Polar Sea-Ice Information Needs: Interdisciplinary Training, Outreach and IPY Legacy Products Through a Sea-Ice System Services Approach

极地海冰信息需求：通过海冰系统服务方法进行跨学科培训、外展和 IPY 传统产品

• 批准号: 0805703
• 负责人: Hajo Eicken
• 金额: $ 4.99万
• 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: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-09-01 至 2010-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0805703&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Polar; Sea; Ice; Information; Needs

This proposal is based on the concept of sea-ice system services as a unifying theme. The proposal focuses on the role of sea ice as a provider of services that are crucial to a range of users, such as parts of an ecosystem, indigenous populations, the oil and gas industry, or humanity as a whole, through the climate regulating services provided by the ice. This proposal has four elements (1) Conduct a sea-ice field course that provides a comprehensive, integrated perspective on the state-of-the-art in field studies of sea ice, using sea-ice system services as a unifying concept to link course modules and aid with research design. (2) Develop a handbook and multimedia products comprising high-quality digital video, animations, and supporting computer programs that serve as resources for (under)graduate education, professional training, and as a reference work for scientists in a range of relevant fields. (3) Distill an outreach multimedia product out of the materials referenced above that can serve as an entry point for members of the public interested in following up on media reports on sea-ice change as well as a teaching tool in K-12 curricula. (4) Create a documentary record of the state-of-the-art in studies of the sea-ice system, the services it provides to a broad range of users, and the (field) methods employed in its study during IPY-4 that can serve as a reference point and legacy product for future outreach as well as studies of science history and science culture. Using these three methods, the project intends to address five major aspects of sea ice: (1) the changing role of sea ice as an important habitat for microorganisms at the center of Arctic marine foodwebs, (2) the status of the polar bear and other marine mammals heavily depending on sea ice, (3) the role of sea ice as a hazard to shipping and coastal infrastructure, (4) the reduced stability of coastal sea ice as a source of concern to indigenous hunters, (5) sea ice in the context of environmental security, e.g., clean-up of oil spills in ice-covered waters. The project will train a cadre of interdisciplinary researcher to address sea ice issues and leave a legacy for International Polar Year. The project also integrates the sea ice knowledge of Alaska Natives living in Barrow.

该提案以海冰系统服务为统一主题的概念为基础。该提案侧重于海冰作为服务提供者的作用，通过海冰提供的气候调节服务，提供对一系列用户至关重要的服务，如生态系统的一部分、土著居民、石油和天然气行业或整个人类。这项建议有四个要素：(1)举办海冰实地课程，对海冰实地研究的最新情况提供全面、综合的看法，将海冰系统服务作为统一概念，将课程模块联系起来，并协助进行研究设计。(2)开发一本手册和多媒体产品，包括高质量的数字视频、动画和辅助计算机程序，作为研究生教育和专业培训的资源，并作为一系列相关领域科学家的参考工作。(3)从上面提到的材料中提炼出一种外展多媒体产品，作为对媒体报道海冰变化的后续行动感兴趣的公众的切入点，以及作为K-12课程的教学工具。(4)为海冰系统研究的最新水平、为广大用户提供的服务以及在第四次国际海洋年期间所采用的(实地)研究方法制作一份文献记录，作为今后推广以及科学史和科学文化研究的参考点和遗产产品。利用这三种方法，该项目打算处理海冰的五个主要方面：(1)海冰作为北极海洋食物网中心微生物重要栖息地的作用的变化；(2)北极熊和严重依赖海冰的其他海洋哺乳动物的地位；(3)海冰对航运和沿海基础设施的危害；(4)沿海海冰作为土著猎人关切的来源的稳定性降低；(5)环境安全方面的海冰，例如清理被冰覆盖的水域中的石油泄漏。该项目将培训一批跨学科研究人员，以解决海冰问题，并为国际极地年留下遗产。该项目还整合了居住在巴罗的阿拉斯加原住民的海冰知识。