This workshop builds on a series of successful workshops by the IICWG Data Assimilation Working Group to advance international capabilities for automated sea ice analysis and prediction on timescales from hours to a season. In conjunction with the Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP) organized by the WWRP-PPP, a particular need has been identified regarding the development of more mature and meaningful methods for sea ice verification.

The focus of the workshop is to discuss cross-cutting issues in sea ice modelling and data assimilation and how deficiencies of current systems can be more efficiently diagnosed and addressed.

General topics considered appropriate for this workshop include:

Ø Sea ice data assimilation (methods and results)

Ø Sea ice observations and uncertainties

Ø Sea ice model parameterizations and coupling to ocean and atmosphere models

Ø Verification approaches for sea-ice analyses and forecasts

Ø Automated prediction systems

Webpage and registration:

https://events.nersc.no/8th-international-workshop-sea-ice-modelling-data-assimilation-and-verification