SAP 1.2: Past Climate Variability and Change in the Arctic and at High Latitudes

MAY 10 – 11
Building 810, Denver Federal Center
Main Auditorium, Door W-5

SCOPING WORKSHOP

Session Leads:

Julie Brigham-Grette	University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Leonid Polyak	Byrd Polar Research Center, OSU
Richard Alley	The Pennsylvania State University
Mark Serreze	CIRES

Agency Leads:

Joan Fitzpatrick	US Geological Survey
Nick Lancaster	US Geological Survey
John Calder	NOAA
Kathy Crane	NOAA
Wanda Ferrell	US DOE
Waleed Abdalati	NASA
David Verardo	NSF

Agenda for May 10

8:00 - 8:30 Registration in the Atrium

8:30 - 8:40 Welcome and Opening Remarks

8:40 - 9:00 Background and charge to the group – Agency Leads

Overview of CCSP Process
Introduction to CCSP Synthesis and Assessment Product 1.2
What we need to do at this meeting:

Establish scope of report
Identify key questions
Write draft prospectus
Outline report
Identify lead authors

9:00 - 12:00 Session I – The importance of a paleo-perspective to current climatic conditions in the Arctic

Current climate trends and climate variability in the Arctic

Dr. Mark Sereeze, CIRES

10:00-10:30 Break

The Record of Past Climate Change in the Arctic

Dr. Julie Brigham Grette, U. Mass., Amherst
Dr. Leonid Polyak, Ohio State University
Dr. Richard Alley, Pennsylvania State University

Discussion

12:00-1:15 Lunch

1:15-5:00 Session II – Identification of key issues and limitations of available information

Interactive Panel Discussion – Session Leads

What do the paleo- and instrumental records tell us about Arctic climates?

What can we do with the available data?

3:00 -3:30 Break

Scoping decision - limits of the synthesis (geography, data availability, and time)

Key Issues Decision: What are the key issues and questions that should be addressed in the report?K

5:00 pm Adjourn

Agenda for May 11

8:30 - 9:00 Recap of previous day’s discussions - Agency Leads

Charge for today – Drafting the Prospectus

9:00 - 10:00 Session III: Breakout Groups

Breakout groups each work on individual key questions working to define and expand issues, identify required data, and draft text for prospectus and outline for report

10:00 - 10:30 Break

10:30 - 12:00 Session IV – Breakout Groups

Breakout groups each work on individual key questions working to define and expand issues and required data and draft text for prospectus and outline for report

12:00 - 1:15 Lunch

1:15 - 2:00 Session V – Breakout groups report back

2:00 - 4:00 Session VI – Drafting of Prospectus

Interactive session to finalize prospectus, product outline, and identify lead authors

4:00 - 5:00 Concluding Remarks and Next Steps

5:00 Adjourn

Agenda for May 12

8:30 – 12:00 Session leads and Agency leads synthesize material from the workshop

12:00 Adjourn

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