Ordinary sessions

[OS] Space and upper atmospheric sciences

Scopes

This session covers sun-earth system related science topics in the polar atmosphere, ionosphere and magnetosphere.

Date : Mon. 16 November
Place : 2F Auditorium, National Institute of Polar Research
Conveners : Ryuho Kataoka (NIPR)

[OM] Polar Meteorology and Glaciology

Scopes

This session covers research topics from the fields of atmospheric science, meteorology, glaciology, sea ice, oceanography, and paleoclimatology.

Date : Mon. 16 November
Place : 3F Seminar room #2 D304, Institute of Statistics and Mathematics
Conveners : Takeshi Tamura (NIPR)

[OG] Polar Geosciences

Scopes

This session covers research topics from the fields of geology, mineralogy, geomorphology, quaternary research, geodesy, and geophysics.

Date : Mon. 16 November
Place : 3F Seminar room, National Institute of Polar Research
Conveners : Kenji Horie (NIPR)

[OB] Polar Biology

Scopes

This session covers the following research topics.
•Polar Marine Ecosystems -from biogeochemistry to apex predators
•Polar Terrestrial Ecosystem -diversity and biological response

Date : Mon. 16 November, Tue. 17 November AM
Place : 3F Seminar room #1 D305, Institute of Statistics and Mathematics
Conveners : Sakae Kudoh (NIPR)

[OA] Antarctic meteorites

Scopes

This session is to present recent research outcomes for Antarctic meteorites. It will also be an opportunity for general and topical discussion sessions dealing with new data from non-Antarctic meteorites and planetary research.

Date : Mon. 16 November, Tue. 17 November
Place : 2F Auditorium, National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics
Conveners : Akira Yamaguchi (NIPR)