In 2014, SEARCH transitioned away from the previous structure with panels for Observing Change, Understanding Change, and Responding to Change; the work of the former Observing Change Panel (OCP) was transitioned to the current Arctic Observing Working Group.

Former Observing Change Panel Members

Observing Change Panel (OCP) Charge (PDF - 30 KB)

  • Craig M. Lee, Panel Chair
  • Ocean Physics Department - Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)
  • University of Washington
  • 1013 Northeast 40th Street
  • Seattle, WA 98105-6698
  • Phone: 206-685-7656
  • craig [at] apl.washington.edu
  • Expertise: oceanography and ocean dynamics
  • Carin J. Ashjian
  • Department of Biology
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  • MS #33
  • 266 Woods Hole Road
  • Woods Hole, MA 02543
  • Phone: 508-289-3457
  • cashjian [at] whoi.edu
  • Expertise: biological oceanography and zooplankton ecology
  • Craig L. Fleener
  • 2805 Iris Dr #4
  • Ancorage, AK 99517
  • chizhur [at] gmail.com
  • Expertise: wildlife biology and natural resource management
  • Jennifer Francis
  • Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
  • Rutgers University
  • 107 Cove Circle
  • Marion, MA 02738
  • Phone: 732-688-2382
  • francis [at] imcs.rutgers.edu
  • Expertise: Arctic climate change, satellite remote sensing, Arctic-global linkages, cloud-radiation interations, and Arctic energy budget
  • Larry D. Hinzman
  • International Arctic Research Center
  • University of Alaska Fairbanks
  • 930 Koyukuk Drive
  • PO Box 757340
  • Fairbanks, AK 99775-7340
  • Phone: 907-474-7331
  • lhinzman [at] iarc.uaf.edu
  • Expertise: permafrost and hydrology
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  • Guido Grosse
  • Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
  • Alfred Wegener Institute
  • Telegrafenberg A45
  • Potsdam 14473
  • Germany
  • Phone: +49-(0)331-288-2150
  • guido.grosse [at] awi.de
  • Expertise: permafrost, landscape, and hydrological dynamics
  • Ronald Kwok
  • Radar Science and Engineering
  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) -
    California Institute of Technology
  • 4800 Oak Grove Drive
  • MS 300-235
  • Pasadena, CA 91109
  • Phone: 818-354-5614
  • ronald.kwok [at] jpl.nasa.gov
  • Expertise: polar remote sensing
  • Philip D. Martin
  • Arctic Landscape Conservation Cooperative
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • 101 12th Avenue, Room 110
  • Fairbanks, AK 99701
  • Phone: 907-456-0325
  • philip_martin [at] fws.gov
  • Expertise: natural resource management and landscape ecology
  • Maribeth Murray
  • Arctic Institute of North America
  • University of Calgary
  • ES 1040, 2500 University Drive
  • Calgary, AB T2N 1N4
  • Canada
  • Phone: 403-220-7515
  • murraym [at] ucalgary.ca
  • Expertise: environmental archaeology, paleoecology, and human / environment interactions
  • Steven F. Oberbauer
  • Department of Biological Sciences
  • Florida International University
  • University Campus Park
  • Miami, FL 33199
  • Phone: 305-348-2580
  • oberbaue [at] fiu.edu
  • Expertise: arctic ecology and ecophysiology
  • Donald K. Perovich
  • Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL)
  • 72 Lyme Road
  • Hanover, NH 03755-1290
  • Phone: 603-646-4255
  • donald.k.perovich [at] erdc.usace.army.mil
  • Expertise: geophysics, solar radiation and sea ice interactions
  • Peter L. Pulsifer
  • NSIDC - CIRES, University of Colorado
  • 449 UCB
  • Boulder, CO 80309
  • Phone: 613-620-7195
  • pulsifer [at] nsidc.org
  • Expertise: data management; information technology and indigenous knowledge; GIS & remotes sensing
  • Eric Rignot
  • Earth System Science
  • University of California Irvine
  • Croul Hall
  • Irvine, CA 92697-3100
  • Phone: 949-824-3739
  • erignot [at] uci.edu
  • Expertise: interferometry and polarimetry
  • Matthew Shupe
  • CIRES - University of Colorado and NOAA-ESRL
  • 325 Broadway
  • Boulder, CO 80305
  • Phone: 303-497-6471
  • matthew.shupe [at] noaa.gov
  • Expertise: cloud processes and physics
  • Fiamma Straneo
  • Deptartment of Physical Oceanography
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  • WHOI MS#21
  • Woods Hole, MA 02543
  • Phone: 508-289-2914
  • fstraneo [at] whoi.edu
  • Expertise: oceanography, ocean and climate, ice sheet/ocean interactions
  • Johannes Verlinde
  • Department of Meteorology
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • 502 Walker Building
  • University Park, PA 16802
  • Phone: 814-863-9711
  • verlinde [at] meteo.psu.edu
  • Expertise: atmospheric observations, cloud physics
  • Cathy Wilson
  • Earth and Environmental Sciences Division
  • Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • MS J495
  • Los Alamos, NM 87545
  • Phone: 505-667-0202
  • cjw [at] lanl.gov
  • Expertise: Hydrology and geomorphology