Relevant Planning Documents
SEARCH Sea Ice activities build on priorities and activities laid out in several key planning documents:
NOAA's Arctic Vision and Strategy, which has improved sea-ice prediction at the top of its goals: http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2010/20100519_arctic.html
The National Ocean Policy strategy document that references the need to improve sea ice prediction and to assess its impacts on arctic ecosystems and human activities: http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/oceans/implementationplan
The priorities set forth in the U.S. Arctic Research Commission's report on Goals and Objectives for Arctic Research: http://www.arctic.gov/publications.html
The International Study of Arctic Change's (2010) science plan, which underscores the central role of sea ice in modulating arctic environmental and socio-economic change: http://www.arcticchange.org/publications
The 2009 National Presidential Directive on Arctic Region Policy: https://www.hsdl.org/?collection/stratpol&id=pd&pid=gwb
The IARPC 5-year plan that defines interagency efforts related to sea ice research and forecasting: http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/arctic/iarpc/arc_res_plan_index.jsp