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 提供有组织的机制，以便就峰会站的决策进行磋商。 SCO 向 CPS 就如何适应或减轻不同科学团队的相互冲突的请求提出建议，并建议研究人员如何以较小的后勤影响实现科学目标。 SCO 代表社区进行倡导，在峰会上建议 OPP 资本投资以科学为基础的优先事项，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性。该提案包括 SCO 的两名新成员，以代表更广泛的研究界并使各代研究人员多样化。该提案为现有 SCO 添加了功能。 SCO将讨论格陵兰内陆横贯线的研究项目以及格陵兰冰盖未来的研究地点，这些地点将进行与峰会站类似的调查。该提案中扩大交流的活动包括对当前 GEOSummit 网页的重大更新，例如纳入虚拟游览、峰会参考书目和峰会 GIS。 SCO将创建一个峰会列表服务并举办交流活动，例如秋季AGU会议上的市政厅式会议，加大非正式直接接触的力度，以及科学界参与的半年度电话会议。 SCO在长期和年度规划中的作用是重点关注空间站的经济和环境可持续性，同时保护核心空间站的科学活动。这些目标体现在正在制定的峰会站长期计划中。

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.