The Arctic Observing Network / / Thomas R. Calahan, editor

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Nova Science, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (140 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.720998
• Soggetto topico: Environmental monitoring - Arctic regions - International cooperation; Climatic changes - Arctic regions; Global environmental change
• Altri autori: CalahanThomas R
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- THE ARCTIC OBSERVINGNETWORK -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- AN URGENT NEED FOR OBSERVATIONSIN THE CHANGING ARCTIC -- AON: VISION STATEMENTSAND CALLS FOR ACTION -- A. SEARCH -- B. TOWARD AN INTEGRATED AON -- C. ACIA AND ICARP II -- AON: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKFOR PARTICIPATION, ACTIVITIES,AND OUTCOMES -- FEDERAL ARCTIC OBSERVINGACTIVITIES: TODAY -- A. ATMOSPHERE -- DATA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT -- Other Useful Links -- B. OCEAN AND SEA ICE -- DATA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT -- OTHER USEFUL LINKS -- C. HYDROLOGY AND CRYOSPHERE -- DATA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT -- OTHER USEFUL LINKS -- D. TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS -- DATA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT -- OTHER USEFUL LINKS -- E. HUMAN DIMENSIONS -- COMMUNITY CHANGE AND ARCTIC DEVELOPMENT -- HUMAN HEALTH -- DATA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT -- Community Change and Arctic Development -- Health -- Other Useful Links -- F. PALEOENVIRONMENT -- DATA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT -- G. DATA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT -- USEFUL LINKS -- FEDERAL ARCTIC OBSERVINGACTIVITIES: TOMORROW -- A. AGENCIES' FUTURE PLANS BLM -- CDC -- DOD -- DOE -- DHS -- EPA -- MMC -- MMS -- NASA -- NOAA -- NPS -- NSF -- USDA -- USFWS -- USGS -- B. A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR INTEGRATION ANDCOORDINATION OF EXISTING ANDNEW OBSERVING ACTIVITIES -- C. DATA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT -- INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION -- USEFUL LINKS -- SUMMARY AND ACTION ITEMS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX 1: NSF AON PROJECTS -- ATMOSPHERE -- OCEAN AND SEA ICE -- HYDROLOGY/CRYOSPHERE -- TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY -- HUMAN DIMENSIONS/PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES -- DATA AND INFORMATION -- APPENDIX 2: STATE AND LOCALGOVERNMENT OBSERVINGACTIVITIES IN ALASKA -- DATA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENTAND OTHER USEFUL LINKS -- APPENDIX 3: VOLCANO, EARTHQUAKE, ANDGEOMAGNETISM OBSERVING ACTIVITIES. ; DATA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENTAND OTHER USEFUL LINKS -- APPENDIX 4: LIST OF ABBREVIATIONSAND ACRONYMS -- ARCTIC OBSERVING NETWORK -- Assessment Project -- INTERAGENCY ARCTIC RESEARCHPOLICY COMMITTEE STAFF -- INDEX.
• Sommario/riassunto: In April 2007 the US Interagency Research Policy Committee (IARPC) called for the development of an Arctic Observing Network (AON) to understand the causes and consequences of Arctic change. Under the joint leadership of NOAA and NSF, Committee staff prepared Arctic Observing Network (AON): Toward a US Contribution to Pan-Arctic Observing, a summary of ongoing and future Federal Arctic observing activities with a strategy for enhanced coordination and integration of these activities. This document constitutes the biennial update of the US Arctic Research Plan, focusing on observing needs. Enhanced coordination and integration of observing activities, and data and information management, will enable the agencies to respond with increased agility to the science questions posed by the Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) program.1 Is the Arctic system moving to a new state? 2 To what extent is the Arctic system predictable, i.e., what are the potential accuracies and/or uncertainties in predictions of relevant Arctic variables over different time scales? 3 To what extent can recent and ongoing climate changes be attributed to anthropogenic forcing rather than to natural modes of variability? 4 What is the direction and relative importance of system feedbacks? 5 How are terrestrial and marine ecosystems and ecosystem services affected by environmental change and its interactions with human activities? 6 How do cultural and socio-economic systems interact with Arctic environmental change? 7 What are the most consequential links between the Arctic and Earth systems?
• Titolo autorizzato: The Arctic Observing Network
• ISBN: 1-61728-592-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910974130803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Arctic region and Antarctica issues and research.