Workshop Report Available
Report from the Arctic Observation Integration Workshops
17-20 March 2008
Palisades, New York
For more information and to download the report, go to:
http://www.arcus.org/search/meetings/2008/aow/report.php
A series of three workshops was held 17-20 March 2008 in Palisades,
New York, to advance implementation and further the development of an
integrated Arctic Observation Network (AON) responsive to the critical
scientific issues of environmental arctic change. Sponsored by the
National Science Foundation (NSF), with significant international and
multi-agency participation, the workshop series included three
interrelated meetings:
- A 1.5-day NSF AON investigator meeting;
- A half-day workshop on optimizing deployment of Lagrangian
platforms for observations of the ocean-ice-atmosphere system; and - A 1.5-day workshop to improve observing and modeling activities for
understanding recent arctic sea ice change and its impacts throughout
the arctic system.
The report is now available online at:
http://www.arcus.org/search/meetings/2008/aow/report.php
The recommendations in the "Arctic Observation Integration Workshops
Report" summarize short- and long-term activities to address three key
challenges (1) integrating different observation efforts into a system
that serves science as well as broader society and key stakeholder
groups, (2) understanding the extraordinary seasonal retreat of sea
ice observed in 2007, and (3) identifying scientific and programmatic
gaps and next steps for observing, understanding, and responding to
arctic environmental change with emphasis on high-amplitude,
unexpected changes.
To download the report, go to:
http://www.arcus.org/search/meetings/2008/aow/report.php
For more information or to request the report in hard copy, contact:
Helen Wiggins, ARCUS
E-mail: helen [at] arcus.org
Phone: 907-474-1600