Ice Sheet and Ocean Modelling Workshop

10-11 November 2014

Preamble to discussion sessions

• 2015 review of Australian Antarctic strategic plan  
• 2015 http://conference.antarctica.gov.au/ 
• Australian-New Zealand Antarctic Science agreement

• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Discussion session 1

• Around the table
• Overview of next 3-5 years research
• Key people missing?

• Long term monitoring
• Reanalysis of ice sheet and ocean
• Ocean observing community
• NECKLACE (ApRES), moorings
• Regular 
• Future predictions
• Integrated observing system
• ocean part championed by SooS
• simulation of circulation under Amery
• Step 1 in site selection: Modelling for site selection
• Top 10 locations - MIP - National perspective to 10 year time frame
• Sub ice shelf observation (integrated ocean observing system)
• Mike W. on SooS steering group and Ross sea sector (China and NZ collaboration)
• SooS state estimate and looking for change

Title Text

• SooS deadline last week
• Do modellers know enough about observations to say what is possible?
• information about bed is biggest uncertainty (basal processes)
• High resolution models - bathymetry
• Sensitivity to bathymetry resolution, coupling, 
•     how senstivit ar model solutions to observations
•    

multiple year plan:

• Working towards integrated polar observing/modelling system (Aus-? and international)
• step 1: Review papers (eg QSR on ice history), geographic (eg key processes (ice/ocean boundary, ice/bed boundary, continental shelf seas), Amery first focus, critique of Oz and NZ science strategic plan as white paper, inc. SCAR and other countries), synthesis  paper (focussed on SLR question)
• step 2: identify big challenges - eg marine ice accretion, calving, GIA, subglacial freshwater, others? and our strategic advantage, understanding LGM interglacial (marine ice accsetion important).
• step 3a: Modelling for site selection (both ocean and ice - icecap starting now!)
• step 3b: Processes based modelling (testing)
• step 4: System modelling
• to do: Email list for oceania community list - 
• SIRG-like monthly workshop

Follow up workshop ?

Mechanism?

15 year science strategic plan

Discussion session 2

• What do modellers need?
• Resources
• Observations (key science questions)
• Approaches
• ??

What to do next:

• Antarctic Science conference
• Publish outcomes?
• Mechanisms for continued development of community goals