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It would be useful to include a focused session on sea ice in the next scheduled marine 

climate  data  meeting.  Contributions  should  be  invited  aimed  at  answering  these  remaining 

questions, rather than providing general presentations about sea ice. Alternatively, the IPCC 

team may be planning to hold such a meeting, or the OOPC might like to suggest they hold a 

specific meeting (although it would probably not fit into the IPCC schedule at this late stage). 

In  addition  it  is  important  to  continue  liaisons  with  other  groups  including  CLiC  so 

that information can be shared on future and impending developments. 

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