Collaborative Research: Research Networking Activities in Support of Sustained Coordinated Observations of Arctic Change

合作研究：支持北极变化持续协调观测的研究网络活动

• 批准号: 1936556
• 负责人: Craig Tweedie
• 金额: $ 16.92万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at El Paso
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-07-15 至 2025-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1936556&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Networking; Activities; Support

A range of national and international bodies have recognized the urgent need for improved coordination of sustained observations of rapid Arctic Change. Such coordination provides shared benefits to Arctic and non-Arctic nations, for example in responding effectively to transformations in marine ecosystems, improving prediction of extreme weather and environmental hazards associated with Arctic change. Coordination of observations also advances our understanding of the functioning of the Arctic system and the services it provides at the regional, national, and global level. This project brings together experts from different branches of science and engineering, along with Arctic Indigenous experts and organizations to jointly advance coordination, design, and implementation of sustained observations. Drawing on guidance from different Arctic rights holders, decision- and policymakers, the Research Networking Activity (RNA) focuses on the topic of food security in the Pacific Arctic maritime sector. Food security, in particular for Alaska coastal communities but also in the context of large-scale fisheries and other factors of national concern has been substantially impacted by changing ice and ocean conditions that have been most pronounced in the Pacific Arctic sector in recent years. The project draws on different assessment, modeling, and observing system design approaches to lay the foundation for a food-security oriented information product integrating different types of coordinated observations. In accomplishing project goals, Alaska Native scholars are active participants in the work, with a focus on capacity-building within Indigenous Peoples’ organizations such that they can better steer and utilize Arctic observing data and information products.Project objectives are achieved by tying into key goals identified by the Arctic Council’s and International Arctic Science Committee’s Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (SAON) initiative. Specifically, the international community has developed a joint vision for a connected, collaborative, and comprehensive long-term pan-Arctic Observing System that serves societal needs. SAON has identified development of a Roadmap for Arctic Observing and Data Systems (ROADS) as a key starting point for implementing its strategy: to detail where observing and data management efforts need to go and how SAON partners will jointly get there. This RNA project establishes and maintains a collaborative network between U.S. and international partner institutions to initiate and advance the ROADS process. Specifically, the project transforms the Arctic Observing Summit (AOS) from a biennial meeting into an ongoing process and resource to aid with coordination of observations. The AOS in turn informs four different sets of project activities that advance coordination, requirements capture, design development, and information infrastructure. Each of the task teams under these four themes draws on a combination of facilitated meetings, modeling and assessment activities, formal and informal collaborations, and the expansion of the Food Security case study into a broader resource and model for pan-Arctic observing coordination and integration. The project draws on principles of co-production of knowledge, observing system simulation experiments, and systems engineering to determine shared benefits and quantitatively assess the impacts of optimized observations relevant in a food security and marine ecosystems context. Data and tools emerging from this work inform a food security information product shared through the Group on Earth Observations observing system of systems framework.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

一系列国家和国际机构已经认识到迫切需要改善对北极快速变化的持续观察的协调。这种协调为北极和非北极国家提供了共同利益，例如，对海洋生态系统的转变有效负责，改善了对与北极变化相关的极端天气和环境危害的预测。观察的协调也提高了我们对北极系统功能及其在区域，国家和全球一级提供的服务的理解。该项目汇集了来自不同科学和工程分支机构的专家，以及北极土著专家和组织，共同提高持续观察的协调，设计和实施。研究网络活动（RNA）借鉴了不同北极权利持有者，决策和决策者的指导，重点介绍了太平洋北极马里泰领域的粮食安全话题。粮食安全，尤其是对于阿拉斯加沿海社区，但在大规模渔业和其他国家关注的情况下，粮食安全也受到近年来太平洋北极部门最为明显的冰和海洋状况的影响。该项目借鉴了不同的评估，建模和观察系统设计方法，为面向食品安全的信息产品奠定了基础，这些信息产品集成了不同类型的协调观测。在实现项目目标时，阿拉斯加的本地学者是工作中的积极参与者，重点是土著人民组织内的能力建设，使他们可以更好地阻止并利用北极观察数据和信息产品。项目目标是通过北极委员会和国际arctic arctic Sc​​ience委员会确定的钥匙范围来实现的钥匙，以实现。具体而言，国际社会已经为满足社会需求的互联，协作和全面的长期泛滥观察系统建立了共同的愿景。 Saon已将开发北极观察和数据系统（道路）的路线图开发为实施其策略的关键起点：详细说明观察和数据管理工作需要进行的位置以及Saon Partners如何共同到达那里。 RNA项目建立并维护了美国和国际合作伙伴机构之间的协作网络，以启动和推进道路流程。具体而言，该项目将北极观测峰会（AOS）从两年一次的会议转变为正在进行的过程和资源，以协调观察结果。 AOS反过来介绍了四个不同的项目活动集，以提高协调，需求捕获，设计开发和信息基础架构。这四个主题下的每个任务团队都借鉴了准备的会议，建模和评估活动，正式和非正式的合作以及将粮食安全案例研究扩展到更广泛的资源和模型的组合，以供泛极观察协调和整合。该项目借鉴了知识，观察系统仿真实验和系统工程的共同生产原则，以确定共同的收益并定量评估在粮食安全和海洋生态系统环境中相关的优化观察结果的影响。这项工作中出现的数据和工具为通过地球观察框架的小组共享的粮食安全信息产品提供了信息。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准，被认为通过评估来表现出珍贵的支持。