\n\nT
he Forum for Arctic Ocean Modeling and Observational Synthesis (FAMOS) is
an international effort to focus on enhancing collaboration and coordinati
on among arctic marine and sea ice modelers\, theoreticians and observatio
nalists based on a set of activities starting from generating hypotheses\,
to planning research included both observations and modeling\, and to fin
alizing analyses synthesizing major results from the field studies and coo
rdinated numerical experiments.\n\nFAMOS motivation and approach\n\nFAMOS project is motivated by and a logical continuation of mor
e than 10-years of AOMIP (Arctic Ocean Model Intercomparison Project\, www.whoi.edu/projects/AOMIP)
work demonstrating that that the arctic marine science community needs an
informal forum to discuss\, coordinate\, plan and synthesize scientific a
ctivities. The AOMIP approach has been to leverage the existing financial
support of each project participant for a comparative analysis of differen
t models and scientific results. This approach has provided a unique oppor
tunity to coordinate studies nationally and internationally via a set of c
arefully-planned numerical experiments covering the most important process
es and interactions. A clear advantage is that each participant is able t
o work with her/his specific research theme using simulation results from
more than a single model and to analyze differences and test hypotheses us
ing a multi-model suite of outputs. The result is a synthesis that integr
ates observational and modeling efforts toward the overall goal of develop
ing advanced Arctic models able to accurately reconstruct past\, describe
current\, and predict future Arctic conditions. In this regard\, FAMOS’s a
pproach will be similar AOMIP’s one and we view FAMOS as a “collaboratory”
i.e.\, a collaborative frame-work wherein modelers and observers
discuss results\, problems\, and new ideas\, all with the goals of model
improvement and better understanding of the Arctic climate system.\n\nPart
icipants include several speakers from MIT and WHOI.\n\nMore information here and here.Tickets: http://web.whoi.edu/famos/meeting-5-november-1-4-2016/ .
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161105 GEO:+41.526498;-70.673086 LOCATION:Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @ Woods Hole\, Falmouth\, MA\ , USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Forum for Arctic Modeling & Observational Synthesis URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/forum-for-arctic-modeling-observational-syn thesis X-COST-TYPE:external X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:arctic\,FAMOS\,modeling\,ocean\,sea ice\,whoi X-TICKETS-URL:http://web.whoi.edu/famos/meeting-5-november-1-4-2016/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR