OCEANOGRAPHY Volume 24, No. 3: Arctic Oceanography

PI请求提供部分资金，以支持2011年9月出版关于北极海洋学专题的《海洋学杂志》特刊（第24卷，第3期）。北冰洋正在经历深刻的变化，包括海冰数量减少，海洋酸化，海洋温度上升，所有这些都对北极生态系统产生影响。拟议的一套同行审查文件将涵盖最近国际极地年期间观察到的最近北极变化的地质、物理、化学、生物和人类方面。这些主题代表了美国和国际资助机构的主要投资。 更广泛的影响： 考虑到迅速变化的条件和最近与国际极地年有关的大量活动，拟议将北极作为重点是及时和重要的。这项活动将促进对北极动态变化的了解。随着研究资助机构、政府机构和工业界对北极的高度关注，诸如此类的出版物将有助于确定研究中的差距。TOS的受众比学术科学家更广泛，被K-12和非正式教育工作者以及学术界使用。TOS通过与COSEE和其他机构的合作，一直致力于帮助科学家进行教育和推广。

The PI's request partial funding to support the publishing of a special issue of Oceanography magazine in September 2011 (volume 24, number 3) on the topic of Arctic oceanography. The Arctic Ocean is experiencing profound changes, including shrinking amounts of sea ice, ocean acidification, increasing ocean temperatures, all of which have consequences for Arctic ecosystems. The proposed set of peer reviewed papers will cover the geological, physical, chemical, biological, and human dimension aspects of recent Arctic change as observed during the recent International Polar Year. These topics represent major investments by US and international funding agencies. Broader Impacts: The proposed focus on the Arctic is timely and important, given rapidly changing conditions and the recent wealth of activity related to the IPY. This activity will advance understanding of the dynamically changing Arctic. With the intense focus on the Arctic by research funding agencies, government agencies and industry, publications such as this would be helpful for identifying gaps in research. The audience of TOS is broader than academic scientists, and is used by K-12 and informal educators as well as the academic community. And TOS has been a champion of helping scientists with education and outreach, through partnerships with COSEE and others.