EarthCube RCN: Collaborative Research: Engaging the Greenland Ice Sheet Ocean (GRISO) Science Network

格陵兰的冰川融化在过去20年间翻了两番，目前占全球海平面上升的四分之一。冰的减少是由于与气温和海洋温度上升相关的表面质量平衡和冰盖动力学的变化。随之而来的淡水排放增加正在影响区域海洋，包括其生态系统，并有可能影响北大西洋大范围的环流。因此，格陵兰的变化正在对全球社会产生深远的影响，但导致这些变化的机制还没有得到很好的理解。尤其是冰的动态减少，很可能是由海洋冰川边缘的变化引起的，通过在气候、冰盖和海洋模型中不存在或没有很好反映的冰/海洋/大气过程。格陵兰-S边缘的海洋、冰川和大气的相互作用是一个新的研究前沿。涉及的复杂过程包括地球系统多个组成部分的耦合、从该区域获取和整合各种数据的挑战以及对如此复杂的系统进行建模的挑战。这些挑战使得这一问题只能通过将包括数据管理在内的多个学科结合在一起、协作探索不同的方法和跨国界工作来解决。这个项目建立了一个网络，帮助在这一领域工作的科学家共享他们的数据并进行协作。该项目的目标是通过建立GRISO(格陵兰冰盖海洋)科学网络-一个由科学家和网络基础设施专家组成的国际、多学科、开放的网络-大大加强多学科的活动和合作。与会者对促进对格陵兰冰盖变化问题及其对区域和全球气候的影响的集体理解有着共同的兴趣。GRISO RCN活动将把格陵兰专注于冰/海洋/大气/气候数据所有方面的科学家聚集在一起，并为富有成效的协作互动提供一个框架。具体目标包括两个讲习班和一系列综合工作。此外，一个利用现有基础设施的虚拟数据门户将使跨学科数据提交和数据提供变得更容易，并促进统一和适当的数据管理做法。区域协调中心以前GRISO US CLIVAR工作组发起的活动为基础，明确处理2013年举行的一次国际研讨会的一份报告中确定的优先事项。

Greenland ice loss quadrupled over the last two decades and presently accounts for one quarter of global sea level rise. The ice loss is due to changes in surface mass balance and ice sheet dynamics associated with rising air and ocean temperatures. The associated increasing freshwater discharge is impacting the regional ocean, including its ecosystems, and has the potential to impact the large-scale North Atlantic circulation. Thus, Greenland's changes are having far-reaching consequences for global societies, yet the mechanisms responsible for these changes are not well understood. Dynamic ice loss, in particular, was likely triggered by changes at the margins of marine-terminating glaciers, through ice/ocean/atmosphere processes that are either absent or poorly represented in climate, ice sheet and ocean models. The interaction of the ocean, the glaciers and atmosphere at Greenland?s margins is a new research frontier. The complex processes involved include the coupling of multiple components of the Earth system, the challenges of obtaining and integrating diverse data from this region, and of modeling such a complex system. These challenges make this a problem that can only be addressed by bringing together multiple disciplines, including data management, collaboratively exploring diverse approaches and working across national borders. This project establishes a network to help scientists working in this area to share their data and work collaboratively.The goal of this project is to substantially enhance multi-disciplinary activities and collaboration through the establishment of the GRISO (Greenland Ice Sheet Ocean) Science Network - an international, multidisciplinary, open network of scientists and cyberinfrastructure experts. Participants have a shared interested in advancing collective understanding of problems related to Greenland Ice Sheet change and its impact on regional and global climate. GRISO RCN activities will bring together scientists focused on all aspects of ice/ocean/atmosphere/climate data in Greenland and provide a framework for productive collaborative interaction. Specific objectives include two workshops, and a series of synthesis efforts. Additionally, a virtual data portal, leveraging existing infrastructure, will make interdisciplinary data submission and data availability easier and promote uniform and appropriate data management practices. The RCN builds on activities initiated by the former GRISO US CLIVAR Working Group and explicitly addresses priorities identified in a report from an international workshop held in 2013.