International NSERC CREATE on the processes and impacts of climate change in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Canadian Arctic (ArcTrain)

关于“北大西洋和加拿大北极气候变化的过程和影响”(ArcTrain)国际培训计划的提议旨在培训新一代科学家，以解决与北极和亚北极气候变化有关的复杂问题。在这一领域，除了在地球科学、生物、物理和化学方面的多学科专门知识外，研究和培训高素质人员还需要获得第一线科学和用于高性能计算、遥感观测、远程实地工作和海洋考察的专用基础设施。因此，监测、模拟和预测冰-海-陆界面的变化需要国际一级的伙伴关系和强有力的集体努力。在此，拟在现有合作的基础上，建立一个国际研究培训网络并使之正规化，该网络由设在德国的一个主要节点组成，设在不来梅大学海洋科学研究中心，由八个加拿大机构组成的联合体，由魁北克大学的全球海洋研究计划协调。ArcTrain的提案依赖于其国际组成部分，但也依赖于跨学科培训。为了补充关于冰海动力学研究前沿课题的博士培训，ArcTrain旨在通过下列活动培养专业技能：(A)三个培训讲习班，一个关于气候-冰-海洋模型和代理数据处理和解释，一个关于加拿大北极东部的实地工作技能，以及一个关于北极和亚北极地区气候变化的社会政治问题；(B)参加加拿大或德国船上的一次研究考察，参加“漂浮的大学”暑期学校或作为方案范围内组织的考察的一部分；(C)在加拿大或德国伙伴机构居住4至12个月。ArcTrain的长期目标是实施一所设在加拿大的国际冰洋动力学研究生院，以帮助预测，促进将为政策提供信息的科学理解，并为北极和亚北极领域的可持续发展做出贡献。

The proposal for the international training program "Processes and impacts of climate change in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Canadian Arctic"(ArcTrain) has been designed with the aim to train a new generation of scientists for addressing complex issues related to climate change in the Arctic and subarctic. In this domain, research and training of highly qualified personnel require access to front-line science and dedicated infrastructure for high-performance computing, remote-sensing observation, remote field-work and oceanographic expeditions, in addition to multidisciplinary expertise in geosciences, biology, physics and chemistry. Hence the monitoring, modelling and prediction of changes at the ice-ocean-land interfaces require partnership and strong group efforts at the international level. Here, building on existing collaborations, it is proposed to develop and formalize an international research training network composed of a main node in Germany, at the Centre for Marine Sciences MARUM of the University of Bremen, with a consortium of eight Canadian institutions coordinated from the GEOTOP at the Université du Québec à Montréal. The ArcTrain proposal relies on its international components but also on interdisciplinary training. To complement doctoral training on topics defined at the forefront of research in ice-ocean dynamics, ArcTrain aims at developing professional skills through a number of activities: (a) Three training workshops, one on climate-ice-ocean modelling and proxy data treatment and interpretation, one on fieldwork skills in the eastern Canadian Arctic, and one to address socio-political aspects of climate change in Arctic and subarctic areas; (b) Participation in a research expedition on a Canadian or German ship, either for a "floating university" summer school or as part of an expedition organized within the program; (c) 4-12 months residency in a Canadian or German partner institution. The long term goal of ArcTrain is to implement a Canadian-based international school for graduate studies in the domain of ice-ocean dynamics in order to help with forecasting, to foster scientific understanding that will inform policy, and to contribute to sustainable development of the Arctic and subarctic realm.