The Arctic Community-wide Hydrological Analysis and Monitoring Program (Arctic-CHAMP) Project Office

北极构成了一个重要的环境，对地球系统的动态和进化至关重要。该区域目前正在经历迅速的环境变化，但人们对这种变化的来源和后果仍然知之甚少。2000年9月，在圣巴巴拉的国家生态分析与综合中心（NCEAS）召开了北极系统水文学研讨会，以响应科学界的呼吁，评估北极水文学的最新进展，并制定新的研究工作来研究北极系统中的水和水循环变化。CA.该研讨会的一项主要建议是NSF投资发展一个泛北极社区范围的水文分析和监测计划（Arctic- champ），用于对水循环及其在北极系统中的作用进行综合研究。通过一系列会议、报告和新资助的支持多机构搜索计划的机会公告（ASOF/CHAMP; NSF-02-071），北极-CHAMP的运作正在迅速取得进展。本提案的主要目标是建立北极- champ科学管理办公室（SMO），以协助ARCSS协调新兴的北极- champ科学和外联工作。预期的北极- champ综合和整合问题是复杂和多方面的，需要一个专门的科学管理办公室来提供执行该倡议的有效机制。SMO将为北极- champ科学指导委员会正在进行的活动提供后勤和行政支持，组织北极- champ科学会议、研讨会和专题讨论会，以促进跨学科水循环研究，支持及时交付与champ相关的科学数据产品，通过SMO人员的专门沟通努力，与ARCSS的其他主题元素、其他美国和国际机构合作伙伴进行联络活动。并将Arctic-CHAMP的发现传播给科学家和更广泛的用户群体。更广泛的影响。SMO的结构不仅促进研究，而且促进研究生教育、研究生培训以及与决策者和公众的联系。拟议的一系列科学会议和讲习班，特别是针对年轻学生科学家的会议和讲习班，旨在促进CHAMP的教育使命。一名担任执行主任的博士后将有助于满足我们认为的一个重要需求——培养年轻的科学管理人员，他们必须越来越多地处理复杂的、跨学科的、往往是国际性的研究项目。数据发布、网页和通讯有助于扩大人们对与环境变化有关的环境变化的兴趣。拟议中的与加拿大、俄罗斯和北欧国家的合作伙伴的合作促进了美国的外交利益、善意和通过科学进行的开放交流。

The Arctic constitutes an important environment, central to the dynamics and evolution of the Earth system. The region, is currently experiencing rapid environmental change, but the sources and consequences of such change are still poorly understood. In response to calls by the science community to assess the current state-of-the-art in Arctic hydrology and to formulate a new research effort to study water and water cycle change in the Arctic system, NSF-ARCSS convened an Arctic System Hydrology Workshop in September 2000 at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) in Santa Barbara, CA. A chief recommendation of that workshop was for NSF to invest in development of a pan-Arctic Community-wide Hydrological Analysis and Monitoring Program (Arctic-CHAMP) for synthesis studies of the water cycle and its role in the Arctic system. Through a series of meetings, reports and a newly-funded Announcement of Opportunity (ASOF/CHAMP; NSF-02-071) supporting the multi-agency SEARCH initiative, progress is rapidly being made toward an operational Arctic-CHAMP. The primary goal of this proposal is to establish an Arctic-CHAMP Science Management Office (SMO) to assist ARCSS in coordinating emerging Arctic-CHAMP science and outreach efforts. The anticipated Arctic-CHAMP synthesis and integration issues are complex and multi-faceted and a dedicated Science Management Office is needed to provide an efficient mechanism for executing the initiative. The SMO will provide logistical and administrative support to ongoing activities of the Arctic-CHAMP Scientific Steering Committee, organize Arctic-CHAMP scientific meetings, workshops, and symposia to catalyze interdisciplinary water cycle studies, support the timely delivery of CHAMP-related science data products, perform liaison activities with other thematic elements of ARCSS, other US and international agency partners through dedicated communication efforts by SMO personnel, and disseminate findings of Arctic-CHAMP to scientists and the broader user community. Broader Impacts. The SMO is structured to foster not only research, but also graduate education, post- graduate training and outreach to policy-makers and the public. A proposed series of science meetings and workshops, particularly those directed at young student scientists, is designed to foster the educational mission of CHAMP. A post-doc, serving as Executive Director, will help to satisfy what we see as an important need -- to train young science managers, who must increasingly deal with complex, interdisciplinary and often international research programs. Data dissemination, web pages, and newsletters help to broaden interest in CHAMP-related environmental change. Proposed cooperation with partners in Canada, Russia, and the Nordic countries fosters US diplomatic interests, good will, and open communication through science.