[GLIMS] Fwd: ESA-CliC-EGU conference

[Jonathan Bamber]

Dear colleague,

I  am  pleased  to  inform  you  that  ESA in collaboration with CliC 
and EGU  are organising the topical conference:

                   Earth Observation and Cryosphere Science

Advancing Knowledge of Cryosphere-Atmosphere-Ocean Interactions from Space

                              13-16 November 2012

                             European Space Agency
                                    ESRIN,
                              Via Galileo Galilei
                             Frascati, 00044 Italy

The specific objectives of this topical conference are:

(1)  To  assess  recent  progress  in  the  full range of cryosphere 
relevant EO-based observations and techniques;
(2)  To  review  the  major  scientific  advances  in cryosphere science 
with special   attention   to  the  understanding  of  
cryosphere-atmosphere-ocean interactions and impacts in climate change;
(3) To discuss the challenges and opportunities in cryosphere science 
offered by  the  new  generation  of EO satellites as well as the major 
observational gaps for the coming decades;
(4)  To  consolidate  a  scientific roadmap outlining the main 
priorities and challenges  for  the  cryosphere  community  in  terms of 
novel observations, enhanced EO-based products and techniques and 
innovative scientific results.

Contributions  are  sought for presentations on the state-of-the-art 
research and  developments  in  the use of EO for cryosphere science. 
Invited keynotes will  give overviews of problems, progress and 
prospects in key areas. Poster presentations  will  be the main form of 
presentation. Plenty of time will be reserved for discussions.

Preliminary list of relevant topics:
·  Reducing uncertainties in mass balance estimates;
·  Ice sheet dynamics;
·  Ice shelf-ocean interactions;
·  Snow, snow albedo and snow water equivalent;
·  Hydrology in high latitudes and extreme events;
·  Polar ocean, dynamic topography, and circulation;
·  Sea ice, thickness and dynamics;
·  Permafrost and seasonally frozen ground;
·  Glaciers and Ice caps;
·  Ice-ocean-atmosphere interactions;
·  Role of Cryosphere in climate;
·  Cryosphere and ocean dynamics (e.g., thermohaline circulation);
·  Cryosphere interactions with the carbon cycle;
·  Role of the Cryosphere in the water cycle;
·  Lake and river ice;


*The deadline for the submission of the abstracts is 15 June 2012.*

For  more  information, registration and submission of abstracts please 
go to
the Conference web site:

*http://www.eo4cryosphere.info*

With our best regards

The Organising Committee:

Diego Fernández Prieto (ESA)
Jenny Baeseman (CliC Project Office)
Jonathan Bamber, Bristol Glaciology Centre, UK (EGU)
Konrad Steffen, University of Colorado, USA;
Mark Drinkwater (ESA)
Vladimir Ryabinin (WCRP)
Anna Hoog (ESA)

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Prof. J.L. Bamber                       tel: 44-(0)117-331-4129
Bristol Glaciology Centre,              fax: 44-(0)117-928-7878
School of Geographical Sciences,        email:j.bamber at bristol.ac.uk
University of Bristol,
University Road,
Bristol, BS8 1SS, UK.

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