FSML- An Arctic Winter Residence Facility for the Toolik Field Station, Alaska

图里克野外考察站位于阿拉斯加北坡，为对独特的北极陆地和淡水生态系统进行生物、水文、地质和大气调查提供了一个国家和国际重要的研究平台。自1975年以来，它已为来自39个州和25个国家的63所机构和大学的研究人员和学生提供服务。自1992年以来，Toolik油田站（CFFS）的使用量增加了40%，目前在四个月的油田季节中约有3，500个用户日;预计这种需求将在未来10年内持续或进一步增长。 该提案是为了建造一个冬季居住设施，连同1994年获得的冬季实验室，将扩大对TFS及其北极研究计划的访问。 目前，美国还没有实地研究站。S.而在科学家可以全年工作的环极地区，几乎没有。这一新的能力预计将增加目前的研究计划，以前还没有能够调查和整合到基于夏季的模式的显着和重要的冬季过程，占北极年的75%，和新的调查人员从各种学科的范围和性质预计将被吸引到使用该设施。为了冬季研究活动以及调查人员和工作人员的安全，必须有一个现代化的居住设施，配备多余的暖气和电源以及一部卫星电话。 冬季居住设施是图里克野外站的一个关键和最高优先级项目：第二个二十年，关于科学使命和图里克野外站发展的建议，1995年举行的美国北极研究人员和后勤专家的NSF研讨会的报告。这也是美国北极研究联盟即将出版的《美国北极科学物流》的一个当务之急。 目前，国家科学基金会赞助的基于TFS的艾德研究包括北极长期生态研究计划，美国国家科学基金会。S.国际苔原实验方案，北极系统科学的陆地-大气-冰相互作用的组成部分，气候和植被对北极生态系统地下二氧化碳通量的影响;水文与北极淡水和陆地系统的联系;北极苔原生物圈模型的开发和验证与卫星无线电辐射的联系;北极生态系统的初级生产：适应气候变化的相互作用机制;季节长度增加对植物物候的影响;阿拉斯加苔原的群落组成、生产力和生态系统碳通量：对全球变化的影响;北极鸟类的激素行为适应;这些是预计在1997年使用TFS的22个不同项目之一。

The Toolik Field Station, located on Alaska' s North Slope, provides a nationally and internationally significant research platform for biological, hydrological, geological, and atmospheric investigations on unique arctic terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. Since 1975 it has served investigators and students from 63 institutions and universities from 39 states and 25 countries. Since 1992 use of the Toolik Field Station CFFS) has increased by 40% to its current occupancy of approximately 3,500 user days in a four month field season; this demand is expected to be sustained or grow further over the next 10 years. This proposal is for building a winter residence facility that, together with the winter laboratory acquired in 1994, will expand access to TFS and its arctic research programs to all of the year. Currently there are no field research stations in the U. S. and few in the circumpolar region at which scientists can work year-round. This new capability is expected to increase the scope and nature of current research programs that have not before been able to investigate and integrate into summer-based models the significant and important winter- season processes that occupy 75% of the arctic year, and new investigators from a variety of disciplines are expected to be attracted to using the facility. A modern residence facility with redundant heating and power sources and a satellite phone is necessary for winter research operations and the safety of investigators and staff. A winter residence facility was a key and highest priority item in the Toolik Field Station: The second twenty years, recommendations on the science mission and the development of Toolik Field Station, the report that resulted from a NSF workshop of U.S. arctic researchers and logistics experts held in 1995. It is also an immediate priority of U.S. Logistics for Arctic Science, a forthcoming publication of the arctic Research Consortium of the United States. Current NSF-sponsor ed studies based at TFS include the arctic Long-Term Ecological Research program, the U. S. International Tundra Experiment program, Components of the Arctic System Science's Land- Atmosphere-Ice-Interactions, The Effects of Climate and Vegetation on Below Ground CO2 Fluxes in Arctic Ecosystems; Hydrologic Linkages with Arctic Freshwater and Terrestrial Systems; Development and Validation of a Biosphere Model for Arctic Tundra with Linkages to Satellite Radiobrighmess; Primary Production in Arctic Ecosystems: Interacting Mechanisms of Adjustment to Climate Change; Effects of Increased Season Length on Plant Phenology; Community Composition, Productivity, and Ecosystem Carbon Fluxes in Alaskan Tundra: Implications for Global Change; and Hormone-behavior Adaptations in Arctic Birds; these are among 22 different projects that are expected to use TFS in 1997.