Workshop Proposal: A Science Vision for the Toolik Field Station, Alaska

研讨会提案：阿拉斯加 Toolik 野外站的科学愿景

• 批准号: 0456435
• 负责人: Brian Barnes
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Alaska Fairbanks Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-01-01 至 2007-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0456435&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Workshop; Proposal; Science; Vision; Toolik

Toolik Field Station (TFS) is one of the major research platforms for U.S. arctic research, and has been in increasing demand in recent years. Planning for long-term development at TFS has been guided by a long-range plan produced by the user community in 1995. The need for a current vision for the direction of research requirements for infrastructure, services, and function was a prime recommendation of the December 2003 TFS Steering Committee meeting. Over the last few years, TFS management has heard requests from science users for TFS to move away from the model where acquisition, repair, and maintenance of scientific equipment and the provision of core technical services are done by individual scientific projects to a new model wherein more core services are provided and supported centrally. To best respond to the issues of whether and how to develop more multi-use core facilities and scientific services, and to establish priorities for implementing them requires input from the scientific user community. Input is also needed to address the need for strategies for protecting the long-term research investment, and for a plan to further develop the science education component of TFS. We propose to convene a focused and relatively small (20-25 invited guests) workshop of arctic researchers working at TFS and other scientists with experience in the development of field research facilities. The goals of the workshop include the following. 1) Address whether and to what extent TFS should develop multi-use core lab facilities and scientific services, and if so, prioritize what those facilities should be. 2) Address what changes in data management and connectivity would be necessary to enable the science at TFS to achieve a new level of sophistication. 3) Set priorities for the preservation of long-term control areas around the station. 4) Discuss possible expansion of the education program at TFS. The primary product of this workshop will be a white paper summarizing the recommendations of the workshop, and a prioritized plan for implementing multi-use core facilities at TFS. We envision that this document may be used for planning future upgrades and scientific services at TFS, by station management and funding agencies

Toolik 野外站（TFS）是美国北极研究的主要研究平台之一，近年来需求量不断增加。 TFS 的长期发展规划以用户群体 1995 年制定的长期计划为指导。2003 年 12 月 TFS 指导委员会会议的主要建议是需要对基础设施、服务和功能的研究需求方向制定当前愿景。 在过去的几年里，TFS管理层听到了科学用户的要求，要求TFS摆脱由单个科学项目购买、维修和维护科学设备以及提供核心技术服务的模式，转向集中提供和支持更多核心服务的新模式。为了最好地回应是否以及如何开发更多多用途核心设施和科学服务的问题，并确定实施这些设施和科学服务的优先事项，需要科学用户界的投入。 还需要投入来满足保护长期研究投资的战略以及进一步发展 TFS 科学教育部分的计划的需求。我们建议召开一次重点突出、规模相对较小（20-25 名受邀嘉宾）的研讨会，由在 TFS 工作的北极研究人员和其他具有实地研究设施开发经验的科学家参加。 研讨会的目标包括以下内容。 1) 解决 TFS 是否以及在何种程度上应开发多用途核心实验室设施和科学服务，如果是，请确定这些设施的优先顺序。 2) 解决数据管理和连接方面需要做出哪些改变才能使 TFS 的科学达到新的复杂水平。 3) 确定优先保护车站周围长期控制区域的优先顺序。 4) 讨论 TFS 教育计划的可能扩展。 本次研讨会的主要产品将是一份总结研讨会建议的白皮书，以及在 TFS 实施多用途核心设施的优先计划。 我们设想该文件可用于台站管理和资助机构规划 TFS 的未来升级和科学服务