Gordon Research Conference and Seminar on Polar Marine Science

Gordon Research Conference and Seminar on Polar Marine Science 
Dates: 9-15 March 2013
Location: Ventura, CA, USA

Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) on Polar Marine Science for graduate students and postdocs, highlighting the high latitude physical, chemical, and biological processes and their impact on regional and global systems, and the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Polar Marine Science, linking polar observations, processes and models at regional and global scales. 

The GRS and the GRC will happen in March 2013, in Ventura (CA): 
– the GRS on 9 – 10, chaired by Jeff Bowman (USA) and Marie Seguret (USA),
– the GRC follows10 – 15, chaired by Christine Michel (Canada) and Paul Wassman (Norway).

The program descriptions and registration are available at:
http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2013&program=grs_polar
and
http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2013&program=polar.
Some funding will be available for graduate students and postdocs attending both the GRS and GRC.

The details of the sessions:
– Session 1: The global picture: Large-scale atmosphere-ocean-sea ice interactions and oceanic forcings
Session chair: James Overland, USA

– Session 2: Linking sea ice-ocean observations and models: regional couplings and feedbacks
Session chair: Dave Barber, Canada

– Session 3: From within: why do microscale processes matter
Session chair: Søren Rysgaard, Denmark

– Session 4: Linking bio-physical processes and observations at regional and global scales
Session chair: TBD

– Session 5: From the top: why do upper trophic predators matter
Session chair: Nina Karnovsky, USA

– Session 6: Linking ecological responses and models from contemporary observations
Session chair: TBD

– Session 7: Linking ecosystem changes and models from paleo and recent tracers
Session chair: Martin Jakobsson, Sweden

– Session 8: Biochemical responses and feedbacks to the climate system
Session chair: Leif Anderson, Sweden

– Session 9: Changing Polar Marine Systems: Challenges, opportunities and future outlook
Session chair: TBD

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us: 
http://www.grc.org/chairs.aspx?meeting=14832
http://www.grc.org/chairs.aspx?meeting=12640

Download the flyer.