The Arctic Community-wide Hydrological Analysis and Monitoring Program (Arctic-CHAMP) Project Office

北极是一个重要的环境，对地球系统的动态和演化至关重要。该区域目前正在经历快速的环境变化，但对这种变化的来源和后果仍然知之甚少。为了响应科学界的呼吁，评估目前北极水文学的最新水平，并制定一项新的研究工作，以研究北极系统中的水和水循环变化，NSF-ARSS于2000年9月在加利福尼亚州圣巴巴拉的国家生态分析和综合中心(NCEAS)召开了一次北极系统水文学研讨会。该讲习班的一项主要建议是，国家科学基金会投资开发泛北极共同体范围的水文分析和监测方案，对水循环及其在北极系统中的作用进行综合研究。通过一系列会议、报告和新资助的机会公告(ASOF/CHAMP；NSF-02-071)支持多机构搜索倡议，正在朝着一个可运作的北极冠军迅速取得进展。这项提议的主要目标是建立一个北极冠军科学管理办公室(SMO)，以协助北极科学研究中心协调新出现的北极冠军科学和外联工作。预期的北极冠军综合和一体化问题是复杂和多方面的，需要一个专门的科学管理办公室为执行该倡议提供一个有效的机制。SMO将为北极CHAMP科学指导委员会正在进行的活动提供后勤和行政支持，组织北极CHAMP科学会议、研讨会和座谈会，以促进跨学科的水循环研究，支持及时交付与CHAMP相关的科学数据产品，通过SMO人员的专门沟通努力，与ARCS的其他专题要素、其他美国和国际机构合作伙伴开展联络活动，并向科学家和更广泛的用户社区传播北极CHAMP的研究结果。更广泛的影响。SMO的结构不仅是为了促进研究，而且也是为了促进研究生教育、研究生培训以及向政策制定者和公众宣传。拟议的一系列科学会议和研讨会，特别是那些针对年轻学生科学家的会议和研讨会，旨在促进CHAMP的教育使命。担任执行主任的博士后将有助于满足我们认为的一个重要需求--培养年轻的科学管理人员，他们必须越来越多地处理复杂的、跨学科的、往往是国际研究计划。数据传播、网页和时事通讯有助于扩大人们对与CHAMP相关的环境变化的兴趣。拟议中的与加拿大、俄罗斯和北欧国家合作伙伴的合作促进了美国的外交利益、善意和通过科学开放的交流。

The Arctic constitutes an important environment, central to the dynamics and evolution of the Earth system. The region, is currently experiencing rapid environmental change, but the sources and consequences of such change are still poorly understood. In response to calls by the science community to assess the current state-of-the-art in Arctic hydrology and to formulate a new research effort to study water and water cycle change in the Arctic system, NSF-ARCSS convened an Arctic System Hydrology Workshop in September 2000 at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) in Santa Barbara, CA. A chief recommendation of that workshop was for NSF to invest in development of a pan-Arctic Community-wide Hydrological Analysis and Monitoring Program (Arctic-CHAMP) for synthesis studies of the water cycle and its role in the Arctic system. Through a series of meetings, reports and a newly-funded Announcement of Opportunity (ASOF/CHAMP; NSF-02-071) supporting the multi-agency SEARCH initiative, progress is rapidly being made toward an operational Arctic-CHAMP. The primary goal of this proposal is to establish an Arctic-CHAMP Science Management Office (SMO) to assist ARCSS in coordinating emerging Arctic-CHAMP science and outreach efforts. The anticipated Arctic-CHAMP synthesis and integration issues are complex and multi-faceted and a dedicated Science Management Office is needed to provide an efficient mechanism for executing the initiative. The SMO will provide logistical and administrative support to ongoing activities of the Arctic-CHAMP Scientific Steering Committee, organize Arctic-CHAMP scientific meetings, workshops, and symposia to catalyze interdisciplinary water cycle studies, support the timely delivery of CHAMP-related science data products, perform liaison activities with other thematic elements of ARCSS, other US and international agency partners through dedicated communication efforts by SMO personnel, and disseminate findings of Arctic-CHAMP to scientists and the broader user community. Broader Impacts. The SMO is structured to foster not only research, but also graduate education, post- graduate training and outreach to policy-makers and the public. A proposed series of science meetings and workshops, particularly those directed at young student scientists, is designed to foster the educational mission of CHAMP. A post-doc, serving as Executive Director, will help to satisfy what we see as an important need -- to train young science managers, who must increasingly deal with complex, interdisciplinary and often international research programs. Data dissemination, web pages, and newsletters help to broaden interest in CHAMP-related environmental change. Proposed cooperation with partners in Canada, Russia, and the Nordic countries fosters US diplomatic interests, good will, and open communication through science.