ARCSS Program Updates

• NSF/OPP/ARCSS budget forecast and future outlook | Neil Swanberg
• Update on relevant Announcements of Opportunity | Neil Swanberg
• Update on NSF IPY activities | Neil Swanberg
• Update on arctic observing network implementation | Martin Jeffries
• Update on development of Antarctic System Science Program | Kelly Falkner

11:00 a.m.

ARCSS Research: Review of Status and Progress

(FWI 5.3 M - PPT)

• Freshwater Integration (FWI) | Charles Vörösmarty
• Study of the Northern Alaska Coastal System (SNACS) | Craig Nicolson
• Human Dimensions of the Arctic System (HARC) | Maribeth Murray
• Shelf-Basin Interactions (SBI) Phase III | Don Perovich
• Synthesis of Arctic System Science (SASS I and II) | Mark Serreze

Data and Modeling Activities and Planning

2:00 p.m.

Results of  "New Perspectives through Data Discovery and Modeling" Workshop

(Workshop Results 324 K - PPT)

• Summary/Briefing of workshop     
• Letter to the Community summarizing workshop discussions
• Workshop Organizing Committee recommendations to ARCSS Committee
• Workshop Report: First draft planned for June, community review and revision during summer, final report and printing fall 2007

Next steps for ARCSS Data/Modeling planning

• ARCSS Committee meeting with NSF to discuss recommendations
• Possible Tools and Implementation-oriented workshop (involving cyberinfrastructure, industry, scientists, and managers)

• Review Implementation Plan/Prospectus
• Discuss and outline AO recommendations
• Determine writing assignments and deadlines

STATE Implementation (continued)

Recent Community of Practice (Co-oP) Submissions

• Ocean-Atmosphere-Sea Ice-Snowpack (OASIS) Interactions
  >> Review concept paper, assign ARCSS Committee liaison

• Arctic TRACE: Tracking Routes of Atmospheric Components in the Environment
  >> Review concept paper, assign ARCSS Committee liaison

2:15 p.m.

• Synthesis of Arctic System Science (SASS I and II)     
• Study of the Northern Alaska Coastal System (SNACS)     
• Freshwater Integration (FWI)     
• Human Dimensions of the Arctic System (HARC)     
• Shelf-Basin Interactions (SBI) Phase III
• Other

AC Rotation

• Matthew Sturm, Don Perovich, and Jon Overpeck agreed to stay on through
  All-Hands Meeting when it was tentatively set for Fall 2007

All-Hands Workshop

• Focus: Results of synthesis, vision of the arctic system, etc.
• Initial Planning Committee formed – Don, Joe, Maribeth, Josh
  >> Proposed Fall/Winter 2007 Synthesis Workshop (Alternative to 2007 All-Hands)
  >> Planning committee discussed option of Fall 2008 combined ARCSS/SEARCH State of the Arctic Meeting

ARCSS Science Plan

• Needs, goals, focus, timing, content, etc.