Collaborative Research: Science Coordination Office for Summit Station and the Greenland Traverse

科学协调办公室(SCO)为科学界、NSF/OPP和北极物流承包商提供服务，协调投入，并为OPP提供一个有组织的机制，供其在顶峰站就决策进行咨询。上海合作组织就如何适应或缓解来自不同科学团队的相互冲突的请求向CPS提出建议，并建议调查人员如何以较小的后勤影响实现科学目标。上海合作组织代表社区倡导，建议OPP在峰会上以科学为基础的资本投资优先事项，以保持和提高该站点的研究价值，同时努力保持空间站的财务可持续发展。这项提议包括上海合作组织的两个新成员，以代表更广泛的研究界，并使几代研究人员多样化。这一提议为现有的上海合作组织增加了功能。上海合作组织将讨论格陵兰内陆导线的研究项目和格陵兰冰盖未来的研究地点，主持类似于峰会站所做的调查。在这项提案中扩大交流的活动包括对目前的GEOSummit网页进行重大更新，如纳入虚拟旅游、峰会书目和峰会地理信息系统。上海合作组织将创建一个Summit Listserv，并主办一些交流活动，如秋季AGU会议上的市政厅会议，加强非正式直接接触的努力，以及有科学界参与的半年一次的电话会议。上海合作组织在长期和年度规划中的作用是，在保护核心空间站科学活动的同时，重点关注空间站的经济和环境可持续性。这些目标被纳入了正在制定的峰顶站长期计划中。

The Science Coordination Office (SCO) serves the scientific community, NSF/OPP, and the arctic logistics contractor by coordinating input and providing an organized mechanism for OPP to consult with regarding decisions at Summit Station. SCO makes recommendations to CPS about ways to accommodate or mitigate conflicting requests from different science teams, as well as suggesting ways investigators might accomplish science objectives with smaller logistical impacts. SCO advocates on behalf of the community, suggesting science-based priorities for capital investments by OPP at Summit that will maintain and enhance the value of the site for research while striving to keep the station financially sustainable. This proposal includes two new members to SCO in order to represent the broader research community and diversify generations of researchers. This proposal adds functionality to the existing SCO. SCO will discuss research projects on the Greenland Inland Traverse and future research sites on the Greenland Ice Sheet hosting investigations similar to work done at Summit Station. Activities that expand communication in this proposal include significant updates to the current GEOSummit webpage such as incorporation of a virtual tour, Summit bibliography, and Summit GIS. SCO will create a Summit Listserv and host communication events such as a town hall style meeting at the Fall AGU meeting, increased effort at informal direct contact, and semi-annual teleconferences involving the scientific community. The SCO role in long-range and annual planning is to focus on the economic and environmental sustainability of the station in parallel with the preservation of core station scientific activities. These objectives are captured in a developing Long-range Plan for Summit Station.