The atmosphere-ocean boundary layer in which sea ice resides includes many complex processes that require a more realistic treatment in GCMs, particularly as models move toward full earth system descriptions. The primary purpose of the workshop was to define and discuss such coupled processes...
- Integration across cryosphere disciplines - New CliC SSG members - Norway/China collaborations - Brazil update - Water resources and cryosphere in mountains and N. Canada - CliC-related IPY activities in Russia - Progress in Chinese cryospheric research - The carbon permafrost initiative -...
- The ACSYS Decade and Beyond - Spotlight on Permafrost - Permafrost Monitoring - Recent Results from the Canadian Thermal Monitoring Network - Southern Hemisphere Permafrost Studies -a Pole Apart - Organic Carbon in Cryosolic Soils in the Northern Circumpolar Area - The Arctic Boundary Layer and...