The goal of the Arctic Observing Summit is to "provide community-driven, science-based guidance for the design, implementation, coordination and sustained long-term (decades) operation of an international network of Arctic observing systems". In 2016, the third biennial summit will take place in Fairbanks, AK (15-18 March) in conjunction with the Arctic Science Summit Week.
In preparation for this important event, the SEARCH community has developed a number of white papers, short statements and posters reporting on the current state of Arctic Observing. Links to these documents are found below. Additional report submissions from the wider Arctic research community can also now be viewed online at https://www.arcticobservingsummit.org.
SEARCH White Papers, Short Statements, & Posters
Sea Ice Action Team: Matthew Druckenmiller, Jennifer Francis, and Henry Huntington
Communicating why sea ice matters: A focus of the SEARCH Sea Ice Action Team (PDF - 48 KB)
Poster: Sea Ice Matters: Science Communication through the SEARCH Sea Ice Action Team
Permafrost Action Team: Edward Schuur, Christina Schädel, and A. David McGuire
Land Ice Action Team: Fiamma Straneo, Patrick Heimbach, Gordon Hamilton, and Olga Sergienko
ARCUS and the Arctic Observing Open Science Meeting Organizing Committee
- Arctic Observing Open Science Meeting Short Statement (PDF - 59 KB)
- Poster: The 2015 Arctic Observing Open Science Meeting (AOOSM) – Community achievements, goals, and advancements toward a thriving, collaborative network of Arctic observations
Other Contributions from the SEARCH Community
SEARCH Science Steering Committee Members
Hajo Eicken (Science Steering Committee Past-Chair & Sea Ice Prediction Network Leadership Team)
- A Pan-Arctic Airborne Sea Ice Observation System
- Data Portals as Institutional Bridges: Connecting Scientific Observations to Stakeholder Needs
- The Potential Contribution of Sustained, Integrated Observations to Arctic Maritime Domain Awareness and Common Operational Picture Development in a Hybrid Research-Operational Setting
- Poster: A Pan-Arctic Airborne Sea Ice Observation System
- Poster: Scenarios to prioritize observing activities on the North Slope, Alaska, in the context of resource development, climate change and socio-economic uncertainties
- Poster: Technology, Science and Indigenous Knowledge; Tracking Sea Ice and Its Use at Barrow, Alaska
Betsy Baker (Science Steering Committee Member)
Marika Holland (Science Steering Committee Member)
SEARCH Action Team Members
Matthew Druckenmiller (Sea Ice Action Team Communicator/Facilitator)
- Using Communication Theory and Strategy to Develop Researcher-Stakeholder Relationships
- Advancing Arctic observing within the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) through a focus on Community-Based Monitoring
- Identifying the need for a co-produced monitoring and evaluation framework for Arctic observing programs partnering with indigenous communities
Donald Perovich (Sea Ice Action Team & Observing Change Panel)
Eric Kasischke (Permafrost Action Team Member)
Kevin Bjella (Permafrost Action Team Member)
- Poster: LiDAR Detection of Permafrost Change
- Poster: The CRREL Permafrost Experimental Station at Farmer’s Loop: 60 years of permafrost geotechnical and geomorphological investigations
Vladimir Romanovsky (Permafrost Action Team Member)
- Poster: Active-Layer Soil Moisture Content Regional Variations in Alaska and Russia by Ground-Based and Satellite-Based Methods, 2002 Through 2014
- Poster:Ecosystem impact on thermal state of permafrost in Alaska
Cathy Wilson (Permafrost Action Team Member)
Sea Ice Prediction Network
Adrienne Tivy (Sea Ice Prediction Network Leadership Team)
- Observations to support industry needs for sea ice information and predictions
- Poster: SmartICE: sea ice monitoring and forecasting in support of community well-being under changing climate and shipping conditions
Walt Meier (Sea Ice Prediction Network Leadership Team)
Jennifer Hutchings (Sea Ice Prediction Network Leadership Team)
Observing Change Panel Members
Matthew Shupe (Observing Change Panel)
Peter Pulsifer (Observing Change Panel)
- Indigenous Knowledge: Key Considerations for Arctic Research and Data Management
- Community-Based Monitoring in a Changing Arctic: A Review for the Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks
- The Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (SAON): Status
- CACCON and Partner Knowledge Networks: Arctic Coastal Engagement Network of Future Earth Coasts
- Advancing Arctic observing within the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) through a focus on Community-Based Monitoring
- Poster: Circumpolar Coastal Communities Observatory Network
Maribeth Murray (Observing Change Panel)
Guido Grosse (Observing Change Panel)