Development and implementation of the terrestrial Circumarctic Environmental Observatories Network (CEON)

这项为期三年的奖项的主要目标是促进陆地北极环境观测站网络(CEON，www.ceoninfo.org)的国际化和多学科发展。CEON的使命是通过提供足够和适合于解决一系列明确界定的关键科学问题和不确定性的数据，加强对北部高纬度地区新出现的监测、研究和政策需求的能力。作为优先事项，该奖项旨在满足Ceon利益攸关方社区以及相关的北极气候影响评估(ACIA)确定的直接发展需求。该奖项还将支持其他几项以北极和环境观测为重点的倡议，包括第二届国际北极研究规划会议(ICARP II)、美国国家科学院设计北极观测网络(AON)的蓝丝带小组以及国际极地年(IPY)。具体地说，该奖项将：1.建立美国-瑞典Ceon科学协调办公室(SCO)。这对于中东欧国家过渡成为一个全面实施和多边供资的国际网络至关重要。每年召开CEON利益攸关方和工作组会议，以促进CEON发展所必需的基于社区的决策。一年一度的利益攸关方会议可能吸引多达150名北极和非北极专家，并将鼓励Ceon伙伴在Ceon会议之前或之后召开会议，举办和/或参加将用于提供标准化抽样方案和技术指导的讲习班。继续开发新的基于网络的信息门户和可视化工具，以提高在CEON内外传递科学、后勤和教育知识和信息的能力。这包括CEON电子邮件列表、CEON-因特网地图服务器(CEON-IMS-www.ceonims.org)、建立以CEON为合作伙伴的重点观测站平台为中心的区域化IMS应用程序的能力、方法和标准数据库以及加强教育、外联和信息互动的新型可视化工具。

he key objective of this three-year award is to further the international and multidisciplinary development of the terrestrial Circumarctic Environmental Observatories Network (CEON, www.ceoninfo.org). CEON's mission is to strengthen the capacity for emerging monitoring, research and policy needs at high northern latitudes by making data available that is adequate and suitable for addressing a series of well defined key scientific questions and uncertainties. As a priority, this award aims to satisfy the immediate developmental needs identified by the CEON stakeholder community and, where relevant, the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA). This award will also support several other initiatives with a strong Arctic and environmental observation focus, including the second International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP II), the US National Academy of Sciences blue ribbon panel designing an Arctic Observation Network (AON), and the International Polar Year (IPY). Specifically, this award will:1. Establish a joint US-Swedish CEON Science Coordination Office (SCO). This is critical for CEONs transition to becoming a fully implemented and multi-laterally funded international network.2. Convene annual CEON stakeholder and working group meetings to foster the community-based decision making necessary for the development of CEON. Annual stakeholder meetings are likely to attract up to 150 arctic and non-arctic specialists and will encourage CEON partners to convene meetings before or after the CEON meeting and hold and/or participate in workshops that will be used, for example, to offer instruction on standardized sampling protocols and technologies.3. Continue the development of novel web-based information portals and visualization tools that improve the capacity for transferring scientific, logistic, and educational knowledge and information both within and outside of CEON. These include a CEON email list, the CEON-Internet Map Server (CEON-IMS - www.ceonims.org), the capacity to build regionalized IMS applications centered on focal observatory platforms partnered to CEON, a methodological and standards database, and novel visualization tools that enhance education, outreach and information interactivity.