AON: Arctic Observing Network

AON Principal Investigators Meeting

The Arctic Observing Network (AON) held its first Principal Investigator (PI) Meeting at NCAR in Boulder, CO from 28-30 March 2007.

Wednesday, 28 March 2007
Click on the presentation title for the slide show.

08:30	AON Project Descriptions
	IPY Collaborative Research: Is the Arctic Human Environment Moving to a New State?	Jack Kruse
	Bering Sea Sub-Network BSSN - International Community-Based Observation Alliance for Arctic Observing Network	Victoria Gofman
	IPY: Pan-Arctic Studies of the Coupled Tropospheric, Stratospheric and Mesospheric Circulation	Richard Collins
		Ed Eoloranta
	Cloud Properties across the Arctic Basin from surface and satellite measurements	Von Walden
	GEOSummit - Greenland Environmental Observatory at Summit	Joseph McConnell
	A Prototype Network for Measuring Arctic Winter Precipitation and Snow Cover (Snow-Net)	Daqing Yang
	Development of a Network of Permafrost Observatories in North America and Russia	Vladimir Romanovsky
	Long-Term Measurements and Observations for the International Arctic Research Community on the Kuparuk River Basin, Alaska	Douglas Kane
	Carbon, Water and Energy Balance of the Arctic Landscape at Flagship Observatories and in a PanArctic Network	Gus Shaver
	CEON: The Circumarctic Environmental Observatories Network	Craig Tweedie
	Study of Arctic Ecosystem Changes in the IPY Using the International Tundra Experiment (ITEX)	Robert Hollister
	IPY: Collaborative Research on the State of the Arctic Sea Ice Cover: An Integrated Seasonal Ice Zone Observing Network (SIZONET)	Hajo Eicken
	Ice Mass Balance Buoy Network: Coordination with DAMOCLES	Don Perovich
	Coordination, Data Management and Enhancement of the International Arctic Buoy Programme	Ignatius Rigor
	A Modular Approach to Building and Arctic Observing System for the IPY and Beyond in the Switchyard Region of the Arctic Ocean	Peter Schlosser
	Toward Developing an Arctic Ocean Observing System: An Array of Surface Buoys to Sample Turbulent Heat and Salt Fluxes During IPY	Bill Shaw
	Autonomous Ice-Based Observations	John Toole
	IPY: Observing the Dynamics of the Deepest Waters in the Arctic Ocean	Mary-Louise Timmermans
	North Pole Environmental Observatory and Collaborating Observing Programs	Jamie Morison
	The Pacific Gateway to the Arctic - Quantifying and Understanding Bering Strait Oceanic Fluxes	Tom Weingartner
	An Innovative Observational Network for Critical Arctic Gateways: Understanding Exchanges Through Davis (and Fram) Strait	Craig Lee
	Collaborative O-Buoy Project: Deployment of a Network of Arctic Ocean Chemical Sensors for IPY and Beyond	Patricia Matrai
	The Beaufort Gyre Observing System	Andrey Proshutinsky
	Federal Agency Presentations
	NOAA - Opportunities for NWS Support during AON Deployment and Possible Long-Term Operation	Dave Helms
	DOE/ARM - The North Slope of Alaska ARM Climate Research Facility	Bernie Zak
	BLM - North Slope Science Initiative	Ken Taylor
	NPS - Long Term Monitoring in the Arctic National Parks	Diane Sanzone
	USGS - USGS Research and Monitoring in the Arctic	Joan Fitzpatrick
14:00	International Projects
	IPY Canada - Designing an Arctic Observing Network: Canadian Perspectives	David Hik
	DAMOCLES - Developing Arctic Modelling and Observing Capabilities for Long-Term Environmental Studies	Peter Schlosser
	IASOA - International Arctic Systems for Observing the Atmosphere	Taneil Uttal
15:00	Breakout Groups
	Introduction and Charge to Working Groups	Hajo Eicken
	Terrestrial
	Atmosphere (word)
	Ocean/Ice (word)
Evening	Cyberinfrastructure Keynote
	KISS Principles for the AON	Dave Fulker
Thursday, 29 March 2007
08:30	AON Data Questionnaire	Jim Moore
	Cyberinfrastructure Breakout Groups
	Data Management
	Collaboration/Coordination/Interoperability (word)
	Use Cases
14:00	Data and Information Management
	CADIS: A Cooperative Arctic Data and Information Service	Jim Moore
	ELOKA: Exchange for Local Observations and Knowledge of the Arctic	Michelle Holm
	SEARCH Data Management	Mark Parsons
15:45	Conduct for Research in the Arctic	Deanna Kingston
16:00	Logistics Coordination
Evening	Environmental Observing Networks: What's the Secret to Success or Putting the N in AON
Friday, 30 March 2007
08:30	AON and SEARCH Implementation Plan	Peter Schlosser
10:15	Further Discussion of Synergies and Coordination
13:00	Final Discussion
14:45	Summary and Action Items