Workshop Proposal: A Science Vision for the Toolik Field Station, Alaska

图里克野外站（TFS）是美国北极研究的主要研究平台之一，近年来需求量不断增加。 TFS的长期发展规划一直以用户社区于1995年制定的长期计划为指导。 2003年12月TFS指导委员会会议的主要建议是，需要对基础设施、服务和功能的研究要求的方向有一个当前的愿景。 在过去的几年里，TFS管理层已经听到了科学用户的要求，要求TFS从科学设备的获取，维修和维护以及提供核心技术服务的模式由单个科学项目完成，转向新的模式，其中更多的核心服务由中央提供和支持。为了最好地应对是否和如何发展更多的多用途核心设施和科学服务的问题，并确定实施这些设施和服务的优先事项，需要科学用户界提供投入。 还需要投入，以满足保护长期研究投资的战略需求，并制定进一步发展TFS科学教育部分的计划。我们建议召开一个有重点的和相对较小的（20-25名特邀嘉宾）研讨会，由在TFS工作的北极研究人员和其他具有实地研究设施开发经验的科学家参加。 讲习班的目标包括以下内容。 1)解决TFS是否应该开发多用途核心实验室设施和科学服务，以及在多大程度上应该开发这些设施。2)解决数据管理和连接方面的哪些变化是必要的，以使TFS的科学达到一个新的复杂水平。3)为车站周围的长期控制区的保护设定优先顺序。4)讨论TFS教育计划的可能扩展。 本次研讨会的主要成果将是一份总结研讨会建议的白色文件，以及在TFS实施多用途核心设施的优先计划。 我们设想这份文件可用于规划未来的升级和科学服务在TFS，由站管理和资助机构

Toolik Field Station (TFS) is one of the major research platforms for U.S. arctic research, and has been in increasing demand in recent years. Planning for long-term development at TFS has been guided by a long-range plan produced by the user community in 1995. The need for a current vision for the direction of research requirements for infrastructure, services, and function was a prime recommendation of the December 2003 TFS Steering Committee meeting. Over the last few years, TFS management has heard requests from science users for TFS to move away from the model where acquisition, repair, and maintenance of scientific equipment and the provision of core technical services are done by individual scientific projects to a new model wherein more core services are provided and supported centrally. To best respond to the issues of whether and how to develop more multi-use core facilities and scientific services, and to establish priorities for implementing them requires input from the scientific user community. Input is also needed to address the need for strategies for protecting the long-term research investment, and for a plan to further develop the science education component of TFS. We propose to convene a focused and relatively small (20-25 invited guests) workshop of arctic researchers working at TFS and other scientists with experience in the development of field research facilities. The goals of the workshop include the following. 1) Address whether and to what extent TFS should develop multi-use core lab facilities and scientific services, and if so, prioritize what those facilities should be. 2) Address what changes in data management and connectivity would be necessary to enable the science at TFS to achieve a new level of sophistication. 3) Set priorities for the preservation of long-term control areas around the station. 4) Discuss possible expansion of the education program at TFS. The primary product of this workshop will be a white paper summarizing the recommendations of the workshop, and a prioritized plan for implementing multi-use core facilities at TFS. We envision that this document may be used for planning future upgrades and scientific services at TFS, by station management and funding agencies