1. Arctic Observing Network (AON): Current Status and Future Development Martin O. Jeffries National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs Division of Arctic Sciences National Science Foundation International Polar Year 2007-2009 National Science Foundation International Polar Year 2007-2009 Second AON PI Meeting Palisades, NY, 17-18 March 2008

2. National Science Foundation International Polar Year 2007-2009 National Science Foundation International Polar Year 2007-2009 NSF AON 1. 30+ projects covering almost all SEARCH categories. Atmosphere Ocean and Ice Hydrology and Cryosphere Terrestrial Ecosystems Human Dimensions Data and Information Management 2. First AON PI meeting: Boulder, CO, March 2007. Beginning coordination/integration Cyberinfrastructure 3. First IPY year completed. ✦ New observations begun, “old” observations continued. ✦ Cyberinfrastructure progress: CADIS, data and information management. 4. Second AON PI meeting: Palisades, NY, March 2008. Status and progress reports Coordination and integration Action items Future direction

3. National Science Foundation International Polar Year 2007-2009 National Science Foundation International Polar Year 2007-2009 U.S. Federal Inter-Agency Arctic Observing 1. April 2007, the IARPC Principals tasked the IARPC staff with the development of AON as part of the implementation of SEARCH and as a legacy of IPY 2007-2009. NSF and NOAA lead this activity. 2. Progress on item 1: IARPC AON report: “Arctic Observing Network: Toward a U.S. Contribution to Pan-Arctic Observing”. Awaiting NSF clearance; to be published soon as the 2007 issue of Arctic Research of the United States. 3. Key content of the IARPC AON report includes ‘comprehensive’ inventory of current Federal Arctic observing activities and locations, and data and information management and sources. Also a list of action items.

4. National Science Foundation International Polar Year 2007-2009 National Science Foundation International Polar Year 2007-2009 International Arctic Observing 1. At the request of the Arctic Council, the Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks - Initiating Group (SAON-IG) formed in January 2007 (includes IASC, ISAC, IASSA, NSF). Three meetings to develop a statement of purpose and a process for achieving that purpose. 2. Process: three workshops to develop a set of recommendations for coordinating, integrating and sustaining a pan-Arctic, multi-nation observing network that will provide free, open and timely access to data to achieve value-added services and societal benefits. 3. Workshops: Stockholm, November 2007; Edmonton, April 2008; Helsinki, October 2008. For more information: www.arcticobserving.org.www.arcticobserving.org 4. Recommendations to be submitted to Arctic Council, IASC and others at the end of IPY.

5. A Conceptual Framework for the Arctic Observing Network (AON) adopted by IARPC and SAON-IG National Science Foundation International Polar Year 2007-2009 National Science Foundation International Polar Year 2007-2009

6. National Science Foundation International Polar Year 2007-2009 National Science Foundation International Polar Year 2007-2009 Final Thoughts 1. AON Solicitation in FY08 for awards to be made in FY09. 2. Other opportunities. ✦ Science and Technology Centers, FY08 solicitation ~June 2008. ✦ Cyberinfrastructure. data and information management, virtual organizations. ✦ PIRE: Program for Integrated Research and Education, FY09 solicitation. ✦ IGERT, Integrated Graduate Education and Research Training. 3. Action items from this meeting. ✦ What will be the lasting benefits of the surge in IPY funding? ✦ By the end of IPY, demonstrate AON value and scientific contributions to justify continued support. 4. Whither AON after IPY? ✦ What should AON look like and be doing, and what is needed to achieve that vision 6-11 years after IPY concludes (2015-2020).