Workshop Announcement
Arctic in Rapid Transition Initiation Workshop
International Conference on Arctic Research Planning II
International Arctic Research Center
Fairbanks, Alaska
7-9 November 2009
Application deadline: Sunday, 20 September 2009
For further information, please go to:
http://www.aosb.org/art.html
Or contact:
Carolyn Wegner
Email: cwegner [at] ifm-geomar.de
The International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP) II
Marine Roundtable and the International Arctic Research Center (IARC)
are organizing a workshop to start the Arctic In Rapid Transition (ART)
Initiative. The ART Initiation Workshop will be held at IARC, located at
the University of Alaska Fairbanks, 7-9 November 2009.
The ultimate goal of the ART Initiation Workshop is to develop a full
science and implementation plan based on the ART White Paper
(http://www.aosb.org/pdf/ASSW09_ART_AOSB_final.pdf) to further the goals
of ART. Several expert speakers from various disciplines (e.g.,
oceanography, sea ice, geology/paleoceanography, biology, meteorology,
and geochemistry) will discuss the key scientific questions outlined
within the ART proposal. During a field trip, the participants will be
able to experience the Arctic in rapid transition. Workshop participants
will form small working groups centered on the three main components of
ART: sea ice variability, land-ocean transport processes, and ecosystem
responses. These groups will discuss the key scientific questions within
each field, present them to the workshop as a whole, and help to develop
a science plan to address them. The final goal of the workshop will be
to integrate the proposals and develop the overall ART science plan.
The ART Initiative is a proposed integrative, multi-disciplinary,
long-term, pan-arctic program to study changes and feedbacks with
respect to physical characteristics and biogeochemical cycles of the
Arctic Ocean and its biological productive capacity. ART will focus on
integrating data on past and present transitional states of the Arctic
Ocean that can be used synergistically with ongoing monitoring,
observing, and modeling efforts to better assess future changes. The ART
White Paper, developed by early career scientists, aims to compile
scientific expertise across disciplines, national borders, and career
stages to identify and formulate future key questions for integrated
research on Arctic Ocean system studies.
Funding to attend the workshop is available to early career scientists.
For more funding information, please go to:
http://www.aosb.org/art_ecs.html.
The ART Initiation workshop is endorsed and sponsored by the
International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) Science Steering Committee
(SSC) "Marine System", the former Arctic Ocean Science Board (AOSB).
The application deadline is Sunday, 20 September 2009. To submit your
application, please go to: http://www.aosb.org/registration/.
For further information, please go to:
http://www.aosb.org/art.html.
Or contact:
Carolyn Wegner
Email: cwegner [at] ifm-geomar.de