenous communities and other actors interested in the Arctic have come other inhabitants. Zooming in on Europe, different together in Reykjavik, Iceland, for the Arctic European H2020 Arctic Projects, including APPLI- Circle 2017 Assembly. No doubt, Iceland’s Har- CATE which is part of the EU Arctic Cluster had pa Centre was an appropriate venue allowing the opportunity to discuss the future coordination participants to feel being part of the vast, diverse strategy for user engagement and dissemination. Newsletter #04 // Nov. 2017

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Merging Science and Tradition 12 YOPP-endorsed! – CAALC | YOPP endorse- Some priorities identified in discussions during ment is available for projects, programmes and the assembly pointed at the need for reliable sea initiatives that contribute to the aims of the Year of ice modelling for shipping planning. The use of Polar Prediction. More than sixty projects, pro- future scenarios developed in conjunction with grammes and initiatives already received project shipping companies was especially stressed. endorsement from YOPP. Prediction of the snowpack was mentioned to be relevant for reindeer herding, security and skiing, The YOPP-endorsed project “Characterization whereas prediction of ocean temperature, acidity of Low Clouds and the Atmosphere over the and salinity changes could be used for sustain- Antarctic Peninsula and West Antarctic Ice able management of fish stocks contributing to Sheet” (CAALC) is led by the physical chemist food security. The added value of merging scien- Penny Rowe from the NorthWest Research Associ- tific knowledge with traditional knowledge was a ates (NWRA, USA) and the University of Santiago, commonplace in many speeches. Chile. In close collaboration with Chilean and Korean colleagues who launch weather balloons Global Opportunities but Challenging from the neighbouring station King SeJong, Penny A clear outcome of the Arctic Circle Assembly Rowe will carry out radiosonde launches, surfa- was that climate change in the Arctic will bring ce-based radiometry measurements, and bal- many challenges but also many opportunities. We loon-borne in situ cloud property measurements should accept that there is a need for continuous at Escudero station to learn about the atmosphe- and profound adaptation, trying to make the most ric characteristics over Antarctica. Just before of these opportunities, while minimizing negative flying out for the upcoming campaign this No- impacts and preserving Arctic identity above all. vember, Penny Rowe was so kind to tell us about 08 The outreach of the impact is global. Just as the her project. / motto of the Arctic Circle assembly was: “What 10 happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic”. Dr. Rowe, what are you going to find out with Contact: Dragana Bojovic dragana.bojovic@bsc. CAALC? es; Marta Terrado [email protected] We hope to improve understanding of clouds and the lower atmosphere above the Antarctic 11 Subtitles to Polar Prediction Animation | Peninsula and Southern Ocean by making measu- The Polar Prediction video animation is now rement from weather balloons, lidar, and radiation available with subtitles in six different langu- instruments during three summer campaigns at ages. Thanks to the special engagement of our Escudero Station, Antarctica. We also hope these colleagues Dragana Bojovic, Matthieu Chevallier, measurements can help determine the degree to Luisa Cristini, Juhyeong Han and Marta Terra- which launching weather balloons over Escude- do, subtitles have now been added to the Polar ro Station (located near the end of the Antarctic Prediction video animation. To turn on the subti- Peninsula) will help improve weather forecasting. tles available in French, Italian, Spanish, Korean, German and Who is working with you, and where do the English, click funds come from? on the Settings I’m fortunate to be part of a hard-working and button below amazing team from the Universidad de Santiago the video on de Chile (USACH), including Raul Cordero, Ed- the right side gardo Sepulveda, and Alessandro Damiani. This (gear wheel also includes a number of students from USACH symbol) which that support our project by helping with the inst- will bring up To read along: The Polar Predic- rumentation on our science platform, led by Raul options for tion animation now with subtitles Cordero, at Escudero Station, on King George subtitles. in six different languages. Island. The funding comes from FONDECYT (Preis Newsletter #04 // Nov. 2017

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1161460), a grant program of Chile, with support The main goal of our project is to improve our from ANILLO ACT1410, and we receive vital logi- understanding of clouds over Antarctica. Clouds stical support from the Chilean Antarctic Institute are an important part of forecasting as they can (INACH RT_32-15). We’re also collaborating with impact visibility and weather conditions. Howe- Sang-Jong Park, who will launch weather balloons ver, the most immediate contribution will be the from the nearby Korean station, King SeJong Stati- additional measurements from weather balloons on, and with the British Antarctic Survey, who will that will be used in real-time weather forecasting. fly a research aircraft over the station. King George Island has an airstrip that is operated by Chile. However, in addition to the Chile- When does the campaign start and how long will an station it also supports the Chinese, Russian, it take? Korean, and Uruguayan stations on the island, Our first field season as well as providing was last Austral sum- refuelling for research mer, in January 2017. airplanes. Despite We will have another this, there are current- field season during ly no routine weather November 2017 – Fe- balloon measurements bruary 2018, and the at the station. We hope final season will be our measurements will in November 2018 – help understand how February 2019. routine weather balloons at this location What measurements can improve forecas- are you carrying out, ting. 09 and how will they / help achieving the Out in the field: Penny Rowe at Escudero Station on King What is the most ex- 10 project’s goals? George Island during the campaign in last January (Photo: citing part you like We plan to launch Edgardo Sepulveda). in CAALC? weather balloons The most exciting to measure atmospheric temperature, humidity, part is working with an excellent team in the pressure and winds. We also have a suite of inst- environment of Antarctica. Antarctica is a truly ruments on our platform that will take continuous unique and awe-inspiring place, and I feel fortu- measurements, including an instrument we are nate to have the opportunity to live and work very excited about called a Mini Micro Pulse there. It is also a wonderful experience working LiDAR, or MiniMPL. The MiniMPL sends up a laser, together with the other dedicated members of which reflects off the clouds and can be used to our team from USACH in the common goal of im- determine cloud height and whether the cloud is proving our understanding of Antarctica. CAALC made of liquid drops or ice crystals. We also have involves extensive collaboration, including inter- instruments that measure infrared and shortwave national, interdisciplinary, and young scientists, radiation, which are useful for understanding how working at high latitudes and extreme conditions. clouds warm the Earth by trapping infrared radiation (contributing to the greenhouse effect) and What should the polar prediction community cool the Earth by reflecting shortwave radiation remember on CAALC? (originating from the sun). These measurements Our goal is improving our understanding of can also be compared to results from models to clouds and the lower atmosphere above King better understand these processes. George Island, near the terminus of the Antarctic Peninsula. We hope that this will lead to impro- How does CAALC contribute to better forecasts vement in Antarctic forecasts and our understan- in the Antarctic? ding of the climate and its evolution. Newsletter #04 // Nov. 2017

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13 Upcoming Events 26 February–02 March 2018 2nd Pan-GASS meeting “Understanding and Mo- 13–16 November 2017 delling Atmospheric Processes” MOSAiC Implementation Workshop Lorne, Victoria, Australia Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia 15–26 June 2018 POLAR2018 SCAR/IASC Conference 11–15 December 2017 Session AC-3 “High-Latitude Boundary Layers and Arctic Change Conference 2017 Model Evaluation” co-convened by Ian Renfrew PPP-SERA co-chairing sessions NAV01 and NAV03 (PPP Steering Group)/Timo Vihma (YOPP-endor- (see more) sement) Quebec City, Canada Davos, Switzerland

15–18 January 2018 19 July 2018 5th International Symposium on Arctic Research Third YOPP in the Southern Hemisphere meeting (ISAR-5) (YOPP-SH#03) Session S 2: Synergies for “New Arctic” Climate In conjunction with 13th Workshop on Antarctic Prediction, Observation and Modeling with focus Meteorology and Climate (16–18 July 2018) on YOPP and MOSAiC. Main convener: Jun Inoue Madison, Wisconsin, USA (PPP Steering Group), co-conveners: Yusuke Ka- waguchi, Benjamin Rabe, Daiki Nomura Any upcoming events to be announced to the Tokyo, Japan community? The next issue of PolarPredictNews is expected to be out in December/January. Send 10 23–25 January 2018 your dates and events to office@polarprediction. / Arctic Frontiers Conference 2018 net 10 “The New Arctic in the Global Context” – YOPP Joint Topic with APPLICATE, MOSAiC, Nansen Le- Polar and Marine Research gacy, N-ICE2015, GreenEdge and BAYSYS, Klußmannstraße 3, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany Tromsø, Norway

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