Marine WG, Toyama, Japan, 23 April 2015

AgendaMarine Working Group Meeting
Arctic Ocean Science Board (AOSB)
23 April 2015
14.00-17.30(Lunch 12.30-14.00, Coffee Break 16.10-16.30)

Toyama, JapanToyama International Conference Centre

Draft Agenda
Participants:
WG MEMBERS PRESENT:BERT RUDELS - FINLAND, CHAIR
JINPING ZHAO - CHINA, VICE CHAIRGERHARD HERNDL - AUSTRIAOLEG DITRICH - CZECH REPUBLIC
NAJA MIKKELSEN – DENMARKMORTEN HOLTEGAARD NIELSEN - DENMARKKARI STRAND - FINLANDHEIDI KASSENS - GERMANYMICHIEL RUTGERS VAN DER LOEFF - GERMANYSTEINGRIMUR JÓ NSSON - ICELANDGUDRUN MARTEINSDOTTIR - ICELAND
K.P. KRISHNAN - INDIASTEFANO ALIANI - ITALYKOJI SHIMADA - JAPANHAJIME YAMAGUCHI - JAPANSUNG-HO KANG - KOREABAEK MIN KIM - KOREARANDI INGVALDSEN - NORWAYMARIT REIGSTAD - NORWAYWALDEMAR WALCZOWSKI - POLANDMONIKA KĘDRA- POLAND
MIQUEL CANALS - SPAINFRANSCISCO GORDILLO - SPAINPAULINE SNOEIJS LEIJONMALM - SWEDENANITA BUMA - THE NETHERLANDSJEREMY WILKINSON - UKSHELDON BACON - UK
LEE COOPER - USA
GUESTS AND OBSERVERS:JACQUELINE GREBMEIERNATHALIE MORATA
ALEXEY PAVLOVWG MEMBER NOT PRESENT:HUMFREY MELLING – CANADAMARY-LOUISE TIMMERMANS – USA

SECRETARIAT
HIEKE MIDLEJA (IASC SECRETARIAT)EMILY CHOY (IASC FELLOW)PAUL SUPRENAND (IASC FELLOW)KRISTINA BROWN (IASC FELLOW)
JANE LEE (KOPRI SUPPORT)

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AgendaTable of Content
1

OPENING AND REPORTING .............................................................. 3

1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS ....................................................................... 3REPORT FROM THE CHAIR ................................................................................ 3
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING.......................................... 3ADOPTION OF AGENDA .................................................................................... 32

MAIN ISSUES ...................................................................................... 3

2.1

REPORTS ON MWG ACTIVITIES ........................................................................ 3

2.1.1
2.1.2
2.1.3
2.1.4
2.1.5

TOWARDS A SEASONALLY ICE COVERED ARCTIC OCEAN................................................... 3INTERNATIONAL W ORKSHOP ON THE ECOLOGY OF ARCTIC CODS ....................................... 4DISTRIBUTED BIOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY ........................................................................ 4GREENLAND ICESHEET/ OCEAN INTERACTION (GROCE) .................................................. 4THE BIG BLACK BOX........................................................................................................ 52.2

UPDATES ON UPCOMING ACTIVITIES ................................................................. 52.2.1

ATMOSPHERIC-OCEAN-ICE INTERACTIONS AND ASPECTS RELATED TO A FUTURE,SEASONAL ICE COVER IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN – ICARP III SESSION B7 .............................. 52.32.4

REVIEW OF IASC ACTIVITIES RELATED TO MWG .............................................. 5OTHER MARINE ACTIVITIES EXTERNAL TO IASC ................................................ 5

2.4.1
2.4.2

PACIFIC ARCTIC GROUP (PAG) ....................................................................................... 5
ARCTIC IN RAPID TRANSITION (ART) ................................................................................ 5

2.5
2.6

REVIEW OF WG FOCI ....................................................................................... 6
PROPOSED ACTIVITIES .................................................................................... 6

2.6.1
2.6.1.1
2.6.1.2
2.6.1.3
2.6.1.4

NEW ACTIVITIES/TASKS BROUGHT FORWARD BY THE MEMBERS ......................................... 6
INTERNATIONAL W ORKSHOP ON THE TRANSPOLAR SYSTEM OF THE ARCTIC OCEAN .......... 6ICARP III FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES.................................................................................... 6POLAR MARINE DIATOM WORKSHOP ................................................................................. 7
SYMPOSIUM ON THE ROLE OF ICE IN THE SEA ................................................................... 72

Marine WG, Toyama, Japan, 23 April 2015Agenda1OPENING AND REPORTING (14.00-14.10)

1.1

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONSBERT RUDELS

1.2

REPORT FROM THE CHAIR
BERT RUDELS

1.3

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETINGHEIKE MIDLEJA
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1.4

The minutes of the 2013 meeting is given in ANNEX 1.3

ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
BERT RUDELS

2MAIN ISSUES (14.10-16.10)

2.1

REPORTS ON MWG ACTIVITIES

2.1.1

TOWARDS A SEASONALLY ICE COVERED ARCTIC OCEANBERT RUDELS
The workshop, “Towards a seasonal ice covered Arctic Ocean” was held on 20- 21 October 2014 in Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), USA. Thisworkshop was a spinoff from the previous IASC MWG workshop, “InternalMixing Processes in the Arctic Ocean,” held before the FAMOS (Forum of Arctic
Modelling and Observational Syntheses) annual meeting in Woods Hole inOctober 2013. 40 invited participants attended the workshop of whom eighteen
received travel support from IASC. The workshop was organized thematicallywith introductions by invited speakers, presenting different processes presentin the Arctic Ocean.
The workshop report is given in ANNEX 2.1.1.

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2.1.2

AgendaINTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE ECOLOGY OF ARCTIC COD
LEE COOPER
The workshop was held on 8-9 April 2014, Copenhagen, Denmark, aiming tobring together experts from around the circumpolar North to share knowledge
about Arctic cods from the Pacific and Atlantic regions, to synthesize current
information, and to plant the seed for future comparative analyses. Theworkshop was attended by over 60 scientists from 10 countries and featured
10 poster presentation on Tuesday evening and 17 oral presentations onWednesday. The goal of the workshop was to bring together scientists fromaround the circumpolar Arctic to focus exclusively on the ecology of Arcticgadids.
 The workshop report is given in ANNEX 2.1.2.

2.1.3

DISTRIBUTED BIOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY (DBO)
JACQUELINE GREBMEIER
The second DBO data workshop was held successfully at the NOAA Pacific
Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) in Seattle on 29 - 31 October 2014.
The meeting brought together scientists and associated project data setscollected during the 2010 - 2014 DBO pilot effort. The purpose of the meeting
was to discuss the results, share data sets, develop an international data policy
for this observing effort, and organize collaborative publications. A report on theworkshop will be provided and the MWG will discuss its continued involvementin the DBO effort.
2.1.4

The workshop report is given in ANNEX 2.1.3.

GREENLAND ICE SHEET/OCEAN INTERACTION (GROCE)MICHIEL RUTGERS VAN DER LOEFF
The mass loss from the Greenland ice sheet has increased rapidly over the lastfew decades. Once candidate for the ice sheet mass loss is the dynamics ofmarine terminating outlet glacier, which have a direct link to warming oceanwaters. Uniting national and disciplinary studies towards better understanding
the interaction between Greenland ice sheet and ocean will therefore be one
challenge of future Arctic research. This will be the theme of a workshop heldin Bremerhaven 8 – 9 December, 2014, supported in the framework of ICARPIII.

 The workshop report is given in ANNEX 2.1.4.

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2.1.5

AgendaTHE BIG BLACK BOX (BBB)
BERT RUDELS (INPUT FROM ROLF GRADINGER)
The BBB workshop was held in Tromsø , Norway on 19 – 20 January 2015. Thistwo day workshop gathered an international group of experts to develop a white
paper on the existing winter ecology knowledge of Arctic marine organisms, toidentify the most critical knowledge gaps, and to prepare a proposal for a newinternational initiative/program focusing on polar night ecology and winterprocesses.

 The workshop report is given in ANNEX 2.1.5.

2.2

UPDATES ON UPCOMING ACTIVITIES

2.2.1

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN-ICE INTERACTIONS AND ASPECTS RELATED TO A
FUTURE, SEASONALLY ICE FREE ARCTIC OCEAN – ICARP III SESSION B7BERT RUDELS

2.3

REVIEW OF IASC ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE MWG

2.4

OTHER MARINE ACTIVITIES EXTERNAL TO IASC

2.4.1

PACIFIC ARCTIC GROUP (PAG)
SUNG-HO KANG
An update on Pacific Arctic Group (PAG) activities will be given.

 The workshop report is given in ANNEX 2.4.1

2.4.2

ARCTIC IN RAPID TRANSITION (ART)ALEXEY PAVLOVThe ART (Arctic in Rapid Transitions) Science Plan was approved by the Marine
WG in 2010 and the Implementation Plan in 2011. In October 2013, ARTcommittees were restructured: New members were welcomed in the Executive
Committee while some of the founding generation members joined the Scientific
Advisory Board. ART is planning its first official ART scientific project“TRANSSIZ” (Transitions in the Arctic Seasonal Sea Ice Zone), which will takeplace onboard the RV Polarstern in May/June 2015. ART has also been very

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Agendaactive in meetings and workshops. ART organized its first ART science
symposium in October 2012 in Sopot, Poland in cooperation with theAssociation of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS), which led to thesubmission of papers for a special issue to the journal Polar Research. The
second ART-led science workshop “ISTAS” (Integrating spatial and temporalscales in the changing Arctic System: towards future research priorities) was
held in October 2014 in Brest. France, with a major outcome in form of a set ofpriority sheets on future Arctic research which contribute to the ICARP III
process. Furthermore, ART was present at the Arctic Observing Summit weekin Vancouver in April 2013 and successfully organized a session at the Ocean
Science Meeting in Honolulu in February 2013. ART is one of the organizer ofthe scientific conference at the Arctic Frontiers Conference in 2017 in Tromsø,
Norway. Finally ART is putting together a proposal application for an EU
Innovative Training Network, to bring PhD researchers into the ART frameworkand carry out research from upcoming cruises under the second “activeresearch” phase of ART implementation plan.

2.5

REVIEW OF WG FOCIBERT RUDELSThe Scientific Foci of the Working Group had been discussed and agreed uponat the first WG meeting in Potsdam (Germany) in January 2011. Under thisagenda item, the WG is asked to revisit these foci and to discuss possiblechanges or additions.

2.6

PROPOSED ACTIVITIES

2.6.1

NEW ACTIVITIES/TASKS PROPOSED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE MWG
Under this agenda item, new suggestions and proposals on WG activities will
be brought forward by members of the Working Groups. This will include shortpresentations followed by a discussion.

2.6.1.1 INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE TRANSPOLAR SYSTEM OF THE ARCTICOCEANMICHIEL VAN DER LOEFF

2.6.1.2 ICARP III FOLLOW UP ACTIVITIESBERT RUDELS

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AgendaIn the preceding the ICARP III conference the MWG has been active inidentifying relevant, future research topics. However, it is also important tofurther develop these insights and ideas and to make them known to a larger
audience. For this travel funds are required, and this proposal requests theMWG to support travel and participation in the upcoming meeting andworkshops to promote and develop the MWG work.
The Proposal is given in ANNEX 2.6.1.2.

2.6.1.3 POLAR MARINE DIATOM WORKSHOP
SUNG-HO KANG
The next Polar Marine Diatom workshop is to be held in Salamanca, Spain from
19-24 July 2015, hosted by Maria Angeles Barcena. This workshop will provide
the international community of polar diatom specialists and students with aunique opportunity to interact and discuss topical issues and new results thatbear on recent and future research activities in the Polar Regions.

The Proposal is given in ANNEX 2.6.1.3.

2.6.1.4 SYMPOSIUM ON THE ROLE OF ICE IN THE SEA
LEE COOPER
This symposium will be held as part of the ESSA (Ecosystem Studies of SubArctic Seas) Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, in 15 -17 June 2015. Thesymposium is to be held at the University of Washington for the participation ofinterdisciplinary scholars who will be prepared to discuss their research in thesub-arctic North Atlantic, sub-arctic North Pacific, and the Arctic Ocean thatbears on the issue of how changes in the sea ice are likely to affect thesemarine ecosystem. A publication of a special issue on the role of ice isanticipated.

The Proposal is given in ANNEX 2.6.1.4.

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