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和北极后勤承包商提供服务，协调投入并为OPP提供一个有组织的机制，供OPP就峰会站的决策进行磋商。SCO向CPS提出了关于如何适应或减轻来自不同科学团队的冲突请求的建议，并提出了研究人员可能以较小的后勤影响完成科学目标的方法。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，这将保持和提高该站点的研究价值，同时努力保持该站的财务可持续发展。该提案包括两个新成员加入上海合作组织，以代表更广泛的研究界和多样化的研究人员世代。该提案为现有SCO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，以及格陵兰冰盖上未来的研究地点，这些研究地点将开展类似于高峰站的调查工作。本提案中扩大交流的活动包括对当前GEOSummit网页的重大更新，如合并虚拟游览、峰会参考书目和峰会GIS。上海合作组织将建立一个峰会信息系统，并举办交流活动，如在秋季AGU会议上举行市政厅式会议，加强非正式直接接触，以及每半年举行一次有科学界参与的电话会议。上海合作组织在长期和年度规划中的作用是，在保护科考站核心科学活动的同时，重点关注科考站的经济和环境可持续性。这些目标载于正在制订的首脑站长期计划中。

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.