Arctic Ocean Model Intercomparison Project (AOMIP): Travel Support for Workshops

• Main Author: Steele, Michael
• Other Authors: WASHINGTON UNIV SEATTLE APPLIED PHYSICS LAB
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Geography; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Computer Programming and Software; *MATHEMATICAL MODELS; *ARCTIC OCEAN; *SCIENTISTS; *OCEAN MODELS; *SEA ICE; *WORKSHOPS; COOPERATION; ARCTIC REGIONS; BERING STRAIT; TRAVEL; ECOSYSTEMS; FRESH WATER; MARINE ATMOSPHERES; WIND; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH; OBSERVATION; *ARCTIC OCEAN MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; *SEA ICE-OCEAN MODELS; ARCTIC MODELING; SEA ICE MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; WIND FORCING; TRAVEL SUPPORT; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Bering Strait; Canada; Pacific; Steele; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA526887; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA526887

Our long-term goal is to improve arctic sea ice-ocean numerical models by fostering communication and collaboration within the international modeling community. The specific objective of this project is to fund travel to Arctic Ocean Model Intercomparison Project (AOMIP) workshops by scientists who are new to the field (e.g., graduate students and post-docs), with additional funding for use by Navy modelers and by other key senior modelers who provide insight for the younger scientists. PI Steele works closely with AOMIP PI Andrey Proshutinsky, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), to organize the workshops, including time for talks on current research, break-out sessions, review talks designed to assess the current state of the field, and social activities. The first AOMIP workshop to use ONR funding took place at WHOI on October 20-23, 2009. Forty two scientists came to WHOI from the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Sweden, Russia, Poland, and England. An additional dozen local WHOI scientists participated in discussions during the week. There were 44 talks and 11 posters presented. Talks were grouped according to the following themes: Freshwater, Sea ice, Model progress and results, Observations and methods, Water masses -- straits and ecosystems, and Atlantic and Pacific water dynamics. This ONR grant supported travel for 16 scientists. All supported scientists gave talks or posters. The potential future impact of AOMIP activities is the improvement of models and observation strategies. In particular, the future impact of exposing young and new-to-the-arctic scientists to the state-of-the-art in arctic modeling is an enhanced capability for more accurate modeling and scientific discovery.