BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9c0bd29355da8fb5747c14338e53661e CATEGORIES:Polar Conferences, Meetings and Events CREATED:20200715T123338 SUMMARY:Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) Weddell Sea – Dronning Maud Land LOCATION:Online DESCRIPTION:
The Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) Weddell Sea – Dronning Maud L and Regional Working Group is holding an online multidisciplinary workshop, “The Southern Ocean in the Weddell Sea and off Dronning Maud Land: unique oceanographic conditions shape circumpolar and global processes”, 2 0-23rd October 2020.
Background: The Weddell Sea including the ocean off Dronning Maud Land is re gionally representative for the high-latitude Southern Ocean due to its pro nounced seasonality, circum-polar currents, deep-water formation and multi- year sea-ice cover. In addition, the Weddell Gyre connects water masses at the northern margin of the Southern Ocean (SO) in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) with those shaped by the large ice shelves and sea-ice forma tion in the southern Weddell Sea. This hydrodynamic regime affects a range of physical, geochemical and biological processes. A smaller proportion of the western Weddell Sea is already experiencing climate-change and related consequences, including the acceleration of mass loss from ice shelves, enh anced ocean warming and freshening, rising air temperatures, and changes in wind patterns. In the eastern part, however, the environment is still rela tively stable but it is predicted to experience significant warming, sea-ic e melt and ice-shelf loss until the end of the century. The recent re-emerg ence of the Weddell Polynya in this region, for not entirely understood rea sons and with potentially significant impact on regional water masses under scores the importance of observing and understanding this region.
More information on the workshop and the Weddell Sea – Dronning Maud Land Regional Working G roup can be found on the SOOS website -http:// www.soos.aq/activities/rwg/wsdml
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