ARCUS Publication Directory

The ARCUS Publication Directory is a portal that includes science planning documents, white papers, newsletters, and other reports that are outside of the peer review literature.

The publications index is listed in chronological order beginning with the most recent publication.


Displaying 61 - 70 of 260 publications.
Release Date: - Sea Ice Outlook

Sea Ice Outlook: 2020 July Report

Outlook Report



Executive Summary


We express our thanks to all the groups and individuals who submitted their contribution to the 2020 July Sea Ice Outlook (SIO) report during these difficult times.

We received 38 contributions of predicted September sea-ice extent that included pan-Arctic predictions (compared to 33 contributions for the June report). A total of ten groups included predictions for the Alaska Region (Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort seas) while seven provided predictions on pan-Antarctic extent. Additionally, we received 13 submissions of sea-ice probability


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Release Date: - Witness the Arctic

Witness the Arctic | Volume 24, Number 1 - Summer


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Release Date: - Sea Ice Outlook

Sea Ice Outlook: 2020 June Report

Outlook Report



Executive Summary


We express our thanks to all the groups and individuals who submitted their contribution to the 2020 June Sea Ice Outlook (SIO) report during these difficult times.

We received 33 contributions of September sea-ice extent that included pan-Arctic predictions; of those contributions, eight also included predictions for pan-Antarctic and the Alaska Region (Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort seas). Additionally, we received 13 submissions of sea-ice probability (SIP), and ten submissions of first ice-free date (IFD). What is new this year is that we


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Year: 2020 - Publication

Arctic Futures 2050 Conference Report

Fisher, A. M., B. P. Kelly, and G. W. Kling (eds.). 2020. Arctic Futures 2050 Conference Report. Study of Environmental Arctic Change. https://www.searcharcticscience.org/arctic-2050/conference-2019.


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Year: 2020 - Publication

A Crowdsourcing Poster on Arctic Observing Entities and Priorities

Wiggins, H. and Lee, O. 2020. "A Crowdsourcing Poster on Arctic Observing Entities and Priorities". Arctic Observing Summit. 31 March 2020. https://aos2020agenda.org/march-31/


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Year: 2019 - Publication

Report of the Working Group on Culturally Responsive Science Outreach and Engagement

Report of the Working Group on Culturally Responsive Science Outreach and Engagement: A report to the North Pacific Research Board, Alaska Sea Grant, and ARCUS. May 2019.


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Year: 2019 - Publication

Synoptic Arctic Survey: Report of the Open Planning Workshop

Carin Ashjian, Synoptic Arctic Survey: Report of the Open Planning Workshop. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. 2019. 37 pp.


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Release Date: - Witness the Arctic

Witness the Arctic | Volume 23, Number 2 - Fall

This issue includes a summary of NSF’s FY2020 solicitation for Navigating the New Arctic (NNA); a call for community input on development of the IARPC Arctic Research Plan 2022-2026; Arctic Data Center news about a new semantic search product; news about the recently funded International Permafrost Coastal Systems Network; news from U.S. Arctic GEOTRACES of a novel public outreach program; Arctic social science focused articles about recommendations to protect the ecosystem habitat in Bristol Bay, a cross-cultural collaboration effort to improve Native Alaskan wellbeing, and a school-based


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Release Date: - Sea Ice Outlook

Sea Ice Outlook: 2019 Interim Post-Season Report

Outlook Report

Executive Summary


The Arctic has reached the end of the 2019 summer melt season. The September monthly averaged sea ice extent was 4.32 million square kilometers, based on the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) Sea Ice Index (SII). This is the third lowest in the satellite record that began in 1979. The median extent of the Outlook contributions for June (31 contributions), July (39 contributions), and August (42 contributions) were 4.40, 4.28, and 4.22 million square kilometers, respectively. Overall, the Outlooks


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