Climate and Cryosphere International Project Office of the World Climate Research Program

该项目将支持在美国建立世界气候研究计划的气候和冰冻圈（CliC）国际项目办公室，并促进美国在这一关键研究领域的领导地位。CliC目前位于挪威的Bjerknes气候研究中心，直到2022年底;该项目将在阿默斯特的马萨诸塞州大学建立后续的国际项目办公室。CLIC的重点是组织和实施国际研究，提高对冰冻圈（地球的冰冻部分，包括海冰，冰山，冰川，冰盖，湖冰，永久冻土和积雪）及其与全球气候系统的相互作用的理解。为此，气候变化国际委员会国际项目办公室支持气候变化国际委员会的基本召集和交流活动，并确保冰冻圈科学界的广泛参与。该项目的更广泛影响包括通过讲习班、研讨会、会议、出版物、通讯和网络材料向科学界、教育界和公众进行宣传。CliC国际项目办公室（IPO）将专注于参与不同的冰冻圈研究社区，评估冰冻圈损失及其影响，改进模型预测，并与利益相关者交流冰冻圈相关的研究，知识和预测。CliC将由一名董事领导，并由一名执行官和一名兼职传播专家协助。IPO的主要作用是支持世界气候研究计划的冰冻圈相关活动的规划和实施，以及以冰冻圈和气候为重点的研究活动（主要通过CliC工作组和小组）。IPO协助规划，组织和管理CLIC会议，研讨会和会议;通过网站和其他社交媒体发展和促进沟通;并启动国际通信，并在工作层面进行国际联络。其工作的一个关键要素是确保所有感兴趣的国家和个人尽可能广泛地参与CLIC活动，并为CLIC项目活动确定和寻求资源和后勤支持。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project will support the establishment of the Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) International Project Office of the World Climate Research Programme in the United States and promote US leadership in this crucial research field. CliC is currently located at the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research in Norway until the end of 2022; this project will establish the subsequent International Project Office at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. The focus of CliC is on organizing and implementing international research that improves understanding of the cryosphere (the frozen part of the Earth, which includes sea ice, icebergs, glaciers, ice sheets, lake ice, permafrost, and snow cover) and its interactions with the global climate system. To this end, the CliC International Project Office supports the underlying convening and communications activities of CliC and ensures broad participation of the cryospheric science community. The Broader Impacts of this project include outreach to the science community, educational community, and general public through workshops, seminars, meetings, publications, newsletters, and web-based materials. The CliC International Project Office (IPO) will focus on engaging a diverse cryosphere research community, making assessments of cryosphere loss and the impacts of that loss, making improvements in model projections, and communicating cryosphere-related research, knowledge, and projections with stakeholders. CliC will be led by a Director with assistance of an Executive Officer and a part-time Communications Specialist. The primary role of the IPO is to support the planning and implementation of cryosphere-related activities of the World Climate Research Programme, as well as research activities focused on cryosphere and climate (primarily through CliC working groups and panels). The IPO assists in the planning, organization, and management of CliC meetings, workshops, and conferences; develops and promotes communication through a website and other social media; and initiates international correspondence and carries out international liaisons at the working level. A key element of its work is ensuring the widest possible participation of all interested nations and persons in CliC activities, and identifying and soliciting resources and logistical support to CliC project activities.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.