Conveners
Program Committee
Conference Objectives
Proposed Topics
Preliminary Program
Travel Support
Registration
Meeting Facility and Location
Conference Website
Meeting Abstracts by Author

Conveners

• Charles Tang, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; e-mail:   tangc@mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca
• Sirpa Häkkinen, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland; e-mail: sirpa@ltpmail.gsfc.nasa.gov
• Peter Lemke, Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany; e-mail: plemke@awi-bremerhaven.de
• Michael Steele, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, USA; e-mail: mas@apl.washington.edu

Program Committee

• Eddy Carmack, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, BC, Canada
• Allyn Clarke, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada
• David Michael Holland, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, New York, NY
• Motoyoshi Ikeda, Hokaido University, Japan
• Mark Johnson, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK
• Rolf Kaese, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
• Kent Moore, University of Toronto, ON, Canada
• Robin Muench, Earth and Space Research, Seattle, WA
• Andreas Muenchow, University of Delaware, Newark, DE

Conference Objectives

This conference will address the high-latitude, in particular arctic and sub-arctic, oceanic processes and how they affect the ocean and the climate. The conference will provide a well-defined focus for oceanographers working in high-latitude oceans to discuss views on the ocean processes that are important to ocean variability and global climate.

Recent research programs such as SHEBA, SBI, LSDCE, ACSYS, and VEINS have advanced the understanding of the high-latitude processes both in the open ocean and ice-covered oceans. Some of the programs have completed the observational phase and entering the analysis phase while others are ongoing. The Chapman Conference will provide an opportunity to review what has been learned from recent experiments and the related marginal ice zone experiments of the 1980s; MIZEX, GSP, CEAREX, and LIMEX. Future directions in high-latitude ocean processes research and upcoming programs such as SEARCH and ASOF, will also be discussed.

Proposed Topics

• Circulation and Ice Cover in the Northern Oceans
• Shelves, Straits and Shelf-Basin Interaction Involving Sea-Ice
• Open Ocean Processes
• Small-Scale Processes
• Vertical Fluxes
• Arctic—North Atlantic Interactions
• Role of High-Latitude Processes in the Variabilities of the Ocean

Preliminary Program

The preliminary program is now available.

Travel Support

Application Deadline: 5 June 2002

Applications will be made to several travel agencies to assist travel for those requiring some support to attend the conference. If funds are received, funding priorities will be given to young scientists and graduate students. To apply for travel funds, please print and complete the Chapman Conference Travel Grant Application, and return it to the AGU Meetings Department by 5 June 2002.

Registration

The registration fee for this conference is $275, student fee is $150. The deadline is 12 August 2002. Use the online form to register for this meeting.

Meeting Facility and Location

L’Esterel, located in the heart of the Laurentians, is only one hour's drive north of Montréal. To make hotel reservations, complete the Hotel Reservation Form and return directly to L'Esterel by 5 August 2002. All rates listed are in Canadian dollars and do not include tax. ($1 Canadian ~ $0.63 U.S.) For information about the meeting facility, here is the resort’s website: http://www.esterel.com/engindex.htm

Conference Website

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