Collaborative Research: Science Coordination for Summit Station, Greenland

这项活动将继续支持一个办公室，该办公室协助使用格陵兰冰盖顶端国际研究场地的科学家群体。来自美国和欧洲的20多个团体正在使用该网站，其他团体的项目也在等待中。这一共享设施成功的关键之一是密切协调测量，共享设施资源，并在调查人员之间交换共同感兴趣的数据，以最有效地利用设施和资源。由于这种协调远远超出了单个研究人员通过一对一互动所能有效完成的范围，自1999年以来，国家科学基金会一直支持科学协调办公室(SCO)与科学家、后勤承包商和其他人合作，规划需要科学界大力参与的短期和长期活动。这项建议规定了上海合作组织的延续，该组织有三个主要目标：规划和协调措施，包括共享设施和人员、数据以及向资助机构提出的升级和维护请求，以促进科学；与后勤承包商和国家科学基金会合作，规划、开发和运营空间站，以服务于日益增长的国际和多学科社区，同时在过渡期间保持站点的科学完整性；以及进行战略规划，与参与峰会支助活动的国际和国家机构合作，促进调查人员之间的交流和向资助机构报告。

This activity will continue support for an office that assists the community of scientist that uses an international research site on the summit of the Greenland ice sheet. Over 20 groups from the U.S. and Europe are using the site and others have projects pending. One key to success of this shared facility is to closely coordinate measurements, share facility resources and exchange data of common interest between investigators to make most efficient use of the facility and resources. Since this coordination goes well beyond what individual investigators can efficiently do through one-to-one interactions, NSF has supported a Science Coordination Office (SCO) since 1999 to work with scientists, the logistic contractor and others to plan both near and long term activities that require strong involvement from the science community. This proposal provides for continuation of the SCO, which has three main objectives:Plan and coordinating measurements including sharing of facilities and personnel, data and requests to funding agencies for upgrades and maintenance to facilitate science;working with the logistics contractor and NSF to plan, develop and operate the station to serve a growing international and multidisciplinary community while maintaining scientific integrity of the site during the transition; and carrying out strategic planning, working with international and national agencies who are involved with supporting activities at Summit, facilitating communication between investigators and reporting to funding agencies.