First Circular
Taking the Temperature of the Antarctic Continent
TA
Ctical Workshop
Current effo
rts, collaborations and future directions in Antarctic heat flux research T
he geothermal heat flux to the base of the Antarctic ice sheet is inherentl
y difficult to measure, yet accurate estimates are necessary to better unde
rstand cryosphere dynamics. This is crucial to improve models of ice discha
rge and sea level change, and optimise site selection for ice core paleocli
mate studies.
This workshop will incl
ude presentations and discussion around a new generation of Antarctic heat
flux measurements, derivations and models, combining efforts to characteris
e and couple both deep (mantle) and shallow (crustal) heat flux. We will al
so discuss possible future international heat flux measurement initiatives
in Antarctica. We invite interested researchers from the solid Earth, cryos
phere and ice sheet modelling communities to join us in Hobart in March 201
8.
Wed 21- Fri 23 March 2018<
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Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Universit
y of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
< br />Organising committee: Jacqueline Halpin, Anya Reading (UTAS, Australia ), Karsten Gohl (AWI, Germany), Weisen Shen (WashU, USA), Frank Pattyn (ULB , Belgium)
We welcome expressions of
interest, and suggestions for relevant topics for presentation and/or discu
ssion. Contact: Jacqueline Halpin This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaS
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Supported by the ARC Antarctic Gateway Partnership & SCAR SERCE [
Early Career Researchers and/or attendees from nations with an emerging Ant
arctic program may be eligible to apply for a travel grant]