Final Science Meeting
AFS component leads, co-leads, and representatives will meet from May 12 to 14, 2015, at the Water & Climate Impacts Research Center (W-CIRC) of the University of Victoria, Canada. Participants…
Sources, Fluxes, Storage and Effects
Over approximately the next two years, the World Climate Research Programme’s (WCRP) Climate and the Cryosphere Project (CliC), the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), and the Arctic Council’s Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP) have decided jointly to promote and support the production of an internationally authored Arctic Freshwater Synthesis (AFS) as a contribution to the 3rd International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP III), the WCRP’s Grand Challenges, and AMAP’s Adaptation Actions for a Changing Arctic. The overall goal of the AFS is to synthesize our current scientific understanding of Arctic freshwater sources, fluxes, storage and effects, with the project structured around 5 major components: atmosphere, ocean, terrestrial hydrology, terrestrial ecology and resources. The web page outlines the current goals of the project and features a diagram identifying some of the key issues that are likely to be the foci for the 5 components.
Access the full Arctic Freshwater Synthesis Special Issue in the Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences
Download the ‘Arctic Freshwater System in a Changing Climate’ Layman’s Summary Report
Download the AFS Brochure
Arctic Freshwater Synthesis List of Papers submitted:
IntroductionProwse, T., A. Bring, J. Mård, and E. Carmack (2015), Arctic freshwater synthesis: Introduction, J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosci., 120, 2121–2131, doi:10.1002/2015JG003127.rowse, T., A. Bring, J. Mård, and E. Carmack (2015), Arctic freshwater synthesis: Introduction, J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosci., 120, 2121–2131, doi:10.1002/2015JG003127.
SummaryProwse, T., A. Bring, J. Mård, E. Carmack, M. Holland, A. Instanes, T. Vihma, and F. J. Wrona (2015), Arctic Freshwater Synthesis: Summary of key emerging issues, J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosci., 120, 1887–1893, doi:10.1002/2015JG003128.
Terrestrial EcologyWrona, F. J., M. Johansson, J. M. Culp, A. Jenkins, J. Mård, I. H. Myers-Smith, T. D. Prowse, W. F. Vincent, and P. A. Wookey (2016), Transitions in Arctic ecosystems: Ecological implications of a changing hydrological regime, J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosci., 121, doi:10.1002/2015JG003133.
ModelingLique, C., M. M. Holland, Y. B. Dibike, D. M. Lawrence, and J. A. Screen (2016), Modeling the Arctic freshwater system and its integration in the global system: Lessons learned and future challenges, J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosci., 121, doi:10.1002/2015JG003120.
Atmosphere Vihma, T., J. Screen, M. Tjernström, B. Newton, X. Zhang, V. Popova, C. Deser, M. Holland, and T. Prowse (2015), The atmospheric role in the Arctic water cycle: A review on processes, past and future changes, and their impacts, J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosci., 121, doi:10.1002/2015JG003132.
OceanCarmack, E. C., M. Yamamoto-Kawai, T. W. N. Haine, S. Bacon, B. A. Bluhm, C. Lique, H. Melling, I. V. Polyakov, F. Straneo, M.-L. Timmermans, et al. (2016), Freshwater and its role in the Arctic Marine System: Sources, disposition, storage, export, and physical and biogeochemical consequences in the Arctic and global oceans, J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosci., 121, doi:10.1002/2015JG003140.
ResourcesInstanes, A., V. Kokorev, R. Janowicz, O. Bruland, K. Sand, and T. Prowse (2016), Changes to freshwater systems affecting Arctic infrastructure and natural resources, J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosci., 121, doi:10.1002/2015JG003125.
Terrestrial hydrologyBring, A., I. Fedorova, Y. Dibike, L. Hinzman, J. Mård, S. H. Mernild, T. D. Prowse, O. Semenova, S. Stuefer, and M.-K. Woo (2016), Arctic terrestrial hydrology: A synthesis of processes, regional effects and research challenges, Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 121, doi:10.1002/2015JG003131.
AFS Leads and Steering Comm Meeting
The AFS Steering Committee and all the Component Leads will meet from the 24-25 November 2014. The purpose of the meeting is to talk about the progress made so far…
Terrestrial Ecology Component Writing Team Meeting
The terrestrial Ecology Team of the Arctic Freshwater Synthesis Targeted Activity will meet from the 7-9 October 2014. The purpose of the meeting is to make progress on the drafts…
AFS Resources and Hydrology Writing Teams Meeting
The Resources Team and the Hydrology Team of the Arctic Freshwater Synthesis Targeted Activity will meet from the 14-16 September 2014. The purpose of the meeting is to make progress…
AFS Scientific Co-Leads Meeting – May14
A small meeting with the Arctic Freshwater Synthesis component leads and co-leads will be held from 4-6 May, in Stockholm, Sweden.This meeting will build on previous discussions and develop plans…
Meetings
A number of meetings and gatherings has been held to plan how to synthesize our current scientific understanding of Arctic freshwater sources, fluxes, storage and effects. For documents, presentations and…
News and Updates
Check here for the latest information on how the project is progressing: http://www.climate-cryosphere.org/activities/targeted/afs/downloads
Who’s Who
Steering Committee: Terry Prowse - Environment Canada, Canada - Chair Prof. Terry D. Prowse holds a Professor and Environment Canada sponsored Research Chair (focused on the theme of “Climate Impacts…
Background
There is increasing scientific recognition that changes to the Arctic freshwater systems has produced, and could produce even greater, changes to bio-geophysical and socio-economic systems of special importance to northern…