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AON enables the U.S. Study of Environmental ARctic CHange (SEARCH) GOALS: record the full suite of changes inform research on the causes and consequences of the changes underway enable prediction of the course, magnitude and consequences of future changes, on a regional basis inform decisions on adaptation and mitigation.
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Observing the Oceans
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s Beaufort Gyre Observatory & Deepest Waters North Pole Environ- mental Observatory Aerial Hydrographic Surveys Bering Strait Seasonal Ice Zone Davis Strait Switchyard and Seasonal Ice Zone DAMOCLES: (Developing Arctic Modeling and Observing Capabilities for Long-term Environmental Studies) Ocean Currents of Arctic Canada (OCAC) Canada’s Three Oceans (C3O) NSF IPY Observing: Oceans and Sea Ice Bering Sea Sub Network (Aleut International Association) Ice-Tethered Profilers and Ice Dynamics, Mass Balance and Weather Buoys
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Observing the land
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NSF IPY Observing: Terrestrial Ecosystems Carbon/Water/Energy Fluxes (NSF-funded sites) Carbon/Water/Energy Fluxes (Int’l collaborators’ sites) Toolik Cherskii ITEX (NSF-funded sites) ITEX (International collaborators’ sites) Barrow Ivotuk Svalbard Abisko Iceland Faroes Thule Z’berg Niwot Ridge
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Permafrost Temperatures - Russia
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Observing the Atmosphere
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Eureka International Arctic Systems for Observing the Atmosphere (IASOA) Tiksi Summit Alert Ny Alesund Barrow Eureka Andoya Kangerlussuaq Chatanika Coupled Tropospheric, Stratospheric and Mesospheric Circulation Cloud properties from surface and satellite measurements Core measurements at Summit O-Buoys for Atmospheric Chemistry NSF IPY Observing: Atmosphere
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Arctic Observing Network (AON) (AON)
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ALL NSF supported AON data are collected, stored and made available at this Web site: h ttp://www.eol.ucar.edu/projects/aon-cadis
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Educating the Educating the Next Generation
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Some Challenges Going Forward meeting common goals Develop well-defined, agreed upon –Measurement protocols –Data standards –Network linkages, interoperability –Open data policy Connect to model development
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