The 20th Workshop on Antarctic Meteorology and Climate
Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)
Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, South Korea
16 July 2025 — 18 July 2025
All dates and times in KST (UTC+9)
Wednesday July 16, 2025
| 0810-0840 | Registration | |
| Opening | ||
| 0840-0850 | Introduction of KOPRI | |
| 0850-0855 | Welcome Address Hyoung Chul Shin, President of KOPRI |
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| 0855-0900 | WAMC Opening | |
| Session 1: Chair: |
Automatic Weather Station (AWS) Taejin Choi (Korea Polar Research Institute) |
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| 0900-0920 | An Overview of AWS Servicing at Halley and Rothera Research Stations and Unusual Phenomena Observed at Halley During the Summer Season (Abstract)(Presentation)(Recording) Sabina Kucieba (virtual) British Antarctic Survey |
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| 0920-0940 | The Automatic Weather Station and Polar Climate and Weather Station Field Season 2024-2025 (Abstract)(Presentation)(Recording) Lee Welhouse (virtual) AMRDC, University of Wisconsin – Madison |
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| 0940-1000 | The Automatic Weather Station and Polar Climate and Weather Station Field Season 2025-2026 Future Plan (Abstract)(Presentation)(Recording) Lee Welhouse (virtual) AMRDC, University of Wisconsin – Madison |
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| 1000-1020 | Coffee Break | |
| Session 2: Chair: |
Data & Observations Yonghan Choi (Korea Polar Research Institute) |
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| 1020-1040 | Identification of Antarctic sea ice regimes using objective data mining (Abstract)(Presentation)(Recording) Jinfei Wang (in-person) Sun Yat-sen University |
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| 1040-1100 | Polar-AOD network: strengthening aerosol climatologies for the polar observing community (Abstract)(Presentation)(Recording) Simone Pulimeno (virtual) Ca’ Foscari University of Venice |
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| 1100-1120 | The Antarctic Meteorological Research and Data Center Data Repository: A Project Update (Abstract)(Presentation)(Recording) Matthew Lazzara (virtual) AMRDC, University of Wisconsin – Madison |
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| 1120-1140 | The Antarctic Meteorological Research and Data Center Website: An overview and discussion of the AMRDC website, featured projects, and real-time data display (Abstract)(Presentation)(Recording) David Mikolajczyk (virtual) AMRDC, University of Wisconsin – Madison |
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| 1140-1200 | PRISMA hyperspectral remote sensing satellite data for mineralogical mapping in Antarctica (Abstract)(Presentation)(Recording) Amin Beiranvand Pour (virtual) INOS, University Malaysia Terengganu |
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| 1200-1330 | Lunch Break | |
| 1240-1310 KOPRI Campus Tour | ||
| Session 3: Chair: |
Forecasting & Modeling Mariana Fontolan Litell (The Ohio State University) |
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| 1330-1350 | NPP Meteorology 2025: Overview, Plans, and Goals Michael Johnson (virtual) NIWC LANT Polar Programs |
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| 1350-1410 | AMPS Update – July 2025 (Abstract)(Presentation)(Recording) Kevin W. Manning (in-person) NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research |
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| 1410-1430 | Forecast Impact of Additional Radiosonde Ascents During the Year of Polar Prediction – Southern Hemisphere (YOPP-SH) Winter Campaign (Abstract)(Presentation)(Recording) Mariana Fontolan Litell (in-person) Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center – The Ohio State University |
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| 1430-1450 | Early Career Perspective on Antarctic Operations (Abstract)(Presentation)(Recording) Isabella Onsi (virtual) NIWC LANT Polar Programs |
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| 1450-1510 | Coffee Break | |
| 1510-1530 | Skillful Polar WRF Cloud Modeling of a Warm Winter Atmospheric River at the Antarctic Peninsula Keith Hines (virtual) Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, The Ohio State University |
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| 1530-1550 | Simulating the 12 February 2020 North Dakota Blizzard: An Application of a Blowing Snow Algorithm Coupled with the Polar Weather Research and Forecasting Model (Abstract)(Presentation)(Recording) Saurav Dey Shuvo (virtual) Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, The Ohio State University |
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| 1550-1610 | Advanced precipitation scheme in ICOLMDZ with improved microphysics and subgrid cloud-hydrometeor interactions to better simulate polar precipitation (Abstract)(Presentation)(Recording) Étienne Vignon (virtual) Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique /CNRS |
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| 1610-1630 | Improving Antarctic Fog Forecasting using Data Analytics (Abstract)(Presentation)(Recording) Jenna Palmer (virtual) NPP Meteorology |
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| 1630-1650 | Coupled model sea ice forecasts – some results and complexities (Abstract)(Presentation)(Recording) Phil Reid (virtual) Australian Bureau of Meteorology |
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| 1650-1710 | Group Photo | |
| Session 4: | Poster Session In-person Only |
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| 1710-1800 | A dataset of the edge of each polynya in the Antarctica Qinghua Yang Sun Yat-sen University, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai) |
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| Enhancing Antarctic Forecasting and Services through the Polar Coupled Analysis and Prediction for Services (PCAPS) Project Clare Eayrs Korea Polar Research Institute |
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| Temperature characteristics of ABL at Zhongshan Station, Antarctica observed by MTP (YOPP-SH) Winter Campaign Enbo Ge Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences |
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| Convection in the Southern Ocean triggered by Heinrich events Matteo Willeit Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research |
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| Unveiling the Compound Nature of Antarctic Extremes: Regional Drivers and Seasonal Variability of Precipitation and Warm Events Ran Yang School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University |
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| Spatiotemporal Correlation Between Antarctic Springtime Stratospheric Ozone and Meteorological Factors Based on MERRA-2 Reanalysis Hyeogdo Kweon Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Yonsei University |
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| 1800-2000 | Welcome Dinner | |
Thursday July 17, 2025
| 0850-0900 | Registration & Beginning of the 2nd day Workshop | |
| Session 5: Chair: |
Research-I Jordan Powers (NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research) |
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| 0900-0920 | Ten-Year Measurements of Surface Radiation and Turbulent Heat Flux at Jang Bogo Station, Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica (Abstract)(Presentation)(Recording) Taejin Choi (in-person) Korea Polar Research Institute) |
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| 0920-0940 | A Modeling Investigation of an Antarctic Mass Loss Event (Abstract)(Presentation)(Recording) Jordan Powers (in-person) National Center for Atmospheric Research |
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| 0940-1000 | Seasonal Variability and Long-Range Transport of Black Carbon Aerosols over East Antarctica: Observational Insights from Bharati Station (Abstract)(Presentation)(Recording) Satyajit Singh Saini (in-person) Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee |
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| 1000-1020 | Instrumentation of a tall tower at Princess Elisabeth station to study the vertical energy exchange during blowing snow events in Antarctica (Abstract)(Presentation)(Recording) Sergi González-Herrero (virtual) WSL Institute for the Snow and Avalanche Research SLF |
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| 1020-1040 | Coffee Break | |
| 1040-1100 | Role of Foehn winds in snow sublimation and land-ice changes (Abstract)(Presentation)(Recording) Diana Francis (virtual) Khalifa University |
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| 1100-1120 | Atmospheric Triggers of Ice-Shelf Fronts Calving Events in Antarctica (Abstract)(Presentation)(Recording) Diana Francis (virtual) Khalifa University |
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| 1120-1140 | Detection of extremely weak precipitation (Abstract)(Presentation)(Recording) Naohiko Hirasawa (virtual) National Institute of Polar Research |
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| 1140-1200 | Summer warming in the East Antarctic interior triggered by southern Indian Ocean anthropogenic warming (Abstract)(Presentation)(Recording) Naoyuki Kurita (virtual) Nagoya University |
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| 1200-1330 | Lunch Break | |
| 1210-1300 Seminar for Early Career Researchers Speaker: Taejin Choi (KOPRI) |
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| Session 6: Chair: |
Research-II Sang-Jong Park (Korea Polar Research Institute) |
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| 1330-1350 | Impact of Antarctic and Greenland Ice Sheet melting on sea level, regional climate, and future coastlines (Abstract)(Presentation)(Recording) Christine Kaufhold (in-person) Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research |
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| 1350-1410 | Observed Top Ten Heatwaves in the Antarctic Peninsula (1991–2023) Shoudong Zhao (in-person) Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences |
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| 1410-1430 | 35-YEARS OF CLIMATOLOGY OF THE KING SEJONG STATION, ANTARCTICA (Abstract)(Presentation)(Recording) Sang-Jong PARK (in-person) Korea Polar Research Institute |
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| 1430-1450 | Blocking Events in East Antarctica (Abstract)(Presentation)(Recording) Minghu Ding (in-person) Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences |
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| 1450-1510 | Coffee Break | |
| 1510-1530 | Trends in Storminess Over the West Antarctic Peninsula: A MultiMethod Analysis of ERA5 Reanalysis Data (1979-2021) (Abstract)(Presentation)(Recording) Evan Quinter (University of Delaware) and Mary Stack (University of Virginia) (virtual) |
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| 1530-1550 | Surface radiation budget data in a bipolar perspective: observations, comparison and exploiting for products (Abstract)(Presentation)(Recording) Cavaliere Alice (virtual) National Research Council, Institute of Polar Sciences, Italy |
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| 1550-1610 | Is Interior Antarctica on the Threshold of Major Climate Change? (Abstract)(Presentation)(Recording) David H. Bromwich (virtual) Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, The Ohio State University |
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| 1610-1630 | March 2022 East Antarctic Heatwave Under Different Background Climate Conditions (Abstract)(Presentation)(Recording) Xun (Jerry) Zou (virtual) Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego |
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| 1630-1650 | Coffee Break | |
| Session 7: Chair: |
Research-III Ja-Ho Koo (Yonsei University) |
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| 1650-1710 | Changes in the Timing of Stratospheric Final Warming and Their Link to Recent Antarctic Summer Climate (Abstract)(Presentation)(Recording) Hyesun Choi (in-person) Korea Polar Research Institute |
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| 1710-1730 | Connection between the Antarctic stratospheric ozone and sea ice extent in the Weddell Sea in austral spring Ja-Ho Koo (in-person) Yonsei University |
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| 1730-1750 | How does Antarctic ozone depletion affect the Southern Hemisphere climate? (Abstract)(Presentation)(Recording) Dong-Chan Hong (in-person) Seoul National University |
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| 1750-1810 | Spatiotemporal characteristics of Antarctic springtime tropopause from ozonesonde observations and its relationship with total ozone column (Abstract)(Presentation)(Recording) Minju Park (virtual) Yonsei University |
Friday July 18, 2025
| 0850-0900 | Registration & Beginning of the 3rd-day Workshop | |
| Session 8: Chair: |
Research-IV Eui-Seok Chung (Korea Polar Research Institute) |
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| 0900-0920 | Revisiting the Interaction Between Antarctic Sea Ice and Southern Ocean Cyclones (Abstract)(Presentation)(Recording) Rui Zhong (in-person) School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University |
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| 0920-0940 | Regional extreme Antarctic sea-ice retreat linked to tropical forcing (Abstract)(Presentation)(Recording) Kaixin Liang (in-person) Sun Yat-sen University |
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| 0940-1000 | Dipolar Distribution of Cyclones and Its Influence on Sea Ice Extremes in the Amundsen–Bellingshausen Seas (Abstract)(Presentation)(Recording) Peiyi Lin (in-person) School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University |
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| 1000-1020 | Changing storm behaviour and its links to winter sea ice processes in the Ross Sea (Abstract)(Presentation)(Recording) Antonia Louise Radlwimmer (in-person) University of Otago |
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| 1020-1040 | Coffee Break | |
| 1040-1100 | Atmospheric Drivers of Coastal and Open-Ocean Polynyas around Antarctica (Abstract)(Presentation)(Recording) Diana Francis (virtual) Khalifa University |
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| 1100-1120 | Wind nudging experiments to simulate the 1970s drop in the sea ice extent in the Southern Ocean Feba Francis (virtual) Universite Catholique de Louvain |
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| Closing | ||