Collaborative Research: Science coordination office for Summit Station/ISI Observatory and the Greenland Traverse

20多年来，极地项目部一直在资助格陵兰峰顶站（北纬72°，西经38°，海拔3250米）的大量科学活动。峰顶站拥有格陵兰环境观测站（GEOSummit），这是国家科学基金会（NSF）和国家海洋和大气管理局合作的项目，得到丹麦格陵兰科学研究委员会的许可，提供长期的环境测量。峰顶是北极地区唯一一个全年有人值守的高海拔、自由对流层内陆环境观测站。因此，首脑会议在国际科学界占有独特的地位。全球测量能力。峰顶站和格陵兰冰盖科学协调办公室（SCO）为美国国家科学基金会提供咨询服务。美国北极研究支持和后勤计划。上海合作组织?它的主要作用是在涉及国家科学基金会、其主要后勤支持承包商和其他利益相关者的讨论和决策过程中，提出从事格陵兰冰盖工作的科学界的需求和愿望。上海合作组织还与国家科学基金会合作，国家科学基金会？为公平和有效地利用资源，并努力确保广泛的科学和支持活动尽可能少地影响高峰会议的原始性质。上海合作组织的长期目标是重建峰会基础设施，以降低长期运营和维护成本，并减少车站设施以及访问的飞机和过境车辆的污染物排放。上海合作组织还协助协调从高中到研究生的各级教育团体访问峰会。上海合作组织将与美国国家科学基金会和所有相关利益攸关方密切合作，设计一个复兴的高峰站，通过减少排放，减少运营和维护工作（和成本），为未来的科学研究保护该站点。包括天文学和天体物理学在内的其他科学团体最近表示有兴趣将顶峰站作为北极新观测基地。上海合作组织将积极参与与有关各方的讨论，制定场地规划，以适应更多的研究活动，同时保持对气候相关研究的长期关注，这些研究需要清洁的空气和积雪条件。上海合作组织?美国的网站是科学界交流的基石，在过去几年中增加了几个新功能，包括；谷歌基于地球的地理信息系统记录了该地区过去9年的活动，使用街景图像的虚拟之旅，针对新调查员的新“峰会工作”部分，峰会附近已发表作品的综合参考书目，以及季度通讯)。上海合作组织将对网站进行全面检修，以改善导航，并将继续增加新功能。

The Division of Polar Programs has been funding substantial scientific activities at Summit Station, Greenland (72°N 38°W, 3250 meters above sea level), for over twenty years. Summit Station hosts the Greenland Environmental Observatory (GEOSummit), a cooperation between the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration with permission from the Danish Commission for Scientific Research in Greenland to provide long-term environmental measurements. Summit is the only high-elevation, free-tropospheric, inland environmental observatory in the Arctic which is manned throughout the year. Summit therefore fills a unique niche in the international scientific community?s global measurement capability. The Science Coordination Office (SCO) for Summit Station and the Greenland Ice Sheet serves in an advisory capacity to NSF?s Arctic Research Support and Logistics Program. SCO?s primary role is to present the needs and desires of the science community working on the Greenland Ice Sheet in discussions and decision making processes involving NSF, its primary logistics support contractor, and other stakeholders. The SCO also works with NSF, NSF?s contractor, and science teams to work out equitable and efficient use of resources, and strives to ensure that the wide range of science and support activities impact the pristine character of Summit as lightly as possible. SCO shares in the long-range goal of redeveloping Summit infrastructure in ways that will reduce long-term operation and maintenance costs, and reduce the emissions of pollutants by facilities on the station and the aircraft and traverse vehicles that visit. The SCO also helps coordinate visits to Summit for educational groups at all levels, from high school to post-graduate. The SCO will work closely with NSF and all relevant stakeholders in the design of a revitalized Summit Station where reducing operational and maintenance effort (and costs) will preserve the site for future science by reducing emissions. Additional scientific communities, including astronomy and astrophysics, have recently expressed interest in using Summit Station as an Arctic base for new observations. SCO will actively participate in discussions with all interested parties to develop a site plan to accommodate an influx of additional research activities while maintaining long-standing focus on climate-relevant research which requires clean air and snow conditions. SCO?s website is a keystone of communication to the science community, with several new features added over the past few years, including; a Google Earth based GIS recording activity in the region over the past 9 years, a virtual tour using Streetview images, a new Working at Summit section that targets new investigators, a comprehensive bibliography of published work near Summit, and a quarterly Newsletter). SCO will conduct a comprehensive overhaul of the web site to improve navigation, and will continue to add new features.