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<\/span><\/div>The 3rd Annual Meeting of the Horizon-2020 project CRiceS \u201cClimate Relevant interactions & feedbacks:<\/em>\u00a0the key role of sea ice and Snow in the polar and global climate system<\/em>\u201d (https:\/\/www.crices-h2020.eu<\/a>) took place in a hybrid mode (onsite\/online) during 28-31 October 2024, Bologna, Italy. The event took place at the Centro Congressi of the CNR Area Territoriale di Ricerca, Bologna. About 100 participants (both onsite and online) attended the event.<\/p>\n On 28 October, the CRiceS Open Science Day was arranged which started with a welcome and research highlights talk from the CNR organizers, and a series of oral talks by early career researchers (ECRs). The presentations included: Ocean Response to Meltwater Perturbations: Insights from the SOFIA Initiative; Integrated dynamics and thermodynamics modelling of sea ice and waves in the Antarctic marginal ice zone Antarctic sea-ice thickness: A model-satellite intercomparison study; Limited Bene\ufb01ts of Increased Spatial Resolution for Sea Ice in High-resolution Climate Simulations; Improving the representation of the snow over sea-ice in the SI3 model; Recent advances in modeling aerosols over sea ice with WRF-Chem; Evaluating the representation of aerosols in the Arctic in TM5 using MOSAiC expedition data; Towards an improved Arctic aerosol representation in NorESM2; Evaluating Radiative Transfer Models and Their In\ufb02uence on Ice Algal Phenology; Arctic DMS production and emissions; Cross-border dimensions of Arctic climate change impacts and implications for Europe; The contributions of SST and Sea Ice to the future response of Northern Atlantic Storm Track. Presentations followed by discussions and comments from ECRs.<\/p>\n On 29 October, the CRiceS Project Officer Karsten G\u00f6dderz, outlined the European Commission perspectives. Then, discussions of WPs 2 and 3 status, progress, results and achievements took place. Posters were displayed on the evening session, and included: Future of Arctic DMS emissions and production; Composition of the central Arctic atmosphere during MOSAiC; Assessing the representation of Arctic Sea ice and Marginal Ice Zone in ocean\/sea ice reanalyses; Influence of warm air intrusions on Arctic satellite sea ice concentration time series; Ice algal phenology: Insights from radiative transfer models; Parametrization of fractures, leads and pressure ridges in models; Characteristics of natural Arctic aerosols from a wide range of local sources during ARTofMELT; Impact of surface turbulent exchanges above ice on the atmosphere and on teleconnections with lower latitudes; Frazil ice explains the high iron enrichment in Antarctic sea ice; In\ufb02uence of \ufb02uorescent primary biological aerosol particles on low-level Arctic clouds; Impacts of DMS representation on modeling Arctic aerosols; Improving the representation of the snow over sea-ice in the SI3 model; Impact of changing sea ice and SSTs on the mid-latitude circulation.<\/p>\n On 30 October, a series of invited talks was given by different projects, such as PolarRES (\u201cExploring future polar climates<\/em>\u201d;\u00a0https:\/\/polarres.eu<\/a>), CleanCloud (\u201cClouds and climate transitioning to post-fossil aerosol regime<\/em>\u201d;\u00a0https:\/\/projects.au.dk\/cleancloud\/cleancloud-project<\/a>), CERTAINTY (\u201cCloud-aERosol inTeractions & their impActs IN The earth sYstem<\/em>\u201d;\u00a0https:\/\/certainty-aci.eu<\/a>), SASIP (Scale Aware Sea Ice Project<\/em>;\u00a0https:\/\/sasip-climate.github.io<\/a>), and CryoSCOPE project focusing on permafrost, snow and glaciers in Europe and in the Indian Himalayas. Text by: Tuukka Pet\u00e4j\u00e4, Alexander Mahura (Univ of Helsinki, INAR)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
\nA special session took place after talks to ask questions, make comments, and find synergies with projects. Then, CRiceS General Assembly took place, followed by communications\/ stakeholder engagement\/ policy briefs & WP4 session with discussions. At the end the CRiceS coordinators (Jennie Thomas & Risto Makkonen) discussed plans for the near year and beyond, and synthesis.<\/p>\n