The 18th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography was hosted by the American Meteorological Society and organized by the Committee on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography.

Papers were solicited for sessions that cover a wide range of topics on polar meteorology and oceanography, including but not limited to:

• Biogeochemical Processes in the Southern Ocean;
• Climate Change and High-Latitude Storms: Dynamics of and Impacts on Atmosphere-Cryosphere Interactions;
• Cyclones in the Polar Climate System: Changes, Mechanisms, and Impacts;
• Data-driven Analytics (AI/ML) for the Understanding, Prediction, and Early Warning of High-latitude Changes and Variability;
• Forced and Unforced Changes in the Coupled Atmosphere-Sea Ice-Ocean System;
• High-Latitude Cold-Air Outbreaks;
• Idealized Approaches for Understanding Polar Climate;
• Impacts of atmospheric transport on high-latitude systems;
• Making Polar Science Equitable and Accessible through Open Science;
• Observational Advances in Polar Cloud Physics and Chemistry;
• Oceanic Interactions Between The Arctic And Global Ocean;
• Opportunities and Challenges for Using In-Situ Data from the Arctic Ocean to Improve Weather and Climate Models;
• Polar Land Surface Interactions with the Coupled Earth System;
• Polar Projections in the Earth System;
• Polar Weather and Climate Observations from Satellite and Suborbital Remote Sensing;
• The Cryosphere in Reanalyses;
• The Polar Energy Budget: Processes and Change;
• The Ocean's Role in Polar Climate;
• Understanding the “New Arctic” with Novel Observations and Modeling from (AC)³ and MOSAiC

Please submit your abstract electronically via the AMS conference website by 17 December 2024 (see the website for instructions). The abstract submission fee of $120 USD is charged at the time of submission and refundable only if the abstract is not accepted. Authors of accepted presentations will be notified via email by the end of February 2025.

Submissions by students, early-career scientists, and underrepresented groups will be prioritized, and limited funds in the form of registration fee waivers or travel grants are available to support participation and further details will be available when abstract acceptance notifications are sent.

For further program information please contact the program chairs Ana C. Peralta Ferriz (email: [email protected]) and Claire Pettersen (email: [email protected]).